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To prepare the students have successful career in industry and motivate for higher
education.
2. To provide strong foundation in basic science and mathematics necessary to formulate, solve
and analyze electrical and electronics problems
3. To provide strong foundation in circuit theory, field theory, control theory and signal processing
concepts.
4. To provide good knowledge of Electrical power apparatus and their applications in power
systems
5. To provide knowledge on basic electronics to power electronics and their applications in power
engineering
6. To provide an opportunity to work in inter disciplinary groups
7. To promote student awareness for life long learning and inculcate professional ethics
8. To provide necessary foundation on computational platforms and software applications
related to the respective field of engineering.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES :
a) Ability to understand and apply differential equations, integrals, matrix theory, probability theory and
Laplace, Fourier and Z transformations for engineering problems
b) Ability to understand and apply basic science, circuit theory, Electro-magnetic field theory control
theory and apply them to electrical engineering problems.
c) Ability to model and analyze electrical apparatus and their application to power system
d) Ability to understand and analyze power system operation, stability, control and protection.
e) Ability to handle the engineering aspects of electrical energy generation and utilization.
f) Ability to understand and analyse, linear and digital electronic circuits.
g) Ability to review, prepare and present technological developments
h) Ability to form a group and develop or solve engineering hardware and problems
i) To understand and apply computing platform and software for engineering problems.
j) To understand ethical issues, environmental impact and acquire management skills.
TECHNICAL ENGLISH – I L T P C
3 1 0 4
OBJECTIVES:
To enable learners of Engineering and Technology develop their basic communication skills in
English.
To emphasize specially the development of speaking skills amongst learners of Engineering and
Technology.
To ensure that learners use the electronic media such as internet and supplement the learning
materials used in the classroom.
To inculcate the habit of reading and writing leading to effective and efficient communication.
UNIT I 9+3
Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal & sounds);
Speaking - Speaking about one’s place, important festivals etc. – Introducing oneself, one’s family /
friend; Reading - Skimming a reading passage – Scanning for specific information - Note-making;
Writing - Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place / Hobbies / School life, etc.) - Sentence
completion - Autobiographical writing (writing about one’s leisure time activities, hometown, etc.);
Grammar - Prepositions - Reference words - Wh-questions - Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary - Word
formation - Word expansion (root words / etymology); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar
& Vocabulary - Reading comprehension exercises - Listening to audio files and answering questions.
UNIT II 9+3
Listening - Listening and responding to video lectures / talks; Speaking - Describing a simple process
(filling a form, etc.) - Asking and answering questions - Telephone skills – Telephone etiquette;
Reading – Critical reading - Finding key information in a given text - Sifting facts from opinions;
Writing - Biographical writing (place, people) - Process descriptions (general/specific) - Definitions -
Recommendations – Instructions; Grammar - Use of imperatives - Subject-verb agreement;
Vocabulary - Compound words - Word Association (connotation); E-materials - Interactive exercises
for Grammar and Vocabulary - Listening exercises with sample telephone conversations / lectures –
Picture-based activities.
UNIT III 9+3
Listening - Listening to specific task - focused audio tracks; Speaking - Role-play – Simulation -
Group interaction - Speaking in formal situations (teachers, officials, foreigners); Reading - Reading
and interpreting visual material; Writing - Jumbled sentences - Coherence and cohesion in writing -
Channel conversion (flowchart into process) - Types of paragraph (cause and effect / compare and
contrast / narrative / analytical) - Informal writing (letter/e-mail/blogs) - Paraphrasing; Grammar -
Tenses (Past) - Use of sequence words - Adjectives; Vocabulary - Different forms and uses of
words, Cause and effect words; E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary -
Excerpts from films related to the theme and follow up exercises - Pictures of flow charts and tables
for interpretations.
UNIT IV 9+3
Listening - Watching videos / documentaries and responding to questions based on them; Speaking -
Responding to questions - Different forms of interviews - Speaking at different types of interviews;
Reading - Making inference from the reading passage - Predicting the content of a reading passage;
Writing - Interpreting visual materials (line graphs, pie charts etc.) - Essay writing – Different types of
essays; Grammar - Adverbs – Tenses – future time reference; Vocabulary - Single word substitutes -
Use of abbreviations and acronyms; E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary -
Sample interviews - film scenes - dialogue writing.
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UNIT V 9+3
Listening - Listening to different accents, Listening to Speeches/Presentations, Listening to broadcast
and telecast from Radio and TV; Speaking - Giving impromptu talks, Making presentations on given
topics; Reading - Email communication - Reading the attachment files having a poem/joke/proverb -
Sending their responses through email; Writing - Creative writing, Poster making; Grammar - Direct
and indirect speech; Vocabulary - Lexical items (fixed / semi fixed expressions); E-materials -
Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Sending emails with attachment – Audio / video
excerpts of different accents - Interpreting posters.
TOTAL (L:45+T:15): 60 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Learners should be able to
speak clearly, confidently, comprehensibly, and communicate with one or many listeners using
appropriate communicative strategies.
write cohesively and coherently and flawlessly avoiding grammatical errors, using a wide
vocabulary range, organizing their ideas logically on a topic.
read different genres of texts adopting various reading strategies.
listen/view and comprehend different spoken discourses/excerpts in different accents
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012
2. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011
REFERENCES:
1. Raman, Meenakshi & Sangeetha Sharma. Technical Communication: Principles and Practice.
Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2011.
2. Regional Institute of English. English for Engineers. Cambridge University Press, New Delhi.
2006.
3. Rizvi, Ashraf. M. Effective Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2005
4. Rutherford, Andrea. J Basic Communication Skills for Technology. Pearson, New Delhi. 2001.
5. Viswamohan, Aysha. English for Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
2008.