Course

Unit 1- Listening skills

Unit-2-Speaking skills

Unit-3- Reading Skills

Unit-4 Writing Skills

Unit-5 Activities

Class Activity – Spoken English – Introduction to English sounds/ Rhythm/ Pronunciation, Practice: Short speeches/ Conversation. Written English – Letters: formal and informal/ Paragraph: writing, analysis/Essays/ Definitions: short, expanded/ Graphical Representation/ Writing Memos, Circulars, Notices/ Reports: lab, process etc. Listening – Listening: for comprehension/ accent/ pronunciation. Reading – Intensive and extensive.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

To provide students with an ability to build and enrich their communication skills. To make them familiar with different types of communication. To understand the barriers to effective communication. Engage students in meaningful communication through effective tasks.  Identify the basic principles of communication. Analyse the various types of communication. Make use of the essential principles of communication. Identify the prominent methods and models of Communication.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completing the course, students shall be able to

CO1: Identify the correct stress, right accent and right intonation to ask questions, make requests or to make commands by referring dictionary.

CO2: Illustrate various speaking and writing tasks, such as roleplays, debates, group discussions apart from the use of correct spelling, punctuation and the ability to transfer information in the writing tasks.

CO3: Demonstrate through face-to-face conversations comprehension of simple words and phrases used in common everyday context

CO4: Use grammatically structured questions related to basic needs and respond appropriately

CO5: Use words that signal differences between present and past in simple statements related to common activities.

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4. John, Douglas .A communicative grammar of English, III Ed. – London Pearson 2001
5. Strauss, Andrews. Effective English for Technical Communication – London Emerald Publishers, 2001
6. Strick Vauen Spoken English in 4 Easy Steps – Cambridge ESN pbl,2009