EC8252 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH - I
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- To improve the communicative competence of learners
- To help learners use language effectively in academic /work contexts
- To build on students’ English language skills by engaging them in listening, speaking and grammar learning activities that are relevant to authentic contexts.
- To develop learners’ ability to read and write complex texts, summaries, articles, blogs, definitions, essays and user manuals.
- To use language efficiently in expressing their opinions via various media.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION 11
Listening –for general information-specific details- conversation: Introduction to classmates - Audio / video (formal & informal); Telephone conversation; Listening to voicemail & messages; Listening and filling a form
Speaking - Self Introduction; Introducing a friend; Conversation - politeness strategies; Telephone conversation; Leave a voicemail; Leave a message with another person; asking for information to fill details in a form.
Reading - Reading brochures (technical context), telephone messages / social media messages relevant to technical contexts and emails.
Writing - Writing emails / letters introducing oneself
Grammar - Present Tense (simple and progressive); Question types: Wh / Yes or No/ and Tags
Vocabulary - Synonyms; One word substitution; Abbreviations & Acronyms (as used in technical
contexts).
UNIT II NARRATION AND SUMMATION 12
Listening - Listening to podcasts, anecdotes / stories / event narration; documentaries and interviews with celebrities.
Speaking - Narrating personal experiences / events; Interviewing a celebrity; Reporting / and summarizing documentaries / podcasts/ interviews.
Reading - Reading biographies, travelogues, newspaper reports, Excerpts from literature, and travel & technical blogs.
Writing - Guided writing-- Paragraph writing Short Report on an event (field trip etc.)
Grammar –Past tense (simple); Subject-Verb Agreement; and Prepositions
Vocabulary - Word forms (prefixes & suffixes); Synonyms and Antonyms. Phrasal verbs.
UNIT III DESCRIPTION OF A PROCESS / PRODUCT 12
Listening - Listen to a product and process descriptions; a classroom lecture; and advertisements about products.
Speaking – Picture description; giving instruction to use the product; Presenting a product; and Summarizing a lecture.
Reading – Reading advertisements, gadget reviews; user manuals. Writing - Writing definitions; instructions; and Product /Process description.
Grammar - Imperatives; Adjectives; Degrees of comparison; Present & Past Perfect Tenses.
Vocabulary - Compound Nouns, Homonyms; and Homophones, discourse markers (connectives &
sequence words)
UNIT IV CLASSIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 12
Listening – Listening to TED Talks; Scientific lectures; and educational videos
Speaking – Small Talk; Mini presentations and making recommendations.
Reading – Newspaper articles; Journal reports –and Non Verbal Communication (tables, pie charts etc,)
Writing – Note-making / Note-taking (*Study skills to be taught, not tested; Writing recommendations; Transferring information from non verbal (chart , graph etc, to verbal mode)
Grammar – Articles; Pronouns - Possessive & Relative pronouns.
Vocabulary - Collocations; Fixed / Semi fixed expressions.
UNIT V EXPRESSION 12
Listening – Listening to debates/ discussions; different viewpoints on an issue; and panel discussions.
Speaking –group discussions, Debates, and Expressing opinions through Simulations & Role play.
Reading – Reading editorials; and Opinion Blogs; Writing – Essay Writing (Descriptive or narrative).
Grammar – Future Tenses, Punctuation; Negation (Statements & Questions); and Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences.
Vocabulary - Cause & Effect Expressions – Content vs Function words.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
- At the end of the course, learners will be able
- To listen and comprehend complex academic texts
- To read and infer the denotative and connotative meanings of technical texts
- To write definitions, descriptions, narrations and essays on various topics
- To speak fluently and accurately in formal and informal communicative contexts
- To express their opinions effectively in both oral and written medium of communication
TEXT BOOKS:
- English for Engineers & Technologists Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. Department of English, Anna University, (2020 edition)
- English for Science & Technology Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Authored by Dr. Veena Selvam, Dr. Sujatha Priyadarshini, Dr. Deepa Mary Francis, Dr. KN. Shoba, and Dr. Lourdes Joevani, Department of English, Anna University
REFERENCES:
- Technical Communication – Principles and Practices By Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford Univ. Press, 2016, New Delhi.
- A Course Book on Technical English by Lakshmi Narayanan, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- English For Technical Communication (With CD) by Aysha Viswamohan, Mcgraw Hill Education, ISBN : 0070264244.
- Effective Communication Skill, Kulbhusan Kumar, R S Salaria, Khanna Publishing House. 5
- Learning to Communicate – Dr. V. Chellammal, Allied Publishing House, New Delhi,2003.
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