HS3251 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH - II Anna University Syllabus Regulation 21

 

 HS3251                      PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH - II             L T P C 3 1 0 4

 

 

HS3251                      PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH - II             L T P C 3 1 0 4

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  •  To engage learners in meaningful language activities to improve their LSRW skills.
  • To enhance learners’ awareness of general rules of writing for specific audiences.
  • To help learners understand the purpose, audience, contexts of different types of writing.
  • To develop analytical thinking skills for problem solving in communicative contexts.  
  • To demonstrate an understanding of job applications and interviews for internship and
    placements.

UNIT I                            MAKING COMPARISONS                                   12


Listening Evaluative Listening: Advertisements, Product Descriptions, -Audio / video; Listening
and filling a Graphic Organiser (Choosing a product or service by comparison)

Speaking Marketing a product, Persuasive Speech Techniques.

Reading - Reading advertisements, user manuals, brochures;

Writing Professional emails, Email etiquette - Compare and Contrast Essay; Grammar Mixed Tenses, Prepositional phrases
Vocabulary Contextual meaning of words

 UNIT II  EXPRESSING CAUSAL RELATIONS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING 12


Listening - Listening to longer technical talks and completing gap filling exercises. Listening technical information from podcasts Listening to process/event descriptions to identify cause & effects - Speaking Describing and discussing the reasons of accidents or disasters based on news reports.

Reading - Reading longer technical texts Cause and Effect Essays, and Letters / emails of complaint,

Writing - Writing responses to complaints.

Grammar - Active Passive Voice transformations, Infinitive and Gerunds Vocabulary Word
Formation (Noun-Verb-Adj-Adv), Adverbs.

 UNIT III                                 PROBLEM SOLVING                               12


Listening Listening to / Watching movie scenes/ documentaries depicting a technical problem
and suggesting solutions.

Speaking Group Discussion(based on case studies), - techniques and Strategies,

Reading - Case Studies, excerpts from literary texts, news reports etc.,

Writing Letter to the Editor, Checklists, Problem solution essay / Argumentative Essay

Grammar Error correction; If conditional sentences

Vocabulary - Compound Words, Sentence Completion.

 UNIT IV                 REPORTING OF EVENTS AND RESEARCH                12

Listening Listening Comprehension based on news reports and documentaries Precis writing,
Summarising, Speaking Interviewing, Presenting an oral report, Mini presentations on select topics;

Reading Newspaper articles; Writing Recommendations, Transcoding, Accident Report, Survey
Report Grammar Reported Speech, Modals Vocabulary Conjunctions- use of prepositions

UNIT V    THE ABILITY TO PUT IDEAS OR INFORMATION COGENTLY    12

Listening Listening to TED Talks, Presentations, Formal job interviews, (analysis of the interview
performance);

Speaking Participating in a Role play, (interview/telephone interview), virtual interviews, Making
presentations with visual aids;

Reading Company profiles, Statement of Purpose, (SOP), an excerpt of interview with
professionals; Writing Job / Internship application Cover letter & Resume; Grammar Numerical adjectives, Relative Clauses Vocabulary Idioms.

 COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, learners will be able

  •  To compare and contrast products and ideas in technical texts.
  •  To identify cause and effects in events, industrial processes through    technical texts
  • To analyze problems in order to arrive at feasible solutions and communicate them orally
    and in the written format.
  •  To report events and the processes of technical and industrial nature.
  • To present their opinions in a planned and logical manner, and draft effective resumes in context of job search.  

TEXT BOOKS:

  1. English for Engineers & Technologists (2020 edition) Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.Department of English, Anna University.
  2.  English for Science & Technology Cambridge University Press 2021.Dr. Veena Selvam, Dr.Sujatha Priyadarshini, Dr. Deepa Mary Francis, Dr. KN. Shoba, and Dr. Lourdes Joevani,Department of English, Anna University.

REFERENCES:

  1. Raman. Meenakshi, Sharma. Sangeeta (2019). Professional English. Oxford university press. New Delhi.
  2. Improve Your Writing ed. V.N. Arora and Laxmi Chandra, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, New Delhi.
  3. Learning to Communicate Dr. V. Chellammal. Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.
  4.  Business Correspondence and Report Writing by Prof. R.C. Sharma & Krishna Mohan,Tata McGraw Hill & Co. Ltd., 2001, New Delhi.
  5. Krishna Mohan, Meera Banerji, “Developing Communication Skills”, Trinity Press, 2017.

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