HS3251 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH - II Anna University Syllabus Regulation 21

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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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