Listening for general content - Listening for specific information - Listening to telephonic Conversation - Listening and note-taking - Listening and synthesizing information - Listening to TED Talks (General) – Reading Comprehension
Greetings, Formal and informal introduction of self and others – Stress and Intonation – Word stress & Sentence stress - Speaking from a perspective (debate) – Describing an object or an event - Group Discussion – Presentation skills – Public Speaking - Interview techniques.
Vocabulary building - (Word–formation –Prefixes & Suffixes, root words, One word substitution) – Parts of speech - Tenses - Voice - Concord (Subject & Verb agreement) – Articles – Prepositions – Cause and effect expressions – If Conditionals.
Reading techniques - Reading and understanding through Context - Cloze exercises – Reading & note-making –Transfer of information (bar chart, flowchart & Pie chart) - Reading and reviewing articles.
Permission letter (for Industrial Visit & In-plant training) - Resume & cover letter –Syntax and sentence construction-Research Papers and Articles - Process description – Discourse makers – Paragraph writing - Technical writing.
Reference Book:
1. Raman, Meenakshi & Sangeetha Sharma. Technical Communication: Principles and Practice, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011. 2. Rizvi, Ashraf. M. Effective Technical Communication, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2005.
Text Book:
1 Muralikrishna, & Sunita Mishra. Communication Skills for Engineers. Pearson, New Delhi. 2011 2. Mitra K. Barun, “Effective Technical Communication – A Guide for Scientists and Engineers”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006. 3. Leo Jones, Richard Alexander, New International Business English, updated Edition, Cambridge University Press, NY, USA. Smith—Worthington, Darlene & Sue Jefferson. Technical Writing for Success. Cengage, Mason USA. Sharon J. Gerson, Steven M. Gerson, “Technical Writing – Process & Product”. 3rd Edition, Pearson Education (Singapore) (P) Ltd., New Delhi.