LISTENING / READING STRATEGIES
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.
ORAL COMMUNICATION & SPEAKING TECHNIQUES
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 & LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
Reading techniques - Reading and understanding through the 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 Paper and Articles - Process Description - Discourse Markers - Paragraph Writing – Technical writing.
Reference 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.
4. Smith—Worthington, Darlene & Sue Jefferson. Technical Writing for Success. Cengage, Mason USA.
5. Sharon J. Gerson, Steven M. Gerson, “Technical Writing – Process & Product”. 3rd Edition, Pearson Education (Singapore) (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
Text 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.
