HS2161 TECHNICAL ENGLISH II L T P C
AIM:
To encourage students to actively involve in participative learning of English and to help them acquire Communication Skills.
OBJECTIVES:
• To help students develop listening skills for academic and professional purposes.
• To help students acquire the ability to speak effectively in English in real-life situations.
• To inculcate reading habit and to develop effective reading skills.
• To help students improve their active and passive vocabulary.
• To familiarize students with different rhetorical functions of scientific English.
• To enable students write letters and reports effectively in formal and business situations.
UNIT I
12
Technical Vocabulary - meanings in context, sequencing words, Articles- Prepositions, intensive reading& predicting content, Reading and interpretation, extended definitions, Process descriptionSuggested activities:
1. Exercises on word formation using the prefix ‘self’ - Gap filling with preposition.
2. Exercises - Using sequence words.
3. Reading comprehension exercise with questions based on inference – Reading headings
4. and predicting the content – Reading advertisements and interpretation.
5. Writing extended definitions – Writing descriptions of processes – Writing paragraphs based on discussions – Writing paragraphs describing the future.
UNIT II
12
Phrases / Structures indicating use / purpose – Adverbs-Skimming – Non-verbal communication - Listening – correlating verbal and non-verbal communication -Speaking in group discussions – Formal Letter writing – Writing analytical paragraphs.Suggested activities:
1. Reading comprehension exercises with questions on overall content – Discussions analyzing stylistic features (creative and factual description) - Reading comprehension exercises with texts including graphic communication - Exercises in interpreting non-verbal communication.
2. Listening comprehension exercises to categorise data in tables.
3. Writing formal letters, quotations, clarification, complaint – Letter seeking permission for Industrial visits– Writing analytical paragraphs on different debatable issues.
UNIT III
12
Cause and effect expressions – Different grammatical forms of the same word - Speaking – stress and intonation, Group Discussions - Reading – Critical reading - Listening, - Writing – using connectives, report writing – types, structure, data collection, content, form, recommendations .Suggested activities:
1. Exercises combining sentences using cause and effect expressions – Gap filling
exercises using the appropriate tense forms – Making sentences using different grammatical forms of the same word. ( Eg: object –verb / object – noun )
2. Speaking exercises involving the use of stress and intonation – Group discussions–
analysis of problems and offering solutions.
3. Reading comprehension exercises with critical questions, Multiple choice question.
4. Sequencing of jumbled sentences using connectives – Writing different types of reports like industrial accident report and survey report – Writing recommendations.
UNIT IV
12
Numerical adjectives – Oral instructions – Descriptive writing – Argumentativeparagraphs – Letter of application - content, format (CV / Bio-data) - Instructions,
imperative forms - Checklists, Yes/No question form – E-mail communication.
Suggested Activities:
1. Rewriting exercises using numerical adjectives.
2. Reading comprehension exercises with analytical questions on content – Evaluation of content.
3. Listening comprehension – entering information in tabular form, intensive listening exercise and completing the steps of a process.
4. Speaking - Role play – group discussions – Activities giving oral instructions.
5. Writing descriptions, expanding hints – Writing argumentative paragraphs – Writing formal letters – Writing letter of application with CV/Bio-data – Writing general and safety instructions – Preparing checklists – Writing e-mail messages.
UNIT V
9
Speaking - Discussion of Problems and solutions - Creative and critical thinking – Writing an essay, Writing a proposal.Suggested Activities:
1. Case Studies on problems and solutions
2. Brain storming and discussion
3. Writing Critical essays
4. Writing short proposals of 2 pages for starting a project, solving problems, etc.
5. Writing advertisements.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOK:
1. Chapters 5 – 8. Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Anna University,
‘English for Engineers and Technologists’ Combined Edition (Volumes 1 & 2), Chennai: Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd., 2006. Themes 5 – 8 (Technology, Communication, Environment, Industry)
REFERENCES:
1. P. K. Dutt, G. Rajeevan and C.L.N Prakash, ‘A Course in Communication Skills’, Cambridge University Press, India 2007.
2. Krishna Mohan and Meera Banerjee, ‘Developing Communication Skills’, Macmillan India Ltd., (Reprinted 1994 – 2007).
3. Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe, ‘Objective English’, Second Edition, Pearson
Education, 2007.
EXTENSIVE READING:
1. Robin Sharma, ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari’, Jaico Publishing House, 2007
NOTE:
The book listed under Extensive Reading is meant for inculcating the reading habit of the students. They need not be used for testing purposes.
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