RIMT
UNIVERSITY
SUBJECT : COMMUNICATIVE
ENGLISH
(Common
Syllabus for all B.Tech Courses)
Semester : First
(L : 3 , P : 2 )
Course
Objectives:
- To equip the
students with English language skills needed in academic and professional
world and to inculcate human/ethical values in them.
- To make the
students aware about the basics of English language and make them
proficient in reading, writing, comprehension and speaking skills.
Course
Outcomes:
On completion of this course, the students will
be able to :
- Understand the
basic concept of phonetics.
- Attain good
reading skills.
- Review
communication as a process with greater awareness.
- Use appropriate
communication skills in specific contexts and for specific purposes.
- Write well
organized self-introduction, Resume, CV etc.
DETAILED
CONTENTS
SECTION-A
1.
Communication: Meaning, Types of Communication, Process of
Communication, Channels of Communication, Barriers to Communication
2.
Phonetics:
Introduction to Phonetic Symbols for Consonants & Vowels with
examples.
SECTION-B
1.
Business
Office Practices: Group
Discussion; Conducting a Meeting; Agenda and Minutes of meeting; Oral
Presentation.
2.
Business
Correspondence:
·
Elements
of Business Writing, Business Letters: Components of a Business Letter; Letter
Formats and Punctuation style Used in Them: Complete Block Style, Block Style,
Semi Block Style, Indented Style; Kinds of Business Letters – Inquiry, Order, Complaint,
Complaint Redress, Credit Request, Acceptance and Denial of Credit Request,
Quotations, Auction Notice, Tender Notice
·
Report
Writing – Elements of a report; front matter , main body, back matter,
four parts of the main body
·
Memorandum
writing
·
Job
Application Letter and Resume Writing
SECTION-C
1. Vocabulary : One Word
Substitution , Antonyms & synonyms , Idioms & Phrases, Pairs of words
2. Grammar : Types of Sentences, Sentence
Elements, Seven Basic Sentence Patterns of English, Formation and Use of
Tenses, Identification & Use of Active and Passive and Change of Voice,
Change of Narration, Translation (Tense Based).
SUBJECT: COMMUNICATION SKILLS (LAB)
Course
Objective:
The course aims at developing the desired English
Language skills of Engineering and Technology so that they become proficient in
communication to excel in their professional lives.
Course
Outcome:
The student will acquire basic proficiency in
English with special emphasis on listening and speaking skills both at social
and professional platforms.
List of Practical Activities / Semester-I
1. Introduction to IPA Symbols, Word Accent,
Sentence Stress, Contrastive Stress, Intonation
2. Group discussion
3. Mock Interview
4. Paper reading using Voice Modulation (Reading a
paragraph from a newspaper, article, etc.)
5. Employable Skills
6. Situational Conversation
7. Describing people, objects and situations
8. Just a minute sessions
Note : For lab. work, each
section should be divided into two groups (with the maximum strength not
exceeding 30 students) and each group should have 1 lab class of 2
lectures per week.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1.
English
for Effective Communication by Sanjay Kumar and Pushp Lata , OXFORD University
Press
2.
Technical
Communication Principles and Practice by Meenakshi Raman And Sangeeta Sharma, OXFORD University
Press
3.
A
Course in Phonetics And Spoken English by J. Sethi and P.V. Dhamija
4.
English
Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones , Cambridge
5.
English
Dictionary, OXFORD
6.
English
Grammar, Composition and Usage by NK Aggarwal and FT Wood; Published by
Macmillan Publishers India Ltd; New Delhi
7.
Soft
Skills by Gajendra S. Chauhan and Sangeeta Sharma , Wiley Publications
