Syllabus Communicative English, RIMT University, 2019 batch onwards

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

9.    Taking telephonic messages and passing them on to the intended receiver

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