Communicative Skills

Preamble

Today, the students are well equipped with knowledge and information. They score well in all subjects. But unfortunately, most of our students fail in the Job Market because they are not able to communicate well in English which is the lingua franca of the world. This course will ensure that the students acquire the four language skills viz. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing [LSRW].

Aim:  To hone the language skills so that the students feel comfortable to talk and write in English easily without any inhibitions

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop confidence in learning a new language.
• Acquaint with the basic rules of grammar.
• Develop the input language skills ie. Listening and Reading.
• Practice Speaking and Writing on their own.
• Learn Presentation skills and academic writing.

Scheme of Evaluation:

Max Marks: 100

Internal assessment- 25 marks and Semester exam – 75 marks

Unit I: Language skills

Define Communication -Effective communication-LSRW – barriers in communication – Developing communicative skills.

Unit II : Basic Grammar

Parts of Speech -Tense- Active and Passive Voice- Concord – Direct and Indirect speech

Unit III : Phonetics

Organs of Speech – Vowel sounds – Consonant sounds – Diphthongs – Transcription

Unit IV : Technical Writing

Letter writing – Emails – Report writing – Note-making – Resume

Unit V : Academic writing

Types of writing – Thesis writing – Research paper – PPT  – Essay writing

References:

• Raymond Murphy: Essential English Grammar. CUP.
• Balasubramanian, T. A textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students, Macmillan
• Ravindra Nath Tiwari, Technical English I , Enas Publications, 2019