Syllabus - English for Communication (BT103)

Common to All Disciplines

English for Communication (BT103)

First Year

Unit-I

Identifying Common errors in writing

Articles, Subject-Verb Agreement, Prepositions, Active and Passive Voice, Reported Speech: Direct and Indirect, Sentence Structure.

Unit-II

Vocabulary building and Comprehension

Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives, synonyms, antonyms, Reading comprehension.

Unit-III

Communication

Introduction, Meaning and Significance, Process of Communication, Oral and Written Communication, 7 c’s of Communication, Barriers to Communication and Ways to overcome them, Importance of Communication for Technical students, nonverbal communication.

Unit-IV

Developing Writing Skills

Planning, Drafting and Editing, Precise Writing, Précis, Technical definition and Technical description. Report Writing: Features of writing a good Report, Structure of a Formal Report, Report of Trouble, Laboratory Report, Progress Report.

Unit-V

Business Correspondence

Importance of Business Letters, Parts and Layout; Application, Contents of good Resume, guidelines for writing Resume, Calling/ Sending Quotation, Order, Complaint, E-mail and Tender.

Course Objective

The student will acquire basic proficiency in English including reading and listening comprehension, writing and speaking skills.

Course Outcome

The final outcome of the subject will result into an enhancement in understanding the basic concepts of Core Electrical Engineering subjects. The topics covered under this subject will help to enhance the basic understanding of Electrical machines and power systems and basic electronics.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • ‘Technical Communication : Principles and practice’, Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta Sharma (Oxford)

  • ‘Effective Business Communication’, Krizan and merrier (Cengage learning)

  • ‘Communication Skill, Sanjay Kumar and pushlata, OUP2011

  • “Practical English Usage Michael Swan OUP, 1995.

  • On writing well, William Zinsser, Harper Resource Book 2001.

  • Remedial English Grammar, F.T. Wood,Macmillan2007.

  • Exercises in spoken English Parts I-III CIEFL, Hyderabad, Oxford University Press