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TEXT BOOKS:
1. Board of editors. Fluency in English A Course book for Engineering and Technology. Orient
Blackswan, Hyderabad: 2016
2. Sudharshana.N. P and Saveetha. C. English for Technical Communication. Cambridge University
Press: New Delhi, 2016.
REFERENCES:
1. Raman, Meenakshi and Sharma, Sangeetha- Technical Communication Principles and
Practice.Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 2014.
2. Kumar, Suresh. E. Engineering English. Orient Blackswan: Hyderabad,2015
3. Booth-L. Diana, Project Work, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2014.
4. Grussendorf, Marion, English for Presentations, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2007
5. Means, L. Thomas and Elaine Langlois, English & Communication for Colleges. Cengage Learning,
USA: 2007
Students can be asked to read Tagore and Chetan Bhagat for supplementary reading.
HS17252 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH COMMUNICATION L T P C
(Common to all branches of B.E. / B.Tech.programmes) 3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
To prepare students to be competent in a global business environment.
To think accurately, clearly and deeply in communicative contexts.
To improve career opportunities – get English language skills that are needed to be successful.
UNIT I CRITICAL/ INFORMATIONAL LISTENING 9
Short conversations or Monologues – Listening for specific information- Conversations or Monologues with
factual information- listen to fill up missing information- business related discussions or interview (two or
more speakers).
UNIT II CONVERSATIONAL/ PRESENTATION SKILLS 9
Speak about oneself - Face-to-face speaking for real-life context – pick and talk - personal opinion on business
related topics- mini presentations on a business theme- discussion with another candidate on business related
topics.
UNIT III INTENSIVE/ EXTENSIVE READING AND INTERPRETING 9
Short texts (signs, messages, emails, labels and notes) -Short descriptions-graph or chart. Reading to find
factual information- decision making from a written text- a leaflet or a newspaper magazine or article- reading
to understand correct grammar, contextually- reading to understand the structure of a text-read and transfer
information from memos, advertisements, notices.
UNIT IV FORMAL COMMUNICATION 9
Business Correspondence - writing business letters to people outside the company. Internal Company
Communication- a note, a message, a memo or an email.
UNIT V VERBAL ABILITY/ FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR 9
Grammar – tenses – concord- prepositions – articles- punctuations. Vocabulary – advanced vocabulary –
synonyms and antonyms. Sentence correction – sentence completion - cloze passage - verbal reasoning:
analogies, meaning - usage match.
` TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Listen to, understand and give opinions in meetings.
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