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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
Note : Students can be asked to read Tagore, Chetan Bhagat and for suplementary reading.

HS17252 PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH COMMUNICATION L T P C
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 completion of the course, the students will be able to
 Listen to, understand and give opinions in meetings.
 Apply for new jobs and develop their career.

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