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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, students will be able to:
 Listen to, understand and give opinions in meetings.
 Apply for new jobs and develop their career.
 Write short business messages and reports.
 Use language in both official and unofficial contexts.
 Speak effectively in business communication

TEXT BOOK:
1. Board of Editors. Sure Outcomes. A Communication Skills Course for Undergraduate Engineers and
Technologists. Orient Black Swan Limited, Hyderabad, 2013.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Hartley, Mary. ―The Power of Listening,‖ Jaico Publishing House; First Edition (2015).
2. Chambers, Harry. ―Effective Communication Skills for Scientific and Technical Professionals,‖
Persues Publishing, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000.
Lesikar V. Raymond, Flatley E. Marie, Rentz, Kathryn and Pande, Neerja. ―Business
Communication,‖ Eleventh Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited.

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