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Department of IT, REC

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
● Read technical texts and write area- specific texts effortlessly.
● Listen and comprehend lectures and talks in their area of specialisation successfully.
● Speak appropriately and effectively in varied formal and informal contexts.
● Write reports and winning job applications.
● Write error free language.

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
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

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