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Department of ECE, REC

B.E. ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
S.NO. SUBJECT AREA Credits per Semester Credits
I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total
1. HS 3 6 3 12
2. BS 12 7 4 4 27
3. ES 9 2 8 19
4. PC 9 11 19 19 16 16 90

5. PE 6 3 6 15
6. OE 3 3 6
7. EEC 1 1 10 12
TOTAL 24 24 24 23 22 22 23 19 181

SYLLABUS

SEMESTER I

HS17151 COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH L T P C
(Common to all branches of B.E. / B.Tech. Programmes ) 3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVES:
● To develop the basic reading and writing skills of first year engineering and technology students.
● To help learners develop their listening skills, which will enable them listen to lectures and
comprehend them by asking questions; seeking clarifications.
● To help the learners develop their speaking skills and speak fluently in real contexts.
● To help learners develop vocabulary of a general kind by developing their reading skills.

UNIT I SHARING INFORMATION RELATED TO ONESELF/FAMILY& FRIENDS 9
Reading- short comprehension passages, practice in skimming-scanning and predicting. Writing- completing
sentences- developing hints. Listening- short texts- short formal and informal conversations. Speaking-
introducing oneself - exchanging personal information- Language development- Why Questions- asking and
answering yes or no questions. Subject-Verb agreement – regular and irregular verbs. Vocabulary
development- prefixes- suffixes- articles.

UNIT II GENERAL READING AND FREE WRITING 9
Reading - comprehension-pre-reading-post reading- comprehension questions (multiple choice questions and
/or short questions/ open-ended questions)-inductive reading- short narratives and descriptions from
newspapers including dialogues and conversations (also used as short Listening texts)- register. Writing –
paragraph writing- topic sentence- main ideas- free writing, short narrative descriptions using some suggested
vocabulary and structures. Listening- telephonic conversations. Speaking – sharing information of a personal

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