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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 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.

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