RGPV B Tech First Year Syllabus English BT 103


RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI

VISHWAVIDYALAYA, BHOPAL

New Scheme Based On AICTE Flexible Curricula

B.Tech. First Year

Branch- Common to All Disciplines

BT103

English for Communication

3L-0T-2P

4 Credits

Course content

Unit 1. Identifying Common Errors

Subject Verb Agreement, Propositions, Active and Passive voice, Reported Speech, Direct and Indirect, Sentence Structure

Unit-II- Vocabulary building and Comprehension:

Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives, synonyms, antonyms, Reading comprehension.

Unit- III- Communication

Introduction, Meaning and Significance, Process of Communication, Oral and Written communication, 7C’s of communication Barriers to communication and ways to overcome them, Importance of Communication for the technical students, Nonverbal Communication

Unit-IV- Developing Writing Skills: 

Planning, Drafting and Editing, Precise Writing, Précis, Technical definition and Technical description. Report Writing: Features of writing a good Report, 

Structure of a Formal Report, Report of Trouble, Laboratory Report, Progress Report.

Unit-V- Business Correspondence:

Importance of Business Letters, Parts and Layout, Applications, Contents of a good résumé, Guidelines for writing résumé, Calling / Sending Quotation, Order, Complaint, Email

Unit wise Topics and Links for Notes


Unit 1 Identifying Common Errors
Unit 2 

1. Reading Comprehension- Click here - Reading Comprehension

2. Prefixes and Suffixes :Click here Prefixes and Suffixes    

Unit 3

1. Communication:- Click here - Communication

2. Classification of Communication :- Click here - Kinds of Communication

3. Barriers to Communication:- Click here - Barriers to Communication 

4. Overcoming The Barriers to Communication:- Click here - Overcoming the Barriers to Communication 

Unit 4

1. Methodology of Technical Description :- Click here - Technical Description (Methodology)

2. Technical Description of an Electric Fan:- Click here - Technical Description of an Electric Fan 

3. Technical Description of an Air Cooler- Click here - Technical Description of an Air Cooler

4. Precis Writing:- Click here - Precis Writing

5. Technical Communication Click here - Technical Communication

6. Report- Definition- Importance- Click here - Report, Definition, Importance

7. Types / Kinds of Report-  Click here - Types of Report

8. News Report- Click here - News Report 

9. Structure/ Layout of a Report- Click here - Structure / Layout Report

10. Sample Recommendation Report:- Click here - Sample Recommendation Report

11. Sample Progress Report- Click here - Sample Progress Report

12. Sample Report of Trouble- Click here- Report of Trouble

13. Developing Writing Skills- Click here - Developing Writing Skills 

Unit 5 

1. Application Letter for Job- Click here - Application Letter for Job 

2. Business Correspondence- Click here - Business Correspondence 

3. Tender Notice - Click here -Tender Notice 

4. E-Mail- Click here - Email    

Some more important links:- 

Technical Description of Refrigerator and Electric iron


Technical Description of Lathe Machine


Important Questions for B Tech English for Communication


Old Papers B Tech English for Communication

Books Recommended:

Click here for the best Book on English for communication BT 103

1. ‘Technical Communication : Principles and practice’, Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta  Sharma (Oxford)

2.      ‘Effective Business Communication’, Krizan and merrier (Cengage learning)

3.      ‘Communication Skill, Sanjay Kumar and pushlata, OUP2011

4.       “Practical English Usage Michael Swan OUP, 1995.

5.    “Exercises in spoken English Parts I- II-   III 

         CIEFL, Hyderabad, Oxford University Press

6.       On writing well, William Zinsser, Harper Resource Book 2001.

7.       Remedial English Grammar, F.T. Wood,Macmillan2007.

Course Outcomes:

The student will acquire basic proficiency in English including reading and listening comprehension, writing and speaking skills.

Communicative Language Laboratory:

Course objective: The language laboratory focuses on the practice of English through audio-visual aids and Computer software. It intends to enable the students to speak English correctly with confidence and intends to help them to overcome their inhibitions and self –consciousness while speaking in English.

Topics to be covered in the Language laboratory sessions:

1.      Listening Comprehension.

2.      Pronunciation, Intonation, Rhythm

3.      Practising everyday dialogues in English

4.      Interviews.

5.      Formal Presentation

Final Assessment should be based on assignment, assessment, presentation and interview of each candidate.






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