RGPV B Tech First Year Syllabus English BT 103
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
Books Recommended:
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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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