Proposed Course Scheme - Basic 2 Course for 2nd SEMESTER B Tech/B.Sc
Duration of the Course- 4months- Contact Hours- per week- 3 hrs.
Objective
Unit 1
Stepping stones,
objective - To be able to use
appropriate words in
different contexts
Unit 2
Constructing Sentences,
Objective - To develop the
ability to construct simple
sentences with the ability to
join them
Unit – 3
Speak Well,
Objective - The ability to
pronounce correctly with
intelligible articulation
Facilitation
Activities
1 hr. per week
1 hr. per week
Word association games,
Introduction of synonyms through
the use of dictionary, Directions
through pictures, Telling time
through visual iads
Vocabulary related to Processes and Projects
Phrasal verbs
1 hr. per week
Connecting sentences through coordination
Connecting sentences through subordination
Conveying messages – Direct and Indirect speech
Conditional
Sentences
Passivization
1 hr. per week
Aspiration
Intonation
Extempore
Word Stress
1 hr. per week
Role Plays, dialogues, picturedescriptions, skits etc
1 hr. per week
Self Introduction, Practising through
video and audio clippings, Reading and
comprehending through various
channels like newspapers, magazines,
journals etc.
Unit-4
Literature
Short
Story
How Much Land Does a Man
Need?
Leo Tolstoy
Essay
The Gandhian Outlook
S.Radhakrishnan
Poem
The Unknown Citizen
W.H.Auden
Note- All units would be made to run parallel to ensure the holistic development of communication skills.
Books Recommended:
1. Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists, Sangeeta Sharma and Binod
Mishra,
PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.(New Delhi)
2. English Grammar and Composition, Gurudas Mukherjee, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd.(New
Delhi)
3. Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition, R.P. Sinha, Oxford University
Press (New Delhi)
4. Effective Technical Communication, M Ashraf Rizvi, Tata McGraw Hill (New Delhi)
5. Business Communication, Meenakshi Raman & Prakash Singh, Oxford University
Press
(New Delhi)
6. Professional Communication, Aruna Koneru, Tata McGraw Hills, New Delhi.
7. A Practical Course for Developing Writing Skills in English, J.K. Gangal, PHI Learning
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
8. “Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals”, by Nitin Bhatnagar &
Mamta
Bhatnagar, Pearson (New Delhi).
9. “The Ace of Soft Skills”, by Gopalswamy Ramesh & Mahadevan Ramesh, Pearson
(New
Delhi)
10. Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists, Sangeeta Sharma & Binod
Mishra,
PHI Learning Pvt.
Ltd.
11. English for Engineers: Made Easy, Aeda Abidi & Ritu Chaudhary, Cengage Learning,
(New Delhi)
12. A Practical Course for Developing Writing Skills in English, J.K. Gangal, PHI Learning
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
13. Intermediate Grammar, Usage and Composition, Tickoo, A. E. Subramaniam & P. R.
Subramaniam, Orient Longman (New Delhi)
14. The Written Word , Vandana R. Singh, Oxford University Press (New Delhi)R.T.U., Kota
15. The Great Short Stories edited by D.C. Datta, Ram Narain Lal Publishers (Allahabad)
16. Professional Communication, Kavita Tyagi & Padma Misra,PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,
New
Delhi.
17. “Learn Correct English: Grammar, Usage and Composition” by Shiv K. Kumar
&
Hemalatha Nagarajan, Pearson (New Delhi).
18. “Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition” by R.P. Sinha, Oxford
University Press (New Delhi).
19. “Grammar of the Modern English Language