Technical English II Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Technical English II B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) secondsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
- To make learners acquire listening and speaking skills in both formal and informal contexts.
- To help them develop their reading skills by familiarizing them with different types of reading strategies.
- To equip them with writing skills needed for academic as well as workplace contexts.
- To make them acquire language skills at their own pace by using e-materials and language lab components.
UNIT I (9+3 hours)
Listening – Listening to informal conversations and participating; Speaking – Opening a conversation (greetings, comments on topics like weather) – Turn taking – Closing a conversation (excuses, general wish, positive comment, thanks); Reading – Developing analytical skills, Deductive and inductive reasoning – Extensive reading; Writing – Effective use of SMS for sending short notes and messages – Using „emoticons‟ as symbols in email messages; Grammar – Regular and irregular verbs – Active and passive voice; Vocabulary – Homonyms (e.g. „can‟) – Homophones (e.g. „some‟, „sum‟); E-materials – Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary – blogging; Language Lab – Listening to different types of conversation and answering questions.
UNIT II (9+3 hours)
Listening – Listening to situation based dialogues; Speaking – Conversation practice in real life situations, asking for directions (using polite expressions), giving directions (using imperative sentences), Purchasing goods from a shop, Discussing various aspects of a film (they have already seen) or a book (they have already read); Reading – Reading a short story or an article from newspaper, Critical reading, Comprehension skills; Writing – Writing a review / summary of a story / article, Personal letter (Inviting your friend to a function, congratulating someone for his / her success, thanking one‟s friends / relatives); Grammar – modal verbs, Purpose expressions; Vocabulary – Phrasal verbs and their meanings, Using phrasal verbs in sentences; E-materials – Interactive exercises on Grammar and vocabulary, Extensive reading activity (reading stories / novels), Posting reviews in blogs – Language Lab – Dialogues (Fill up exercises), Recording students‟ dialogues.
UNIT III (9+3 hours)
Listening – Listening to the conversation – Understanding the structure of conversations; Speaking – Conversation skills with a sense of stress, intonation, pronunciation and meaning – Seeking information – expressing feelings (affection, anger, regret, etc.); Reading – Speed reading – reading passages with time limit – Skimming; Writing – Minutes of meeting – format and practice in the preparation of minutes – Writing summary after reading articles from journals – Format for journal articles – elements of technical articles (abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, appendices, references) – Writing strategies; Grammar – Conditional clauses – Cause and effect expressions; Vocabulary – Words used as nouns and verbs without any change in the spelling (e.g. „rock‟, „train‟, „ring‟); E-materials – Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary – Speed Reading practice exercises; Language Lab – Intonation practice using EFLU and RIE materials – Attending a meeting and writing minutes.
[TOTAL (L:45+T:15): 60 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES: Learners should be able to:
- Speak convincingly, express their opinions clearly, initiate a discussion, negotiate, argue using appropriate communicative strategies.
- write effectively and persuasively and produce different types of writing such as narration, description, exposition and argument as well as creative, critical, analytical and evaluative writing.
- read different genres of texts, infer implied meanings and critically analyse and evaluate them for ideas as well as for method of presentation.
- listen/view and comprehend different spoken excerpts critically and infer unspoken and implied meanings.
TEXTBOOKS:
- Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012
- Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011
REFERENCES:
- Anderson, Paul V. Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach. Cengage. New Delhi. 2008
- Muralikrishna, & Sunita Mishra. Communication Skills for Engineers. Pearson, New Delhi. 2011
- Riordan, Daniel. G. Technical Communication. Cengage Learning, New Delhi. 2005
- Sharma, Sangeetha & Binod Mishra. Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists. PHI Learning, New Delhi. 2009
- Smith-Worthington, Darlene & Sue Jefferson. Technical Writing for Success. Cengage, Mason USA. 2007
EXTENSIVE Reading (Not for Examination)
- Khera, Shiv. You can Win. Macmillan, Delhi. 1998.
Websites
- http://www.englishclub.com
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu
TEACHING METHODS: Lectures
- Activities conducted individually, in pairs and in groups like individual writing and presentations, group discussions, interviews, reporting, etc
- Long presentations using visual aids
- Listening and viewing activities with follow up activities like discussions, filling up worksheets, writing exercises (using language lab wherever necessary/possible) etc
- Projects like group reports, mock interviews etc using a combination of two or more of the language skills
EVALUATION PATTERN: Internal assessment: 20% 3 tests of which two are pen and paper tests and the other is a combination of different modes of assessment like
- Project
- Assignment
- Report
- Creative writing, etc.
All the four skills are to be tested with equal weightage given to each.
- Speaking assessment: Individual presentations, Group discussions
- Reading assessment: Reading passages with comprehension questions graded following Bloom‟s taxonomy
- Writing assessment: Writing essays, CVs, reports etc. Writing should include grammar and vocabulary.
- Listening/Viewing assessment: Lectures, dialogues, film clippings with questions on verbal as well as audio/visual content graded following Bloom‟s taxonomy.
End Semester Examination: 80%
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