Technical English for Marine Engineers – I detailed syllabus for Marine Engineering (Marine) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Marine students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Marine Engineering 1st Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Marine 1st Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of technical english for marine engineers – i is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
COMMUNICATING 12 Listening – Short conversation: Introducing to new classmates – Audio / video (formal & informal); Telephone conversation; Listening to voicemail & messages; Listening and filling a form (Joining a course or similar) Speaking – Self Introduction; Introducing a friend; Conversation – politeness strategies; Telephone conversation; Leave a voicemail; Leave a message with another person; asking for information to fill details in a form. Reading – Reading brochures (technical context) ; Reading telephone messages / social media messages relevant to technical context; Reading emails. Writing – Writing emails / messages; Letters of enquiry Grammar – Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive; Question forms: Wh-questions; Question Tags; Indirect questions; Vocabulary – Synonyms; One word substitution; Abbreviations & Acronyms (used in technical context)
Unit II
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Unit II
I DESCRIBING 12 Listening – Listen to a product descriptions; Listen to a process descriptions; Listen to a lecture; Listen/ View an advertisement about a product. Speaking – Picture description; Giving instruction to use the product; Presenting a product; Summarising the lecture. Reading – Reading advertisements; Reading gadget reviews; Reading user manuals. Writing – Writing definitions; Writing instructions; Product /Process description. Grammar – Imperatives; Adjectives; Degrees of comparison; Present & Past Perfect Tenses. Vocabulary – Compound Nouns, Homonyms; Homophones
Unit IV
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Unit V
EXPRESSING 12 Listening – Listening to Debates; Listening to /viewing different viewpoints on an issue; Listening to panel discussion. Speaking – Small group discussions; Debates; Expressing opinions through Simulations & Roleplay activities, Reading – Reading editorials; Reading Opinion Blogs; Writing – Essay Writing (Descriptive or narrative). Grammar – Future Tenses, Punctuation; Negation (Statements & Questions); Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences. Vocabulary – Cause & Effect Expressions – Content v Function words
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- English for Engineers & Technologists (2020 edition) Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. Department of English, Anna University.
- Learning to Communicate by Dr. V. Chellammal. Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 2003
Reference Books:
- Technical Communication – Principles And Practices By Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford Univ. Press, 2016, New Delhi.
- A Course Book On Technical English By Lakshminarayanan, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- English For Technical Communication (With CD) By Aysha Viswamohan, Mcgraw Hill Education, ISBN : 0070264244.
- Effective Communication Skill, Kulbhusan Kumar, RS Salaria, Khanna Publishing House
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Marine Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Marine 1st Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Marine Engineering results, visit Anna University Marine all semester results direct link.