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.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Technical English II B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) secondsem is as follows<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n UNIT I \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (9+3 \u00a0hours)\u00a0<\/strong> UNIT II\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(9+3 \u00a0hours)\u00a0<\/strong> UNIT III\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(9+3 \u00a0hours)\u00a0<\/strong>\n
\nListening \u2013 Listening to informal conversations and participating; Speaking \u2013 Opening a conversation (greetings, comments on topics like weather) \u2013 Turn taking \u2013 Closing a conversation (excuses, general wish, positive comment, thanks); Reading \u2013 Developing analytical skills, Deductive and inductive reasoning \u2013 Extensive reading; Writing \u2013 Effective use of SMS for sending short notes and messages \u2013 Using \u201eemoticons\u201f as symbols in email messages; Grammar \u2013 Regular and irregular verbs \u2013 Active and passive voice; Vocabulary \u2013 Homonyms (e.g. \u201ecan\u201f) \u2013 Homophones (e.g. \u201esome\u201f, \u201esum\u201f); E-materials \u2013 Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary \u2013 blogging; Language Lab \u2013 Listening to different types of conversation and answering questions.<\/p>\n
\nListening \u2013 Listening to situation based dialogues; Speaking \u2013 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 \u2013 Reading a short story or an article from newspaper, Critical reading, Comprehension skills; Writing \u2013 Writing a review \/ summary of a story \/ article, Personal letter (Inviting your friend to a function, congratulating someone for his \/ her success, thanking one\u201fs friends \/ relatives); Grammar \u2013 modal verbs, Purpose expressions; Vocabulary \u2013 Phrasal verbs and their meanings, Using phrasal verbs in sentences; E-materials \u2013 Interactive exercises on Grammar and vocabulary, Extensive reading activity (reading stories \/ novels), Posting reviews in blogs \u2013 Language Lab \u2013 Dialogues (Fill up exercises), Recording students\u201f dialogues.<\/p>\n
\nListening \u2013 Listening to the conversation \u2013 Understanding the structure of conversations; Speaking \u2013 Conversation skills with a sense of stress, intonation, pronunciation and meaning \u2013 Seeking information \u2013 expressing feelings (affection, anger, regret, etc.); Reading \u2013 Speed reading \u2013 reading passages with time limit \u2013 Skimming; Writing \u2013 Minutes of meeting \u2013 format and practice in the preparation of minutes \u2013 Writing summary after reading articles from journals \u2013 Format for journal articles \u2013 elements of technical articles (abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, appendices, references) \u2013 Writing strategies; Grammar \u2013 Conditional clauses \u2013 Cause and effect expressions; Vocabulary \u2013 Words used as nouns and verbs without any change in the spelling (e.g. \u201erock\u201f, \u201etrain\u201f, \u201ering\u201f); E-materials \u2013 Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary \u2013 Speed Reading practice exercises; Language Lab \u2013 Intonation practice using EFLU and RIE materials \u2013 Attending a meeting and writing minutes.<\/p>\n