Technical English \u2013 I Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech 1st 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 \u2013 I B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) fristsem is as follows<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n UNIT I : \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(9+3 hours)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Listening – Introducing learners to GIE – Types of listening – Listening to audio (verbal & sounds); Speaking – Speaking about one\u201fs place, important festivals etc. \u2013 Introducing oneself, one\u201fs family \/ friend; Reading – Skimming a reading passage \u2013 Scanning for specific information – Note-making; Writing – Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place \/ Hobbies \/ School life, etc.) – Sentence completion – Autobiographical writing (writing about one\u201fs leisure time activities, hometown, etc.); Grammar – Prepositions – Reference words – Wh-questions – Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary – Word formation – Word expansion (root words \/ etymology); E-materials – Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary – Reading comprehension exercises – Listening to audio files and answering questions.<\/p>\n UNIT II \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(9+3 hours)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Listening – Listening and responding to video lectures \/ talks; Speaking – Describing a simple process (filling a form, etc.) – Asking and answering questions – Telephone skills \u2013 Telephone etiquette; Reading \u2013 Critical reading – Finding key information in a given text – Sifting facts from opinions; Writing – Biographical writing (place, people) – Process descriptions (general\/specific) – Definitions – Recommendations \u2013 Instructions; Grammar – Use of imperatives – Subject-verb agreement; Vocabulary – Compound words – Word Association (connotation); E-materials – Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary – Listening exercises with sample telephone conversations \/ lectures \u2013 Picture based activities.<\/p>\n UNIT III\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(9+3 hours)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Listening – Listening to specific task – focused audio tracks; Speaking – Role-play \u2013 Simulation – Group interaction – Speaking in formal situations (teachers, officials, foreigners); Reading – Reading and interpreting visual material; Writing – Jumbled sentences – Coherence and cohesion in writing – Channel conversion (flowchart into process) – Types of paragraph (cause and effect \/ compare and contrast \/ narrative \/ analytical) – Informal writing (letter\/e-mail\/blogs) – Paraphrasing; Grammar – Tenses (Past) – Use of sequence words – Adjectives; Vocabulary – Different forms and uses of words, Cause and effect words; E-materials – Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary – Excerpts from films related to the theme and follow up exercises – Pictures of flow charts and tables for interpretations.<\/p>\n\n