JNTUH B.Tech 3rd year (3-2) Advanced Communication Skills (Acs) Lab gives you detail information of Advanced Communication Skills (Acs) Lab R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Introduction
The introduction of the Advanced Communication Skills Lab is considered essential at 3rd year level. At this stage, the students need to prepare themselves for their careers which may require them to listen to, read, speak and write in English both for their professional and interpersonal communication in the globalised context.The proposed course should be a laboratory course to enable students to use ‘good’ English and perform the following:
- Gathering ideas and information to organise ideas relevantly and coherently.
- Engaging in debates.
- Participating in group discussions. Facing interviews.
- Writing project/research reports/technical reports Making oral presentations.
- Writing formal letters.
- Transferring information from non-verbal to verbal texts and vice- versa.
- Taking part in social and professional communication.
Objectives
- This Lab focuses on using multi-media instruction for language development to meet the following targets:
- To improve the students’ fluency in English, through a well-developed vocabulary and enable them to listen to English spoken at normal conversational speed by educated English speakers and respond appropriately in different socio-cultural and professional contexts.
- Further, they would be required to communicate their ideas relevantly and coherently in writing.
- To prepare all the students for their placements.
Syllabus
The following course content to conduct the activities is prescribed for the Advanced Communication Skills (ACS) Lab
- Activities on Fundamentals of Inter-personal Communication and Building Vocabulary – Starting a conversation – responding appropriately and relevantly – using the right body language – Role Play in different situations & Discourse Skills- using visuals – Synonyms and antonyms, word roots, one-word substitutes, prefixes and suffixes, study of word origin, business vocabulary, analogy, idioms and phrases, collocations & usage of vocabulary.
- Activities on Reading Comprehension -General Vs Local comprehension, reading for facts, guessing meanings from context, scanning, skimming, inferring meaning, critical reading & effective googling.
- Activities on Writing Skills – Structure and presentation of different types of writing – letter writing/Resume writing/ e-correspondence/Technical report writing/ Portfolio writing – planning for writing – improving one’s writing.
- Activities on Presentation Skills – Oral presentations (individual and group) through JAM sessions/seminars/PPTs and written presentations through posters/projects/reports/ e-mails/assignments etc.
- Activities on Group Discussion and Interview Skills – Dynamics of group discussion, intervention, summarizing, modulation of voice, body language, relevance, fluency and organization of ideas and rubrics for evaluation- Concept and process, pre-interview planning, opening strategies, answering strategies, interview through tele- conference & video-conference and Mock Interviews.
Minimum Requirement
The Advanced Communication Skills (ACS) Laboratory shall have the following infra-structural facilities to accommodate at least 35 students in the lab.
- Spacious room with appropriate acoustics.
- Round Tables with movable chairs
- Audio-visual aids
- LCD Projector
- Public Address system
- P – IV Processor, Hard Disk – 80 GB, RAM-512 MB Minimum,
- Speed – 2.8 GHZ
- T. V, a digital stereo & Camcorder Headphones of High quality
Prescribed Lab Manual: A book titled A Course Book of Advanced.
Communication Skills (ACS) : Lab published by Universities Press,Hyderabad.
Suggested Software
The software consisting of the prescribed topics elaborated above should be procured and used.
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Compass, 7th Edition
- DELTA’s key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test: Advanced Skill Practice.
- Lingua TOEFL CBT Insider, by Dreamtech
- TOEFL & GRE( KAPLAN, AARCO & BARRONS, USA, Cracking GRE by CLIFFS)
The following software from `train2success.com’
- Preparing for being Interviewed
- Positive Thinking
- Interviewing Skills
- Telephone Skills
- Time Management
Books Recommended
- Technical Communication by Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford University Press 2009.
- Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual by Sudha Rani,D, Pearson Education 20 11.
- Technical Communication by Paul V. Anderson. Learning pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
- Business and Professiona l Communication: Keys for Workplace Excellence. Kelly M. Quintanilla & Shawn T. Wahl. Sage South Asia Edition. Sage Publications . 2011.
- The Basics of Communication: A Relational Perspective. Steve Duck & David T. McMahan. Sage South Asia Edition. Sage Publications. 2012.
- English Vocabulary in Use series, Cambridge University Press 2008. Management Shapers Series by Universities Press(India)Pvt Ltd., Himayatnagar, Hyderabad 2008.
- Handbook for Technical Communication by David A. McMurrey & Joanne Buckley. 2012. Cengage Learning.
- Communication Skills by Leena Sen, PHI Learning Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 2009
- Handbook for Technical Writing by David A McMurrey & Joanne Buckely CENGAGE Learning 2008
- Job Hunting by CoIm Downes, Cambridge University Press 2008.
- Master Public Speaking by Anne Nicholls, JAICO Publishing House,2006.
- English for Technical Communication for Engineering Students, Aysha Vishwamohan, Tata Mc Graw-Hil 2009.
- Books on TOEFL/GRE/GMAT/CAT/ IELTS by Barron’s/DELTA/Cambridge University Press.
- International English for Call Centres by Barry Tomalin and Suhashini Thomas, Macmillan Publishers, 2009.
DISTRIBUTION AND WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS
- Advanced Communication Skills Lab Practicals
- The practical examinations for the ACS Laboratory practice shall be conducted as per the University norms prescribed for the core engineering practical sessions.
- For the English Language lab sessions, there shall be continuous evaluation during the year for 25 sessional marks and 50 End Examination marks. Of the 25 marks, 15 marks shall be awarded for day-to-day work and 10 marks to be awarded by conducting Internal Lab Test(s). The End Examination shall be conducted by the teacher concerned, by inviting the External Examiner from outside. In case of the non-availability of the External Examiner, other teacher of the same department can act as the External Examiner.
- Mini Project: As a part of Internal Evaluation
- Seminar/ Professional Presentation
- A Report on the same has to be prepared and presented.Teachers may use their discretion to choose topics relevant and suitable to the needs of students. Not more than two students to work on each mini project.
- Students may be assessed by their performance both in oral presentation and written report.
Outcomes
- Accomplishment of sound vocabulary and its proper use contextually.
- Flair in Writing and felicity in written expression.
- Enhanced job prospects.
- Effective Speaking Abilities.
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