JNTUK B.Tech Advanced English Communication Skills Lab gives you detail information of Advanced English Communication Skills Lab R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
1. INTRODUCTION
The introduction of the English Language 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 an integrated theory and lab course to enable students to use ‘good’ English and perform the following:
1. Gather ideas and information, to organise ideas relevantly and coherently. 2. Engage in debates.
3. Participate in group discussions. 4. Face interviews.
5. Write project/research reports/technical reports. 6. Make oral presentations.
7. Write formal letters.
8. Transfer information from non-verbal to verbal texts and vice versa. 9. To take part in social and professional communication.
2. OBJECTIVES:
This Lab focuses on using computer-aided multimedia instruction for language development to meet the following targets:
1. 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.
2. Further, they would be required to communicate their ideas relevantly and coherently in writing.
3. SYLLABUS:
The following course content is prescribed for the Advanced
Communication Skills Lab:
1.Functional English – starting a conversation – responding appropriately and relevantly – using the right body language – role play in different situations.
2.Vocabulary building – synonyms and antonyms, word roots, one- word substitutes, prefixes and suffixes, study of word origin, analogy, idioms and phrases.
3.Group Discussion – dynamics of group discussion, intervention, summarizing, modulation of voice, body language, relevance, fluency and coherence.
4.Interview Skills – concept and process, pre-interview planning, opening strategies, answering strategies, interview through tele and video-conferencing.
5.Resume writing – structure and presentation, planning, defining the career objective, projecting ones strengths and skill-sets, summary, formats and styles, letter-writing.
6.Reading comprehension – reading for facts, guessing meanings from context, scanning, skimming, inferring meaning, critical reading.
7.Technical Report writing – Types of formats and styles, subject matter – organization, clarity, coherence and style, planning, data- collection, tools, analysis.
4.MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
The English Language Lab shall have two parts:
i) The Computer aided Language Lab for 60 students with 60 systems, one master console, LAN facility and English language software for self- study by learners.
ii) The Communication Skills Lab with movable chairs and audio- visual aids with a P.A System, a T. V., a digital stereo audio & video system and camcorder etc.
System Requirement ( Hardware component):
Computer network with LAN with minimum 60 multimedia systems with the following specifications:
iii) P – IV Processor
a) Speed – 2.8 GHZ
b) RAM – 512 MB Minimum
c) Hard Disk – 80 GB
iv) Headphones of High quality
5. Suggested Software: Page 50 of 79
The software consisting of the prescribed topics elaborated above should be procured and used. Suggested Software:
Clarity Pronunciation Power – part II
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
- Team Building,
- Decision making
l English in Mind, Herbert Puchta and Jeff Stranks with Meredith Levy, Cambridge
6. Books Recommended:
- M. Ashraf Rizvi, Effective Technical Communication, Tata Mc. Graw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd, 2005.
- Madhavi Apte, A Course in English communication by, Prentice- Hall of India, 2007.
- Leena Sen, Communication Skills, 2nd revised edition, Prentice-Hall of India, 2007.
- Stephen Bailey, Rontledge Falmer, Academic Writing- A Practical guide for students,1st Edition London & New York, 2005.
- Dr A Ramakrishna Rao, Dr G Natanam & Prof SA Sankaranarayanan, English Language Communication : A Reader cum Lab Manual Anuradha Publications, Chennai, 2008.
- Dr. Shalini Verma, Body Language- Your Success Mantra, S. Chand, 2005.
- Nancy Gallagher, key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test: Advanced Skill Practice, DELTA publishers, 2011
- IELTS series with CDs by Cambridge University Press.
- Daniel G. Riordan & Steven E. Pauley Technical Report Writing Today, 9th edition, Wadsworth Publishers, 2004.
- Andra J. Rutherford , Basic Communication Skills for Technology, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
- Sunita Mishra & C. Muralikrishna Communication Skills for Engineers, Pearson Education, 2007.
- Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Objective English, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
- Jolene Gear & Robert Gear, Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test, 4th Edition, Cambridge university Press, 2006.
- Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma Technical Communication, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 2009.
- DISTRIBUTION AND WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS: Advanced Communication Skills Lab Practical’s:
- The practical examinations for the English Language 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 a 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 with the help of another member of the staff of the same department of the same institution.
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