Professional English detail syllabus for Common To All (Common), 2018-19 scheme is taken from AKTU official website and presented for AKTU students. The course code (KAS204), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/Week, Practical Hr/Week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration, and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other common 2nd sem syllabus for b.tech 2018-19 scheme aktu you can visit Common 2nd Sem syllabus for B.Tech 2018-19 Scheme AKTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for professional english is as follows.
Module 1:
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Module 2:
Components of Technical Writing
Vocabulary Building: Select words; Concept of word formation; Word formation; Root words from foreign languages & their use in English; Prefixes & Suffixes: Derivatives; Synonyms; Antonyms; Abbreviations. Homophones. One word substitutes; Requisites of Sentences.
Module 3:
Basic Technical Writing Skills
Forms: Business writing: Principle; Purchase & Sales Letters; Drafts; Official Writing: Official Letter; D.O. Letter; Notices; Agenda; Minutes of Meeting; Sentence Structure; Phrases & Clauses in sentences; Coherence; Unity; Emphasis in Writing; Devices; Use of Writing methods in Documents; Techniques of writing.
Module 4:
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Module 5:
Presentation Strategies & Oral Communications Analysis of
locale; Audience; Modulating Style & Content; Speaking with confidence; Kinesics;
Paralinguistic features of Voice-Dynamics: Pitch; Intonation; Stress & Rhythm; Conversation & dialogues; Communication at work-place; etc.
Course Outcomes:
- Students will be enabled to understand the basic objective of the course by being acquainted with specific dimensions of communication skills i.e. Reading, Writing, Listening, Thinking and Speaking.
- Students would be able to create substantial base by the formation of strong professional vocabulary for its application at different platforms and through numerous modes as Comprehension, reading, writing and speaking etc.
- Students will apply it at their work place for writing purposes such as Presentation/official drafting/administrative communication and use it for document/project/report/research paper writing.
- Students will be made to evaluate the correct & error-free writing by being well-versed in rules of English grammar & cultivate relevant technical style of communication & presentation at their work place & also for academic uses.
- Students will apply it for practical and oral presentation purposes by being honed up in presentation skills and voice-dynamics. They will apply techniques for developing interpersonal communication skills and positive attitude leading to their professional competence.
Text Books:
- Technical Communication – Principles and Practices by Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford Univ. Press, 2016, New Delhi.
- Improve Your Writing ed. V.N. Arora and Laxmi Chandra, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, NewDelhi.
Reference Books:
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis, W.R.Goyal Pub. & Distributors, 2009, Delhi.
- Manual of Practical Communication by L.U.B. Pandey; A.I.T.B.S. Publications India Ltd.; Krishan Nagar, 2013, Delhi.
- English Grammar and Usage by R.P.Sinha, Oxford University Press, 2005, New Delhi.
- English Grammar, Composition and Usage by N.K.Agrawal&F.T.Wood, Macmillan India Ltd., New Delhi.
- Effective Communication Skill, Kulbhusan Kumar, RS Salaria, Khanna Publishing House
- English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin, S.Chand& Co. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists, Sangeeta Sharma et.al. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd, 2011, New Delhi.
- Personality Development, Harold R. Wallace &L.Ann Masters, Cengage Learning, New Delhi
- Personality Development & Soft Skills, BarunK.Mitra, Oxford University Press, 2012 New Delhi.
- Business Correspondence and Report Writing by Prof. R.C. Sharma & Krishna Mohan, Tata McGraw Hill & Co. Ltd., 2001, New Delhi.
- Developing Communication Skills by Krishna Mohan, Meera Bannerji- Macmillan India Ltd. 1990, Delhi.
- Spoken English- A manual of Speech and Phonetics by R.K.Bansal&J.B.Harrison, Orient Blackswan, 2013, New Delhi.
- Business English by Ken Taylor, Orient Blackswan, 2011, New Delhi.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Common, 2018-19 scheme do visit Common 2nd Sem syllabus for 2018-19 scheme.
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