[PDF] HS3151 Professional English – I (PE-I) Books, Lecture Notes, 2 marks with answers, Important Part B 16 Marks Questions, Question Bank & Syllabus

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION

Listening –for general information-specific details- conversation: Introduction to classmates – Audio / video (formal & informal); Telephone conversation; Listening to voicemail & messages; Listening and filling a form

Speaking – Self Introduction; Introducing a friend; Conversation – politeness strategies; Telephone conversation; Leave a voicemail; Leave a message with another person; asking for information to fill details in a form.

Reading – Reading brochures (technical context), telephone messages / social media messages relevant to technical contexts and emails.

Writing – Writing emails / letters introducing oneself

Grammar – Present Tense ( simple and progressive); Question types: Wh/ Yes or No/ and Tags

Vocabulary – Synonyms; One word substitution; Abbreviations & Acronyms (as used in technical contexts).

 UNIT II NARRATION AND SUMMATION

Listening – Listening to podcast, anecdotes / stories / event narration; documentaries and interviews with celebrities.

Speaking – Narrating personal experiences / events; Interviewing a celebrity; Reporting / and summarising of documentaries / podcasts/ interviews.

Reading – Reading biographies, travelogues, newspaper reports, Excerpts from literature, and travel & technical blogs.

Writing – Guided writing– Paragraph writing Short Report on an event (field trip etc.)

Grammar –Past tense (simple); Subject-Verb Agreement; and Prepositions

Vocabulary – Word forms (prefixes& suffixes); Synonyms and Antonyms. Phrasal verbs.

 UNIT III DESCRIPTION OF A PROCESS / PRODUCT

Listening – Listen to a product and process descriptions; a classroom lecture;and advertisements about a products.

Speaking – Picture description; Giving instruction to use the product; Presenting a product; and Summarising a lecture.

Reading – Reading advertisements, gadget reviews; user manuals.

Writing – Writing definitions; instructions; and Product /Process description.

Grammar – Imperatives; Adjectives; Degrees of comparison; Present & Past Perfect Tenses. Vocabulary – Compound Nouns, Homonyms; and Homophones, discourse markers (connectives & sequence words)

 UNIT IV CLASSIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Listening – Listening to TED Talks; Scientific lectures; and educational videos.

Speaking – Small Talk; Mini presentations and making recommendations.

Reading – Newspaper articles; Journal reports –and Non Verbal Communication ( tables, pie charts etc,. )

Writing – Note-making / Note-taking (*Study skills to be taught, not tested); ; Writing recommendations; Transferring information from non verbal ( chart , graph etc, to verbal mode)

Grammar – Articles; Pronouns – Possessive & Relative pronouns.

Vocabulary – Collocations; Fixed / Semi fixed expressions.

 UNIT V EXPRESSION

Listening – Listening to debates/ discussions; different viewpoints on an issue; and panel discussions.

Speaking –group discussions, Debates, and Expressing opinions through Simulations & Roleplay. Reading – Reading editorials; and Opinion Blogs;

Writing – Essay Writing (Descriptive or narrative).

Grammar – Future Tenses, Punctuation; Negation (Statements & Questions); and Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences.

Vocabulary – Cause & Effect Expressions – Content vs Function words.

 TEXT BOOKS :

1. English for Engineers & Technologists Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. Department of English, Anna University, (2020 edition)

2. English for Science & Technology Cambridge University Press, 2021.

REFERENCES:

1. Technical Communication – Principles And Practices By Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford Univ. Press, 2016, New Delhi.

2. A Course Book On Technical English By Lakshminarayanan, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd.

3. English For Technical Communication (With CD) By Aysha Viswamohan, Mcgraw Hill Education, ISBN : 0070264244.

4. Effective Communication Skill, Kulbhusan Kumar, RS Salaria, Khanna Publishing House.

5. Learning to Communicate – Dr. V. Chellammal, Allied Publishing House, New Delhi,2003.

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