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HS2161 TECHNICAL ENGLISH 2(II) Syllabus for Anna University Second Semester B.E. | Common to All Branches
HS2161
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TECHNICAL ENGLISH II
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AIM:
To encourage students to actively
involve in participative learning of English and to help them acquire
Communication Skills.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To help students develop listening
skills for academic and professional purposes.
2. To help students acquire the ability
to speak effectively in English in real-life situations.
3. To inculcate reading habit and to
develop effective reading skills.
4. To help students improve their active
and passive vocabulary.
5. To familiarize students with different
rhetorical functions of scientific English.
6. To enable students write letters and
reports effectively in formal and business situations.
UNIT I 12
Technical Vocabulary - meanings in
context, sequencing words, Articles- Prepositions, intensive reading&
predicting content, Reading and interpretation, extended definitions, Process
description
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. Exercises on word formation using the
prefix ‘self’ - Gap filling with preposition.
2. Exercises - Using sequence words.
3. Reading comprehension exercise with
questions based on inference – Reading headings
4. and
predicting the content – Reading advertisements and interpretation.
5. Writing extended definitions – Writing
descriptions of processes – Writing paragraphs based on discussions – Writing
paragraphs describing the future.
UNIT II 12
Phrases
/ Structures indicating use / purpose – Adverbs-Skimming – Non-verbal
communication - Listening – correlating verbal and non-verbal communication
-Speaking in group discussions – Formal Letter writing – Writing analytical
paragraphs.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
Reading
comprehension exercises with questions on overall content – Discussions
analyzing stylistic features (creative and factual description) - Reading
comprehension exercises with texts including graphic communication - Exercises
in interpreting non-verbal communication.
1. Listening comprehension exercises to
categorise data in tables.
2. Writing formal letters, quotations,
clarification, complaint – Letter seeking permission for Industrial visits–
Writing analytical paragraphs on different debatable issues.
UNIT III 12
Cause and effect expressions – Different grammatical
forms of the same word - Speaking – stress and intonation, Group Discussions -
Reading – Critical reading - Listening, - Writing – using connectives, report
writing – types, structure, data collection, content, form, recommendations .
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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
Exercises
combining sentences using cause and effect expressions – Gap filling exercises
using the appropriate tense forms – Making sentences using different
grammatical forms of the same word.
( Eg: object –verb / object – noun )
1. Speaking exercises involving the use
of stress and intonation – Group discussions– analysis of problems and offering
solutions.
2. Reading comprehension exercises with
critical questions, Multiple choice question.
3. Sequencing of jumbled sentences using
connectives – Writing different types of reports like industrial accident
report and survey report – Writing recommendations.
UNIT IV
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12
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Numerical adjectives – Oral
instructions
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– Descriptive writing
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– Argumentative paragraphs –
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Letter
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of application - content, format (CV /
Bio-data) - Instructions, imperative forms - Checklists, Yes/No question form –
E-mail communication.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. Rewriting exercises using numerical
adjectives.
2. Reading comprehension exercises with
analytical questions on content – Evaluation of content.
3. Listening comprehension – entering
information in tabular form, intensive listening exercise and completing the
steps of a process.
4. Speaking - Role play – group
discussions – Activities giving oral instructions.
5. Writing descriptions, expanding hints
– Writing argumentative paragraphs – Writing formal letters – Writing letter of
application with CV/Bio-data – Writing general and safety instructions –
Preparing checklists – Writing e-mail messages.
UNIT
V 9
Speaking - Discussion of Problems and
solutions - Creative and critical thinking – Writing an essay, Writing a
proposal.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. Case Studies on problems and solutions
2. Brain storming and discussion
3. Writing Critical essays
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Writing short proposals of 2 pages
for starting a project, solving problems,
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etc.
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5.
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Writing advertisements.
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TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
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TEXT BOOKS:
1. Chapters 5 – 8. Department of
Humanities & Social Sciences, Anna University, ‘English for Engineers and
Technologists’ Combined Edition (Volumes 1 & 2), Chennai: Orient Longman
Pvt. Ltd., 2006. Themes 5 – 8 (Technology, Communication, Environment,
Industry)
REFERENCES:
1.
P. K. Dutt, G. Rajeevan and C.L.N Prakash, ‘A Course in Communication Skills’, Cambridge
University
Press, India 2007.
2. Krishna Mohan and Meera Banerjee,
‘Developing Communication Skills’, Macmillan India Ltd., (Reprinted 1994 – 2007).
3. Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe,
‘Objective English’, Second Edition, Pearson
Education, 2007.
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EXTENSIVE READING:
1. Robin Sharma, ‘The Monk Who Sold His
Ferrari’, Jaico Publishing House, 2007
Note:
The book listed under Extensive
Reading is meant for inculcating the reading habit of the students. They need
not be used for testing purposes.
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