HS6151 TECHNICAL ENGLISH-1 SYLLABUS - ANNA UNIVERSITY

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI

  HS6151 TECHNICAL ENGLISH-1 SYLLABUS REGULATION - 2013

                        FIRST SEMESTER SYLLABUS

B.E. / B. Tech. (All Branches except Marine Engineering)

HS6151                      TECHNICAL ENGLISH – I

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OBJECTIVES:

• To enable learners of Engineering and Technology develop their basic communication skills in English.
• To emphasize specially the development of speaking skills amongst learners of Engineering and Technology.
• To ensure that learners use the electronic media such as internet and supplement the learning materials used in the classroom.
• To inculcate the habit of reading and writing leading to effective and efficient communication.

OUTCOMES:

Learners should be able to

• speak clearly, confidently, comprehensibly, and communicate with one or many listeners using appropriate communicative strategies.
• write cohesively and coherently and flawlessly avoiding grammatical errors, using a wide
• vocabulary range, organizing their ideas logically on a topic.
•  read different genres of texts adopting various reading strategies.
• listen/view and comprehend different spoken discourses/excerpts in different accents.

UNIT I

 

Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal & sounds);Speaking - Speaking about one’s place, important festivals etc. – Introducing oneself, one’s family /friend; Reading - Skimming a reading passage – Scanning for specific information - Note-making;Writing - Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place / Hobbies / School life, etc.) - Sentence completion - Autobiographical writing (writing about one’s leisure time activities, hometown, etc.); Grammar - Prepositions - Reference words - Wh-questions - Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary - Word formation - Word expansion (root words / etymology); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary - Reading comprehension exercises - Listening to audio files and answering questions.

UNIT II

Listening - Listening and responding to video lectures / talks; Speaking - Describing a simple process (filling a form, etc.) - Asking and answering questions - Telephone skills – Telephone etiquette; Reading – Critical reading - Finding key information in a given text - Sifting facts from opinions; Writing - Biographical writing (place, people) - Process descriptions (general/specific) - Definitions - Recommendations – Instructions; Grammar - Use of imperatives - Subject-verb agreement; Vocabulary - Compound words - Word Association (connotation); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Listening exercises with sample telephone conversations / lectures – Picture-based activities.

UNIT III

Listening - Listening to specific task - focused audio tracks; Speaking - Role-play – Simulation - Group interaction - Speaking in formal situations (teachers, officials, foreigners); Reading - Reading and interpreting visual material; Writing - Jumbled sentences - Coherence and cohesion in writing - Channel conversion (flowchart into process) - Types of paragraph (cause and effect / compare and contrast / narrative / analytical) - Informal writing (letter/e-mail/blogs) - Paraphrasing; Grammar - Tenses (Past) - Use of sequence words - Adjectives; Vocabulary - Different forms and uses of words, Cause and effect words; E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Excerpts from films related to the theme and follow up exercises - Pictures of flow charts and tables for interpretations.

UNIT IV

Listening - Watching videos / documentaries and responding to questions based on them; Speaking - Responding to questions - Different forms of interviews - Speaking at different types of interviews; Reading - Making inference from the reading passage - Predicting the content of a reading passage; Writing - Interpreting visual materials (line graphs, pie charts etc.) - Essay writing – Different types of essays; Grammar - Adverbs – Tenses – future time reference; Vocabulary - Single word substitutes - Use of abbreviations and acronyms; E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Sample interviews - film scenes - dialogue writing.

UNIT V

Listening - Listening to different accents, Listening to Speeches/Presentations, Listening to broadcast and telecast from Radio and TV; Speaking - Giving impromptu talks, Making presentations on given topics; Reading - Email communication - Reading the attachment files having a poem/joke/proverb - Sending their responses through email; Writing - Creative writing, Poster making; Grammar - Direct and indirect speech; Vocabulary - Lexical items (fixed / semi fixed expressions); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Sending emails with attachment – Audio / video excerpts of different accents - Interpreting posters.

TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers.

Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012

2. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering.

Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011

REFERENCES:

1. Raman, Meenakshi & Sangeetha Sharma. Technical Communication : Principles and Practice. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2011

2. Regional Institute of English. English for Engineers. Cambridge University

Press, New Delhi.

2006

3. Rizvi, Ashraf. M. Effective Technical Communication

. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2005

4. Rutherford, Andrea. J Basic Communication Skills for Technology. Pearson, New Delhi. 2001

5. Viswamohan, Aysha. English for Technical Communication

. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2008

EXTENSIVE Reading (Not for Examination)

1. Kalam, Abdul. Wings of Fire. Universities Press, Hyderabad. 1999.

WEBSITES:

1. http://www.usingenglish.com

2. http://www.uefap.com

TEACHING METHODS:

• Lectures
• Activities conducted individually, in pairs and in groups like self introduction, peer introduction,
• group poster making, grammar and vocabulary games, etc.
• Discussions
• Role play activities
• Short presentations
•  Listening and viewing activities with follow up activities like discussion

, filling up worksheets,

writing exercises (using language lab

wherever necessary/possible) etc.

EVALUATION PATTERN:

Internal assessment: 20%

3 tests of which two are pen and paper tests and the other is a combination of different modes of assessment like

• Project
• Assignment
• Reviews
• Creative writing
• Poster making, etc.

All the four skills are to be tested with equal weightage given to each.

• Speaking assessment: Individual speaking activities, Pair work activities like role play,
• Interview, Group discussions
• Reading assessment: Reading passages

with comprehension questions graded from simple to complex, from direct to inferential

Writing assessment: Writing paragraphs, essays etc. Writing should include grammar and vocabulary.

Listening/Viewing assessment: Lectures, dialogues, film clippings with questions on verbal as well as audio/visual content.

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