HS8151 Technical English Syllabus for Anna University 1st ...

HS8151	TECHNICAL ENGLISH I	L ?T? ?P C
? OBJECTIVES	(For all branches of B.E / B.Tech programmes)	3?? 1? ?0 ?4

• To enable all students of engineering and technology develop their basic communication

skills in English.

• To give special emphasis to the development of speaking skills amongst the students of engineering and technology students.
• To ensure that students use the electronic media such as interne and supplement the learning materials used in the classroom.
• To inculcate the habit of reading for pleasure.

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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.

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UNIT II

Listening ? Listening and responding to video lectures / talks; Speaking ? Describing a simple process (filling a form, etc.) ? Asking & 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) ? ?Lab descriptions (general/specific description of laboratory experiments) ? ?Definitions ? ?Recommendations; Grammar ? Use of imperatives ? ?Subject-verb agreement; Vocabulary ? Compound words ? ?Word Association; E- materials ? Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary ?-?????? Listening exercises with sample telephone conversations / lectures ? Picture-based activities.

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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

& effect / compare & 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.

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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 ?& ?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 ?& ?telecast ?from ?Radio ?& ?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 & Vocabulary ? Sending emails with attachment ? Audio / video excerpts of different accents, ? Interpreting posters

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TEXT BOOKS:

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

University, Chennai, 2012 .

2. ?S.P.Dhanavel, English and Communication skills for students of science and Engineering, Orient Black Swan, Chennai, 2011.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. ?Pickett, ?Nell Ann, ?Ann A.Laster ?and Katherine E.Staples. ?Technical English: Writing, Reading and Speaking. New York: Longman, 2001.

2. ?Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A practical guide for students. New York: Rutledge,

2011.

3. ?Morgan, ?David ?and ?Nicholas ?Regan. ?Take-Off: ?Technical ?English ?for ?Engineering.

Reading: Garnet Publishing Limited, 2008.

4. ?Thorn, ?Michael ?and ?Alan ?Badrick.???? An ?Introduction ?to ?Technical ?English. ?Harlow:

Prentice Hall Europe, 1993.

5. ?Rizvi, ?M.Ashraf. ?Effective ?Technical ?Communication. ?New ?Delhi: ?Tata ?McGraw-Hill

PublishingCompany, 2007.

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EXTENSIVE READERS

1. ?Murthy, Sudha. Wise & Otherwise. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006.

2. ?Gates, Bill and Collins Hemingway. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy. New York: Warner Business Books, 2000.

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WEBSITE RESOURCES

1.????? www.uefap.com

2.????? www.eslcafe.com

3.????? www.listen-to-english.com

4.????? www.owl.english.purdue.edu

5.????? www.chompchomp.com

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