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10O204
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
(Common to all branches)
3 0 0 3
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UNIT I |
COMMUNICATION |
9 |
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Importance of Communication -
Types of Formal Communication - The media of Communication - Barriers of
Communication - Techniques of Overcoming Barriers - Concept of Effective
Communication - Oral, Written and Non-Verbal Communication - Communication
Process and Principles of Communication -Jumbled Sentences - Messages
through E-mail, Fax and Telegrams. |
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UNIT II |
LISTENING |
9 |
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Listening - Barriers to
Listening - Listening to Announcement at Railway Stations and Airports etc. -
Listening to News on the Radio / TV - Listening to Casual Conversation -
Listening to Speech. |
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UNIT III |
SPEAKING |
10 |
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Debates - Making Request - Permission (Asking, Giving / Denying) - Offering Help -
Accepting / Declining Help - Giving Instruction - Giving Directions -Art of
Small Talk - Taking part in Casual Conversation, Making a short Formal Speech - Description (People, Place, Things and Events) - Telephonic Conversation
(Stages of call - Preparing for a call, Handling calls) - Oral Practice. |
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READING |
9
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Skimming the Text -
Understanding the Gist of an argument - Identifying the Topic Sentence -
Inferring Lexical & Contextual Meaning - Understanding & Recognizing
Discourse Features - Drama (Ever Young by Alice Gerstenberg, The Begger &
The King by Winthrope Parkhurst, Matter of Fact by Ferenc Molnar, The Stepmother
by Arnold Bennet). |
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UNIT V
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WRITING |
8 |
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Writing Sentence - Use of
Appropriate Vocabulary - Paragraph Writing - Coherence and Cohesive -
Narration / Description - Note Making - Letter Writing (Formal, Informal Claim and Business Correspondence, Job Application) - Editing - Essay Writing - Idioms & Phrases - Tag Questions - Words often Confused - Synonyms & Antonyms - Subject Verb
Agreement - Tense - Active and Passive (Impersonal Passive) - Indianism.
TOTAL: 45 |
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TEXT BOOKS: |
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Sl.No. |
Author(s) |
Title of the Book |
Publisher |
Year of Publication |
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1. |
Kiranmai Dutt P
and Prakash C L N |
A Course in Comunication
Skills |
Cambridge
University press, New Delhi. |
2008 |
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2 |
Leena Sen |
Comunication Skills |
PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi. |
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3. |
Balasubramanian M and
Anbalagan G |
Performance in English |
Anuradha Publications,
Kumbakonam. |
2007 |
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REFERENCE BOOKS: |
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Sl.No. |
Author(s) |
Title of the Book |
Publisher |
Year of Publication |
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1. |
Swaminathan Pillai S |
English Communication |
Emerald |
1995 |
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2. |
Andrea J Rutherford |
Basic Communication Skills for
Technology |
Pearson |
2001 |
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3. |
Sumant |
English For Engineers |
Vijay Nichole Publication |
2008 |
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