Advanced English
Language Communication Skills Lab
III Year B.Tech. ECE. II-Sem
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ADVANCED
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS LAB
1. Introduction
The introduction of the English Language Lab is
considered essential at 3rd year level. At this stage the
students need
to prepare themselves for their careers which may require them to listen to,
read, speak and
write in
English both for their professional and interpersonal communication in the globalised context.
The proposed course should be an integrated
theory and lab course to enable students to use ‘good’
English and perform the following:
• Gather ideas and information, to organise ideas relevantly and coherently.
• Engage
in debates.
• Participate
in group discussions.
• Face
interviews.
• Write
project/research reports/technical reports.
• Make
oral presentations.
• Write
formal letters.
• Transfer
information from non-verbal to verbal texts and vice versa.
• To
take part in social and professional communication.
2. Objectives:
This Lab focuses on using computer-aided multimedia instruction for
language development to meet the
following targets:
• To
improve the students’ fluency in English, through a well-developed vocabulary
and enable them
to listen to English spoken at normal
conversational speed by educated English speakers and
respond appropriately in different
socio-cultural and professional contexts.
• Further,
they would be required to communicate their ideas relevantly and coherently in
writing.
3. Syllabus:
The following course content is prescribed for the Advanced
Communication Skills Lab:
·
Functional English - starting a conversation – responding
appropriately and relevantly – using the
right body language – role play in different
situations.
·
Vocabulary building –
synonyms and antonyms, word roots, one-word substitutes, prefixes and
suffixes, study of word origin, analogy, idioms
and phrases.
·
Group Discussion –
dynamics of group discussion , intervention, summarizing, modulation of
voice, body language, relevance, fluency and
coherence.
·
Interview Skills –
concept and process, pre-interview planning, opening strategies, answering
strategies, interview through tele
and video-conferencing.
·
Resume’ writing –
structure and presentation, planning, defining the career objective, projecting
ones strengths and skill-sets, summary, formats and
styles, letter-writing.
·
Reading comprehension –
reading for facts, guessing meanings from context, scanning, skimming,
inferring meaning, critical reading.
·
Technical Report
writing – Types of formats and styles, subject matter – organization, clarity,
coherence and style, planning, data-collection,
tools, analysis.
4. Minimum Requirement:
The English Language Lab shall have
two parts:
i) The Computer aided Language Lab for
60 students with 60 systems, one master console,
LAN facility and English language software for
self- study by learners.
ii) The Communication Skills Lab with
movable chairs and audio-visual aids with a P.A System,
a T.
V., a digital stereo –audio & video system and camcorder etc.
System Requirement ( Hardware component):
Computer network with Lan with minimum 60 multimedia
systems with the following specifications:
iii) P – IV Processor
a) Speed – 2.8 GHZ
b) RAM – 512 MB Minimum
c) Hard Disk – 80 GB
iv) Headphones of
High quality
5. Suggested Software:
The
software consisting of the prescribed topics elaborated above should be
procured and used.
Suggested
Software:
• Clarity Pronunciation Power –
part II
• Oxford Advanced Learner’s Compass, 7th
Edition
• DELTA’s key to the Next Generation TOEFL
Test: Advanced Skill Practice.
• Lingua TOEFL CBT Insider, by Dreamtech
• TOEFL & GRE(
KAPLAN,
• The following software from ‘train2success.com’
·
Preparing for being Interviewed,
·
Positive Thinking,
·
Interviewing Skills,
·
Telephone Skills,
·
Time Management
·
·
Decision making
• English in Mind, Herbert Puchta
and Jeff Stranks with Meredith Levy,
6. Books Recommended:
1. Effective Technical Communication, M. Ashraf Rizvi, Tata
Mc. Graw-Hill Publishing Company
Ltd.
2. A Course in English communication by Madhavi
Apte, Prentice-Hall of
3. Communication Skills by Leena
Sen, Prentice-Hall of
4. Academic Writing- A Practical guide for students by Stephen Bailey, Rontledge Falmer,
&
5. English Language Communication :
A Reader cum Lab Manual Dr A Ramakrishna Rao, Dr G
Natanam & Prof SA Sankaranarayanan, Anuradha
Publications, Chennai
6. Body Language- Your Success Mantra by Dr. Shalini Verma, S. Chand, 2006.
7. DELTA’s key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test: Advanced
Skill Practice, New Age
International (P)
Ltd., Publishers,
8. Books on TOEFL/GRE/GMAT/CAT by Barron’s/cup
9. IELTS series with CDs by Cambridge
University Press.
10. Technical Report Writing Today by Daniel G. Riordan
& Steven E. Pauley, Biztantra Publishers,
2005.
11. Basic Communication Skills for Technology by Andra
J. Rutherford, 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education,
2007.
12. Communication Skills for Engineers by Sunita
Mishra & C. Muralikrishna,
Pearson Education,
2007.
13. Objective English by Edgar Thorpe & Showick
Thorpe, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
14.
15. Technical Communication by Meenakshi
Raman & Sangeeta Sharma,
DISTRIBUTION AND WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS:
Advanced Communication Skills Lab Practicals:
1. The practical
examinations for the English Language Laboratory practice shall be conducted as
per the
University norms
prescribed for the core engineering practical sessions.
2. For the English
Language lab sessions, there shall be a continuous evaluation during the year
for 25
sessional marks and 50 End Examination marks. Of the 25
marks, 15 marks shall be awarded for day-to-day
work and 10 marks to be
awarded by conducting Internal Lab Test(s). The End Examination shall be
conducted by the teacher
concerned with the help of another member of the staff of the same department
of
the same institution.