Theory Cum Lab Integrated Course

COURSE TITLE Communication Skills CREDITS 2

COURSE CODE GGGG100 COURSE CATEGORY FC L -T–P–S 2–0–1–1
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35 ACM - 6 Aug. 2022 LEARNING LEVEL BTL 4
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CIA ESE
Weekly Surprise Test /
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The course has been designed to improve the communication competency of the
students. The course builds on students’ English language skills by engaging them in
listening, speaking and grammar learning activities (LSRW) that are relevant to
Course
authentic contexts. This course trains the students how to communicate accurately,
Description
appropriately and fluently in professional and social situations. The course is framed
so that the students can appear for Cambridge B1 Preliminary exams and also enable
them to get a certification.
1. To acquire self-confidence by which the learner can improve upon their informative
listening skills by an enhanced acquisition of the English language.
2. To provide an environment to Speak in English at the formal and informal levels
and use it for daily conversation, presentation, group discussion and debate.
3. To equip the students to Read, comprehend and answer questions based on
Course literary, scientific and technological texts.
Objective 4. To enhance the writing skills of the students via training in instructions,
recommendations, checklists, process-description, letter-writing and report
writing.
5. To equip the learners in analyzing and applying creative thinking skills and
participate in brainstorming, mind-mapping, audiovisual activities and excel in
employability skills.
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to
1. Acquire the accuracy through the knowledge of Syntax.
2. Demonstrate the skill of using the vocabulary and use it in sentences
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appropriately.
Outcome
3. Infer texts and improvise its usage.
4. Illustrate language acquisition skills through formal correspondence.
5. Analyse and transcode the data and interpret it in text format.
Prerequisites: Plus Two English-Intermediate Level
CO AND PO MAPPING
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 MODULE 1 : English for Employability (6 Hrs.)
Grammar : 1. Parts of Speech – Identification and Transformation 2. Kinds of Sentences –
Identification and Transformation 3. Sentence Pattern – Framing Sentences 4. Tenses –
Rules & its usage – Present simple and present continuous; time expressions; state verbs –
Past simple ; regular and irregular verbs and spelling of past simple forms ; past continuous.
Vocabulary : 1. Job titles and describing jobs ; names of company departments 2.
Computer terms; email and website terms. 3. Headings for CVs Describing application
Procedures
Writing : 1. Writing emails – formal and informal – phrases for emails & letters. 2. Writing
a covering letter with a resume for a job application.
CO-1
Reading : Reading about Job and Company : 1. Changing places : job swapping at work. 2.
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The power of word of mouse : an article on the power of online customer options 3.
Haier : an article about the history of a Chinese Company. 4. What kind of company Culture
would suit you ? reading answering a quiz.
Lab Activities(Speaking) : 1.Self Introduction. 2. Describing jobs ; asking other people about
their jobs. 3. Asking about the history of a company ; past simple questions 4. Asking
questions about companies and jobs.
Lab Activities(Listening) : 1. Being a PA 2. Growing Pains : an interview with a business
consultant about company’s Growth. 3. Describing changes in a company : a Conversation
on the phone.
MODULE 2 : English for Marketing (6 Hrs.)
Grammar: 1. Concord - Understanding Subject Verb agreement – Identifying the error and
Correcting 2. Active and Passive Voice – Identifying the voices and Transforming Active to
passive and passive to active 3. Modal Verbs – Using to express modalities – in active and
passive voices 4. Words to Describe causes and effects. 5. Prepositions
Vocabulary : 1. Vocabulary to describe objects; component parts, shapes, dimensions,
materials Describing problems with equipment 2. Verbs to Describe process 3. Vocabulary
to talk about advertising and marketing, Language to describe cause and effect.
Writing : 1. Topic Sentence 2. Paragraph Writing 3. Developing a story with the hints
4. Promotional letter(Email)
CO-2
Reading : Product Description and Advertisement : 1. Problems with equipment : emails
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and headings on a form. 2. Waratah : an article on an Australian clothing company. , Short
Texts : Notices, Notes and messages 3. Selling your product abroad; an article , Workplace
signs and notices 4. Descriptions of advertising media, Singapore airlines; an article on the
branding of an airline.
Lab Activities(Speaking) : 1.Role Play – Telephone call to a supplier, 2. Describing Objects
Lab Activities(Listening) : 1. Describing dimensions of products : Conversations with
colleagues and suppliers. – The Gizmo game : listening to the uses of a gadget. 2. Channel
No.5 : an interview about a production process 3. Telephone conversations : information
about orders and deliveries. 4. Descriptions of how a product is advertised.
MODULE 3 : Business Correspondence (6 Hrs.)
Grammar : 1. Tenses – Present continuous for future arrangements; will and going to
future forms 2. Using discourse markers ; Sentence starters - Contrast & similarity words,
3. Degrees of Comparison – Framing sentences with appropriate adjectives and adverts –
transformation from one degree to another degree. 4. Infinitives and gerunds – using
infinitives and gerunds in sentences as different elements. 5. Conditionals – Three types of CO-3
conditionals BTL-3
Vocabulary : 1.Vocabulary for travel 2. Synonyms and Antonyms 3. Employment
Vocabulary
Writing : 1. A letter(Email) of invitation – Accepting the invitation and declining the
invitation.
 Reading : Transport, Working Holidays and Conferences : Travel Arrangements : notices
and short messages : Eurostar : an article on train travel. 2. Netflix : an article about a
company’s holiday policy; thinking outside the box: an article on offsite meetings 3. Short
Texts : Feedback on conferences
Lab Activities(Speaking) : Discussion: How to make decisions
Lab Activities(Listening) : 1. Making and changing appointments : Voicemail messages and
phone conversations ; Future intentions and predictions : Short Extracts. 2. A travel
Anecdote 3. Half Holidays: a conversations between two employees. 4. Discussing possible
venues for a conference : a conversation between colleagues; a welcome speech at a
conference.
MODULE 4 : English for Business Relationships (6 Hrs.)
Grammar : 1. Writing Instructions and Recommendations – Transforming instruction to
recommendation and recommendation to instruction 2. Expressions of quantity – semi-
negative words 3. Present Perfect : time expressions : present perfect versus Past simple.
4. Reported Speech – Direct and Indirect Speeches – Identification and Transformation
Vocabulary : 1. Affixes 2. Countable and Uncountable nouns 3. Global Management
Writing : 1.Memo 2. Notice with agenda 3. Email : Requesting information
Reading : Corporate gift-giving, New places, New people, Team Building and Thinking
CO-4
globally : 1. Career Advice : letters to an advice column 2. Promotional gifts : an article 3.
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Descriptions of team building events; Kaizen : an article 4. Global HR management : an
Article.
Lab Activities(Speaking): Role Play : 1. Interviewing someone about a job change 2.
Discussion : Planning a team building event 3. Promoting a city : giving a speech.
Lab Activities(Listening) : 1. An interview with someone who has changed career 2. An
interview about corporate gift giving 3. Creating good teams : a Presentation 4. Working
an international Team : short Extracts.
MODULE 5 : English for Presentation (6 Hrs.)
Grammar : 1. Adjectives and adverbs 2. Pronouns and Reference Words 3. Types of
Sentences – Simple, Compound and complex Sentences – Identification and
transformation.
Vocabulary : 1. Describing Trends 2. Finance Vocabulary 3. Stocks and Shares 4.
Collocation - sets and money
Writing : 1. Transcoding – Converting an image (Linegraph, piechart, bar chart, flowchart
tree diagram etc., ) into a paragraph – Converting a paragraph into an image(Linegraph,
piechart, bar chart, flowchart tree diagram etc., ) 2. Summary writing
Reading : Describing Statistics, Company finances, investments and starting up : 1.
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Interpreting bar charts 2. Café Coffee day : an article on the growth of the Indian coffee
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shop. 3. Shares and the stock exchange: a web page; short articles from the financial news;
men and women investments : an article 4. Teenage entrepreneus : reading and
comparing two articles; Kalido: an article on funding.
Lab Activities(Speaking) : 1. Describing figures and trends 2. Discussing qualities needed
in candidates for a job vacancy
Lab Activities(Listening) : 1. Listening to statistical information : short extracts 2. An
interview with the employee of a company that helps failing business 3. An interview with
someone who works in investor relations. 4. Radio interview : marketing director of a
business support service.
TEXT BOOK
Whitby, Norman (2019). Cambridge English Business Benchmark, Pre-intermediate and
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Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. India (Pages 208)
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Murphy, Raymond(2021). Essential English Grammar, Cambridge University Press. India
2. (Pages 300)
Redman, Stuart(2020).English Vocabulary In Use: Pre - Intermediate And Intermediate.
Cambridge University Press. India (Pages 264)
3. Bikram K. Das. et al.,(2019) An Introduction to Professional English and Soft Skills with audio
CD, Cambridge University Press. India (Pages 272)
4. John, Dolly., (2018), English for Life and the Workplace Through LSRW&T Skills, Pearson
Publications.India (Pages 263)
E BOOKS
1. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/9116/4138/4615/A1_Student_Book.pdf
2. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/1416/4138/4681/A1_Workbook.pdf
3. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/7216/4138/1999/A2_Student_Book.pdf
4. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/6816/4138/2072/A2_Workbook.pdf
MOOC
1. https://www.edx.org/professional-certificate/tsinghuax-english-communication-skills
2. https://www.britishcouncil.org.tr/en/english/mooc/english-for-the-workplace