PEL 132

Intermediate communication
skills II
OBJECTIVES
• To enhance the
listening, speaking,
reading and writing
skills of the
students.
• To assess the
accurate usage of
grammar rules in
conversation.
Course Details

Lecture
1
Tutorial
0
Course Outcomes: Through this course, students
should be able to :

CO1: Apply appropriate vocabulary, intonation, and style of

connected discourse as the basis for developing lifelong listening
and reading skills.
CO2: Demonstrate the unique qualities of professional writing
style in individual and group tasks.
CO3: Employ correct linguistic structures when expressing ideas.
CO4: Appraise the written & spoken text to understand the
various components of comprehension.
CO5: Develop adequate skills to communicate effectively in
personal and societal scenarios.
CO6: Produce different pieces of communication using
appropriate grammar and lexical resources.
 COURSE OUTCOMES/PROGRAM OUTCOMES PO6: The engineer and society: P09: Individual and PO10: Communication: PO12: Life-long
Apply reasoning informed by the team work::Function Communicate effectively on learning:: Recognize the
contextual knowledge to assess effectively as an complex engineering need for, and have the
societal, health, safety, legal, and individual, and as a activities with the engineering preparation and ability to
cultural issues and the consequent member or leader in community and with society engage in independent
responsibilities relevant to the diverse teams, and in at large, such as being able to and life-long learning in
professional engineering practice. multidisciplinary comprehend and write the broadest context of
settings. effective reports and design technological change.
documentation, make
effective presentations, and
give and receive clear
instructions.

CO1:: Apply appropriate vocabulary, intonation and style of

connected discourse as the basis for developing lifelong listening
and reading skills.

2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)

CO2:: Demonstrate the unique qualities of professional writing

style in individual and group tasks.

2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)

CO3::.Employ correct linguistic structures when expressing ideas

2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)

CO4::. Appraise the written & spoken text to understand the

various components of comprehension

2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)

CO5:: Develop adequate skills to communicate effectively in

personal and societal scenarios.

2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)

CO6:: Produce different pieces of communication using

appropriate grammar and lexical resources.
2(Moderate Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping 3(High Mapping Level) 2(Moderate Mapping
Level) Level)
Cohorts

Cohorts Communication Skills(LSRW)

Data Analyst, Machine

Learning Engineer, Data
Scientists , Cyber Security
Manager/Analyst/ Teaching these skills equips
Architect, Software students with the tools they
Testing Assistant/Content need to succeed academically,
Writer/ Freelancer, QA professionally, and socially. It
Engineer, Frontend/ empowers them to express
BackendEngineer. themselves effectively, build
Fullstack Engineer, strong relationships, and
MLEngineer, DevOps navigate the complexities of
Engineer, Production and the world around them.
Manufacturing
Engineer,GraphicDesigner
, Process Analyst
 Course
content
Listening: listening to people in different roles and situations,
listen to answer, fill ups, understanding context, matching
statements, true/false, making comparisons, making inferences,
understanding details, understanding theme, understanding the
analysis & reviews

Speaking /Pronunciation: giving self-introduction, giving

description, discussions in small groups, presenting information,
giving opinions, initiating short talk, interviewing a partner, working
in groups and enacting roles, discussing possible scenarios,
describing change, comparing different times and their
consequences, describing abilities and skills, showing agreement
and disagreements, syllable stress, word stress and recreating
 Course
Language
Skills
content
Reading: understanding meaning in context,
understanding themes, matching questions
and answers, inferring information, finding
comparisons, writing crux and making notes

Writing: paragraph writing, cover letter, report,

review, writing articles, making notes, making
lists, blogs, messaging, story writing, making
profile, précis , paraphrasing
 Course content
ASSOCIATED LANGUAGE SKILLS

Grammar: Parts of speech, compound adjectives, Verb + Infinitives, noun

phrases, articles, Tenses, auxiliary verbs ,narrative tenses, modals, Direct
Indirect speech, active passive voice, Conditionals, prefix and suffix, time
expressions, reported statements, indirect questions, commands ,
requests, possessive and reflexive pronouns.

Vocabulary: vocabulary for describing personality, word formation,

collocations, vocabulary for leisure activities , homophones,
literal ,idiomatic expressions , phrasal verbs with out and up, prefix , suffix

Practical: listening to conversations , interviews , listening to radio

programmes , listening to preference and dialogues ,Role play , self
description , polite requests and offers , expressing facts and opinions and
talking in clichés , reading comprehensions and descriptions , writing
formal letter and informal email , story writing , writing description ,
discursive writing, message writing.
STAR COURSE
is a course that aids the students in the placements.
PEL 132
Selection
Criteria
To empower students with the Cultivate reading abilities
essential skills needed for academic, with critical reading
professional, and social achievement. strategies, reading circles,
2) To communicate complex and extensive reading
engineering concepts effectively to programs. Integrate these
both engineers and the public, competencies via project-
ensuring proficiency in report based learning, utilizing
writing, design documentation, technology forums like,
delivering compelling presentations, blogs, and digital
and providing and following clear storytelling, and
instructions. implementing flipped
3) To enable students to classrooms, where students
communicate confidently, build prepare with pre-class
meaningful connections, and materials and engage
navigate the intricacies of the world actively during
effectively. collaborative sessions.
These approaches foster
 PEL 132 -
EXECUTION
STRATEGIES
 Online T a n k
Shar k
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EXECUTION STRATEGIES
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Spell be er Mock
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Analysis Ex p e r ie nc e
The Magical Adventure
In this activity, the students will individually
create and narrate a story with the help of
the prompts such as beginning and ending
sentences of the story assigned by the
teacher.
Online Language Quiz

Students will be provided with a digital

quiz by the teacher in the classroom to
evaluate whether the language has been
used correctly or not. The platforms are:-
1. Jeopardy Quiz
2. British Council learn English
3. Take tests via Google forms/OAS
Shark Tank (Sell your pitch )
In this activity, students will create and
deliver a sales pitch for a product
assigned by the teacher.
The Word Quest
 In this activity, a vocabulary word is written on the
board with vowels being filled and students will
guess the alphabets within a defined limit.
 Steps:-
1) Class will be divided into various groups.
2) Only the vowels of the word will be written by the
teacher.
3) The students have five chances to guess the
alphabets as per the vowels written on the board.
4) After guessing the word, the teacher will ask the
student to provide the synonyms, antonyms or to
construct sentences.
Spell bee
 It is an activity where the teachers pronounce the
word and the students will try to guess how the word
is spelled.
 Steps:-
1) Each participant will take turns to spell a word given
by the facilitator.
2) Participants have 30 seconds to spell the word once it
is given.
3) If a participant spells the word correctly, their team
earns a point. If the word is spelled incorrectly, the other
team gets a chance to spell it correctly to earn a point.
4) After guessing the word correctly the students will do
the sentence formation for the same.
Destiny Discover
It is an activity that allows the students to
utilize future tense structure.
Students will be provided with topics to
speak/write describing their experiences in
the future world.
Role Play
Students participate in role-playing exercises
based on real-world scenarios relevant to
their field (Computer Science).
After the role-play, students will write a
report analyzing the scenario, their
character’s role, and the outcomes.
Follow up with a class discussion to reflect on
the activity and share insights.
News Report Analysis
In this activity students will listen to a recent
news report/segment and analyze the
content.
Steps:-
1) Teacher will choose a news report for
students to listen to.
2) Students will take notes on key information
and present their own short news report for
the same.
Interview Insight: The Mock-Experience

Students will be presented to a one to one

Interview set-up where a few questions
will be asked (replica of the questions
from placement set-ups) and feedback will
be provided.
MOOCs/Industry Certification/National/International competition or Tests :

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Course Assessment Model
Total=100

Class
ETP:40
Participation:15

CA (4 out of 4
MTP:15
tasks):30
tails of Academic Task(s)

Academic
Task Objective Detail of Academic Task Nature of Academic Marks Allotment/
Academic su
Task Mode
Task bmission

(group/ Week
individuals)
Test 1 To evaluate Formal email individual offline 30 3/4
students’ writing, and
ability of listening to a
listen & write discussion or an
effectively extract
Presentati To Individual individual offline 30 5/6
on – assess presentation
student marking the topics
individual
s’ such as giving a
ability movie review, talking
to speak about your favorite
at story.
various
situatio
ns
Test 2 To appraise Multiple choice individual offline 30 9/10
students’ questions & subjective
reading questions based on
and writing reading
skills comprehension and
discursive writing.

Test 3 To Listening to a track, individual offline 30 11/12

scruti speaking evaluation,
Complete Evaluation Criteria

MTP ETP
UNIT:-I, II,
III, IV, V, VI

Type:-
LSRW
Individual Platform:-
Speaking Mercer
Mettl
CA-Evaluation Parameters
Writing Speaking
Parameters Rubrics
Task Achievement Vocabulary range
and Control
Coherence & Grammatical

Cohesion Accuracy
Phonological Control
Lexical Resource
Thematic
development
Grammatical
Coherence &
Range & Accuracy
Fluency
Revised blooms taxanomy
OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCE
Books
Type Name Author Publisher Name
Text 5th LIZ & JOHN OXFORD
book EDITION SOARS, with UNIVERSITY
HEADWAY PAUL HANCOCK PRESS
INTERMED
IATE
STUDENT’S
BOOK
Referenc ENGLISH RAYMOND CAMBRIDGE
e GRAMMAR MURPHY UNIVERSITY
Book IN USE PRESS
Relevant Websites
Relevant
Websites
Sr. No Web address (only if relevant to the course) Salient Features
1 https://test-english.com/explanation/b2/compound-adjectives-in- Types of Adjectives
english/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l69KEx7GQo&list=PLgsGp Parts of Speech

HY12wUbIbNKdrIRx vSfLzt4jRC80

2 Tenses and auxiliary verbs-

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-gramma Questions and negatives
r-reference/questionsnegatives

https://www.eltconcourse.com/training/initial/grammar_essentials/n
egation_and_questio ns.html
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGLDD0BBdc Active Passive Voice
https://www.teachingbanyan.com/grammar/active-and-passive-v
oice/
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQG_gYFePD4 Past Perfect Tense

https://www.toppr.com/guides/english/tenses/past-perfect-tense/

5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kOBaf9VmVE Modals in present and

past forms

https://eslgrammar.org/modal-verbs/
https://7esl.com/modal-verbs/
Sr. Web address (only if relevant to the Salient Features
No. course)
7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nHN5vTH3pA Verb Patterns, Verb+ infinitive,
verb+ gerund (ing)

https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/ger
unds-and-infinitives
8 https://youtu.be/VZH0le_xkHw?feature=shared Future forms: will, going to or
Present continuous May, Might
and could for future possibility
https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/future_tense.htm
9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nslIuUZNGCU Second and Third Conditionals

https://englishclassviaskype.com/blog/how-to-learn-english/2nd-an
d-3rd-conditional-

10 structures/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaj2TUDMkO8 Modals for Probability

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probabili
ty.html
11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-FgP2wifU Noun Phrases,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6V5FuDkMG4
Reflexive pronouns
12 https://youtu.be/ZGdt9apUpqg?feature=shared s Reported Speech
https://b2english.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Lesson-35-Report
ed-Speech-PDF.pdf
 Students’ Role
 Always communicate in English with your friends and in other
classes too
 Be enthusiastic in participating in classroom activities
 Actively participate in solving worksheets
 ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’, so try to convey your ideas in few words
 Utilize accurate vocabulary while communicating for better
emphasis
 Ask volley of questions whenever there arise a doubt in your mind
 Reading enhances speaking, so m
 ake the habit of reading newspapers and for current affairs
SDC
Engagement Event