HS2111 - Technical English - I Syllabus for first sem b.e students by Anna Univ

HS2111                                    TECHNICAL ENGLISH – I                                  L T  P C

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AIM:

To encourage students to actively involve in participative learning of English and to help them acquire Communication Skills.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To help students develop listening skills for academic and professional purposes.

2. To help students acquire the ability to speak effectively in English in real-life situations.

3. To inculcate reading habit and to develop effective reading skills.

4. To help students improve their active and passive vocabulary.

5. To familiarize students with different rhetorical functions of scientific English.

6. To enable students write letters and reports effectively in formal and business

situations.

UNIT I                                                                                                                              12

General  Vocabulary - changing word from one form to another - Adjectives, comparative adjectives – Adverbs - Active and passive voice – Tenses - simple present, present continuous - Adverb forms –   Nouns – compound nouns - Skimming and scanning - Listening  and transfer of  information – bar chart, flowchart - Paragraph writing, description – Discussing as a group and making an oral report on the points discussed, conversation techniques - convincing others.

Suggested activities:

1.  Matching words & meanings - Using words in context – Making sentences.

2.  Changing sentences from active to passive voice & vice versa.

3.  Skimming, cloze exercises, exercises transferring information from text to graphic

form – bar charts, flow charts.

4.  Writing   descriptions    using    descriptive    words    &    phrases,    and    technical vocabulary.

5.  Role play, conversation exercises, discussions, oral reporting exercises

Any other related relevant classroom activity.

UNIT II                                                                                                                             12

Vocabulary – prefixes & suffixes – simple past tense - Spelling and punctuation – ‘wh’ 

Question forms - Scanning, inference - Listening & note-taking - Paragraph writing - comparison and contrast - Creative thinking and speaking.

Suggested Activities:

1. a. Vocabulary actiivities using prefixes and suffixes.

b. Exercises using questions – asking & answering questions.

2. Scanning the text for specific information

3. Listening   guided   note-taking   -  Writing   paragraphs  using   notes,  giving suitable headings and subheadings for paragraphs. Using expressions of comparison and contrast.

4. Discussion activities and exploring creative ideas.

Any other related relevant classroom activity

UNIT III                                                                                                                        12

Tenses - simple past, simple future and past perfect - Reading in Context -Listening & note-taking – single line – Definitions – sequencing of sentences – instruction - Persuasive speaking.

Suggested activities:

1. a. Providing appropriate context for the use of tenses

2. Listening and note-taking

3. (a)  Writing sentence definitions, instructions

(b)  Identifying  the  discourse  links  and  sequencing  jumbled  sentences  /

writing instructions.

4.  Speaking  exercises,  discussions,  role  play  exercises  using  explaining, convincing and persuasive  strategies. Any other related relevant classroom activity

UNIT IV                                                                                                                       12

Modal verbs and Probability – Concord subject verb agreement – Correction of errors - Cause and effect expressions – Extended Definition - Speaking about the future plans.

Suggested activities:

1. a. Making sentences using modal verbs to express probability b. Gap filling using relevant grammatical form of words.

2. Writing extended definitions

3. Speaking -  role play activities, discussions, extempore   speaking exercises speculating about the future.

4. Any other related relevant classroom activity

UNIT V                                                                                                                          12

‘If’ conditionals – Gerunds - Intensive reading - Speaking – Presentation of problems & solutions - Itinerary – planning for an industrial visit - Formal Letter writing – Letter to the editor, invititation letter, accepting, declining letter and permission letter.

Suggested activities:

1. a) Sentence completion exercises using ‘If’ conditionals.

b) Gap filling exercises using gerunds and present participle forms

2. Reading comprehension exercises.

3. Role play, discussion, debating and speaking activities for stating, discussing

problems and suggesting solutions.

4. Planning a tour, Writing a travel itinerary. Writing letters to officials and to the editor in formal/official contexts. Any other related relevant classroom activity

TOTAL : 60 PERIODS

TEXT BOOK:

1.  Department  of   Humanities  &  Social  Sciences,  Anna  University,  ‘English  for Engineers and Technologists’ Combined Edition (Volumes 1 & 2), Chennai: Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd., 2006.  Themes 1 – 4 (Resources, Energy, Computer, Transport)

REFERENCES:

1.  Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta Sharma, ‘Technical Communication English skills for Engineers’, Oxford University Press, 2008.

2.  Andrea, J. Rutherford, ‘Basic Communication Skills for Technology’, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.

EXTENSIVE READING:

1.   A.P.J.Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari, ‘Wings of Fire’ An Autobiography, University

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Press (India) Pvt. Ltd.,1999, 30 Impression 2007.

NOTE:

The book given under Extensive Reading is meant for inculcating the reading habit of the students. They need not be used for testing purposes.