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HS6251                                              TECHNICAL ENGLISH II                                            L  T  P  C
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OBJECTIVES:
  • To make learners acquire listening and speaking skills in both formal and informal contexts.
  • To help them develop their reading skills by familiarizing them with different types of reading strategies.
  • To equip them with writing skills needed for academic as well as workplace contexts.
  • To make them acquire language skills at their own pace by using e-materials and language lab components.

UNIT I                                                                                                                                                 9+3
Listening - Listening to informal conversations and participating; Speaking - Opening a conversation (greetings, comments on topics like   weather) - Turn taking -   Closing a conversation (excuses, general wish, positive comment, thanks); Reading - Developing analytical skills, Deductive and inductive reasoning - Extensive reading; Writing - Effective use of SMS for sending short notes and messages -   Using „emoticons?  as symbols in email messages; Grammar - Regular and irregular verbs - Active and passive voice; Vocabulary - Homonyms (e.g. „can?) -  Homophones (e.g. „some?,
„sum?); E-materials - Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary – blogging; Language Lab - Listening to different types of conversation and answering questions.

UNIT II                                                                                                                                                9+3
Listening  -  Listening  to situation based dialogues;  Speaking  -  Conversation  practice  in  real life situations, asking for directions (using polite expressions), giving directions (using imperative sentences), Purchasing goods from a shop, Discussing various aspects of a film (they have already seen) or a book (they have already read); Reading  - Reading  a short story or an article from newspaper, Critical reading, Comprehension skills; Writing - Writing a review / summary of a story / article, Personal letter (Inviting your friend to a function, congratulating someone for his / her success, thanking one?s friends / relatives); Grammar  - modal verbs, Purpose expressions;  Vocabulary  - Phrasal verbs and their meanings, Using phrasal verbs in sentences; E-materials - Interactive exercises on Grammar and vocabulary, Extensive reading activity (reading stories / novels), Posting reviews in blogs - Language Lab - Dialogues (Fill up exercises), Recording students? dialogues.

UNIT III                                                                                                                                               9+3
Listening - Listening to the conversation - Understanding the structure of conversations; Speaking - Conversation  skills  with  a  sense  of  stress,  intonation,  pronunciation  and  meaning  -  Seeking information – expressing feelings (affection, anger, regret, etc.); Reading - Speed reading – reading passages with time limit -   Skimming; Writing - Minutes of meeting – format and practice in the preparation of minutes -  Writing summary after reading articles from journals -  Format for journal articles  – elements of  technical articles (abstract,  introduction,  methodology,  results,  discussion, conclusion, appendices, references) -  Writing strategies; Grammar - Conditional clauses -   Cause and effect expressions; Vocabulary - Words used as nouns and verbs without any change in the spelling (e.g. „rock?, „train?, „ring?); E-materials - Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary - Speed Reading practice exercises; Language Lab - Intonation practice using EFLU and RIE materials
– Attending a meeting and writing minutes.

UNIT IV                                                                                                                                               9+3
Listening - Listening to a telephone conversation, Viewing model interviews (face-to-face, telephonic and  video conferencing); Speaking - Role play practice in telephone skills - listening and responding,
-asking questions, -note taking – passing on messages,  Role play and mock interview for grasping interview skills; Reading - Reading the job advertisements and the profile of the company concerned
– scanning; Writing - Applying  for a job – cover letter - résumé preparation – vision, mission and
goals  of  the candidate;  Grammar  -  Numerical  expressions  -    Connectives  (discourse  markers);

Vocabulary - Idioms and their meanings – using idioms in sentences;     E-materials - Interactive exercises on Grammar and Vocabulary - Different forms of résumés- Filling up a résumé / cover letter; Language Lab - Telephonic interview – recording the responses -  e-résumé writing.

UNIT V                                                                                                                                                9+3
Listening  - Viewing a model group discussion and reviewing the performance of each participant - Identifying the characteristics of a good listener; Speaking - Group discussion skills – initiating the discussion – exchanging suggestions and proposals – expressing dissent/agreement – assertiveness in expressing opinions – mind mapping technique; Reading - Note making skills – making notes from books, or any form of written materials -  Intensive reading; Writing – Checklist - Types of reports – Feasibility / Project report – report format – recommendations / suggestions – interpretation of data (using charts for effective presentation); Grammar - Use of clauses; Vocabulary – Collocation; E- materials - Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises -  Sample GD -  Pictures for discussion, Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises; Language Lab - Different models of group discussion.


OUTCOMES:
Learners should be able to:

TOTAL (L:45+T:15): 60 PERIODS

  • Speak convincingly, express their opinions clearly, initiate a discussion, negotiate, argue using appropriate communicative strategies.
  • write effectively and persuasively and produce different types of writing such as narration, description, exposition and argument as well as creative, critical, analytical and evaluative
writing.
  • read different genres of texts, infer implied meanings and critically analyse and evaluate them for ideas as well as for method of presentation.
  • listen/view and  comprehend  different  spoken  excerpts  critically  and  infer  unspoken  and implied meanings.

TEXTBOOKS:
  1. Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012
  1. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011

REFERENCES:
  1. Anderson, Paul V. Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach. Cengage. New
Delhi. 2008
  1. Muralikrishna, & Sunita Mishra. Communication Skills for Engineers. Pearson, New Delhi.
2011
  1. Riordan, Daniel. G. Technical Communication. Cengage Learning, New Delhi. 2005
  2. Sharma, Sangeetha & Binod Mishra. Communication Skills for Engineers and Scientists. PHI Learning, New Delhi. 2009
  3. Smith-Worthington, Darlene & Sue Jefferson. Technical Writing for Success. Cengage, Mason
USA. 2007

EXTENSIVE Reading (Not for Examination)
  1. Khera, Shiv. You can Win. Macmillan, Delhi. 1998.

Websites
  1. http://www.englishclub.com
  2. http://owl.english.purdue.edu

TEACHING METHODS:

  • Lectures
  • Activities conducted individually, in pairs and in groups like individual writing and presentations, group discussions, interviews, reporting, etc
  • Long presentations using visual aids
  • Listening and viewing activities with follow up activities like discussions, filling up worksheets, writing exercises (using language lab wherever necessary/possible) etc
  • Projects like group reports, mock interviews etc using a combination of two or more of the language skills

EVALUATION PATTERN: Internal assessment: 20%
3 tests of which two are pen and paper tests and the other is a combination of different modes
of assessment like
  • Project
  • Assignment
  • Report
  • Creative writing, etc.

All the four skills are to be tested with equal weightage given to each.
ü   Speaking assessment: Individual presentations, Group discussions
ü   Reading assessment: Reading passages with comprehension questions graded following
Bloom?s taxonomy
ü   Writing assessment: Writing essays, CVs, reports etc. Writing should include grammar and vocabulary.
ü   Listening/Viewing assessment: Lectures, dialogues, film clippings with questions on verbal as
well as audio/visual content graded following Bloom?s taxonomy.

End Semester Examination: 80%


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