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GURU TEGH BAHADUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SEMESTER: 1

ACADEMIC PLAN FOR 2012-2013

Lecture P!": ETEL 111 Su#$ect: C%&&u"'c!t'%" S(')-1

Total Teaching during Semester: 16 weeks

COURSE OB*ECTI+E: The thrust on remedial grammar, technical writing, reading skills

and critical appreciation of scientific and technical essays in the first semester ensures students

acquisition of linguistic competence and sound basics of the English language The course

encompasses much more than the mechanics of grammar, punctuation and spelling Through

e!posure to scientific literature and composition, students are afforded the opportunity to sharpentheir critical reading and writing skills

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1 )ntroduction to %ommunication Skills

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$ Errors of ccidence and Synta! with reference to parts of

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& greement of Sub2ect and +erb

3 Tense and %oncord

4 %onditional %lauses 5 0se of connecties in comple!

and compound sentences

6 7uestion tags and short responses

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8 9ord ormation .by adding suffi!es and prefi!es/

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13 SummariBing and abstracting< E!pressing ideas within a

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conclusion, ariety in sentences and paragraphs/

16 )nterpretation and use of charts, graphs and tables intechnical writing

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1; eading different kinds of te!t for different purposes.eg for rela!ation, for information, for discussion at later

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Le!r"'". Outc%&e): This course has been designed to deelop communication skills of

budding engineers and to make them more comfortable users of the English "anguage @ore

than teaching English with an e!am#oriented approach the emphasis is being gien to teaching

English as a life skill

The ability to use the English language competently

)maginatie and supple use of language

=igh order writing skills

Synoptic grasp of comple! ideas

le!ibility in drawing on different media as appropriate


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9illingness to contribute to and play a part in scholarly enironments and

collaboratie endeaor

Te8t B%%():

1 @aison, @argaret @. Examine Your English, =yderabad: 'rient "ongman, 1>;?

$ Sharma, S Technical Writing.-elhi: adha (ublication, 1>>>

& Sudarsanam, Understanding Technical English -elhi: Sterling (ublishers (t "td,

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3 Fannon, obert, EdBest Science Writing: Reading and Insights. =yderabad: 0niersity

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Reere"ce B%%():

9ren, (% and = @artin =igh School English Frammar and %omposition

(al, a2endra and (rem "ata Suri English Frammar and %omposition

Sharma, % and Grishna @ohan *usiness %orrespondence and eport 9riting, Hew

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(rasad, ( The unctional spects of %ommunication Skills, Hew -elhi: SG Gataria 5 Sons,

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Fupta, %* %ommunication Skills#) -elhi: @ayur (aperbacks, $?1?9

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