COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

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Suchismita Nayak

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Course Name : COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

Code(Credit) : DIFC0106(0-2-1)

Course Objectives

● Comprehend and identify grammatical structures in written and spoken form
● Communicate efficaciously and relevantly in real-time situation

Course Outcomes

On completion of this course, the students will be able to gain knowledge on:

 

1. Grammatical competence for comprehension and communication skills

 

2. Proficiency in writing clearly & effectively

COs

 

CO1

 

CO2

Course Outcomes

 

Understand the grammatical components of a language and the proficiency to employ them in verbal communication.

To write with effectiveness and conciseness.

Mapping COs with POs

 

PO 10, 12(Communication & Extension Skills),

PO 10 (Professional Enhancement)

Course Syllabus

Practice:
● Identify and use parts of speech
● Identify and use the article
● Identify and use the determiners
● Use the tense
● State basic sentence structures, construct different types of sentences
● Identify components of a good paragraph
● Write types of paragraphs
● Report writing structure, types of report writing
● Letter writing types and usage
● Comprehend passage: identify the main ideas, identify the specific details, draw inferences, give contextual meanings of the words, perceive tone in a text
● Precis writing
● Expansion of passage
● Essay writing
● Vocabulary building

Session Plan

Session 1

Parts of speech

BRIEFING:

Parts of speech and its uses .

PRACTICE:

To find out the correct part of speech of the underlined words in the given passage and justify the reason.

WEB-LINK:

Video on Parts of speech

Session 2

Article

BRIEFING:

Articles, types of articles and its usage.

PRACTICE:

To use the correct article and fill in the blanks to form sentences and justify the answer.

WEB-LINK:

Video on Article

Session 3

DETERMINERS

BRIEFING:

On various types of determiners and its appropriate use.

PRACTICE:

To complete the sentences given by using appropriate determiners and to justify the answer.

WEB-LINK:

Video on Determiners

Determiners with examples

Session 4

Tense

BRIEFING:

On  how does the past tense, present tense and future time of verbs help in communication process.

PRACTICE:

To write about the dream you saw last night.

WEB-LINK:

Video on Tense

Session 5

Sentence formation

BRIEFING:

On sentence and sentence structure (subject, predicate, object, indirect object, complement)

PRACTICE:
To identify the sentences given as( simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) and justify the answer.

WEB-LINK:

Video on Types of sentence structure

Session 6

Paragraph writing

BRIEFING:

On paragraph writing & the technique to write a good paragraph.

PRACTICE:

To observe activities going around and writing a paragraph based on the observation.

WEB-LINK:

Paragraph writing template with example

Session 7

Paragraph writing - I

BRIEFING:

On descriptive paragraph writing.

PRACTICE:

Descriptive  paragraph writing on (a friend, teacher, place, object)

WEB-LINK:

Descriptive writing video

Session 8

Paragraph writing - II

BRIEFING:

On process description paragraph writing

PRACTICE:

Process description paragraph based on (lab experiment, a cup of tea/omelette).

WEB-LINK:

Process description writing video

Session 9

PRESENTATION 1

Session 10

PRESENTATION 2

Session 11

Report writing

BRIEFING:
On basics of report writing .

PRACTICE:

To write a report on learning outcome in class.

WEB-LINK:

Basics of report writing video

Session 12

Report writing - I

PRACTICE:

Report writing on(news, events)

WEB-LINK:

Report writing on event video

Session 13

Report writing -II

PRACTICE:

Report writing on incidents

WEB-LINK:

Incident report writing video

Session 14

Report writing - III

PRACTICE:

Report writing on industrial visit

WEB-LINK:

Industrial visit report

Session 15

PRESENTATION 3

Session 16

PRESENTATION 4

Session 17

LETTER WRITING

BRIEFING:

On how to write different types of application letter

PRACTICE:

Application letter to the Principal for bonafide certificate.

WEB-LINK:

Types of application letter with format

Session 18

APPLICATION LETTER - I

PRACTICE:

To write an application to the principal for (bonafide certificate, provisional certificate,branch change, scholarship etc)

WEB-LINK:

Model application letter

Session 19

APPLICATION LETTER - II

PRACTICE:

Leave application to the H .o. D, class teacher for (sister's marriage, sick leave)

WEB-LINK:

Leave Application of Student (1)

Session 20

APPLICATION LETTER - III

PRACTICE:

Application to the librarian for(requesting for date extension of book return, loss of library book)

WEB-LINK:

Model application letter

Session 21

BUSINESS LETTER

BRIEFING:

On how to write different types of business letter

PRACTICE:

Enquiry letter regarding(supply of electrical goods, books, sports item)

WEB-LINK:

 Model and format of business letter

Session 22

BUSINESS LETTER - I

PRACTICE:

Order letter regarding(supply of electrical goods, books, sports item)

WEB-LINK:

Order letter

Session 23

BUSINESS LETTER - II

PRACTICE:

Complaint letter for(delay in sending consignment, defective packing)

WEB-LINK:

Complaint letter format and example

Session 24

BUSINESS LETTER - III

PRACTICE:

Cancellation letter of(goods ordered, hotel room reservation)

WEB-LINK:

A letter to a firm cancelling the order placed

Session 25

COMPREHENSION

BRIEFING:

The importance of comprehension in developing reading and writing skills.

PRACTICE:

To skim and scan the passage to find out necessary information and read aloud the points.

WEB-LINK:

Reading and writing comprehension

Session 26

COMPREHENSION - I

PRACTICE:

To findout the meaning of unfamiliar words in the comprehension and use them in sentence formation.

WEB-LINK:

Improving reading comprehension

Session 27

COMPREHENSION - II

PRACTICE:

To summarize the passage and prepare notes and read it aloud in the class .

WEB-LINK:

Summarizing a Paragraph

Session 27

PRESENTATION 5

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 28

PRESENTATION 6

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 29

PRECIS WRITING

BRIEFING:

The applicability and method of precis writing.

PRACTICE:

Precis writing of a given passage in 60 words.

WEB-LINK:

Rules of precis writing

Session 30

EXPANSION OF PASSAGE

BRIEFING:

The purpose and method of writing.

PRACTICE:

Formation of passages out of a given sentence.

WEB-LINK:

Passage expansion method

Session 31

EXPANSION OF PASSAGE - I

BRIEFING:

The difference between passage and paragraph.

PRACTICE:

Formation of paragraph out of a given passage.

WEB-LINK:

Difference between Paragraph And Passage

Session 32

PRESENTATION 7

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 33

PRESENTATION 8

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 34

ESSAY WRITING:

BRIEFING:

On steps and types of essay writing

PRACTICE:

Narrative essay writing

WEB-LINK:

What is a Narrative, Descriptive, Expository Essay Writing

Rules of essay writing

Session 35

ESSAY WRITING - I

PRACTICE:

Descriptive  essay writing

WEB-LINK:

Video on Descriptive Paragraph Writing

Session 36

ESSAY WRITING - II

PRACTICE:

Expository  essay writing

WEB-LINK:

Video on expository Essay

Session 37

PRESENTATION 9

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 38

PRESENTATION 10

Slide presentation on a given topic .

Session 39

VOCABULARY BUILDING

BRIEFING:

On importance of synonyms, antonyms and homophones.

PRACTICE:

To find out synonyms of words given & to use them in sentence formation.

WEB-LINK:

Synonym Examples

Session 40

VOCABULARY BUILDING - I

PRACTICE:

To find out  antonyms of words given & to use them in sentence formation.

WEB-LINK:

Antonym Examples

Session 41

VOCABULARY BUILDING - II

PRACTICE:

To find out the meanings of the homophones given  & to use them in sentence formation.

WEB-LINK:

Homonym Examples

Session 42

PRESENTATION 12

Slide presentation on a given topic

Session 43

PRESENTATION 13

Slide presentation on a given topic

Session 44

PRESENTATION 14

Slide presentation on a given topic

Session 45

PRESENTATION 15

Slide presentation on a given topic

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  Suchismita Nayak, come up with 11 years of experience as an educator of English language. She has the proficiency in teaching/learning new skills and adopting new pedagogy for an academic discipline in Centurion University. She possess the managerial skill and also developed a skill of composing text and highlighting research work on community action […]