Annexure ‘CD – 01’

Course Title: Technical Communication I

L T P/S SW FW TOTAL
Course Code: BC105
CREDIT
UNITS
3 0 0 2 0 4
Course Objectives: This course aims to enhance students’ vocabulary, language and fluency and to adopt strategies for effective reading and writing skills.. It
would also teach the students to deliver professional presentations with the dynamics of web based communication.

Pre-requisites: NIL

Course Contents/Syllabus:

Weightage (%)
Module I Essentials of English Grammar 10

 Parts of speech
 Tenses
 Subject-Verb agreement
 Punctuation
 Sentence Structures
Module II Written English Communication 10

 Essay writing
 Précis Writing
 Summarizing
 Paraphrasing
Module III Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills 10

 Significance of Vocabulary
 One word substitution, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homonyms & homographs, idioms
and proverbs
 Vocabulary Drills
 Foreign Words
Comprehension Skills
 Reading Comprehensions – SQ3R and ERRQ Reading techniques
 Summarizing and paraphrasing
 Précis writing
Module IV Concept of Communication 10

 Process and importance

 Models of communication (Linear & Shannon Weaver)
 Role and Purpose
 Types & Channels
 Communication Networks
 Principles & Barriers
Module V Verbal and Nonverbal Communication 10

 Oral communication: forms, advantages & disadvantages

 Written communication: forms, advantages & disadvantages
 Introduction of Communication skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)
 Principles & Significance of Nonverbal Communication
 KOPPACT: (Kinesics, Oculesics, Proxemics, Paralinguistics, Artifactics, Chronemics,
Tactilics)

Module VI Public Speaking and Presentation Skills 20

Descriptors/Topics
Public Speaking
 Essentials of Public Speaking
 The 4Ps
  Audience analysis
 Patterns of speech arrangement: Chronological, Spatial, Cause and effect, Problem- solution
 Methods of Speech Delivery: Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Memorisation, Manuscript
 Visual and Vocal cues
Presentation
 Planning, preparation, Practice, Performance
 Audience analysis
 Discussing the Significance of Audio-Visual Aids
 Analyzing the significance of non-verbal communication
Module VII Office Correspondence 20
Descriptors/Topics
 Formal
 Informal
 Business Letters
 Demi-Official Letter
 Memos
 Format & Characteristics
 Note-making: Process & Techniques
Module VIII Web Based Writing 10
Descriptors/Topics
 E-mail
 Blogs
 Professional Profile on Web
 Netiquette

Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

 Workshop
 Group Discussions
 Presentations
 Lectures
Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio

(%)
 100 NIL

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term

Examination
Components (Drop Class Test Presentation Group Discussion Attendance
down)
Weightage (%) 10 15 10 05 60

Student Learning Outcomes:

The students should be able to:
1. Communicate fluently and sustain comprehension of an extended discourse
2. Demonstrate ability to interpret texts and observe the rules of good writing.
3. Prepare and present effective presentations aided by ICT tools
4. Demonstrate the office writing skills

Text & References:

Krizan, Merrier, Logan & Williams. Effective Business Communication, New Delhi: Cengage, 2011
Communication and Organizational Culture.Keyton.Joann. Sage Publications
Social Communication (Frontiers of Social Psychology).Fiedler, Klaus. Psychology Press

References:

Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet. Assange, Julian. OR Books.