AIR UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Humanities

2 + 1 Hour per week

Course Title : Communication Skills (32 Hours per semester) (16 Lab Hours per semester)
Class: Available to all departments
Credit Hrs: 3 Hours
Prerequisites For this Course: Intermediate level knowledge of the target language
This Course is Prerequisite For: English Comprehension & Composition, Technical Report Writing
Ref: Humanities, Air University Islamabad
e-mail: Address:
Web: http://www.au.edu.pk/ Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Office Hours: 0830 to 1630 Hrs.
1. Text Book: Advanced Communication Skills, (2012) MTD Training Bookboon.com ISBN 978-87-7681-661-2

Reference Book(s):
Recommended:
2. English language dictionary and a thesaurus
3. Principles of Communication (pdf)
4. Fundamentals of Oral Communication, Fatimah Puteh, (pdf)
 5. An Outline of English Phonetics by Daniel Jones (pdf)
6. English Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones (pdf)

This course aims to help students build their communication skills and English language proficiency. During this course
students will work on the four main skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) through interaction with one another and
the teacher in individual, pair and group work. The primary focus would be to build students’ oral skills. They will be given
opportunities to research, talk and present on various topics. This aims to raise interest in current affairs and is a good basis
for the development of language skills.

Grading and General Course Policies:

The grading will be done as per the policy of the university, however, the final grade for the course will be determined based
on the total points accumulated in the below areas with following weight age:
Evaluation:
Final Examination……………45
Midterm--------------…………..20
Oral presentation…………….10
Quizzes……………………… 5
Projects………………………10
Class/home Assignments……10

Grades: A 90-100; A– 85 – 89; B+ 80-84; B 75-79; B- 70-74; C+ 65-69; C 60-64; C- 55-59; D 50-54
Students will be assigned a semester project titled “The Art of Making Presentations”
Communication Skills : Course Outline Details

Wk Topic Skills Descriptors CLO Practical Pedagogy Cognitive

Grammar Level

1 1.Intro to Describe • Self-Introduction 3 Applied Lecture, Perform social

public speaking Diagnostic Test Grammar Interactive communication
Demonstrate (students’ first day oral White Board confidently
2.Applied capacity will be assessed). Dangling Multi media
grammar Apply Short 2 minutes’ talk to include: Modifier
early schooling, high school, Intro to
3.Phonetic hobbies, interest in sports, Phonetics
sounds friends.
Debrief by teacher highlighting
major areas of concern like Quiz 1 :
weakness of grammar, Phonetic
pronunciation, articulation. transcription
Introduction to Phonetics: basic
sounds and pronunciation. Quiz 2 :
Focus in language laboratory Grammar
will be on correcting
pronunciation errors.
2 1. Intro to the Understand Advanced Communication 2 Misplaced Lecture, Demonstrate
theory of Skills Modifier Interactive understanding
comm. Demonstrate 1 Introduction White Board of concepts of
2. Applied 1.1Importance of Multi media communication
grammar Communication and extend
3. Phonetic Apply 1.2Difference between Intro to their application
sounds Communication Skills and Phonetics to real-life
Advanced Communication contexts
Skills (ACS)
Focus on ACS Assignment 1:
Writing short
speeches

3 1.Short Deliver Short Speeches 3 Parallel Lecture, Perform social

speeches. Students will write short construction Interactive communication
2.Applied Communicate speeches in class and practice White Board confidently
grammar Understand delivery. Multi media
3.Phonetic Teacher will assign topics and
sounds Apply students will come prepared Phonetic sounds
to speak in the class.
Oral
Evaluation
1:
Delivering
short
speech
4 Effective Describe/ Advanced Communication 2 Sentence Lecture, Demonstrate
 presentation Demonstrate Skills fragments Interactive understanding
Apply 2 Review of White Board of concepts of
Oral & written Communication Basics Multi media communication
Compare & 2.1 Introduction and extend
Contrast 2.2 Communication Process Phonetic sounds their application
2.3 Elements of to real-life
Deliver Communication Quiz 3 : contexts
2.4 Advancing the Grammar
Communicate Communication Skills
Understand

Apply

5 Conversation Converse Dialogue Writing on topics 3 Run-on Perform social

through dialogue Dialogue of general and current sentence communication
Deliver Lecture, confidently
nature Interactive
Teacher will brief students White Board
Communicate
on the fundamentals of Multi media
Understand dialogue writing.
Students will practice Phonetic sounds
Apply dialogues in conversation
and group discussions.

Assignment
2: Dialogue
Writing
6 Advanced Communication 2 Grammar Demonstrate
Skills revision of Lecture, understanding
Communicatio 3 Examining the topics Interactive of concepts of
n Process Communication Process covered White Board communication
Understand 3.1Introduction Multi media and extend
3.2Types of Input their application
Apply 3.3Filters Phonetic sounds to real-life
3.4The Internal map, contexts
Deliver Internal State, and
Behaviour or Response Quiz 4 : Text
Demonstrate 3.5 Relevance of above Book
factors

7 Communicatio 4 Internal Representation 2 Grammar Lecture, Demonstrate

n Process Understand 4.1Introduction revision of Interactive understanding
4.2Internal Representation topics White Board of concepts of
Apply of our World covered Multi media communication
4.3Language as a and extend
Deliver Representational System their application
4.4Clues Phonetic sounds to real-life
Demonstrate 4.5Visual Representation contexts
System
4.6Auditory
Representational System
4.7Kinesthetic
Representational System
4.8Auditory Digital
 Representational System
4.9Eye Movements as an
Indicator
4.10 Phrases to use in
Response to each
Representational System
8 Write Mid Semester 5 Written Test 2 Elaborate on
Examination hours. Text Book topics, concepts
Speak – units 1-4 and ideas
Short speech; argumentatively
Demonstrate through
Dialogue writing
enhanced
Applied writing
Show Grammar mechanics and
Oral Test 2 techniques
hours.
Speaking skills
and phonetic
sounds

9 Conversation Converse Dialogue: Oral 3 Plurals and Perform social

through dialogue Dialogue Exchange on topics of possessives, Lecture, communication
pronouns
Deliver general and current Interactive confidently
nature White Board
Communicate Multi media
Teacher will brief
Understand students on the
fundamentals of dialogue
Apply Phonetic sounds
writing
Students will
 practice
dialogues in
conversation and
group
discussions
Oral Evaluation
2 Dialogue
Delivery

10 Communicatio 5 Tools for Advanced 2 Lecture, Demonstrate

n Process Communication Verb tenses Interactive understanding
Understand
and
5.1Introduction White Board of concepts of
subject-
Apply 5.2Reframing verb Multi media communication
5.3Linguistic Tools for agreement and extend
Deliver Advanced their application
Communicators Quiz 5 : Text to real-life
Demonstrate Book contexts

11 Dramatisation Perform  One Act Play: The 3 Illogical Perform social

comparisons,
Proposal/The Bear by concision
Lecture, communication
Act Anton Chekov and Interactive confidently
redundancy White Board
Speak Students will be encouraged to Multi media
demonstrate their
Demonstrate acting/speaking skills
Quiz 6 : Phonetic
sounds
12 Ability to frame Write  CV preparation 5 Idioms and Lecture, Writing to
convincing and conventional
Students will learn the skill of expression,
Interactive convince and
relevant sentences
Frame preparing a job winning resume commonly White Board persuade
 confused Multi media
words
Focus
Quiz 7: CV

13 Speaking to Deliver  Long Speech language Lecture, Elaborate on

formality,
convince, Teacher will familiarize the 5 conjunctions
Interactive topics, concepts
persuade, argue Communicate students with essentials of and White Board and ideas
for and against Understand long speech writing: conjunctive Multi media argumentatively
introduction of subject; adverbs through
Apply development; climax; enhanced
consolidation and conclusion. Assignment 3: writing
Writing long mechanics and
speech techniques

14 Speaking to Deliver  Long Speech 5 contradiction

or digression,
Elaborate on
convince, Teacher will familiarize the punctuation Lecture, topics, concepts
persuade, argue Communicate students with essentials of long Interactive and ideas
for and against Understand speech writing: introduction of White Board argumentatively
subject; development; climax; Multi media through
Apply consolidation and conclusion. enhanced
Oral Evaluation 4 writing
mechanics and
techniques

15 Speaking with Evaluate  Presentations 3 Lecture, Perform social

 objective Synthesise Writing the script; Interactive communication
fulfilment Persuade preparation of slides; White Board confidently and
Convince
delivering the presentation Multi media build effective
presentations
Project with successful
Evaluation as integration of
per rubric technology

16 Communicatio Revise  REVISION 6 Applied Lecture, Evaluate

n Skills Consolidate  "Student grammar Interactive information by
Strategise Satisfaction revision White Board utilizing
Oral and Finalise Feedback" to be Multi media effective
Written recorded through reading
survey/questionnaire strategies and
interpreting
texts critically

17 Write FINAL 5 Written Test 3 Elaborate on

& EXAMINATION hours. Text Book topics, concepts
18 Speak – units 1-5 and ideas
Short speech; argumentatively
Demonstrate through
Dialogue writing
enhanced
Applied writing
Indicate Grammar mechanics and
Oral Test 3 techniques
hours.
Speaking skills
and phonetic
sounds
NOTE: Please note that this is a suggested outline and teacher can make minor changes, depending on class progress.
However, the deadlines of the class activities; assignments and final project are fixed and no changes will be made.

Students will be evaluated during the semester through projects, class presentations, and class and home assignments.
Students will be expected to remain updated with language skills they acquire over the weeks.

They will also be marked on quizzes, a midterm and the final examination.

Prepared by:

________________ ________________
M Tariq Qureshi Afroze Ilyas
In-charge ESP Lecturer

Approved by:
 ________________ ______________________
Prof Dr. Wasima Shehzad AVM Tariq Matin
Dean FSS Director Academics

Date:9 May 2020

Course Information

CLOs and PLOs Correspondence

S. CLO Statement Corresponding Corresponding

No. PLO CLO
1 Demonstrate understanding of PLO 10 C2
concepts of communication and
extend their application to real-
life contexts
2 Perform social communication PLO 10 C3
confidently and build effective
presentations with successful
integration of technology
3 Elaborate on topics, concepts PLO 10 C5
and ideas argumentatively
 through enhanced writing
mechanics and techniques
4 Evaluate information by utilizing PLO 10 C6
effective reading strategies and
interpreting texts critically
*Key:
CLOs = Course Learning Objectives PLOs = Program Learning Objectives

PLOs and CLOs Association

C6
C3 C5
C2
Ethics

Management
Investigation

6 The Engineer and

10 Communication

Learning
Modern Tool
2 Problem Analysis

Life Long
7 Environment and

Individual and
Engineering

Development of
Knowledge

Team Work

Project
Usage
Design/

Stability
Society
Solutions
1

11

12
 Department of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences

Course Title: Communication Skills

Fall 2017

Basic Outline with CLOs and PLOs Correspondence

S. No. Main Topics Corresponding CLO Corresponding PLO

1 Introduction to Communication C2 PLO 10
2 Process of Communication C2 PLO 10
3 Presentation Skills C3 PLO 10
4 Writing Skills C5 PLO 10
5 Social Communication C3 PLO 10
6 Analytical Skills C6 PLO 10
7 Group Discussion and Interview Skills C3 PLO 10
8 Study Skills C6 PLO 10
9 Reading Skills C6 PLO 10
10 Writing Mechanics and Techniques C5 PLO 10

*Key:
CLOs = Course Learning Objectives PLOs = Program Learning Objectives