Suggested Course for English

Composition and Communication Skills 3(3-0)

Suggested course includes the prescribed study of selected text books and exercises in reading,
learning, and practicing grammatical principles of English, practice on topics related to social
and scientific issues of essays writing, learning the art of report writing, and job application
letter is also a part of the course.

Course Code: Eng-101

Course Contents

Reading skills; effective reading habits, comprehension, (i) Bromides and Sulphites
(Gelett Burgess) (ii) TV Addiction (Marie Winn), Writing skills; personal writing, CV,
report writing, letter writing, descriptive writing; argumentative writing; narrative
writing; expository writing; précis writing; Grammatical tools; knowledge about parts of
speech and their analysis, punctuation, dash, comma, semi colon, capitalization,
presentation skills; Communication skills, types of communication, 7 Cs of
communication, preparing effective presentations

Suggested Books
1. Allen, W. Stanard. 2002. Living English Structure.
2. Krizsner, Laurd. G. and Mendall, Stephen R. 2008. Patterns for College Writing. St
Martin’s Press, New York
3. McLaren, S. 2011. Writing Essays and Reports. Pascal Press
4. Murphy, Herta A. 2009. Effective Communication. The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.,
New York
5. Rehman, A. 2004. Effective Business Communication and Report Writing. Farrakh
Publishers, Lahore
6. Shah, A. S. 2006. Exploring the World of English. Ilmi Kitab Khana, Lahore
7. Shahid, Ghulam M. 2010. Business Communication and Report Writing. Rizwan
Publishers, Faisal Abad
8. Thomsan A. J and Martinet. 1997. Practical English Grammar. Oxford University
Press.