ADVANCED ENGLISH & COMMUNICATION SKILLS LAB (AE&CS LAB-III) - SYLLABUS

SUBJECT CODE – EN702

Objectives:

1. To enable learners of RGUKT develop their communication skills in English

2. To emphasize specially the development of speaking skills amongst students of RGUKT.
3. To facilitate computer-aided multi-media instruction enabling individualized and independent
language learning.
4. To ensure that learners use the electronic media such as internet and supplement the learning
materials used in the classroom.
5. To sensitize the students to the nuances of English Speech Sounds, Word Accent, Intonation
and Rhythm.
6. To bring about a consistent accent and intelligibility in their pronunciation of English by
providing an opportunity for practice in speaking.
7. To improve the fluency in Spoken English and neutralize Mother Tongue Influence.
8. To train students to use language appropriately for interviews, group discussions, debates and
public speaking.
9. To inculcate the habit of reading and writing leading to effective and efficient communication.
10. To develop inter and intra personal communication skills of students.

Outcomes:

1. Learners should be able to speak clearly, confidently, comprehensibly, and communicate with
one or many listeners using appropriate communicative strategies in a neutral accent.
2. Learners should be able to write cohesively, coherently, flawlessly avoiding grammatical errors,
using a wide vocabulary range, organizing their ideas logically on a topic.
3. Learners should be able to habituate reading different genres of texts adopting various reading
strategies.
4. Learners should be able to listen/watch and comprehend different spoken discourses in different
accents.
Year & Course Course Name: No. of L T&PS P
Sem: Code: Credits:
Advanced English &
E2SEM1 EN702 Communication Skills Lab-III 2 0 0 2

UNIT – I:
Reading Skills Skimming & Scanning for Specific Information Reading for: Main Ideas – Details –
Inferences – Essential Information - Sentence Insertion – Vocabulary - Rhetorical Purpose - Overall
Ideas. Critical Reading - Rhetorical Functions (cause-effect, compare-contrast and argumentation).
Speed Reading

UNIT – II:
Listening Skills Pre-Listening – While Listening – Post-Listening Exercises
Listening for Understanding Listening for Interaction Listening for Details Responding in Personal
& Professional Situations

UNIT – III:
Initiative and Proactiveness Initiative: The Ability to Take Action Proactively How to Be
Proactive at Work: 5 Step System Predict – Prevent – Plan – Participate – Perform Pros and Cons

UNIT – IV:
Group Discussion Need and Importance, Types of GD, Dos and Don’ts Communicating Views and
Opinions, Providing Solutions

UNIT – V:
Presentations Public Speaking Skills , Short Oral presentations without PPT , Business
presentations with PPT

Preparation Presentation
Collection of Data Stage Dynamics
Organizing the Data Verbal, Non-verbal Skills
Template Making Attracting Audience
Fonts and Formats Asking & Responding Question