TECHNICAL ENGLISH AND SOFT SKILLS – II

PORTION FOR ASSESSMENT – II

UNIT – 3
PART – A
1. Name important tests one can take for migration or higher studies abroad.
1. International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
2. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOFEL)
3. Cambridge Test (CAE / CPE)
4. International English Language Assessment (IELA)
5. Duolingo English Test
6. Pearson Versant English Placement Test (Pearson VEPT)
7. Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL)
8. Canadian English Language Index Programme (CELPIP)

2. What are the advantages of language tests?

1. It improves your career prospects
2. You will know your actual level
3. Boosts your confidence and motivates you
4. Acquire the right kind of language skills
5. The test is open to everyone
6. You are more likely to get scholarships
7. Immigration to foreign countries
8. Study or work overseas
9. Provides you with a deadline to focus on

PART – B

1. Write a paragraph on ‘what do you do in your free time (creative / productive)’ in 150 words.
2. Write a paragraph on ‘a memorable event in your life’ in 150 words.
UNITS – 4 & 5

Part – A
1. Cause and effect expressions
2. Impersonal passive voice
3. Idioms and phrases
4. Words used as nouns and verbs
5. Degrees of comparison
6. Editing
7. Email etiquette
8. Misspelled words

Part – B
1. Job application: cover letter and resume (postal mail and email)
2. Business correspondence -letters calling for quotations placing order, complaint letters
3. Report writing: survey, feasibility, industrial visit
4. Accident Report
5. Minutes of meeting
 QUESTION PATTERN
Part – A

NO CHOICE (7×2=14 ¿

Part – B (1×8=8)

8 a. Write a paragraph on ‘what do you do in your free time creatively / productively’ in 150 words.
OR
8 b. Write a paragraph on ‘a memorable event in your life’ in 150 words.

Part – C (2×14=28)

9 a. Cover letter and resume OR 9 b. Letters calling for quotations and placing order

10 a. Accident report OR 10 b. Minutes of meeting