UG- III Semester

Course Title: English Language Communication Skills-III

Credits: 02
Course Code: AEC-III
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
After completion of this course successfully, the students will be able to……
CLO-1: Demonstrate use of cooperative principles for effective communication.
CLO-2: Demonstrate basic academic writing functions.
CLO-3: Monitor and articulate spoken English in terms of stress/accent.
CLO-4: Process language content that is relevant, purposeful, interesting, and engaging.
CLO-5: Demonstrate preparedness and perform communications in personal interview
skill.
Mapping of Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
and Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
CLO1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
CLO2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 2
CLO3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 3
CLO4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2
CLO5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

Unit-I: A. Communication Skills

 Non-verbal Communication Skills
 Cooperative Principles of Effective Communication: Maxim of Quality,
Quantity, Relation, and Manner.
B. Essential English Grammar-III
 Parts of Seech: Pronoun and Preposition
 Tense: Future Tense
 Sentence Types: Assertive, Imperative, Declarative and Interrogative
Sentences
Unit-II: Language Skills
Theory:
 Enriching Vocabulary: Eponym, Clipping; Phrasal Verbs, Idioms and
Proverbs
 Academic Writing Functions: Definition, Classification, Exemplification,
Comparing and Contrasting
 Punctuation: Hyphen (-), Quotation Marks/Speech Marks ( ‘......’ and
“.....” )
 Aspects of Spoken English: Strong form and Weak Forms in Connected
Speech
 Interview: Types and Dos and Don’ts of Interview
Praxis:
  Levels of Reading: Reading the Lines, Reading between the Lines and
Beyond Lines
 Interview: Personal Interview, Panel Interview
 Essay Writing
 Drafting User Manual, Framing Q&A, Writing Terms and Conditions

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Background Study Topics: Grammatical Mistakes and/or Errors, Social-linguistics

Competence, Grammatical Competence, English as Second Language, Mother Tongue and
English Language, Fluence Vs. Accuracy

Proposed Functional English Activities:

 Expressing Preferences
 Making Comparisons, Predictions
 Drawing Conclusions, Summarizing
 Describing Cause and Effect, Adding Information
 Taking about Purpose, Contrast and Contradictions

SUGGESTED READING:
1. Nitin Bhatnagar and Mamta Bhatnagar, Communicative English for Engineers and
Professionals, New Delhi: Pearson, 2010.
2. Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik, A Communicative Grammar in English, Longman,
Singapore Publisher: 1975.
3. Edward Woods, Rudy Coppieters. A Workbook to Communicative Grammar of English.
Routledge, 2002.
4. Grice, Paul (1975). "Logic and Conversation” pp. 41–58 in Syntax and Semantics 3:
Speech Acts, edited by P. Cole and J. J. Morgan. New York, NY: Academic Press.
5. Laurie Rozakis, English Grammar for the Utterly Confused, New York: McGraw-Hill,
2003.
6. Paul Emmerson and Nick Hamilton, Five-Minute Activities for Business English, UK:
CUP, 2010.

INTERNET SOURCES:
A. Interactive Grammar Exercises
1. https://www.englishgrammar.org/verbs-exercise-18/
2. https://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?
nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=adverbs#a
3. https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/worksheets.htm
4. https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar_list/satz.htm
5. https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/inhalt_grammar.htm
6. https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/adjective-exercises/
 7. Vocabulary Exercises:
https://www.grammarbank.com/context-clues-worksheet.html
8. Word Formation: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/word_formation/nouns_adjectives/
index.php
9. Idioms: https://usefulenglish.ru/idioms/
B. Interactive Listening Skill Websites
10. https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/active-listening.html
11. https://www.elllo.org/video/1501/1533-Sarah-Music-Like-Dislike.html
12. https://elllo.org/english/grammar/index-level1.htm
C. Interactive English Pronunciation:
13. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/b1p065-come-
or-calm
14. http://www.blairenglish.com/extras/exercise_menu.html
15. Cooperative Principle:
https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/english/pragmatics/cooperative-principle/
16. Strong Forms-Weak Forms:
https://www.uv.es/anglotic/phonology/suprasegmental_phonology/function_words/
function_words_01/
17. https://www.lingq.com/en/learn-english-online/courses/734892/weak-forms-how-to-
pronounce-weak-form-5508708/
18. Puntuiations: https://www.lingq.com/en/learn-english-online/courses/734892/how-to-use-
commas-english-writing-les-5490214/
19. https://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/punctuation/quizzes/PunctuationSelfTest.htm
20. https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/test-your-punctuation-skills

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