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HS8151
TECHNICAL ENGLISH I (For all branches of B.E / B.Tech programmes)
L T P C 3 1 0 4
OBJECTIVES To enable all students of engineering and technology develop their basic communication skills in English. To give special emphasis to the development of speaking skills amongst the students of engineering and technology students. To ensure that students use the electronic media such as interne and supplement the learning materials used in the classroom. To inculcate the habit of reading for pleasure. UNIT I Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal & sounds); Speaking - Speaking about one‟s place, important festivals etc. – Introducing oneself, one‟s family / friend; Reading - Skimming a reading passage – Scanning for specific information - Note-making; Writing - Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place / Hobbies / School life, etc.) - Sentence completion - Autobiographical writing (writing about one‟s leisure time activities, hometown, etc.); Grammar - Prepositions - Reference words - Wh-questions Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary - Word formation - Word expansion (root words / etymology); Ematerials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary - Reading comprehension exercises - Listening to audio files and answering questions. UNIT II Listening - Listening and responding to video lectures / talks;
References: 1. A text of quantitative inorganic analysis, A. L. Vogel , ELBS London. 1995. 2. Experiments in physical chemistry, D.P. Shoemarker and C.W. Gardad, McGraw Hill, London, 2001, 3. American Public Health Association.