I B. Tech Digital Classroom: Syllabus

VISHNU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY :: BHIMAVARAM

(AUTONOMOUS)

Department of Basic Science

Year/Semester	I.B.Tech I Sem	L	T	P	C	Subject Code
Regulation Year	2019-20	3	0	3	2	19BS1T01
Name of the Subject	Communicative English
Branch	ECE, CE, ME & EEE

PROPOSED SYLLABUS

Introduction:

In view of the growing importance of English as a tool for global communication and the consequent emphasis on training the students to acquire communicative competence, the syllabus has been designed to develop linguistic and communicative competence of the students of Engineering.

As far as the detailed textbook is concerned, the focus should be on the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Thus the stress in the syllabus is primarily on the development of communicative skills and fostering of ideas.

Objectives:

· Adopt activity based teaching-learning methods to ensure that the learners would be engaged in the use of language both in the classroom and the laboratory sessions.

· Facilitate effective listening skills for better comprehension of academic lectures and English spoken by native speakers

· Focus on appropriate reading strategies for comprehension of various academic texts and authentic materials

· Help improve speaking skills through participation in activities such as role plays, discussions and structured talks/oral presentations

· Impart effective strategies for good writing and demonstrate the same in summarizing, writing well organized essays, record and report useful information

· Provide knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary and encourage their appropriate use in speech and writing

Methodology:

1. The class are to be learner-centered where the learners are to read the texts to get a comprehensive idea of those texts on their own with the help of the peer group and the teacher.

2. Integrated skill development methodology has to be adopted with focus on individual language skills as per the tasks/exercise.

3. The tasks/exercises at the end of each unit should be completed by the learners only and the teacher intervention is permitted as per the complexity of the task/exercise.

4. The teacher is expected to use supplementary material wherever necessary and also generate activities/tasks as per the requirement.

5. The teacher is permitted to use lecture method when a completely new concept is introduced in the class.

(R-19 Regulations)

Detailed Textbook:

Prescribed by JNTUK for Reading and Writing

Non-Detailed Textbook:

Wings of Fire: APJ Abdul Kalam

Unit 1 (10 periods)

Reading: Skimming to get the main idea of a text

Reading for Writing: Beginnings and endings of paragraphs - introducing the topic, summarizing the main idea and/or providing a transition to the next paragraph.

Grammar and Vocabulary : Nouns and Pronouns; textual words

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

· employ suitable strategies for skimming to get the general idea of a text

· recognize paragraph structure with beginnings/endings

· using correct word forms of nouns and pronouns and textual words

Unit 2 (10 periods)

Reading: Scanning to look for specific pieces of information.

Writing: Writing sentences with proper word order - Basic Sentence Structures

Grammar and Vocabulary: Verbs - tenses; use of synonyms

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

· Employ suitable strategies for scanning to identify specific information from a text

· Write accurately using proper grammatical structures

Unit 3 (10 periods)

Reading: Identifying sequence of ideas; recognizing verbal techniques that help to link the ideas in a paragraph together.

Writing: Paragraph writing using suitable cohesive devices; mechanics of writing - punctuation, capital letters.

Grammar and Vocabulary: Cohesive devices - linkers, sign posts and transition signals; use of articles and zero article; prepositions; use of synonyms

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

➢ write well structured paragraphs

➢ understand the use of cohesive devices

Assignment-I: Each student is required to present a report on a problem faced by individuals or the society with analysis and possible solutions. He/she has to make an oral presentation of it in the class before the completion of MID-I Examination. It is mandatory for all students. It is for Internal Assessment.

Unit 4 (10 periods)

Reading: Note making; making notes from the text/material.

Writing: Types of Paragraph writing

Grammar and Vocabulary : Subject-verb agreement, Quantifying expressions - adjectives and adverbs; comparing and contrasting; degrees of comparison; use of antonyms

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

· make notes of the important information of a text

· understanding types of paragraphs

· use language appropriate adjective and adverbs for descriptions

Unit 5 (10 periods)

Reading: Reading for comprehension.

Writing: Summarizing - identifying main idea/s and rephrasing what is read; avoiding redundancies and repetitions.

Grammar and Vocabulary: direct and indirect speech, reporting verbs for academic purposes. Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

➢ write summaries based on global comprehension of reading/listening texts

➢ understand a paragraph

Unit 6 (10 periods)

Reading: Studying the use of graphic elements in texts to convey information, reveal trends/patterns/relationships etc.

Writing: Information transfer; describe, compare, contrast, identify significance/trends based on information provided in figures/charts/graphs/tables.

Grammar and Vocabulary: Active Voice- Passive Voice; editing short texts – identifying and correcting common errors in grammar and usage (articles, prepositions, tenses, subject verb agreement)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the learners will be able to

➢ interprete data from the given charts/tables/graphs

➢ edit short texts by correcting common errors

Assignment-II: Each Student is required to present the information regarding one novel prescribed in course. He/she has to make an oral presentation of it in the class before the completion of MID-II Examination. It is mandatory for all the students. It is for Internal Assessment.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the learners will be able to

➢ identify the context, topic, and pieces of specific information from social or transactional dialogues spoken by native speakers of English

➢ formulate sentences using proper grammatical structures and correct word forms

➢ speak clearly on a specific topic using suitable discourse markers in informal discussions

➢ write summaries based on global comprehension of reading/listening texts

➢ produce a coherent paragraph interpreting a figure/graph/chart/table

➢ take notes while listening to a talk/lecture to answer questions

Reference Books

● Bailey, Stephen. Academic writing: A handbook for international students. Routledge, 2014.

● Chase, Becky Tarver. Pathways: Listening, Speaking and Critical Thinking. Heinley ELT; 2nd Edition, 2018.

● Skillful Level 2 Reading & Writing Student's Book Pack (B1) Macmillan Educational.