HS19151-TECHNICAL ENGLISH LTPC
Common to all branches of B.E./ B.Tech programmes – I semester 2 0 2 3
OBJECTIVES :
To enable learners to acquire basic proficiency in English reading and listening.
To write in English precisely and effectively.
To speak flawlessly in all kinds of communicative contexts.
UNIT I - VOCABULARY BUILDING 12
The concept of word formation - Root words from foreign languages and their use in English -
Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives -
Synonyms, antonyms, and standard abbreviations. Compound words – abbreviation – single word
substitution – Listening: Listening comprehension, listening to motivational speeches, podcasts and
poetry. Speaking: Short talks on incidents - place of visit – admiring personalities, etc.
UNIT II - BASIC WRITING SKILLS 12
Sentence structures - Use of phrases and clauses in sentences - punctuation - coherence - Organizing
principles of paragraphs in documents - Techniques for writing precisely. Reading & Writing – Free
writing – paragraphs - article reading and writing criticism - change of tense forms in short text or
story – inferential reading – rewrite or interpret text - prepare questions based on the text. Speaking:
Everyday situations – conversations and dialogues, speaking for and against.
UNIIT III - GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 12
Subject-verb agreement- Noun-pronoun agreement - Articles – Prepositions – Redundancies. Reading
& Writing: Read from innovation and ideas that changed the world, newspaper column writing –
Speaking: Demonstrative speaking practice using visual aids (charts, graphs, maps, pictures, etc,.).
UNIT IV - WRITING FOR FORMAL PRESENTATION 12
Nature and Style of sensible Writing - Describing – Defining – Classifying - Providing examples or
evidence - Writing introduction and conclusion. Reading & Writing – Read from Literary pieces –
identify different parts text – difference between print and digital writing. Writing: Recommendations
- Foreword - Review of book. Speaking- Formal Presentations – Debate on social issues/taboos and
solutions.
UNIT V - EXTENDED WRITING AND SPEAKING 12
Writing: Précis writing – Essay writing – workplace communication: Resume – Business letters and
emails – Proposals. Speaking: Panel discussion – reporting an event – mock interview – Master
Ceremony.
TOTAL HOURS 60
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of course students will be able to
Discuss and respond to the listening content.
Read and comprehend different texts and appreciate them
Understand structures and techniques of precise writing
Analyse different genres of communication and get familiarized with new words, phrases, and
sentence structures.
Write and speak appropriately in varied formal and informal contexts.
,TEXT BOOK
English for Technologists & Engineers, Orient BlackSwan Publications, Chennai.
REFERENCE
1. Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford University Press
2. Effective Communication Skills, Kulbushan Kumar, Khanna Publishing House, Delhi
3. Communication Skills, Pushplata, Sanjay Kumar, Oxford University Press
4. Practical English Usage. Michael Swan. OUP. 1995.
5. Remedial English Grammar. F.T. Wood. Macmillan.2007
6. On Writing Well. William Zinsser. Harper Resource Book. 2001
7. Study Writing. Liz Hamp-Lyons and Ben Heasly. Cambridge University Press. 2006.
8. Exercises in Spoken English. Parts. I-III. CIEFL, Hyderabad. Oxford University Press
, HS19151 Technical English – Worksheets
CONTENTS
S. No Topics P. No.
1 Word formation – changing words from one form to another 3
2 Prefix and suffix 6
3 Root words from foreign languages 9
4 Synonyms and Antonyms 10
5 Abbreviations and Acronyms 16
6 Single word substitution 18
7 Compound words 27
8 Sentence structure – Phrases and clauses 27
9 Simple, compound, complex and compound complex 29
10 Punctuations 32
11 Coherence – connectives 33
12 Free writing (part B) 36
13 Paragraph writing (part B) 36
14 Change of tense forms in short text or story (part B) 37
15 Reading article and writing criticism (part B) 40
Setting questions based on the text – 5 different ‗Wh‘ and ‗Yes or No‘
16 42
Questions (part B)
17 Subject verb agreement 48
18 Noun, Pronoun agreement 49
19 Articles 54
20 Prepositions 55
21 Redundancy 57
22 Reading Comprehension (part B) 58
23 Newspaper column writing (part B) 67
24 Vocabulary – Synonyms and Antonyms, Affixes, One word substitution 67
25 Common errors in English - Tenses 68
26 Prepositions 69
27 Conjunctions 71
28 Articles 74
29 Spelling errors 77
30 Redundancy 79
31 Recommendations (part B) 83
32 Book Review (part B) 83
33 Essay writing (part B) 86
34 Precis‘ writing (part B) 86
35 Resume‘ writing (part B) 88
36 Business letters (part B) 88
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, HS19151 Technical English – Worksheets
37 E-mail writing (part B) 91
38 Proposal – Project proposal and Business proposal (part B) 91
39 Listening comprehension 92
40 Short talks on incidents 101
41 Place of visit 101
42 Admiring personalities 010
43 Everyday situations 101
44 Conversations and dialogues 101
45 Listening to motivational speeches 102
46 Speaking for and against 111
47 Demonstrative speaking practice using visual aids (charts, graphs, maps, 111
pictures, etc,.)
48 Formal Presentations 111
49 Debate on social issues/taboos and solutions 111
50 Podcasts and poetry 111
51 Panel discussion 117
52 Reporting an event 121
53 Mock interview 122
54 Master Ceremony 123
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Common to all branches of B.E./ B.Tech programmes – I semester 2 0 2 3
OBJECTIVES :
To enable learners to acquire basic proficiency in English reading and listening.
To write in English precisely and effectively.
To speak flawlessly in all kinds of communicative contexts.
UNIT I - VOCABULARY BUILDING 12
The concept of word formation - Root words from foreign languages and their use in English -
Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives -
Synonyms, antonyms, and standard abbreviations. Compound words – abbreviation – single word
substitution – Listening: Listening comprehension, listening to motivational speeches, podcasts and
poetry. Speaking: Short talks on incidents - place of visit – admiring personalities, etc.
UNIT II - BASIC WRITING SKILLS 12
Sentence structures - Use of phrases and clauses in sentences - punctuation - coherence - Organizing
principles of paragraphs in documents - Techniques for writing precisely. Reading & Writing – Free
writing – paragraphs - article reading and writing criticism - change of tense forms in short text or
story – inferential reading – rewrite or interpret text - prepare questions based on the text. Speaking:
Everyday situations – conversations and dialogues, speaking for and against.
UNIIT III - GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 12
Subject-verb agreement- Noun-pronoun agreement - Articles – Prepositions – Redundancies. Reading
& Writing: Read from innovation and ideas that changed the world, newspaper column writing –
Speaking: Demonstrative speaking practice using visual aids (charts, graphs, maps, pictures, etc,.).
UNIT IV - WRITING FOR FORMAL PRESENTATION 12
Nature and Style of sensible Writing - Describing – Defining – Classifying - Providing examples or
evidence - Writing introduction and conclusion. Reading & Writing – Read from Literary pieces –
identify different parts text – difference between print and digital writing. Writing: Recommendations
- Foreword - Review of book. Speaking- Formal Presentations – Debate on social issues/taboos and
solutions.
UNIT V - EXTENDED WRITING AND SPEAKING 12
Writing: Précis writing – Essay writing – workplace communication: Resume – Business letters and
emails – Proposals. Speaking: Panel discussion – reporting an event – mock interview – Master
Ceremony.
TOTAL HOURS 60
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of course students will be able to
Discuss and respond to the listening content.
Read and comprehend different texts and appreciate them
Understand structures and techniques of precise writing
Analyse different genres of communication and get familiarized with new words, phrases, and
sentence structures.
Write and speak appropriately in varied formal and informal contexts.
,TEXT BOOK
English for Technologists & Engineers, Orient BlackSwan Publications, Chennai.
REFERENCE
1. Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma, Oxford University Press
2. Effective Communication Skills, Kulbushan Kumar, Khanna Publishing House, Delhi
3. Communication Skills, Pushplata, Sanjay Kumar, Oxford University Press
4. Practical English Usage. Michael Swan. OUP. 1995.
5. Remedial English Grammar. F.T. Wood. Macmillan.2007
6. On Writing Well. William Zinsser. Harper Resource Book. 2001
7. Study Writing. Liz Hamp-Lyons and Ben Heasly. Cambridge University Press. 2006.
8. Exercises in Spoken English. Parts. I-III. CIEFL, Hyderabad. Oxford University Press
, HS19151 Technical English – Worksheets
CONTENTS
S. No Topics P. No.
1 Word formation – changing words from one form to another 3
2 Prefix and suffix 6
3 Root words from foreign languages 9
4 Synonyms and Antonyms 10
5 Abbreviations and Acronyms 16
6 Single word substitution 18
7 Compound words 27
8 Sentence structure – Phrases and clauses 27
9 Simple, compound, complex and compound complex 29
10 Punctuations 32
11 Coherence – connectives 33
12 Free writing (part B) 36
13 Paragraph writing (part B) 36
14 Change of tense forms in short text or story (part B) 37
15 Reading article and writing criticism (part B) 40
Setting questions based on the text – 5 different ‗Wh‘ and ‗Yes or No‘
16 42
Questions (part B)
17 Subject verb agreement 48
18 Noun, Pronoun agreement 49
19 Articles 54
20 Prepositions 55
21 Redundancy 57
22 Reading Comprehension (part B) 58
23 Newspaper column writing (part B) 67
24 Vocabulary – Synonyms and Antonyms, Affixes, One word substitution 67
25 Common errors in English - Tenses 68
26 Prepositions 69
27 Conjunctions 71
28 Articles 74
29 Spelling errors 77
30 Redundancy 79
31 Recommendations (part B) 83
32 Book Review (part B) 83
33 Essay writing (part B) 86
34 Precis‘ writing (part B) 86
35 Resume‘ writing (part B) 88
36 Business letters (part B) 88
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, HS19151 Technical English – Worksheets
37 E-mail writing (part B) 91
38 Proposal – Project proposal and Business proposal (part B) 91
39 Listening comprehension 92
40 Short talks on incidents 101
41 Place of visit 101
42 Admiring personalities 010
43 Everyday situations 101
44 Conversations and dialogues 101
45 Listening to motivational speeches 102
46 Speaking for and against 111
47 Demonstrative speaking practice using visual aids (charts, graphs, maps, 111
pictures, etc,.)
48 Formal Presentations 111
49 Debate on social issues/taboos and solutions 111
50 Podcasts and poetry 111
51 Panel discussion 117
52 Reporting an event 121
53 Mock interview 122
54 Master Ceremony 123
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