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SYLLABUS

                                                 Communication Skills-I

            Objectives:
                Develop interest in literary works.
                Improve student's basic grammar, sentence construction and vocabulary.

                Hone writing skills.
                Build confidence in public speaking.

             S.No.                                           Description
             1.     Speaking skills: to enhance the basic speaking skills, one needs apt word and the correct pronunciation.
                    1. Simple rules of pronunciation and intonation
                    2. Theme based  vocabulary building
                    3. Antonyms/Synonyms/Homonyms
             2.     Listening skills: to enhance correct understanding of the language being spoken and to give apt responses in
                    return where required.

                    4. Types of listening  and  Traits of a good listener
                    5. Note taking
                    6.  Exercises    Practising  Listening  Skills  –  talk  shows  ,  commentaries,  etc.,  followed  by  identifying  the  theme,
                    supporting ideas, or  and digressions if any

             3.     Reading skills: to enhance independent reading, comprehension and quick reading of any given texts + aesthetic
                    appreciation

                    7. comprehension passages
                    8. news/magazine articles on stereotype topics and/or current topics
                    9. 2 poems – Abu Ben Adhem. The Tiger

             4.     Writing skills: to reinforce the grammatical structures
                    10.  Grammar  –  Kinds  of  sentences  –  Positive,  negative,  statement,  interrogative  and  exclamatory  [learn  the
                    functional aspects of these sentences – when are they used, how are they structured etc.]
                    11.  Articles  and  nouns  –  Countable/uncountable,  Names  with  and  without  THE  Adjectives/Adverbs  –
                    [describing  things, adding information, circumstances ]
                    12. Prepositions of time/place/reason – in , on, at , into , to , for , of, about, with, after etc.
               5.    Writing skills: to enhance formally structured effective official writing
                    13. Basic cohesive paragraph writing
                    14. Note making,
                    15. Resume writing
                    16. Job application writing/acceptance letter
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