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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