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communication skills-ii
Objectives: To improve sentence construction, grammar and vocabulary; Teach the importance of correct punctuation; Improve
writing skills; To inculcate interest in poetry and literature; To teach basic business communication.
Sr. Description
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1 Speaking Skills: To enhance the fluency/ efficiency and confidence of using a foreign
language/Conversation building.
2 Dialogue writing based on formal / official situations, informal and regularly
occurring.
3 Telephone skills: How to handle telephone calls, telephone etiquettes, making phone
calls, taking incoming calls.
4 Reading Skills ---To enhance independent reading, comprehension and quick reading
of any given texts.
5 Aesthetic appreciation. Poems--- “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” &
“Ozymandias.’’
6 Writing Skills --To reinforce the grammatical structures and to enhance formally
structured effective official writing. Grammar – Tenses: Present tenses – [simple &
continuous ], Past tenses [ simple/continuous/ used to would to ], Present Perfect and
Past Perfect [ simple/ continuous], Future [ plans/ intentions/ predictions/ going to/
will present simple/ be/ about to /future continuous/ Future Perfect]
7 Parts of Speech – Common errors in English. Use of Capitals and Basic Punctuations-
- Comma, full stop, colon, semi colon, hyphen ,Inverted commas, apostrophe.
8 Writing Skills --To reinforce the grammatical structures and to enhance formally
structured effective official writing. Basics of official correspondence-- principles of
writing general and official correspondence.
9 Format of Basic Formal letter-- placing order, cancellation, enquiry.
10 Guidelines for writing & Planning effective Business letters