PEL01D English and Communication Skills 1 PDF

PEL01D: ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIOSKILLS I L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3 Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able CO1: recall grammatical rules and principles to visualize their be...

PEL01D: ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIOSKILLS I L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3 Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able CO1: recall grammatical rules and principles to visualize their better application in different every day and social scenarios CO2: demonstrate comprehension of appropriate grammar skill set and its functional usage through various examples and applications CO3: apply grammatical rules effectively to correct sentences and improve overall sentence structure for lifelong learning CO4: analyze and assess the meaning of unfamiliar words encountered in written texts using contextual clues and vocabulary strategies CO5: evaluate and develop reading and comprehension skills by critically examining written materials and extracting key information. CO6: compose coherent sentence constructions in subjective writing, showcasing the mastery of expressing ideas effectively Unit I Parts of speech: exercises based on parts of speech, content word category (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs), function word category (articles, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections) Unit II Tenses: present tense and sub types, past tense and sub types, future tense and sub types, subject verb agreement sentences Unit III Voice and correction of incorrect sentences: active voice and passive Voice, exercises based on voice, correction of incorrect sentences Unit IV Reading Comprehension: techniques of reading- skimming, scanning, intensive and extensive reading, My Struggle for an Education by Booker T. Washington , Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s headmaster by Abraham Lincoln, Gateman’s Gift by R.K Narayan, The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (reading comprehension, vocabulary enrichment ), Say Not, the Struggle Nought Availeth by A H Clough, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore(theme, summary, comprehension) Unit V Basics of communication and vocabulary: definition and process of communication, introduction to types of communication - formal and informal, oral and written, verbal and non-verbal, objectives of communication, essentials of communication, introduction to channels of communication – formal upward, downward, diagonal, horizontal), informal (grapevine, consensus) Barriers to communication, synonyms and antonyms, pair of words. Unit VI Paragraph writing: significance and effectiveness of writing paragraph, word choice, sentence formation and construction of paragraph. References: 1. Eastwood, John, “Oxford Practice Grammar”, Oxford University Press, London Wren and Martin, “High School English Grammar and Composition”, Chand & Company Ltd., Delhi