FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Effective from Academic Batch: 2022-23
Programme: Bachelor of Technology (Computer Engineering)
Semester: I
Course Code: 202001215
Course Title: Professional Communication
Course Group: Humanities & Social Science Courses
Course Objectives: The rationale of Professional Communication helps students to understand the
concept of communication in link with Non-verbal communication. The curriculum also targets the
understanding of different barriers that creep into communication process. Moreover, units
covered on LSRW skills development will help students acquire competence over linguistic skills.
This would be developed through balanced and integrated tasks.
Teaching & Examination Scheme:
Contact hours per week Examination Marks (Maximum / Passing)
Course
Theory J/V/P*
Lecture Tutorial Practical Credits Total
Internal External Internal External
2 0 2 3 50 / 18 50 / 17 25 / 9 25 / 9 150 / 53
* J: Jury; V: Viva; P: Practical
Detailed Syllabus:
Sr. Contents Hours
1 Understanding Communication: 05
Concept and Process of Communication, Types: Formal-Informal; Technical-
Common-Place, Verbal-Nonverbal, Scope(Uses and limitations) of verbal and non-
verbal communication.
2 Developing Listening Skills: 06
Concept and types, Barriers to effective listening, Tasks and Activities to improve:
Listening in informal situations: Listen & Do/Draw, Correct Me, Instructions and
Announcements, songs, short talks and dialogues.
3 Developing Speaking Skills: 06
Examples of Speech Acts: Conversations, small talks, speeches, debates, group
discussions, elocution, extempore, etc–their unique features. Tasks and Activities:
Language Games, Cue – Cards, Strip stories, Jig – saw exercises, Role Plays, Group
Discussions, authentic materials, Pronunciation Practice through reading aloud of
short paragraphs and recitation of songs, tongue twisters, minimal pairs, etc.
4 Developing Reading Skills: 04
Concept, Types: Intensive reading, extensive reading, scanning, skimming (to be
illustrated through practicum), Tasks and Activities: Cloze reading, vocabulary
replacement, identifying opinions and facts, jig-saw, strip stories, authentic
materials, proverbs(from and into English and Gujarati/Hindi), etc.
5 Developing Writing Skills: 05
Difference between speech and writing, Guided writing: paragraph, story, essay,
letter, report, e-mail, etc. Grammatical Accuracy: Linkers of addition, contrast,
comparison, result, summary, time, place, etc. appropriate use of tenses.
6 Integrating Language Skills: 06
Use of dictionaries, thesaurus and other resources to enrich language,
Understanding Phonetic symbols to interpret/ study pronunciation in dictionaries,
Preparation and presentation of skits and scripts for role plays, presenting one’s
opinion through debates on newspaper articles followed by performance analysis
by self and peers.
TOTAL 32
List of Practicals / Tutorials:
1 Everyday Situations: Conversation and Dialogues and Role Play
2 Listening Comprehension along with variety of tasks
3 Communication at Workplace, language games
4 Practice of speaking skills through cue cards, strip stories, Group discussion, Small talks
5 Reading Comprehension
6 Developing reading through a variety of reading tasks
7 Communication at Work place
8 Reading Comprehension
9 Writing: Tasks at sentential and Paragraph levels
10 Writing: Developing coherence and cohesion through linkers
11 Theater components to enhance their overall language skills
12 Negotiation Skills, debates
13 Presentation skills
Reference Books:
1 Broughton, Dee 2013 Bridges
2 Condrill, Jo and Bough, B.2003101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills, Jaico
Publishing House Mumbai, A’bad, Delhi
3 Lata and Kumar, Communication Skills, OUP, New Delhi, 2018
4 Pal and Korlahalli, Essentials of Business Communication, Sultan Chand & Sons
5 Ramanand Sharma, Technical Communication (Principles and Practice),OUP, 2ndEd., 2017
6 Somasundaram, Vijaya, 2006 Principles of Communication Author press Delhi
7 T R Kansakar, A Course in English Phonetics, Orient Black Swan, 2015
8 Yule, The Study of Language, CUP, 4thEdition. 2010
Pedagogy:
• Direct Classroom teaching
• Audio Visual presentations/demonstrations
• Assignments/Quiz
• Continuous assessment
• Interactive methods
• Seminar/Poster presentation
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory) (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy):
Distribution of Theory Marks R:Remembering;U:Understanding;A:Application,
R U A N E C N:Analyze;E:Evaluate;C:Create
15% 14% 18% 18% 17% 18%
Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual distribution
of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table
Course Outcomes(CO):
Sr. Course Outcome Statements %weightage
CO-1 Define and discuss understanding of communication 15
CO-2 Understand the listening skills through various tasks 14
CO-3 To build confidence for communicating in English and create interest for 18
the life-long learning of English language.
CO-4 To enhance reading skills, types and activities will be 18
entertained.Communicateinvariousformalsituationstakingplaceinorgani
zations
CO-5 To enrich writing skills, using variety of techniques and tools that can be 17
used to convey intended message in said situation.
CO-6 TodevelopconfidenceforcommunicatinginEnglishandcreateinterestforth 18
e life-long learning of English language.
Curriculum Revision:
Version: 2.0
Drafted on (Month-Year): June-2022
Last Reviewed on (Month-Year): -
Next Review on (Month-Year): June-2025
