PEL200:ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
L:3 T:1 P:0 Credits:4
Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to
CO1 :: recognize simple sentences without committing errors of spelling and grammar
CO2 :: grasp English language spoken by people from different regions as well as read and
comprehend unfamiliar text independently
CO3 :: identify deviant use of English both in written and spoken forms and understand the
importance of writing in academic life
CO4 :: examine their ability to improve language competence for life long purpose
CO5 :: compose personal and professional documents with structural precision
CO6 :: develop critical thinking skills by integrating appropriate language in public speaking
Unit I
Grammar : sentence and its types, articles, parts of speech, common errors
Unit II
Listening Skills : importance of listening skills, types of listening – informational, critical and
empathetic listening, problems of listening to unfamiliar dialects
Unit III
Speaking Skills : fluency in speaking, intelligibility in speaking, aspects of pronunciation,
introduction to vowels, consonants and diphthongs
Unit IV
Reading Skills : introduction to reading skills, types of texts – narrative, descriptive, extrapolative,
essential skills for reading comprehension – decoding, fluency, vocabulary, reasoning and background
knowledge
Unit V
Writing Skills : introduction to writing skills, cohesion and coherence, expansion of given sentence,
reorganizing jumbled sentences into a coherent paragraph, paragraph writing
Unit VI
Composition : types of letters, notice writing, complaint letter, appreciation letter, email writing,
essay writing
Text Books:
1. OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR by JOHN EASTWOOD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
References:
1. TOUCHSTONE LEVEL 4 by MICHAEL MCCARTHY, JEANNE MCCARTEN, HELEN SANDIFORD,
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
2. INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR, USAGE AND COMPOSITION by M.L.TICKOO, A. E.
SUBRAMANIAN, P. R. SUBRAMANIAM,, ORIENT BLACKSWAN PVT. LTD.
3. TEXTBOOK OF ENGLISH PHONETICS FOR INDIAN STUDENTS by T. BALASUBRAMANIAN,
LAXMI PUBLICATIONS
4. OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER’S DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH by MARGARET DEUTER,
JENNIFER BRADBERY, JOANNA TURNBULL, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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