COURSE OBJECTIVES :
- To engage learners in meaningful language activities to improve their reading and writing skills
- To learn various reading strategies and apply in comprehending documents in professional context.
- To help learners understand the purpose, audience, contexts of different types of writing
- To develop analytical thinking skills for problem solving in communicative contexts
- To demonstrate an understanding of job applications and interviews for internship and placements
UNIT I MAKING COMPARISONS
Reading – Reading advertisements, user manuals, brochures; Writing – Professional emails, Email
etiquette – Compare and Contrast Essay; Grammar – Mixed Tenses, Prepositional phrases
UNIT II EXPRESSING CAUSAL RELATIONS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING
Reading – Reading longer technical texts– Cause and Effect Essays, and Letters / emails of
complaint, Writing – Writing responses to complaints. Grammar – Active Passive Voice
transformations, Infinitive and Gerunds
UNIT III PROBLEM SOLVING
Reading – Case Studies, excerpts from literary texts, news reports etc. Writing – Letter to the
Editor, Checklists, Problem solution essay / Argumentative Essay. Grammar – Error correction; If
conditional sentences
UNIT IV REPORTING OF EVENTS AND RESEARCH
Reading –Newspaper articles; Writing – Recommendations, Transcoding, Accident Report, Survey
Report Grammar – Reported Speech, Modals Vocabulary – Conjunctions- use of prepositions
UNIT V THE ABILITY TO PUT IDEAS OR INFORMATION COGENTLY
Reading – Company profiles, Statement of Purpose, (SOP), an excerpt of interview with
professionals; Writing – Job / Internship application – Cover letter & Resume; Grammar –
Numerical adjectives, Relative Clauses.
Questions
1A. Write a checklist for covering letters
when applying for jobs.
1B. Write a checklist of eight points to
maintain a pollution free environment in
your college.
2A. Report Writing – Survey Report.
2B. Report Writing – Survey Report.
3A. Report Writing – Accident Report.
3B. Report Writing – Accident Report.
4A. HCL requires Software Engineers (B.E.
/ M. Tech only) with expertise in C, C++,
and VC++, for their overseas project at its
Chennai office, Apply with your bio-data to
H.R. Manager, HCL Ltd., Taramani,
Chennai-101. Knowledge of foreign language
is an added advantage to the candidate.
4B. Respond to the following advertisement
that appeared in Bharat Time dated on 25th
November 2022 through a job application
letter.
“Application for the post of Junior
Executives in Guru Industries Limited,
Gandhi Road, Pune- 420052. The candidate
should be a graduate in any discipline and
should have an aptitude for management.
Apply within 15 days to the Personnel
Manager of the company”.
5A. Write a letter to the editor of a leading
English newspaper about the nuisance
created by loudspeakers in your locality.
5B. Write a letter to the editor of a
newspaper in your region about the ragging
menace in educational institutions and
suggest way to prevent them.
6A. Write a letter responding to the
complaint regarding the service provider.
6B. Write a letter responding to the
complaint regarding the customer had a bad
experience in store.
7A. Write a list of eight recommendations to
maintain the smartphone.
7B. Write a list of eight recommendations to
reduce unemployment
Problem.
8A. Interpretation of Graphics- Pie Chart.
8B. Interpretation of Graphics- Bar Chart
9A. Reading Comprehension
9B. Reading Comprehension