4BHS106: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION--I

Course Frame Work:

Credits: L-T-P: 2 – 0 – 0 Total Credits: 1
Contact Hours/Week: 2 Direct Teaching Hours: 30 Total Contact Hours: 30
Course Learning Objectives:

Professional Communications Program is a six-semester course that will equip students with
advanced written and spoken communication skills. The program focuses on preparing engineering
students for the future. Students will learn to speak and present with clarity; collaborate in teams;
write effectively; have confident body language along with a positive professional attitude. The
syllabus of Professional Communication has been designed to develop linguistic and communicative
competencies of Engineering Students.

Professional Communication Program-I aims at accuracy of written and oral communication by

helping students sharpen their skills of grammar and vocabulary. It also focuses on email and
texting etiquette so that students can effectively communicate on paper and any digital platform.
The course also tries to inculcate creativity in the form of communication trough writing and
composing various types of texts.

Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of the course, Students will be able to:
1. Identify and predict accurately use of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary in different
types of communication. (L2)
2. Apply basic skills of paraphrasing and rewriting by taking and making effective notes(L3)
3. Compose engaging creative writing pieces through techniques of speculation and prediction.
(L6)
4. Write compelling emails using appropriate writing etiquette and rules of grammar. (L3)
5. Write compelling formal and informal letters. (L3)
Syllabus Hours
Module - 1 6
Grammar and Vocabulary: Pre-intermediate level- Adverbs and expression of frequency: Present simple,
Comparatives & Superlatives: Adjectives and adverbs, Past Simple: Time expressions, Past continuous and
past simple: Actions in progress, temporary actions and situations, the background to a story, much/many,
lots/a lot of, a little/a few, Zero article, Verb patterns, going to and present continuous: Plans, intentions and
arrangements. Use of Punctuations.

Module - 2 6
Note Taking: Cornell System, Split Page format, List and outline format, Mapping Method, Charting Method,
Sentence Method, Skill of Note taking: Formatting and Structuring notes, Mind mapping while reading,
Focusing on ideas instead of sentences, Topicalizing, Copying, Transcribing, Schematizing; Report/notes on
Guest lectures.

Module - 3 6
Creative Writing: Steps for Creative Writing, Prediction strategies, Pre and Post writing activities, reflection,
previewing text content, Developmental Reading.
Module - 4 6
Letter Writing: Formal and Informal letters, Applications. Texting: Writing effectively,
contractions, word and sentence structure, greetings, etiquettes of texting
Module - 5 6
Email Writing: Structure and Format, Body of the mail, Headers, Signature, Do’s and Don’ts, Punctuation,
Email etiquette, Salutation, 7C’s of written communication

SCHEME OF EVALUATION:

A. Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) Scheme

THEORY

Components IAT Practical Assignments Records of Total

orientation (Individual) Class Notes
on Design
Thinking,
Creativity &
Innovation
Max. Marks 20 10 10 10 50

B. Semester End Evaluation (SEE) Scheme: 50 marks

Question paper pattern:

(a) Question paper shall have 5 main questions corresponding to 5 modules. Internal choices shall be given
only in the main questions.
(b) Each main question will have two full questions carrying 10 marks each.
(c) A question may have a maximum of four sub questions, covering the topics under the module.
(d) The students will have to answer all 5 main questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:
1) N P Sudharshana, C Savitha. English for Technical Communication, New Delhi: Cambridge University
Press, 2016.
2) Raman, Meenakshi and Sangeeta Sharma. Technical Communication- Principles and Practice. Third
Edition. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2015.
3) Adele Ramet. Creative Writing- How to unlock your imagination, develop your writing skills - and get
published. 7th edition. How To Books Ltd. UK. 2007.
4) Hazel Smith. The Writing Experiment- Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing. Allen & Unwin. 2005.
5) Adrian Wallwork. Meetings, Negotiations, and Socializing. A Guide to Professional English. , Springer-
Verlag New York. 2014.

Reference Books:
1) H. Sales. Professional Communication in Engineering. New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2006.
2) Rutherford, Andrea. J. Basic Communication Skills for Technology. Pearson, New Delhi. 2001
3) David Morley. The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing. Cambridge University Press. 2007.
4) Andrew Gillies. Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting. A Short Course. Routledge. 2017.