21EGH28 Professional Writing Skills in English syllabus for Physics Cycle

Identifying Common Errors in Writing and Speaking English :

• Advanced English Grammar for Professionals with exercises, Common errors identification in parts of speech, Use of verbs and phrasal verbs, Auxiliary verbs and their forms, Subject Verb Agreement (Concord Rules with Exercises).
• Common errors in Subject-verb agreement, Noun-pronoun agreement, Sequence of Tenses and errors identification in Tenses. Advanced English Vocabulary and its types with exercises – Verbal Analogies, Words Confused/Misused.

Nature and Style of sensible writing :

• Organizing Principles of Paragraphs in Documents, Writing Introduction and Conclusion, Importance of Proper Punctuation, The Art of Condensation (Precise writing) and Techniques in Essay writing, Common Errors due to Indianism in English Communication, Creating Coherence and Cohesion, Sentence arrangements exercises, Practice of Sentence Corrections activities. Importance of Summarising and Paraphrasing.
• Misplaced modifiers, Contractions, Collocations, Word Order, Errors due to the Confusion of words, Common errors in the use of Idioms and phrases, Gender, Singular & Plural. Redundancies & Clichés.

Technical Reading and Writing Practices :

• Reading Process and Reading Strategies, Introduction to Technical writing process, Understanding of writing process, Effective Technical Reading and Writing Practices , Introduction to Technical Reports writing, Significance of Reports, Types of Reports.
• Introduction to Technical Proposals Writing, Types of Technical Proposals, Characteristics of Technical Proposals. Scientific Writing Process.
• Grammar – Voice and Speech (Active and Passive Voices) and Reported Speech, Spotting Error Exercises, Sentence Improvement Exercises, Cloze Test and Theme Detection Exercises.

Professional Communication for Employment :

• The Listening Comprehension, Importance of Listening Comprehension, Types of Listening, Understanding and Interpreting, Listening Barriers, Improving Listening Skills. Attributes of a good and poor listener.
• Reading Skills and Reading Comprehension, Active and Passive Reading, Tips for effective reading.
• Preparing for Job Application, Components of a Formal Letter, Formats and Types of official, employment, Business Letters, Resume vs Bio Data, Profile, CV and others, Types of resume, Writing effective resume for employment, Model Letter of Application (Cover Letter) with Resume, Emails, Blog Writing, Memos (Types of Memos) and other recent communication types.

Professional Communication at Workplace :

• Group Discussions – Importance, Characteristics, Strategies of a Group Discussions. Group Discussions is a Tool for Selection. Employment/ Job Interviews - Importance, Characteristics, Strategies of a Employment/ Job Interviews. Intra and Interpersonal Communication Skills - Importance, Characteristics, Strategies of a Intra and Interpersonal Communication Skills. NonVerbal Communication Skills (Body Language) and its importance in GD and PI/JI/EI.
• Presentation skills and Formal Presentations by Students - Importance, Characteristics, Strategies of Presentation Skills. Dialogues in Various Situations (Activity based Practical Sessions in class by Students).

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course (21EGH28) the student will be able :

1. To understand and identify the Common Errors in Writing and Speaking.

2. To Achieve better Technical writing and Presentation skills.

3. To read Technical proposals properly and make them to Write good technical reports.

4. Acquire Employment and Workplace communication skills.

5. To learn about Techniques of Information Transfer through presentation in different level.

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

Continuous internal evaluation (CIE) needs to be conducted for 50 marks like Engineering courses. The weight age of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%. The student has to obtain a minimum of 40% of maximum marks in CIE and 35% of maximum marks in SEE to pass. MCQ Pattern (Multiple Choice Questions) Semester End Exam (SEE) is conducted for 50 marks (120 minutes duration). Based on this grading will be awarded.

Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) :

Three Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

1. First test at the end of 5th week of the semester

2. Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester

3. Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester All the tests are preferred similar to SEE pattern; however, the teacher may follow test pattern similar to other theory courses of Engineering

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

4. First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester

5. Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester Report writing /Group discussion/Seminar any one of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours) 6. At the end of the 13th week of the semester

The sum of three tests, two assignments, and quiz/seminar/group discussion will be out of 100 marks and will be scaled down to 50 marks

CIE methods /question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

Semester End Examination (SEE) :

SEE paper will be set for 100 questions of each of 01 marks. The pattern of the question paper is MCQ. The time allotted for SEE is 120 minutes. Marks scored are scaled down to 50 Marks. (Time duration may be made 90 minutes to train the students for engineering / non-engineering competitive examination)

1. Professional Writing Skills in English has become a very important component in all engineering and non-engineering competitive examinations. In exams like GRE, TOEFL, IELTS and GATE exam, all state and Central Government recruitment examinations, placement tests and other Examinations, so the pattern of question paper, in general, will be in multiple-choice question (MCQ) Pattern. So, to meet the relevance of the recruitment requirement of our Engineering students “Professional writing skill in English” Semester end examination (SEE) will be conducted in a multiple choice question (MCQ) pattern.

2. MCQ Pattern (Multiple Choice Questions) Semester End Exam (SEE) is conducted for 50 marks (120 minutes duration).

Suggested Learning Resources :

1. A Course in Technical English, Cambridge University Press – 2020.

2. Functional English (As per AICTE 2018 Model Curriculam) Cengage learning India Pvt Limited [Latest Revised Edition] - 2020.

3. Communication Skills by Sanjay Kumar and Pushp Lata, Oxford University Press - 2018. Refer it’s workbook for activities and exercises – “Communication Skills – I (A Workbook)” published by Oxford University Press – 2018.

4. Professional Writing Skills in English, Infinite Learning Solutions – (Revised Edition) 2021.

5. Technical Communication – Principles and Practice, Third Edition by Meenakshi Raman and Sangeetha Sharma, Oxford University Press 2017.

6. High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren and Martin, S Chandh & Company Ltd – 2015.

7. Effective Technical Communication – Second Edition by M Ashraf Rizvi, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited – 2018.

8. Intermediate Grammar, Usage and Composition by M.L.Tichoo, A.L.Subramanian, P.R.Subramanian, Orient Black Swan – 2016.