101. TECHNICAL ENGLISH

FIRST TERM:

	1. Grammar and comprehension: 
		(a) Subject - verb concord 
		(b) Tense (c) Voice (d) Synthesis (e) Common Errors (f) Vocabulary
		Unseen passage will be set to test the language skills mentioned above.

	2.  Business correspondence:
		(a) Drafting official and business letter 
		(b) Drafting circulars and official orders/instructions and
		(c) Drafting Minutes and Agenda of the meeting

	3. Elementary Spoken English: Elementary theory of phonetics

SECOND TERM:

	1.  Sentence and Paragraph writing

	2. Report writing: 
		(a) Importance of Reports in the Present day Industrial set-up 
		(b) Classification of Reports  
		(c) Writing of Reports
			(i)	Format, (ii) Mechanics of language

	3.	Technical Description of things and Processes
	4.	Precis writing
	5.	Spoken English
		Advanced Phonetics	
		Tutorial training in: 
			(a) Accent in Spoken English 
			(b) Intonation in spoken English
			(c) Developing  fluency and accuracy in oral communication


Texts / References

	1. English Exercises-ed. by Dr S N Sinha
	2. A Writer's Guide for Engineers and Scientists - Rathbone Stone
	3. Instruments of Communication - Meredith (Pergamom Press)