HS2111-TECHNICAL ENGLISH I First Year Syllabus

HS2111-TECHNICAL ENGLISH - I
Unit I
General Vocabulary - changing words from one form to another - Adjectives, comparative adjectives – Adverbs - Active and passive voice – Tenses - simple present, present continuous - Adverb forms –  Nouns – compound nouns - Skimming and  scanning - Listening and transfer of information – bar chart, flowchart - Paragraph writing, description – Discussing as a group and making an oral report on the points discussed, conversation techniques - convincing others.
Unit II
Vocabulary – prefixes & suffixes – simple past tense - Spelling and punctuation – ‘wh’ Question forms - Scanning, inference - Listening & note-taking - Paragraph writing - comparison and contrast - Creative thinking and speaking.
Unit III
Tenses - simple past, simple future and past perfect - Reading in Context -Listening & note-taking – single line – Definitions – sequencing of sentences – instruction - Persuasive speaking.
Unit IV
Modal verbs and Probability – Concord subject verb agreement – Correction of errors - Cause and effect expressions – Extended Definition - Speaking about the future plans.
Unit V
‘If’ conditionals – Gerunds - Intensive reading - Speaking – Presentation of problems & solutions - Itinerary – planning for an industrial visit - Formal Letter writing – Letter to the editor, invititation letter, accepting, declining letter and permission letter.
REFERENCE
Text Books
1. Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Anna University Chennai, ‘English for Engineers and Technologists’ Combined Edition (Volumes 1 & 2), Chennai: Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd., 2006.  Themes 1 – 4 (Resources, Energy, Computer, Transport)
Reference Books
1. Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta Sharma, ‘Technical Communication English skills for Engineers’, Oxford University Press, 2008. 2. Andrea, J. Rutherford, ‘Basic Communication Skills for Technology’, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.