HS3251 Professional English – II Syllabus:
HS3251 Professional English – II Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
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.
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, learners will be able
To compare and contrast products and ideas in technical texts.
To identify cause and effects in events, industrial processes through technical texts
To analyse problems in order to arrive at feasible solutions and communicate them orally and in the written format.
To report events and the processes of technical and industrial nature.
To present their opinions in a planned and logical manner, and draft effective resumes in context of job search.
TEXT BOOKS :
1. English for Engineers & Technologists (2020 edition) Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. Department of English, Anna University.
2. English for Science & Technology Cambridge University Press 2021.
3. Authored by Dr. Veena Selvam, Dr. Sujatha Priyadarshini, Dr. Deepa Mary Francis, Dr. KN. Shoba, and Dr. Lourdes Joevani, Department of English, Anna University.
REFERENCES:
1. Raman. Meenakshi, Sharma. Sangeeta (2019). Professional English. Oxford university press. New Delhi.
2. Improve Your Writing ed. V.N. Arora and Laxmi Chandra, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, NewDelhi.
3. Learning to Communicate – Dr. V. Chellammal. Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 2003
4. Business Correspondence and Report Writing by Prof. R.C. Sharma & Krishna Mohan, Tata McGraw Hill & Co. Ltd., 2001, New Delhi.
5. Developing Communication Skills by Krishna Mohan, Meera Bannerji- Macmillan India Ltd. 1990, Delhi.