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Professional Communication
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TAS-103
[Effective from the session : 2004-05]
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Unit – I : Technical Communication 8
Nature; Origin and Scope; Feature and General Writing; Significance; Style: Objective Style as Contrary to Literary Composition.
Forms of Technical Communication:
Reports: Types, Significance, Structure & Style of Report;
Writing of Reports: Project, Thesis, Dissertation Writing;
Technical Paper & Scientific Article Writing: Elements, Methods & Technical Objectives;
Technical Proposal: Nature, Divisions, Kinds, Uses.
Unit-II : Pre-Requisites of Technical Written Communication 9
Vocabulary Building : Homophones (Words Similar in sound but different in Meanings); Word-formation; One-Word substitute; New & Select Vocabulary Building (about 500 words)
Functional Grammar : Patterns and Correct usage (Parts of speech); Syntax Concord; Prepositions; Articles.
Requisites of Good Sentence and Paragraph Writing: Requisites of Good Sentence Writing; Paragraph Writing; Unity, Coherence and Emphasis; Development of Paragraph: Inductive Order, Deductive Order, Spatial, Linear, Chronological Orders etc. with Emphasis on Argumentative & Expository Writing.
Unit : III : Business Correspondence: Principles; Features; Sales and Credit Letters: Letters of Enquiry, Quotation, Order, Claim, Complaint and Adjustment letters, Bio-Data Making, Resumes/Job Application Processing. 7
Unit-IV : Language Learning Through Thematic and Value based Critical Reading (Non-Detailed Text Study) :
A Study of following Value-Oriented Essays:
A.L.Basham : The Heritage of India
S. Radhakrishnan : The Gandhian Outlook
Francis Bacon : Of Studies
J.B. Priestley : Making Writing Simple
Virginia Wooef : How should one Read a Book
R.K. Narayan : A Bookish Topic
C.E.M. Joad : The Civilization of Today
Study of following Short Stories for making the Students acquaint with the styles of great Writers of World:
O.H. Henry : The Gift of the Magi
R.N. Tagore : The Renunciation
Katherine Mansfield : The Fly
A.P. Chekhor : The Lament
M.R. Anand : The Barber’s Trade Union
Ruskin Bond : The Eyes Are Not Here
D.H. Lawrence : The Rocking Horse Winner
Ernest Hemingway : The Capital of the World
Unit-V : Dimensions of Spoken English: Using English Language Laboratory : 6
Stress, Intonation, Rhythm, Phonemes, Allophones, Phonetic Transcription, Listening, Reading & Comprehension of Speech and Reproduction of Response.
Texts Books/ References
Singh R.P. (ed) : An Anthology of English Essay; OUP, New Delhi
Singh R.P. (ed) : An Anthology of English Short Stories; OUP, New Delhi.
Hornby A.S. : Guide to Patterns & Usage in English; OUP, New Delhi
Clark S. & Pointon : Word for Word; OUP, New Delhi
Ruther Ford A. : Basic Communication Skills; Person Education, New Delhi.
Singh R.P. : Functional Skills in Language & Literature; OUP, New Delhi
Bansal R.K. & Harrison : Phonetics in English; Orient Longman, New Delhi
Sethi & Dhamija : A Course in Phonetics & Spoken English; Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Blum Rosen : Word Power; Cambridge University Press, New Delhi
Seely John : Writing Report; OUP, New Delhi
Suggested Readings :
Arora V.N. etal : Improve Your Writing; OUP Delhi
Mohan K. & Sharma R.C. : Business Correspondence of Report Writing; TMH, New Delhi.
Clive Upton etal : Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English; OUP New Delhi.
A Dictionary of Modern English Usages; OUP, New Delhi
Michael Swan : Practical English Usages; OUP, New Delhi
John Alveyblrideh : American English Pronouncing Dictionary; OUP New Delhi.
Jons Daniel : English Pronouncing Dictionary; Cambridge University Press.
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