SYLLABUS FOR SEMESTER - II (ENGLISH)

SEMESTER-II

09EN201                         TECHNICAL ENGLISH-II                      

Aim:                                                                                           

To help students acquire and develop writing skills for academic, social and professional purposes.

Objective:

•          To help students develop writing skills for academic and professional purposes.

•          To familiarize students with different aspects of business and general English in writing

•          To enable students write effectively in informal and business situations.

WRITING

1.1.            Email – Fixing an appointment, Cancelling appointments, conference details, hotel accommodation, order for equipment, training programme details, paper submission for seminars and conferences

1.2             Letter Writing – Business communication – Formats of letters, quotations, placing orders, complaints, replies to queries from business customers, inviting dignitaries, accepting and declining  invitations

1. 3.           Resume, Bio -data

1. 4.           Technical Report Writing – Feasibility Reports on Office Accommodation, Introduction of New Products, Sales Promotion, Customers Feedback

1.5.            General Purpose Writing – Specifications of equipment, Description of an Object, National and International Issues – Answering general questions with special emphasis on seeking opinions

1.6.            Technical Writing – Processes, Recommendations and Checklists

TEXTBOOK:

Norman Whitby. Business Benchmark –Pre - Intermediate to Intermediate, Students Book, Cambridge University Press, 2006.