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Communication Skill
Needs of the Learners:
1. Presentations (Writing and Speaking)
2. Participation in Seminars/Conferences
3. Participation in Group Discussions
4. Writing Scientific Reports
5. Teaching – Readout to students, floor management, use of white board/black board/LCD
Language-skills required:
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Speaking
4. Listening
As regards listening skill it is recommended that a language laboratory be developed and a few sessions be given to the students in the lab.
Conditionals/Tenses
Relative Clauses
Subject – Verb Agreement
Passive Voice
Discuss a topic of general interest, but related to science in about 300 words. (Analyse, Comment, Argue, Reflect, Persuade, etc.)
(can also be used for oral presentations by the students, followed by discussion)
Writing a Scientific Report on a project undertaken or an experiment conducted (Theory + Practice)
a) Consulting a dictionary for correct pronunciation (familiarity with Phonetics Symbols and Stress-marks only)
b) Dialogue
Gestures/ postures – Body language, gesture, posture.
2. Group discussion – Giving up of PREP, REP Technique, how body language during group discussion.
3. Presentation Skills
a) How to make power point presentation
b) Body language during presentation
4. Resume writing
a) Cover letter, career objective
b) Resume writing (tailor made)
5. Mock Interview
Each student to face an interview and to demonstrate the above taught skills.
6. Positive Attitude
Positive skills enhancement with power point presentation.
- Advanced English Usage; Quirk & Greenbaum; Pearson Education.
- Developing Communication Skills; Banerjee Meera & Mohan Krishna; Macmillan Publications, 1990.
- Business Communication; Chaturvedi, P.D.; Pearson Publications.
- Business Communication; Mathew, M.J.; RBSA Publications, 2005.
- Communication of Business; Taylor, Shirley; Pearson Publications.
- Soft Skills : ICFAI Publication
- Dictionary Oxford
