English for Technical Communication

Preamble
This course is offered to develop strategies and skills to enhance professional students’ ability to read and comprehend engineering and technology texts. Foster their ability to write convincing job applications and effective reports. Develop their speaking skills to make technical presentations, participate in group discussions. The outcome of the course is to help students acquire the language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing competency in
English language thereby making them meet the global expectations.

Objectives

1. To widen strategies and skills to augment ability to read and comprehend engineering and technology texts.

2. To draft convincing job applications and effective reports.

3. To develop speaking skills to make technical presentations, participate in group discussions.

4. To strengthen listening skills to comprehend technical lectures and talks in their areas of specialization.

5. To cultivate writing skills both technical and general.

MODULE 1 : READING AND STUDY SKILLS (6 Hours)

Reading - Reading longer technical texts / technical blogs and taking down notes;

Writing - interpreting charts (all the types), graphs – comparing and contrasting statements/paragraphs –
analysing technical details - writing technical blogs;

Vocabulary Development - Select Technical
Vocabulary;

Language Development - Active Voice and Passive Voice

Reading Technical Blogs

A blog is a type of website or online platform where an individual, group, or organization regularly publishes written content, often in a chronological order with the most recent post appearing first. Blogs typically cover a specific topic or range of topics, such as personal experiences, hobbies, interests, professional expertise, news, or commentary on various subjects.

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