COMMUNICATION SKILLS (1BENG106/206)

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Course Code 1BENG106/206 
Semester I / II
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 1:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 15 hours +15 hours 
Total Marks 100
Credits 01 
Exam Hours 02
Examination type (CIE+SEE)

UNIT 1 COMMUNICATION SKILLS (3 Hours)

Glimpses of Essential English for Engineers (General Overview). Communication Skills:

Process, Verbal and Non-Verbal, Proxemics, Chronemics and Barriers. Writing: Word

Classification – Parts of Speech, Sentence structures. Speaking & Listening: Listening to

English Pronunciation – English Phonemes – Intelligible Accent – Speech Organs- Syllable

Structures, Stress, Intonation, and Practice.

UNIT 2 INTERPERSONAL SKILLS (3 Hours)

Speaking: Role Play Exercises Based on Workplace Contexts, Introducing Oneself - PEP

Talks- Personal Empowerment, Participating in Group Discussion and Debates, Giving

Technical Presentation. Reading: Reading the Interview of an Achiever (Skimming and

Scanning) (Case Studies). Writing: Writing a Short Biography of an Achiever Based on given

reflections, Grammar: Sentence patterns. Vocabulary Development: Idioms and Phrases. 

UNIT 3 ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYABILTY (3 Hours)

Writing: Formal Letter writing (Enquiry, Order, and Complaint). Tenses – Reported SpeechVoice - Email Etiquettes, Structure, Writing and Responding to Emails. Paragraph Writing

(Descriptive, Argumentative, Expository, Short Story, and Narrative), Blog Writing.

Reading: Proof Reading (Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar). Error Identification Exercises.

Speaking: Questions & Requests (non-Wh questions and Question tags).

UNIT 4 ENGLISH IN DIGITAL WORLD (3 Hours)

Writing: Framing of search terms / keywords in search engines/ Commands for search on

open AIs - Tools to support synchronous communication such as webinar platforms, and

asynchronous communication such as forums and social media - Online communication -

Types – pros and cons of online communication. Acceptable online roles and behaviours –

Netiquettes - Etiquettes of social media. Problems and opportunities in handling digital

resources -Tools to check grammar. Writing: Citing information accurately from source

material - Plagiarism – Infringement, Importance of academic integrity.

UNIT 5 APPLYING FOR JOBS (3 Hours)

Listening: TED Talks. Speaking: Mock Interview, Telephone Interviews. Reading: Reading

a Job Interview- language used in formal professional settings, formal vs. informal tone, nonverbal communication cues, Statement of Purpose, Company Profile and Completing

Comprehension Exercises Writing: Job Applications and Resumes Grammar: Conditional

Clauses, Modal verbs Vocabulary Development: Technical Vocabulary, Purpose Statement.

Extra Reading

1. Kumar, A. R. (2008). English for engineers and technologists. Orient BlackSwan.

Page 4 of 11

2. Raman, M., & Sharma, S. (2015). Technical communication: Principles and practice

(3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

3. Floyd, K., & Cardon, P. W. (2019). Business and professional communication (3rd

ed.). Principles of Scientific and Technical Writing, 1e, By Pratap K. J. Mohapatra,

Sanjib Moulick, © 2025 | Published: December 23, 2024

4. Effective Technical Communication, 3e, By Ashraf M. Rizvi, Priyadarshi Patnaik, ©

2024 | Published: September 12, 2024

5. Yadav, D. P. (2022). A course in English pronunciation. Notion Publications.

Learning Resources:

• Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary

• Cambridge English Skills Real Listening and Speaking by Miles Craven

• Communicative English for Professionals by Nitin Bhatnagar and Mamta

Bhatnagar

Other Digital Resources

• Google Docs + Voice Typing - https://docs.google.com

• LearnEnglish – https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

• TakeIELTS - https://www.britishcouncil.in/exam/ielts

• British Council Apps - bbcLearnEnglishonline Grammar

LearnEnglish Podcasts

IELTS Word Power

Bbclearningenglishgrammer online

Sounds Right (Phonemic Chart)