Communication and Presentation Skills

Introduction to the course

In this course, students will learn how to articulate clearly, take and pass on messages, deal with customers effectively, read, understand and follow a wide range of documents and write fluently and accurately, using accepted business conventions of format, spelling, grammar and punctuation. They will have strengthen student’s skills which enable them to deal with the practical problems and challenges of life – at home, in education and at work. This course focuses on critical reading and strategies for varying writing style, tone, and form for multiple purposes and audiences. In this course students will learn to compose texts, including academic essays that clearly assert a claim and support the claim with compelling evidence. Besides, basics of grammar like parts of speech, tenses, vocabulary exercises are so designed to teach the students basic tools of English language and upgrade their ability to functional utilization of the language through the practical application of grammar rules.

Course Code: ENGL-5101

Pre-Requisite: Nil

Credit Hours: 3

Course Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

To sensitize students to their communicative behavior
To enable them to reflect and improve on their communicative behavior/performance
To build capacities for self-criticism and facilitate growth
To lead students to effective performances in communication

Textbook:

Wren, P. C., & Martin, H. (1999). High school english grammar and composition. New Delhi: S. Chand.
Thomson, A. J., & Martinet, A. V. (1980). A practical english grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swan, M. (1984). Basic english usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Assessment Criteria:

Mid Semester Exam: 30 Marks
Final Semester Exam: 50 Marks
Sessional Marks: 20 Marks
- Quiz: 07
- Attendance: 03
- Assignment: 05
- Class Participation: 05

Course Contents:

Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks, Semicolons, Colons etc.
Writing Mechanics: Capitals, Abbreviations; Vocabulary: Frequently Confused Words.
Vocabulary: Phrases, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, General Vocabulary.
Use of Articles and One, A Little/ A Few, This, That; Interrogatives: Why-? Words and How?
Kinds of Nouns; Kinds of Adjectives; Adverbs: Kinds, Form, Position and Use.
Prepositions; Possessive, Personal and Reflexive Pronouns; Relative Pronouns and Clauses.
Classes of Verbs: Ordinary Verbs, Auxiliary Verbs etc.
The Present Tenses
The Past and Perfect Tenses
The Future; The Infinitive
The Gerund & the Participles; Commands, Requests, Invitations, Advice, Suggestions.
The Passive Voice; Indirect Speech
Conjunctions, Purpose
Clauses, Result, Concession, Comparison, Time, Numerals, Dates, and Weights and Measures; Spelling Rules; Phrasal Verbs etc.