Effective Communication Skills - 1
Effective Communication Skills - 1
Effective Communication Skills - 1
Marks (70
Module No. of external
Module Content
No: Sessions exam)
4. Teaching Methods:
The course will use the following pedagogical tools:
(a) Lectures
(b) Role plays
(c) Case discussion.
(c) Projects/ Assignments/ Quizzes/ Class participation etc
5. Evaluation:
The evaluation of participants will be on continuous basis comprising of the following
Elements:
Weightage 20%
A Projects/ Assignments/ Quizzes/ Class participation
(Internal Assessment- 20
etc
Marks)
Weightage 10 %
B Two Internal Examinations (Internal Assessment-10
Marks)
Weightage 70%
C End –Semester Examination (External Assessment-70
Marks)
6. Reference Books:
Essential Reading
Recommended Reading
9. Session Plan:
Session
Topics to be covered
Nos.
1-4 Communication Skills : Definition/Types : Process/Cycle :
Flow/Network/Levels .
5-6 Verbal and Non Verbal Communication Noise Barriers
7-10 Listening Skills : Sound Discrimination
11-12 Understanding Lexical Items.
13-16 Stress and Intonation Patterns : Structural Items (Use and Meaning)
16-18 Retrieving General Information
17-18 Social Conversation Skills : Starting a Conversation:
19-20 Greetings : Introducing Oneself and Others :
Complimenting :
21-23 Apologizing and Excusing :
24-26 Asking for and Giving Information :
27-29 Agreeing and Disagreeing : Inviting – Accepting and Declining Invitations
: Expressing Likes and Dislikes
30-33 1 Reading as an Interactive Skill
34-36 1 Purposes of Reading
37-38 Different Kinds of Texts: Strategies needed to Interpret Texts
39-40 Interpreting Cohesive Devices, Discourse Markers, and Grammatical
Structures
41-44 Differences between Spoken and Written English
45-48 Strategies of Developing a Paragraph : Process of Writing :
Brainstorming : Discovering and Developing a Plan for Writing :
Drafts: Exploratory, Working and Final
48-50 1 Levels of Effective Writing
Sentence Structure
Vocabulary
Point of View
2 Punctuations