Uka Tarsadia University

Chhotubhai Gopalbhai Patel Institute

of Technology

B. Tech
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
(030040103, 030130103, 030050103)

th

1 Semester
EFFECTIVE FROM July-2014
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SEMESTER-I
Professional Communication
(030040103, 030130103, 030050103)

Credits: 2: Theory

Contact Hours Per week: 2: Theory

Objective of the Course:

To develop communication and employability skills of the students to face the present
competitive world
Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
To have practical exposure to the basic Language techniques in Professional environment
and develop skills of listening reading writing and speaking
Instructional Methods and Pedagogy:
Faculty members shall explain in a class room using black board and multimedia projector
through PowerPoint presentation. Lectures /discussion method shall be fruitful. It should be
supplemented with various appropriate audio-visual aids in Lab for skills practicing.
Outline of the Course:No.

Unit

1
2

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
GRAMMAR & LISTENING SKILLS
INTERVIEWS, GROUP DISCUSSION & JOB
APPLICATION
READING SKILLS, PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
& LETTER WRITING
TECHNICAL REPORTS & EFFECTIVE
PRESENTATION
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS & TECHNICAL
PROPOSALS

3
4
5
6

Total

Sem I

Minimum No. of
Contact Hours
5
6

Approx. Weight age

%
17
20

13

20

17

13

30

100

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Hrs/ week

(030040103, 030130103, 030050103)

Sr. No.
1

(Theory)
Topic
Unit- I
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Process, Types and Levels of communication. Technical and
General
communication.
Verbal
and
non-Verbal
communication, Components of Non-Verbal communication
(Kinesics) Barriers to effective communication (Noise in oral

2 Credits
Hours
5

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and written communication) communication across cultures.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Unit- II
GRAMMAR & LISTENING SKILLS
Tense and the Concept of Time. Active and Passive Voice.
Articles and Prepositions, Omission of Articles. Idioms,
Confusables Homophones, Homonyms and Eponyms.
Types of Listening Active Listening V/s Passive Listening
Empathetic Listening, Traits of a good listener, barriers
in effective listening, Tips for effective listening.
Unit- III

INTERVIEWS, GROUP DISCUSSION & JOB APPLICATION

Introduction, General preparations for an interview, Types of
questions generally asked at the interviews. Types of
interviews, Importance of nonverbal aspects.
Introduction, Group discussions as a part of the
selection process, guidelines for group discussion.
Role functions in group discussion, Essential parts - Cover
Letter and the resume. Types of resumes (Curriculum Vitae)
Chronological resume, functional resume
Unit- IV

READING SKILLS, PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT & LETTER

WRITING
Purpose of reading, Techniques of Reading, skimming and
scanning. Tips for improving comprehension skills.
Introduction of Paragraph Development, Topic sentence and
supporting sentences. Attributes of a good paragraph. Types
of paragraphs.
Business Letters, Structure and types of a business letter,
Letter of Inquiry, Letters of complaint, regret and adjustment.
Unit- V

TECHNICAL REPORTS & EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

Introduction, types of reports, structure of reports, objectives
and characteristics of reports. Defining purpose, analysis of
audience and locate, organizing contents. Preparing an
outline of the presentation. Visual aids, nuances of delivery,
Body language and effective presentation.
Unit- VI

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS & TECHNICAL PROPOSALS

Introduction, Definition of an object or a process. Guidelines
for writing good description - organization, content, structure.
Definition, Purpose, Types, Characteristics, Structure, Style
and appearance.

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Practical
Professional Communication
(030040103, 030130103, 030050103)

Credits: 1

Contact Hours Per week: 2

Objective of the Course:

To have practical skill developed in professional environment
Student Learning Outcomes / objectives:
To have practical exposure to the basic Language techniques in Professional environment
and develop skills of listening reading writing and speaking
Instructional Method and Pedagogy:
Experiments are to be performed in Language laboratory
Hrs/week
Sr.No.
(Practical)
(030040103, 030130103, 030050103)

Listening Practice

Reading (Reading Practice)

Writing Practice(Paragraph Development, Letter writing ,Report

writing)
Resume writing

Interview (Speaking practice)

Group Discussion (Speaking practice)

Presentation (Speaking practice)

Technical Descriptions

Technical Proposals

2
Total

30

Text Book
Meenakshi Raman& Sangeeta Sharma-Technical Communication Principles and
Practice-(Oxford University Press)
Reference Books
Sunita Mishra, C, Murali Krishna- Communication Skills for Engineers- Pearson
Education)
K.R. Lakshminarayanan- English for Technical Communication (Scitech Publications
Chennai.)
Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar- Basics of Management and Communication Skills (Everest Publishing
House)
Harold Wallace and Ann Masters,- Personality Development- Cengage Publishers.
Andrea J. Rutherford- Basic Communication Skills for Technology-(Pearson Education)
A Textbook of English for Engineers and Technologists- Prepared by Humanities & Social
Sciences Division-Anna University, Chennai. (Orient Longman)
M Ashraf Rizvi Effective Technical Communication (The McGraw-hill Companies)