Preparatory English Communication Skills Self-study Course for the TCS Initial Learning Program

Unit # Skill/Topic
Speaking: Pronunciation: Phonetics, British English

Task

Time (in min)

Sources

Theory, Exercises

*http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ *http://www.esl-lab.com/lawsuit/lawsuit-rd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/health/healrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expenserd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/market/marketrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/base/baserd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/rent/rentrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/loan/loanrd1.htm *http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/index.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/englishreadingskills/a/rtp_list.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/englishreadingskills/a/readingskills.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/readingintermediate/a/r_social.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/nblwrong.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html (Simple Present tense - Rules) http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html (Present Continuous -Rules) http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html (Present Perfect - Rules) http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html (Present Perfect Continuous -Rules) http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/types.html (Non continuous or stative verbs - Rules) http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentforms.htm (Exercises) http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentforms2.htm (Exercises) http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs10.htm (Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous - Exercises ) http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp (Subject Verb agreement - Rules) http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/sub-verb.htm (Subject Verb agreement - Rules) http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisesub-verb.htm (Subject Verb Agreement - Exercises) http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/agreement_sv_ex1.htm (Subject Verb agreement - Exercises) http://esl.about.com/cs/beginner/f/f_athe.htm (Articles - Rules) http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/artikel.htm (Articles -Exercise) http://edict.com.hk/vlc/errorcorrection/articles1.htm (Articles - Exercise)

Listening Comprehension

Quizzes

60

English Vocabulary Reading Tips, Reading Skills and Reading Comprehension

Reading, Quizzes

60

Reading, Quizzes,

60

Talking about the Present

Rules, Exercises

60

Articles, Subject Verb Agreement Rules, Exercises

60

Indian English - Word order & Grammar exercises

Rules, Exercises

60

* http://esl.about.com/cs/intermediate/f/f_adverbs.htm (Adverb word order -Rules) *http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/a_adjoradv.htm (Adjective word order -Rules) * http://www.english-4u.de/word_order.html (Adverb word order -Rules) * http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order (Word order -Rules) * http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psnv.html (Negative Forms - Exercises) * http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ar003/esl-test.php (Choice of words - Exercise) * http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order/exercises?09 (Word order Exercises) * http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order/exercises?10 (Word order Exercises) * http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order/exercises?11(Word order Exercises)

The Writing Process: Process; Prewriting; Developing an Outline; Paragraphs; Quoting, Theory Paraphrasing, Summarizing; Transitions and Transitional Devices Speaking Pronunciation Phonetics (North American English); Theory, Exercises Minimal Pairs Exercises from the OUC Units 1-13

60

*http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/587/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/673/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/

60

*http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eacadtech/phonetics/ *http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

10

Listening Comprehension

Quizzes

60

*http://www.esl-lab.com/report1/report1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/learn/learnrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/econ1/econrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/traffic/trafficrd1.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/tlog/logrd1.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/businessspeakingskills/a/b_meetphrases.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blcollocation_1.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_actionidioms1.htm *http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=923 *http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatereading/a/d_hsystem.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishdialogues/a/b_bizj.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatereading/a/d_report.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/englishformedicalpurpose/a/d_dentappt.htm *http://esl.about.com/od/businessreading/a/d_porder.htm * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html (Simple Past - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html (Past Continuous - Rules) *htttp://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html (Past Perfect - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html (Past Perfect Continuous - Rules) * http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pspp1.htm (Past simple or Present perfect - Exercises) * http://www.better-english.com/grammar/irregularverbs1.htm (Irregular verbs - Exercises) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm (Simple Past / Past Continuous - Exercises ) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs17.htm (Present and Past Tense Review - Exercises) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs16.htm (Present and Past Tenses and Non-Continuous Verbs - Exercises) *http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/GrammarCourse/Lesson2_Preposition/Lesson2Index.htm (Preposition Rules) * http://www.world-english.org/prepositions.htm (Preposition Rules) * http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm (Prepositions - Exercises) * http://www.better-english.com/grammar/timepreps.htm (Prepositions of Time- Exercises) * http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=916 (Prepositions - Exercises) * http://www.world-english.org/prepositions2.htm (Prepositions - Exercises) * http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/preps/Frames1.htm (Prepositions - Exercises)

11

English Vocabulary: Business phrases, collocations, idioms

Reading, Quizzes

60

12

Reading/Speaking: Dialogue Comprehension

Quizzes

60

13

Talking about the Past

Rules, Exercises

60

14

Prepositions

Rules, Exercises

60

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Talking about the Future

Rules, Exercises

60

* http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html (Simple Future - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futurecontinuous.html (Future Continuous - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futureperfect.html (Future Perfect - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futureperfectcontinuous.html (Future Perfect Continuous - Rules) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs23.htm (Simple Future and Future continuous - Exercises) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs24.htm (Simple Present / Simple Future / Present Continuous / Future Continuous Exercises) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs28.htm (Future Continuous / Future Perfect Continuous - Exercises) *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/01/ *http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_passive2.htm *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/01/ *http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDangling.htm *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/ *http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_articles4.html# *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/623/01/ *http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseparal2.htm *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/1connecting.shtml *http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_trip_to_London.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_news1.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_news2.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_library.htm *http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_interview.htm *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit2meetings/1agenda.shtml *http://www.englishclub.com/environment/pollution.htm *http://www.englishclub.com/health/trans-fats.htm *http://www.englishclub.com/health/cell-phone.htm * http://www.grammarbook.com/english_rules.asp (Grammar and Punctuation Rules) * http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/pronoun.asp (Pronouns Rules) * http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp (Pronouns Rules) * http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/mc-pronouns.html (Pronouns - Exercises) * http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pronouns.html (Pronouns - Exercises) * http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Commas (Commas Exercises) *http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Comma_Splices_and_Fused_Sentences (Commas - Exercises) * http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Fragments (Commas - Exercises) * http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Pronoun_Reference (Pronouns - Exercises) * http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Pronoun_Agreement (Pronouns - Exercises) * http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/01/ *http://www.sfu.ca/~whitmore/style/clarity_01.htm#exercise *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/620/01/ *http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_add1.htm *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/599/01/ *http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/exsubverb01.htm *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit3presentations/1opening.shtml

16

Writing Skills: Active and Passive voice; (Avoiding) Dangling Theory, Quizzes modifiers; Use of Articles, Parallel structure

60

17

Speaking: Talking about business: telephone

Theory, Quizzes

60

18

Listening Comprehension (British Quizzes English)

60

19 20

Speaking: Talking about business: meetings Reading Comprehension

Theory, Exercises Reading, Quizzes

60 60

21

Pronouns, Punctuation

Rules, Exercises

60

22

Writing Skills: Sentence Clarity; Sentence Fragments; Subjectverb agreement

Reading, Quizzes

60

23

Speaking: Talking about business: presentations

Theory, Exercises

60

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Listening Comprehension (American English)

Quizzes

60

*http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen1.htm *http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen2.htm *http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen3.htm *http://www.manythings.org/el/hmw/ *http://www.esl-lab.com/tips/airplane-travel.htm *http://www.esl-lab.com/tips/health-insurance.htm *http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/frame16.htm *http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/frame20.htm *http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/frame13.htm *http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/comp/frame27.htm *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit4negotiations/1tricky.shtml * http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/transitions.htm *http://www.lopedevega.es/private/ingles2/material/linkers.pdf *http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs29practicetest.htm (Overall Verb Tense Review) * http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs30finaltest.htm (Overall Verb Tense Review) * http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/609/01/ *http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/g_emphasis.htm * http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/ * http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/praclutterex.htm * http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/01/ * http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm *http://ec.hku.hk/epc/email/ *http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/636/01/ *http://ec.hku.hk/epc/letters/ *http://ec.hku.hk/epc/reports/ *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/workskills/wsu1.shtml *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/workskills/wsu2.shtml *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/workskills/wsu3.shtml *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/workskills/wsu4.shtml *http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/workskills/wsu5.shtml

25

Reading Comprehension

Reading, Quizzes

60

26

Speaking: Talking about business: negotiation Sentence Linkers and Overall Tense Exercises

Theory, Exercises

60

27

Rules, Exercises

60

28

Writing Skills: Emphasis in Writing; Conciseness; Sentence Variety

Theory, Exercises

60

29

Professional communication skills: email, email etiquette, letters, Theory, Exercises reports Professional communication skills: written communications, telephoning, being interviewed, Theory, Exercises presentations, non-verbal communication

60

30

60