International Institute of Information Technology

Bhubaneswar

Proposed Syllabus for English

Total Credit: 6
2021

1. English for Semester-I All Branches Credit- Full Marks: 100 Classes per Lab per Week:
Communication Compulsory 1+1=2 week: I (I hour) I (II hours)

2. Professional Semester-II All Branches Credit- Full Marks: 100 Classes per Lab per Week:
English Compulsory 1+1=2 week: I (I hour) I (II hours)

3.Critical Reading Semester-III CSE, IT and Credit- Full Marks: 100 Classes per Lab per Week:
and CE 1+1=2 week: I (I hour) I (II hours)
Communication Compulsory

4.Critical Reading Semester-IV ETC and EEE Credit- Full Marks: 100 Classes per Lab per Week:
and Compulsory 1+1=2 week: I (I hour) I (II hours)
Communication
5. Open Elective: Semester Prerequisites Credit- Full Marks: 100 Classes per
“Introduction to III/IV/V for the 3 week: 3 (3
Digital Elective: hours)
Humanities” None
 Proposed Detail Syllabus for Semester I , II and III/IV

Semester I
Communication Skills I: English for Communication
Credit-2
B. Tech
All Branches

Course Objectives
a. To obtain a basic understanding of how human communication works
b. To obtain a general knowledge of the basic theories of human communication, their
origin, and their proponents
c. To Develop an understanding of the various models of communication
d. To obtain a general knowledge of the various contexts of human communication and
how they differ from each other: interpersonal, small group, organizational,
intercultural and business
e. To develop an understanding of the processes of Oral and Written communication in
English
f. To learn how to communicate effectively in English with others of varying
professions, beliefs and values and in a variety of contexts
g. To develop listening skills
h. To develop analytical skills
i. To develop critical thinking skills

Course Outcomes
a. Students will improve their speaking ability in English both in terms of fluency and
comprehensibility.
 b. Students will improve their accuracy and fluency in producing and understanding
spoken and written English.
c. Students will develop their abilities in grammar, oral skills, reading, writing and study
skills.
d. Students will attain and enhance competence in the four modes of language learning:
writing, speaking, reading and listening.
e. Students will heighten their awareness of correct usage of English in writing and
speaking and use them in specific communicative contexts.
f. Students will become a more competent, efficient, and perceptive academic reader
who is able to communicate to others through writing and speaking the contents and
main ideas of what is read.
g. Students will develop abilities as critical thinkers, readers and writers.
h. Students will learn to be sensitive, respectful and ethical communicators.
i. Students will develop public speaking abilities both informally and formally.
j. Students will develop self-awareness about the English language and the culturally-
bound conventions of International academic and professional speaking and writing.
k. Students will learn to present ideas clearly and logically to achieve a specific purpose
and to be appropriate for an intended audience.

Detail Syllabus
Module -I: Introduction to Communication

 Definition, Nature and Scope of Communication

 Importance and Purpose of Communication
 Process of Communication
 Models of Communication and Types of Communication
 Components of Communication
 Issues in Communication: Registers, Dialects, Home Language Influence and
Interference and Bias free Communication
 Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
Module -II: Effective Communication

 Essentials of Effective Communication

 Communication Techniques
 Barriers to Communication
 Language for Communication
 Communication in English and Its Importance
 Age of Globalization and the Need for Communicating in English
 Uses of English in academic and professional situations
Module -III: Oral and Written Communication in English

 Difference between Speech and Writing

 International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Symbols
 Stress and Intonation
  English Pronunciation
 Writing Principles
 English Grammar for Communication
 Communication in Context: Speech and Writing

Semester II
Communication Skills II: Professional English
Credit-2
B. Tech
All Branches

Course Objectives

a. To develop communication skills in a professional/business context and to provide

an overview of the prerequisites to Business Communication
b. To provide an outline to effective Organizational Communication and to underline
the nuances of Business communication
c. To impart the correct practices of the strategies of Effective Business reading,
speaking and writing
d. To introduce students to problem-solving, critical thinking, and professional
communication through integrated skills. The emphasis is on how to use formal
vocabulary and expressions in business-related environments both orally and in
written form.
e. To enable students to manage and actively participate in business communication
activities like meetings, discussions, presentations and debates
f. To enable students to express opinion, tendencies, cause and effect, and reasons;
provide suggestions and recommendations and talk about advantages and
disadvantages
g. To make them write descriptions, definitions, e-mails, memos, reports, business and
information letters etc.
h. To enable the students to engage in telephone conversations with English-speakers,
negotiate with English-speaking clients and customers and to give clear and
compelling presentations and project updates to them
i. To develop in students productive skills through group/pair work, presentations,
discussions, and role-plays etc.
Course Outcomes

a. Students will develop improved reading comprehension, writing, and grammar skills;
business vocabulary development and understanding of current global business
culture.
b. Students will develop language skills for business management and marketing
through role-playing, group, discussions, negotiations, oral interviews, and oral
presentations.
c. Students will develop basic skills to deal with people in business situations
d. Students will increase their knowledge of key business concepts worldwide, expand
vocabulary related to general business situations develop confidence to deal with
people and basic issues in the business world.
e. Students will interpret and present information in graphs and charts.
f. Students will describe statistical trends and products.
g. Students will write and read business reports, faxes, and memos, proposals, letters,
press documents, resumes, applications and other professional business scripts.
h. Students will prepare and formulate questionnaires/questions.
i. Students will categorize and use formal and informal registers in business/profession
j. Students will discuss, brainstorm, and evaluate ideas by listening and taking notes.
k. Students will listen and read for specific information, gist, key ideas, general ideas
and understand implied ideas.

Detail Syllabus

Module I: Professional English Basics

 Professional English: Definition, Scope, Extent & Coverage, Dimensions and

Limitations
 Professional English and Business English
 Business Communication in English
 Types, Patterns and Forms of Business Communication
 Business Communication Approaches: Direct and Indirect, Objective, Clear and
Simple
 Oral and written Business Communication
 Role of Non-verbal Communication

Module II: Oral Business Communication in English

 Principles of Business Speaking

 Importance of Pronunciation and Right Speech
 Presentation Strategies: Analysis of situation and locale, Audience, Modulating Style
& Content
 Speaking with confidence: Kinesics, Paralinguistic features of Voice-Dynamics like
Pitch, Intonation, Stress & Rhythm
  Various Work-place Communications: Meetings, Interviews, Press Conferences,
Conversations and Dialogues
 Effective Listening in Business Communication
 Use of Appropriate Technology

Module-III: Written Business Communication in English

 Basic Business Writing Principles: Sentence Structure, Phrases & Clauses in

Sentences, Coherence, Cohesion, Unity, Emphasis in Writing and Devices
 Writing Methods and Styles: Inductive, Deductive, Exposition, Linear, Spatial &
Chronological etc.
 Writing Process: pre-writing, drafting, re-writing
 Various Work-place Communications: Official Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals,
Press Release, Agenda and Minutes of Meeting etc.
 Common Grammatical Errors: Subject-verb agreement, Correct Usage of Nouns,
Pronouns, Agreement, Modifiers, Articles, Prepositions, Cliches and Redundancies
 Referencing
 Punctuations

Suggested Lab Activities: Semester I/II

Practice Exercises Oral/Written Business Communication Practice Syllabus
The Communication practices are oriented to practices of the prescribed modules. The
faculty will design exercises following the prescribed guidelines mentioned below to
improve and refine the communication skills of the students. The list below is suggestive
and not exhaustive.
Communication Skills in Semester I will focus on General Communication using English
language and Semester II on Professional/Business Communication using English language
both oral and written. The practice outcomes include the following:
a. Linguistic and communicative proficiency in General/Business English
b. Interpretive Mode of Communication
c. Presentational Mode of Communication
d. Negotiation and influence mode of communication
e. Cultural communication in business
f. Interpersonal mode of communication
g. Critical Thinking Skills
h. Writing ability to generate relevant and sufficient content
i. Ability to organize his or her thoughts coherently in writing
j. Ability to adhere to the conventions of correct mechanics and sentence
structure Ability to use correct terminology and rich vocabulary Practice
Exercises/ Guidelines
1. Practice of the modules through role play and simulation exercises in many creative
ways can be adopted by the faculty.
2. Presentations of ideas, concepts, cases, examples and discourses on communication
3. Expression and interpretation of business English through cases, role play, group
discussions and visuals
4. Listening to a List of Recordings/online exercises/books. The resource may include the
following list. The faculty can choose one or several of them and guide the students how
to use the resource:
1. A Communicative Grammar of English by Geoffrey Leech
2. English Pronunciation by J.D. O'Connor (BBC)
3. Listen and Read with Peter and Molly by G. Bronghton (BBC)
4. Stress, Rhythm and Intonation by J.D. O'Connor (BBC)
5. Pronunciation Practice (BBC)
6. What to Say by Viola Hughes (BBC)
7. Keep Up your English by W. Stannard Allen (BBC)
8. Getting On in English by John Haycraft and Jo Barnett (BBC)
9. Choosing your English by John Haycraft and Terence Creed (BBC)
10. The Play's the Thing (BBC)
11. The English Teaching Theatre (BBC)
12. Countdown to English by Roger Owen (BBC)
13. Better Spoken English by Geoffrey Bernard (Macmillan)
14. Say It Again by Chris Faram and John Wright (BBC)
15. Exercises in Spoken English: Accent, Rhythm, Intonation (CIEFL, Hyderabad)
16. English Course (The Linguaphone Institute)
17. Advanced English Course (The Linguaphone Institute)
18. American English Course (The Linguaphone Institute)
5. English for Specific Purposes (Sets of Textbooks/ and Listening materials). Students will
read and listen from these sources in the practice sessions.
a. The Language of Business by Angela Mack (BBC)
b. English for International Co-operation by Peter Roe (BBC)
c. Scientifically Speaking (BBC)
d. Project Aftermath by Tim and Sue Hodlin (BBC)
e. Export English by Susan Norman (BBC)
f. Going to Work in English by Susan Norman and Chris Faram (BBC)
g. The English Language Laboratory Drills for Students of Science and Technology by G.
Mauger
6. Write various business communication forms prescribed in the modules that include:

 Memos
 Letters
 Reports
 Proposals
 Minutes
 Agenda
 Press release
 Emails
7. Group Writing Projects (topics related to syllabus)
8. Individual Writing Projects (topics related to syllabus)
9. Writing mechanics and referencing
10. Bibliography

Semester III/IV
Communication Skills III: Critical Reading and Communication
Credit-2
B. Tech
All Branches

Course Objectives
a. To develop critical reading ability and the ability to link critical reading to critical
thinking

b. To develop the ability to recognize the explicit and implicit features available in the
texts
 c. To be able to identify and analyse:

 Figurative language
 Intentions
 Attitude and tone
 Ambiguity
 Deep layer meanings

d. To be able to value conflicts, judgments and assumptions

e. To be able to develop contrasting perspectives
f. To be able to accurately assess differences and similarities in point of view
g. To be able to connect reading skills with effective communication

h. To be able to identify techniques for strengthening vocabulary

i. To be able to use reading material/input in communication

Course Outcomes

i. Students will be able to read a variety of authentic college level readings:

academic prose, literary forms, journalistic articles, biographies and scientific
readings, and respond thoughtfully and critically, by drawing connections between
personal experience, world knowledge and/or other sources (lectures, readings,
films) and the assigned text.
ii. Students will be able to expand vocabulary through practice.
iii. Students will be able to distinguish between definitions and any
accompanying negative and/or positive connotations and use those to help
determine facts, opinions, blended statements or an author’s bias.
iv. Students will be able to refine their communication skills on the basis of their
learning to read critically and gather a huge amount of comprehensible input.
v. Students will be able to read analytically and think critically at a higher level
and demonstrate the ability to transfer critical thinking skills to the interpretation
and analysis of ideas encountered in academic reading.
vi. Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to collect, organize and
evaluate relevant evidence necessary to make decisions, solve problems and/or
develop convincing, supported and well-founded conclusions on issues related to
them.

vii. Identify the common types of support in arguments, their relevance or

irrelevance, common argument flaws, opposing points of views, and refutations.

Detail Syllabus
Module-I: The Importance of Reading and Its Principles

 The importance of developing Critical Reading skills

 Strategies of Critical Reading: Previewing, Annotating, Summarizing, Analysing, Re-
reading and Responding
  The importance of Textual Analysis
 To understand the relation between reading and a text: Passive or Interactive
 Understanding the following sub-skills of reading:
o Understanding the main idea and supporting details
o Reading between the lines: inferential reading
o Understanding the writer’s point of view
o Making Predictions
o Guessing the meanings of unfamiliar words
o Skimming and scanning
o Note-making
o Linking Critical Reading to effective communication both general and
business

Module-II: Critical Reading and Communication

 Analysing Literature: Introduction to the language of literary texts

 Facilitating Critical Thinking through literature
 Using Literature to develop sensitivity to life’s values
 Style in Literary Texts
 Connecting various usages and expressions to speech and written communication
 Communication and the use of Language and expressions

Module-III: Texts for Critical Reading

I. Spoken English and Broken English by G.B. Shaw

II. Notes on the English Character by E. M. Forster
III. The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
IV. A Snake in the Grass by R.K. Narayan
V. Lajwanti by Rajinder Singh Bedi
VI. The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond
VII. Stigma, Shame and Silence by Kalpana Jain
VIII. The Dog of Titwal by Saadat Hasan Manto
IX. A Gandhian in Garhwal: Chandi Prasad Bhatt by Ramachandra Guha
X. Two Friends by Guy De Maupassant
XI. The Generation Gap by Benjamin Spock
XII. The Money Box by Robert Lynd
XIII. Mass Production by G.C. Thornley
XIV. India’s Contribution to World Unity by Arnold Toynbee
XV. Film Making by Satyajit Ray
XVI. The Secret of Work by Swami Vivekananda

Reading List
1. Critical Reading Critical Thinking: Focusing on Contemporary Issues by Richard
Pirozzi, Gretchen Starks-Martin and Julie Dziewisz
2. Critical Reading: English for Academic Purposes by Tania Pattison
3. Interpretation and overinterpretation by Umberto Eco
4. The Reading of Theoretical Texts. A Critique of Criticism in the Social Sciences by P.
Ekegren