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SILVER OAK UNIVERSITY

College of Technology
Bachelor of Technology
Computer Engineering
Course Name: Professional Communication Skills
Course Code: 1010153184
Semester: 2nd

Prerequisite:
1. Zeal to learn the subject

Course Objectives:
1. The Objective of the curriculum is to help students to revive their knowledge of English language. It also
targets the understanding of grammar and Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing (LSRW) skills. The
objective will be served through balanced and integrated tasks.

Teaching Scheme:

Teaching Scheme
L T P Contact Hours Credit
1 0 2 3 2

Contents:

Unit Topics Teaching % Weightage


Hours
1 Unit-1 Professional Communication: An Introduction 3 20%
●Fundamentals of Communication Skills
●Features of successful, professional Communication
●Purpose of professional Communication
●Barriers to Communication
●Communication Network in an organization
2 Unit-2 Listening and Reading Skills 5 40%
● Reading Comprehension
● Introduction: Case Study (Topic: The attitude and professional
success of Bill Gates)
●Process and Types of listening
●Different language variety and accent
3 Unit-3 Writing and Speaking Skills 7 40%
●Business Letters
●Report Writing
●E-mail
●Agenda of meeting, Minutes of meeting
●Resume writing
●Negotiation Skills
●Group discussion
●Presentation strategies
Course Outcomes:

Sr.
CO Statement Unit
No.
Professional communication matters a lot in the professional world, it is
CO-1 quite important to get for us to get acquainted with the most important 1
features of successful professional communication.
CO-2 Communicate in diverse formal situations taking place in organizations. 2
Write various formal documents of technical and professional
CO-3 3
communication.

Teaching & Learning Methodology:


The various methods or tools are followed by the faculty members to teach the above subject are:
1. The course includes a variety of topics where students have an opportunity to build presentation
strategies, technical Writing skills, technical Speaking skills, and technical Reading skills
essential technical elements of Technical Communication Skills.
2. The students can develop Communication Skills by using Software which is available in the
Language lab.
3. Lectures with a live practical example using Projector and Computer Experiments shall be
performed in the laboratory related to course contents

List of Tutorials: Total Hours: 20


The students will have to solve at least five examples and related theory from each topic as an
assignment/tutorial.

Sr. No. Practical/ Exercise


1 Book Reviews
2 Movie Reviews
3 Presentations
4 Report writing
5 Group Discussion
6 Mock Interview
7 Conducting meeting and minutes of meeting
8 Case Study
9 Reading Comprehension

Books Recommended:
1. .Raman and Sharma, Technical Communications, OUP, New Delhi, 2017
2. Lata and Kumar, Communication Skills, OUP, New Delhi, 2018
3. Mike Martin andRol and Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, McGraw Hill, New York, 2014
4. Sherfield, Montgomery and Moody, Cornerstone: Developing Soft Skills, UP, 2009
5. King’s Speech
6. Episode of Sherlock

List of Open-Source Software/learning website:


1. https://nptel.ac.in/
2. https://www.coursera.org/

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