Communication Skills for Engineers | Hand Written Notes

Introduction: Communication, definition and role of communication, Process of communication, Importance of professional communication, Levels of communication, Types of communication, Challenges in communication. Non –verbal communication – Body language, personal appearance, posture, gesture and hand movement, eye contact, facial expressions, paralinguistic features – proxemics, haptics, chronemics. Oral presentations. Case studies.

2nd Notes Syllabus for Communication Skill (Typed)

Unit I – Introduction to communication
Introduction – Importance of Communication Skills – Definition – Scope and Nature – Verbal and
Nonverbal communication

Unit II – Reading Skills
Reading Comprehension of unseen passage – Prose – News Paper Reading and Analysis (Editorial)

Unit III – Grammar
1. Parts of Speech
2. Subject and predicate
3. Articles – Determiners

4. Conjunctions (Linkers; connectors; cohesive devices)
5. Verbs – Transitive and Intransitive – Finite and Infinite – Regular and Irregular – Modals
6. Tenses
7. Prepositions/ Prepositional verbs
8. Adverbs – types and their order in sentences
9. Adjectives
10. Including Degrees of Comparison and also Quantifiers

Unit IV – Enhancing Vocabulary
Developing Professional vocabulary – Using Dictionary: Spelling – Grammar and Usage

Unit V – Composition
Paragraph – Essay – Expansion – Describing the Pictures – Giving Directions – Situational Dialogue
writing – Social and Professional Etiquette – Telephone Etiquette