UNIT 1: Identifying Common errors in writing: Articles, Subject-Verb Agreement, Prepositions, Active and Passive Voice, Reported Speech: Direct and Indirect, Sentence Structure.
UNIT 2: Vocabulary building and Comprehension: Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives, synonyms, antonyms, Reading comprehension.
UNIT 3: Communication: Introduction, Meaning and Significance, Process of Communication, Oral and Written Communication, 7 c’s of Communication, Barriers to Communication and Ways to overcome them, Importance of Communication for Technical students, nonverbal communication.
UNIT 4: Developing Writing Skills: Planning, Drafting and Editing, Precise Writing, Précis, Technical definition and Technical description. Report Writing: Features of writing a good Report, Structure of a Formal Report, Report of Trouble, Laboratory Report, Progress Report.
UNIT 5: Business Correspondence: Importance of Business Letters, Parts and Layout; Application, Contents of good Resume, guidelines for writing Resume, Calling/ Sending Quotation, Order, Complaint, E-mail and Tender.
