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Paavai Pathippagam publishes various TANSCHE texts with guides common for all universities in Tamil Nadu.
Text with Guide
For All Universities
in
Tamil Nadu
Rs.130/-
From Paavai Pathippagam:
Study Guides and Notes can be bought at:
Amma Book Centre,
2A, East Avani Moola Street,
Madurai, Tamil Nadu,India. PIN 625001
Phone: 0452 2629666 Mobile: 9842041112
Paavai Pathippagam, 37A. North Avani Moola Street, Madurai Mobile: 9842096333
Paavai Pathippagam publishes various TANSCHE texts with guides common for all universities in Tamil Nadu.
Text with Guide For All Universities in Tamil Nadu
Rs.120/-
Study Guides and Notes can be bought at:
Amma
Book Centre,
2A,
East Avani Moola Street,
Madurai,
Tamil
Nadu,India.
PIN
625001
Phone:
0452 2629666 Mobile: 9842041112
Paavai
Pathippagam, 37A. North Avani Moola Street, Madurai Mobile: 9842096333
English for Arts and Social Sciences Semester II
Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE)
Syllabus
Second Semester Professional Communication Course for
Arts and Science Colleges
Hours: 60
Objectives:
The Professional Communication
Skills Course is intended to help Learners in Arts and Science colleges,
·
Develop their
competence in the use of English with particular reference to the workplace
situation.
·
Enhance the
creativity of the students, which will enable them to think of innovative ways
to solve issues in the workplace.
·
Develop their
competence and competitiveness and thereby improve their employability skills.
· Help students with a research bent of mind develop their skills in writing reports and research proposals.
Unit 1- Communicative Competence
Listening – Listening to two talks/lectures by specialists on selected subject specific topics - (TED Talks) and answering comprehension exercises (inferential questions)
Speaking: Small group discussions (the discussions could be based on the listening and reading passages- open ended questions
Reading: Two subject-based reading texts followed by comprehension activities/exercises
Writing: Summary writing based on
the reading passages.
Grammar and vocabulary exercises/tasks to be designed based on the discourse patterns of the listening and reading texts in the book. This is applicable for all the units.
Unit 2 - Persuasive Communication
Listening: listening to a product launch- sensitizing learners to the nuances of persuasive communication
Speaking: debates – Just-A Minute Activities
Reading: reading texts on advertisements ( on products relevant to the subject areas) and answering inferential questions
Writing: dialogue writing- writing an argumentative /persuasive essay.
Unit 3- Digital Competence
Listening to interviews (subject related)
Speaking: Interviews with subject
specialists (using video conferencing skills)
Creating Vlogs (How to become a vlogger and use vlogging to nurture interests – subject related)
Reading: Selected sample of Web Page (subject area)
Writing: Creating Web Pages
Reading Comprehension: Essay on Digital Competence for Academic and Professional Life.
The essay will address all aspects of digital competence in relation to MS Office and how they can be utilized in relation to work in the subject area
Unit 4 - Creativity and Imagination
Listening to short (2 to 5 minutes) academic videos (prepared by EMRC/ other MOOC videos on Indian academic sites – E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpvicScuDy0)
Speaking: Making oral presentations through short films – subject based
Reading: Essay on Creativity and Imagination (subject based)
Writing – Basic Script Writing for
short films (subject based)
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Creating WebPages, blogs, flyers and brochures (subject based)
- Poster making – writing slogans/captions (subject based)
Unit 5- Workplace Communication& Basics of Academic Writing
Speaking: Short academic presentation using PowerPoint
Reading & Writing: Product Profiles, Circulars, Minutes of Meeting.
Writing an introduction,
paraphrasing
Punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, quotation marks, and ellipsis)
Capitalization (use of upper case)
Outcomes of the Course
At the end of the course, learners will be able to,
·
Attend interviews
with boldness and confidence.
·
Adapt easily into
the workplace context, having become communicatively competent.
· Apply to the Research &Development organisations/ sections in companies and offices with winning proposals.
Paavai Pathippagam publishes various TANSCHE texts
with guides common for all universities in Tamil Nadu.
