1. To train students to use language effectively in everyday conversations, to participate in group discussions, to help them face interviews, and sharpen public speaking skills
2. To expose the students to a varied blend of self-instructional, learner-friendly modes of language learning
3. To enable them to learn better pronunciation through stress on word accent, intonation, and rhythm
4. To initiate them into greater use of the computer in resume preparation, report- writing, format-making etc.
5. To help the students cultivate the habit of reading passages from the computer monitor, thus providing them with the required ability to face computer-based competitive exams such GRE, TOEFL, GMAT etc.
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1. A Handbook for English Language Laboratories – Prof. E. Suresh Kumar, P. Sreehari,
Foundation Books.
2. Effective Communication & Public Speaking by S. K. Mandal, Jaico Publishing House.
3. English Conversation Practice by Grant Taylor, Tata McGraw Hill.
4. Speaking English effectively by Krishna Mohan, N. P. Singh, Mac Millan Publishers.
5. Communicate or Collapse: A Handbook of Efffective Public Speaking, Group Discussions
and Interviews, by Pushpa Lata & Kumar, Prentice-Hall of India.
6. Learn Correct English, Grammar, Usage and Composition by Shiv. K. Kumar & Hemalatha
Nagarajan, Pearson Longman
7. Spoken English by R. K. Bansal & J. B. Harrison, Orient Longman.
8. English Language Communication: A Reader cum Lab Manual Dr A Ramakrishna Rao, Dr. G.
Natanam & Prof. S. A. Sankaranarayanan, Anuradha Publications, Chennai.
9. Effective Technical Communication, M. Ashraf Rizvi, Tata McGraw-Hill.
10. A Practical Course in English Pronunciation, (with two Audio cassettes) by J. Sethi, Kamlesh
Sadanand & D.V. Jindal, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
11. A text book of English Phonetics for Indian Students by T. Balasubramanian, Mac Millan
12. Spoken English: A foundation Course, Parts 1 & 2, Kamalesh Sadanand and Susheela
punitha, Orient Longman
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