HU – 101-COMMUNICATION SKILLS |
PART – A |
1. Communication, Its types & Significance : Communication; process of
communication; its kinds, channels and role in the society.
2. Reading Skills : Process of reading; reading purposes, models, strategies,
methodologies; reading activities, structure of meaning techniques.
3. Writing Skills: Elements of effective writing; writing styles; scientific and technical
writing.
4. Grammar : Transformation of sentences; words used as different parts of speech;
one word substitution; abbreviations, technical terms etc.
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PART-B |
5. Business Correspondence : Business letters; elements of business writing; kinds of
business letters – office order memorandum, report, purchase order, quotations and
tenders, job application letters, personal resume and curriculum vitae etc.
6. Listening Skills : The process of listening; the barriers to listening; the effective
listening skills; feedback skills.
7. Speaking Skills : Speech mechanism, organs of speech, production and classification
of speech sounds, phonetic transcription; the skills of effective speaking, the
components of an effective talk; oral presentation and the role of audio visual aids in
it.
8. Discussion, Mecting and Telephone Skills : Group discussion; conducting a
meeting; attending telephonic calls.
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TEXT BOOKS |
1. Bhattacharya, Indrajit, An Approach to Communication Skills, Dhanpat Rai
Co.,(Pvt.) Ltd., New Delhi.
2. Wright, Chrissie, Handbook of Practical Communication Skills, Jaico Publishing
House, Mumbai.
3. Gartside, L, Modern Business Correspondence, Pitman Publishing, London.
4. Day, Robert A., How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
5. Gimson, A.C., An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, ELBS
6. Bansal, R.K. and Harrison, J.B. Spoken English Orient Longman, Hyderabad.
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REFERENCE BOOKS |
1. Roach, Peter, English Phonetics & Phonology, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge.
2. Rutherford, Andrea J. Basic Communication Skills for Technology, Addison
Wesley Longman, New Delhi.
3. Scott, Bill, The Skills of communicating, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai.
4. Janis, J. Harold, Writing and communicating in Business, The Macmillan
Company, New Delhi.
5. Berry, Thomas Elliott, The Most Common Mistakes in English Usage, Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.
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