English

Regulations: R19
Class: I Year B.Tech (Common to ALL Branches)

Department of Humanities and Sciences

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOOGY
(Autonomous)
Rotarypuram, Anantapuramu
 English( I B. Tech Sem I)
Introduction:

To help students achieve proficiency in English and develop their

professional communication skills to meet the demand in the field of global
communication to enable them to acquire placement anywhere with ease and
confidence.

Course Objectives:

 To enable students improve their lexical, grammatical and communicative

competence
 To comprehend the given texts and respond appropriately
 Focus on appropriate reading strategies and reinforce language skills for
comprehension of various academic texts and authentic material
 To give them an intensive training in writing skills

Course outcomes:

CO1. Able to understand explicit and implicit meaning of a text.

CO2: Able to remember and produce academic vocabulary appropriately orally

and in writing.

CO3: Able to apply relevant formats of letter writing, report writing and resume
writing.

CO4. Able to analyse the use of grammar to construct meaningful sentences with
suitable word choices.

CO5: Able to evaluate comprehensive skills through listening and reading texts on
global issues

CO6 : Able to create new paragraphs and essays chronologically by interpreting

non-linguistic data into linguistic information.
Referred Text book: ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERS

Authors: N.P. Sudharshana & C. Savitha

Publication: Cambridge University Press

COURSE CONTENT:

UNIT-I:

‘The Raman Effect’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’
published by Cambridge University Press.

Vocabulary Building: The Concept of Word Formation --The Use of Prefixes and
Suffixes.

Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Articles and

Prepositions.

Reading: Reading and Its Importance.

Basic Writing Skills: Sentence Structures -Use of Phrases and Clauses in

Sentences- Importance of Proper Punctuation- Techniques for writing precisely –
Paragraph writing – Types, Structures and Features of a Paragraph - Creating
Coherence-Organizing Principles of Paragraphs in Documents.

UNIT-II:

‘Ancient Architecture in India’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for

Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.

Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms.

Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Noun-

pronoun Agreement and Subject-verb Agreement.

Reading: Improving Comprehension Skills – Techniques for Good

Comprehension
Writing: Format of a Formal Letter-Writing Formal Letters E.g.., Letter of
Complaint, Letter of Requisition, Job Application with Resume.

UNIT-III:

‘Blue Jeans’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by
Cambridge University Press.

Vocabulary: Acquaintance with Prefixes and Suffixes from Foreign Languages in

English to form Derivatives-Words from Foreign Languages and their Use in
English.

Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Misplaced

Modifiers and Tenses.

Reading: Sub-skills of Reading- Skimming and Scanning

Writing: Nature and Style of Sensible Writing- Defining- Describing Objects,

Places and Events – Classifying- Providing Examples or Evidence

UNIT-IV:

‘What Should You Be Eating’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for
Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.

Vocabulary: Standard Abbreviations in English

Grammar: Redundancies and Clichés in Oral and Written Communication.

Reading: Comprehension- Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading

Writing: Writing Practices--Writing Introduction and Conclusion - Essay Writing-

Précis Writing.

UNIT-V:
How a Chinese Billionaire Built Her Fortune’ from the prescribed textbook
‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.

Vocabulary: Technical Vocabulary and their usage

Grammar: Common Errors in English

Reading: Reading Comprehension-Exercises for Practice

Writing: Technical Reports- Introduction – Characteristics of a Report –

Categories of Reports. Formats- Structure of Reports (Manuscript Format) -Types
of Reports - Writing a Report.
 English( I B. Tech Sem II)
Referred Text Book: A Better India A Better World
Author: Narayana Murthy
Publication: Penguin Publishers

Unit-I

Address to students from the prescribed textbook A Better India A Better

World published by Penguin Publishers

Vocabulary: Using technical terms

Grammar: If-clauses and Modals

Reading: Reading passages for specific information transfer

Writing: Agenda, minutes, notices and Developing hints

Speaking: Conducting meetings

Unit-II

Values from the prescribed textbook A Better India A Better World published
by Penguin Publishers

Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs

Grammar: Direct and indirect speech and Active and passive voice

Reading: Error correction, editing, mistakes in grammar, vocabulary, spelling

Writing: Writing E-mail

Speaking: Process description

Unit-III

Important national issues from the prescribed textbook A Better India A Better
World published by Penguin Publishers

Vocabulary: Idioms

Grammar: Degrees of comparison and simple, compound and complex sentences

Reading: Predicting the content

Writing: Jumbled sentences and Writing instructions

Speaking: Conversation techniques

Unit-IV

Education from the prescribed textbook A Better India A Better World

published by Penguin Publishers

Vocabulary: Single word substitutions

Grammar: Question tags and compare and contrast techniques

Reading: Summarising and note making

Writing: Resume/Cover letter

Speaking: Technical presentations

Unit-V

Leadership Challenges from the prescribed textbook A Better India A Better

World published by Penguin Publishers

Vocabulary: Analogies

Grammar: Adverbs and Connectives

Reading: Reading comprehensions

Writing: Project proposal

Speaking: Group discussions

(I B.Tech I Sem)

English Language Communication Skills Lab

(Common to All Branches of Engineering)
Course Outcomes:
CO1:Able to remember Phonemic sounds and reading comprehension skills (LR)

CO2: Able to understand write-up skills through describing objects/places/persons (W).

CO3:Able to apply an enrich language to enhance for a better speaking skills through
JAM, Small talks and Debates.

CO4: Able to analyze different ways of greetings in introducing oneself/others, to a well

nit summarizing while listening lectures,using enrich vocabulary to reduce errors in
speech and writing.
CO5:Able to evaluate various ways of communication- verbal and non-verbal cues.

CO6:Able to create awareness on mother tongue influence and neutralise it in order to

improve fluency in spoken English

Session-I

1) Introduction to Phonetics
2) Vowels and consonants sounds

Session-II

3) Syllables
4) Syllabification

Session-III

5) Stress
6) Rules for stress

Session-IV

7) Intonation
8) Falling and rising tone

Session-V

9) Listening skills- types of listening

Listening to small talks

Listening to vocabulary

Session-VI

10) Impromptu speech

11) Describing person/objects/situations

Session-VII

12) Giving directions

13) Telephonic skills

Session-VIII

14) Oral Presentations

15) Situational dialogues/Role plays

Session-IX

16) Debates
17) Group Discussions

Session-X

18) Reading Skills- Reading comprehension