Soft Skills

Paper Code: 
CAD 156
Credits: 
02
Periods/week: 
02
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This module has been designed to enhance soft skills of the student.

Needs of the Learners:
1. Presentations (Writing and Speaking)
2. Participation in Seminars/Conferences
3. Participation in Group Discussion
4. Writing Reports (for Academic Purposes, on Projects, etc.)

Language-skills required:
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Speaking

4.00
Unit I: 
Grammar

Conditionals

Relative Clauses

Subject – Verb Agreement

Passive Voice

6.00
Unit II: 
Written Communication – I

Discuss a topic of general interest, but related to IT in about 300 words. (Analyse, Comment, Argue, Reflect, Persuade, etc.) (can also be used for an oral presentation, followed by discussion)

6.00
Unit III: 
Written Communication – II

Writing a Report on a project undertaken or an experiment conducted (Theory + Practice)

6.00
Unit IV: 
Oral Communication I

(a) Consulting a dictionary for correct pronunciation (familiarity with Phonemic Symbols and Stress-marks only) (4 hrs)

(b) Making a Presentation (Powerpoint) (2 hrs)

8.00
Unit V: 
Oral Communication – II

(a) Group Discussion           (5 hrs)

(b) Interviews                       (3 hrs)

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

1. Banerjee Meera & Mohan Krishna, “Developing Communication Skills” , Macmillan Publications, 1990.

REFERENCES: 

1. Advanced English Usage; Quirk & Greenbaum; Pearson Education.

2. Business Communication; Chaturvedi, P.D.; Pearson Publications.

3. Business Communication; Mathew, M.J.; RBSA Publications, 2005.

4. Communication of Business; Taylor, Shirley; Pearson Publications.

Academic Year: 
2018-19
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