COMMUNICATION AND SOFT SKILLS LAB

Paper Code: 
MCA 129
Credits: 
02
Periods/week: 
02
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course enable students to

  1. Build capacities for self-criticism and facilitate growth
  2. Develop local, global and cross-cultural understanding,
  3. Build up interpersonal skills and social responsiveness
  4. Inculcate leadership, team skills and professional ethics.
  5. Sensitize the students communicative skills

 

Course Outcomes(COs):

 

Learning Outcome (at course level)

 

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO46.Develop Listening and Speaking Skills, Writing and Presentation Skills

CO47.Inculcate leadership & team skills and professional ethics.

CO48.Assess effective oral and written communication skills. 

CO49.Prepare global and cross-cultural understanding with interpersonal skills and social responsiveness.

CO50.Apply various forms of technical communication.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion,

Demonstration, Role plays

 

Learning          activities             for        the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation,

presentation, flip roles

 

  • Assignments
  • Classroom Activity
  • Presentations
  • Semester End Examination

 

 

 

Contents

Verbal & Non-verbal Communication

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Verbal and Non-verbal Communication. Intra, inter-personal and group communication skills. Gestures, postures, Proxemics, Kinesics. Listening to Lectures, Discussions, Talk Shows, News Programs.

Writing Skills

Formal & Informal writings, report writing, creative writing. Composition, Resume Writing, Cover letters, Business Letter Writing, Persuasive Letters, Job Applications and Official Correspondence, E-Mail etiquette, Precise writing. Presentation Skills

Elements of effective presentation, structure of presentation, external factors and content.Debates, Seminar, Speeches, Lectures, Interviews, Mock Interviews, Commonly asked questions in interviews.

Group Discussion

Structure of GD, Moderator led and other GDs, Strategies in GD, Team work body language, Mock GD, Problem solving, Reflective thinking, Critical thinking, Negotiation skills.

Career Skills

SWOT Analysis, IQ, EQ and SQ, Art of giving feedback,  Decision making, Time Management,  Team Management and Leadership Skills, 8 habits of successful people.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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