FYUGP AEC (2025) : English Communication II
Semester 4 : Credits 2
(30 External +20 Internal = 50 Marks)
This course in English Communication will equip students from all disciplines with
reading, speaking and writing skills in a variety of real-life situations. To this end the
graduates are expected to acquire, by the end of this course, a comprehensive knowledge
of the theory and practical application of communication, especially in English, and to
develop communication skills that are crucial to their personal, social and professional
interactions. Having acquired competence in English, the graduates will be able to
confidently coordinate and collaborate with others in an inclusive spirit thereby
demonstrating their people and leadership skills. The communicative ability of the
graduates will reflect their acquisition of digital and technological skills imparted through
the necessary inclusion of information and communication technology while teaching.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After studying / completing the course the students will be able to:
• understand the process of communication
• speak with confidence and clarity in both formal and informal situations
• identify different purposes for listening in both academic and other contexts
• distinguish purpose, gist and intent of English when spoken and participate in
formal and informal conversations adequately
• apply appropriate conventions of intonation, stress and rhythm to speak
English with intelligibility and perform different language functions
• distinguish and analyze various types of reading texts
• apply efficient reading techniques to understand the overall idea and specific
information in a text
• compose short and long pieces of writing creatively and grammatically for
both academic and other purposes
➢ READING: (Credit 1)
Reading is an essential skill in making communication effective. Reading enables the
acquisition of new words and expressions which enriches our vocabulary and tightens our grasp
over sentence structure. The development of reading is foundational in building our
comprehension skills. To this end, this section uses literary texts drawn from diverse contexts
in order to familiarize and orient students with the dynamic use of English.
Texts:
• Carl Sagan: “Growing up with Science Fiction”
• Shirley Jackson: “The Lottery”
• A.G. Gardiner: “On Saying Please”
In this section, the texts mentioned above will be studied in detail in the context of the following
aspects:
• Close-reading, i.e., a reading strategy that involves the careful and detailed
examination of the language used (in terms of structure, choice of words, style, etc.) in
a particular text as well as the finer details and deeper meanings within it.
• Comprehension, i.e., the ability to understand and process what one reads or listens
to
• Analysis and interpretation of the texts
• Anticipating, predicting and personalizing the ideas in the text
• Paraphrasing, i.e., expressing the speech, ideas or thoughts or arguments of others in
one’s own words
• Building vocabulary by identifying, learning and using new words and deriving or
guessing meaning from context
• Reading for the main idea or argument in a text in addition to the supporting details
• Locating specific information in a text
➢ WRITING : (Credit 1)
Writing skills are as crucial in communication as reading, listening, and speaking. Students
will be trained in developing the following skills in writing:
• Using grammar and punctuation appropriately
• Generating ideas
• Building sentences and paragraphs
• Understanding the styles of different types of texts
• Summarizing and note taking
These skills should be taught using the following forms of writing so that these can be used by
them in both their day to day and professional lives:
• Report-writing (types of reports, structure of a report, features of a good report)
• Letter writing (types of letters, parts of a letter, writing emails, essentials of letter
writing)
• Memos and circulars
• Agendas and minutes
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Scientific and technical writing
REFERENCE BOOKS & MATERIALS:
• Alley, Michael. The Craft of Scientific Writing (Fourth Edition). Springer, 2018
• Bandopadhyay, Debashish, and Malathy Krishnan. Connect: A Course in
Communicative English. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
• Brown, K. & Hood, S. Academic Encounters: Intermediate to High Intermediate.
Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• Doff, A. & Jones, C. Language in Use: Intermediate Classroom Book. Cambridge
University Press, 2004.
• Jones, L. Cambridge Advanced English: Student’s Book. Cambridge University Press,
1988.
• Locker, Kitty O., and Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek. Business Communication: Building
Critical Skills, Third Edition. McGraw Hill Education, 2017 (rpt).
• Soars, J. & Soars, L. New Headway: Intermediate. Oxford University Press, 2012.
• Tamuli, A. English Language for Undergraduate Students. Cambridge University
Press, 2019.
• Taylor, Shirley. Communication for Business: A Practical Approach (Fourth Edition).
Pearson, 2009.
• Thaine, C. Cambridge Academic English: B1+ Intermediate Student’s Book.
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
