HS6152 Technical English - II ,Books, Lecture Notes, 2marks with answers, Important Part B 16marks Questions & HS6152 Technical English - II Anna University Question Papers Collection

HS6152 Technical English - II

Semester : 02

Department : Civil

Year : 1st Year (I Year)

Regulation : 2013

Subject Code/Name : HS6152 Technical English - II

Content : Question Banks, Books, Lecture Notes, Important Part A 2 Marks Questions and Important Part B 16 Mark Questions 

HS6251 TECHNICAL ENGLISH II  

UNIT I                             

Listening - Listening to informal conversations and participating; Speaking - Opening a conversation (greetings, comments on topics like  weather) - Turn taking -  Closing a conversation (excuses, general wish, positive comment, thanks); Reading - Developing analytical skills, Deductive and inductive reasoning - Extensive reading; Writing - Effective use of SMS for sending short notes and messages -  Using  „emoticons‟  as  symbols  in  email  messages;  Grammar  - Regular and irregular verbs - Active and passive voice; Vocabulary - Homonyms  (e.g.  „can‟)  -  Homophones (e.g. „some‟, „sum‟); E-materials - Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary – blogging; Language Lab - Listening to different types of conversation and answering questions. 

UNIT II                                 

Listening - Listening to situation based dialogues; Speaking - Conversation practice in real life situations, asking for directions (using polite expressions), giving directions (using imperative sentences), Purchasing goods from a shop, Discussing various aspects of a film (they have already seen) or a book (they have already read); Reading - Reading a short story or an article from newspaper, Critical reading, Comprehension skills; Writing - Writing a review / summary of a story / article, Personal letter (Inviting your friend to a function, congratulating someone for his / her  success,  thanking  one‟s  friends  /  relatives);  Grammar  - modal verbs, Purpose expressions; Vocabulary - Phrasal verbs and their meanings, Using phrasal verbs in sentences; E-materials - Interactive exercises on Grammar and vocabulary, Extensive reading activity (reading stories / novels), Posting reviews in blogs - Language Lab - Dialogues (Fill up exercises), Recording students‟ dialogues.

UNIT III                                    

Listening - Listening to the conversation - Understanding the structure of conversations; Speaking - Conversation skills with a sense of stress, intonation, pronunciation and meaning - Seeking information – expressing feelings (affection, anger, regret, etc.); Reading - Speed reading – reading passages with time limit -  Skimming; Writing - Minutes of meeting – format and practice in the preparation of minutes -  Writing summary after reading articles from journals -  Format for journal articles – elements of technical articles (abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, appendices, references) -  Writing strategies; Grammar - Conditional clauses -  Cause and effect expressions; Vocabulary - Words used as nouns and verbs without any change in the spelling (e.g. „rock‟, „train‟, „ring‟); E-materials - Interactive exercise on Grammar and vocabulary -  Speed Reading practice exercises; Language Lab - Intonation practice using EFLU and RIE materials – Attending a meeting and writing minutes.

UNIT IV                                  

Listening - Listening to a telephone conversation, Viewing model interviews (face-to-face, telephonic and  video conferencing); Speaking - Role play practice in telephone skills - listening and responding, -asking questions, -note taking – passing on messages,  Role play and mock interview for grasping interview skills; Reading - Reading the job advertisements and the profile of the company concerned – scanning; Writing - Applying  for a job – cover letter - résumé preparation – vision, mission and goals of the candidate; Grammar - Numerical expressions -  Connectives (discourse markers); Vocabulary - Idioms and their meanings – using idioms in sentences;   E-materials - Interactive exercises on Grammar and Vocabulary - Different forms of résumés- Filling up a résumé / cover letter; Language Lab - Telephonic interview – recording the responses -  e-résumé writing. 

UNIT V                                                      

Listening  - Viewing a model group discussion and reviewing the performance of each participant -  Identifying the characteristics of a good listener; Speaking - Group discussion skills – initiating the discussion – exchanging suggestions and proposals – expressing dissent/agreement – assertiveness in expressing opinions – mind mapping technique; Reading - Note making skills – making notes from books, or any form of written materials -  Intensive reading; Writing – Checklist - Types of reports – Feasibility / Project report – report format – recommendations / suggestions – interpretation of data (using charts for effective presentation); Grammar - Use of clauses; Vocabulary – Collocation; E-materials - Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises -  Sample GD -  Pictures for discussion, Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises; Language Lab - Different models of group discussion.

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Lecture Notes 

HS6251 Technical English II Lecture Notes

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CE6603 DSS – Part A 2 Marks
HS6251 Technical English II unit wise 2 marks with Answers

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Question Banks

HS6251 Technical English II Question Bank 

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Question Papers

HS6251 Technical English II Previous Year Question Papers 

• DOWNLOAD  - HS6251 Technical English II   - May/June 2014 Question Paper

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• DOWNLOAD  - HS6251 Technical English II   - May/June 2015 Question Paper

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