R.V.S.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE 402

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH - ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
LESSON PLAN

LTPC

310 4

Subject Name : Technical English I

Subject Code
: HS6151
Staff In-Charge :

CLASS / SEM:1yr/I

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
The student will be able to:

To enable learners of Engineering & Technology develop their basic communication skills in English
To emphasize the development of speaking skills amongst learners of Engineering & Technology
To ensure that learners use the electronic media such as internet and supplement the learning materials used in the
class room
To inculcate the habit of reading and writing leading to effective and efficient communication

UNIT I
Unit wise Objectives: These objectives involve the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), but they can also
include:
The language functions related to the topic of the lesson (e.g., justify, hypothesize)
Vocabulary essential to a student being able to fully participate in the lesson (e.g., axis, locate, graph)

S.
No

1.

2.

Language learning strategies to aid in comprehension (e.g., questioning, making predictions)

Teaching
Topic
Hrs
Objective(s) of the Topic
Methodology/
Req
Techniques
Introduction learners to GIE
To develop students'
awareness of the listening
Listening
process
and
listening
Types of Listening
strategies
by
asking
2
Listening to Audio (Verbal
Listening to the
students
to
think
and
talk
& Sounds)
Recordings
about how they listen in
Listening to audio files &
their native language.
Answering Questions

Speaking
Speaking about ones Place,
Important festivals etc.
Introducing oneself/ones
family/ friend

Tutorial 1:
Listening & Speaking

Reading
Skimming a reading passage
Scanning for specific
Information
Note-Making

To Prepare the students:

Give them input (both
topical information and
language forms) so that
they will have something
to say and the language
with which to say it.

Students should be able to

develop their
Listening
and Speaking Skills
To use a quick survey of
the text to get the main
idea, identify text structure,
confirm
or
question
predictions

Real life situation

-Listening to the
Audio files
-problem solving

2
Writing
Free writing on any given
topic

Authentic reading
material like
newspapers,
magazines, and
Web sites
Engaging in guided
writing in which
the teacher leads
the students

Resources referred

- Mindscapes: English for

Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Radio
and
television
programs - Public address
announcements
(airports,
train/bus stations, stores)
-Speeches
and
lectures
-Telephone customer service
recordings
-. Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Hi-Class Software and Real
life situation.
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Technical Magazines &
Technical Articles
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.

Sentence Completion
Autobiographical Writing

Tutorial 2:
Reading & Writing

7.

Grammar:
Preposition
Reference words
WH questions
Tenses(Simple)
Vocabulary
1.Word
Formation
2.Word Expansion
(root
words/ etymology)

To Determine the desired

outcomes
Identify

-Read various texts

by adopting reading
strategies
-Write consistently without
any grammar gaffe

To demonstrate an
understanding of more
complex
grammatical structures in
Conversations
and
discussions. In
addition, students will
begin to initiate
and sustain conversations
and
discussions
Students will be able to
recognize prepositions and
prepositional phrases

Tutorial 3:

through a directed
writing activity

Preposition

Workbooks,
assessment quiz,
and practice sheets

Chalk & Talk

To understand how
the pieces of the
sentence fit

2012
-Favorite
Place/Hobbies/School Life,
etc & Writing about ones
leisure time activities, home
town, etc
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Technical Magazines &
Technical Articles
-Favorite
Place/Hobbies/School Life,
etc
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Wren in Martin & The
Effective English
Communication for you by
Dr.V.Syamala
- Mindscapes: English for
Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Technical English I by Dr.
Mahalakshmi

Total Hours

12

Learning Outcomes:
Students will demonstrate the skills needed to participate in a conversation that builds knowledge collaboratively: listening
carefully and respectfully to others' viewpoints; articulating their own ideas and questions clearly; and situating their own ideas in relation to
other voices and ideas. Students will be able to prepare, organize, and deliver an engaging oral presentation.

UNIT- II
Unit wise Objectives :
1. Students should develop linguistic skills in oral and written expression.
Objectives:
Students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to understand speech in the target language in most social and professional situations;
2.

demonstrate the ability to communicate orally in the target language in most social and professional situations;

3.

Demonstrate the ability to understand written texts (journalism, non-fiction, literature, etc.);

4.

demonstrate adequate mastery of the grammar of the target language;

5.

Demonstrate the ability to write grammatically and analytically at a variety of language levels.
Teaching
Topic
Hrs
Objective(s) of the Topic
Methodology/
Req
Techniques

S.No

1.

Listening
Listening &
Responding to video
lectures/ talks

To practice the full repertoire

of listening strategies by
using authentic listening
tasks.

Listening
exercises with
sample telephone
conversations/Lect
ures

2.
Speaking
Describing a simple
process (filling a form,
etc.)
Asking & Answering
questions
Telephone Skills
Telephone etiquette
Reading

3.

Critical Reading
Finding key
information in a given
text
Sifting facts from
opinions

Students will be able to

engage critically and
constructively in oral
exchanges of ideas (i.e.
Dialogue Conversations,
Telephone Interviews etc.)

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Hi-Class Software
-Dhanavel, S.P. English
and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2011
-Presentations & Sample
videos of telephone
Conversations &
telephone Interviews

Students will be able to use

strategies before, during, and
after reading to aid in the
construction and
enhancement of meaning
1

Picture based
Activities & Role
Play

Resources referred

Previewing:
reviewing titles,
section headings,
and photo captions
to get a sense of
the structure and
content of a
reading selection

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering.Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2011
-Audio/Video Excerpts of
different accents

4.

Writing
Biographical writing
(place, people)
Process
Descriptions(genera/spec
ific)
Definitions
Recommendations
Instructions

Grammar

5.

Students will be able to

engage incorporation of
sentence variety (simple,
compound, complex) and to
incorporation
of
varied
sentence
beginnings
(introductory prepositional
phrases, participial phrases,
adverbial clauses, adjectival
phrases)

Use of imperatives
Subject verb
agreement
Vocabulary
i.
Compoun
d words
ii.
Word
Association

To practice the grammar

point in communicative
drills (structured output)
Have students do a
communicative task that
provides opportunities
to use the grammar
point (communicative
output)

Engaging in ideas
with teachers or
peers

-Watching the teacher

monitor the process of the
drafting via the
chalkboard, a flipchart, or
an overhead projector
3

Teach
the
grammar point in
the
target
language or the
students'
first
language or both.
The goal is to
facilitate
understanding.

Tutorial 1:
Subject verb agreement
It helps to identify singular
and plural subjects and verbs

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011

Chalk & Talk

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
Prof.Jewelcy Jawahar

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by Dr.
Mahalakshmi

Tutorial 2:
Compound words
7

It helps them to understand

what a compound word is.

Chalk & Talk

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by Dr.
Mahalakshmi

Tutorial 3:
Compound words

The students will be able to

identify, divide and make
compound words.

Chalk & Talk

-Dhanavel, S.P. English

and Communication
Skills for Students of
Science and
Engineering.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by Dr.
Mahalakshmi

Total Hours

12

Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to: Students will develop an appreciation of how the formal elements of
language and genre shape meaning. They will recognize how writers can transgress or subvert generic
expectations, as well as fulfill them. And they will develop a facility at writing in appropriate genres for a variety
of purposes and audiences.

UNIT- III
Unit wise Objectives :
Objectives: By the end of the sequence of language courses, students should be able to:
1. understand sentence-length utterances and longer stretches of connected discourse on a number of topics pertaining to different
times and places;
2. initiate, sustain, and bring to a close basic oral communicative tasks;
S.N
o

1.

Topic

Listening
Listening to specific task
Focused audio tracks

Objective(s) of the Topic

Allow students to practice the
full repertoire of listening
strategies by using authentic
listening tasks.

Hrs
Req

Teaching
Methodology/
Techniques
Listening to the
Recordings
(audio)

Resources referred
- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Hi-Class Software

2.

3.

Speaking

Reading

Role play
Stimulation
Group interaction
Speaking informal situation

summarize main
points

compare and
contrast knowledge,
ideas, or theories

solve problems

Reading and interpreting

visual material
To accomplish this goal,
instructors focus on the
process of reading

4.

Writing

Jumble sentences
Coherence and cohesion in
writing
Channel conversation(flow into
process)
Types of paragraph (Cause &
Effect, Compare & Contrast,
narrative,
analytical)
Informal writing(letter/email/blogs)
paraphrasing

Students will be
able to produce a
documentary
Students will be
able cite differences
in perspective or
content in one
specific news event
as reported in
various forms of
media.

To make the
students to involve
in the activity by
describing the
situation and
making sure to
participate in their
role

Assist the reader in

understanding
printed text.
Being able to
interpret visuals is a
valuable skill
because authors
present important
information in
visuals

Use pictures for

generation of ideas.
Ask the student to
create a story based
on a photograph.
Use a tape recorder
Allow student to
dictate story to tape
recorder, then
transcribe.
This is especially

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Hi-Class Software
(teachers, officials,
foreigners)

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Pictures, Maps, Line
graphs, Cartoons, bar
graphs, pie charts,
flow charts, diagrams
and websites
-Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-The Writing Center,
Capella University
http://www.capella.edu
/writingcenter/index.as
px

good for ESL

students.
Diagram the ideas
Use balloon
diagrams (graphic
organizers, concept
mapping) to show
relationships of
ideas to others
Engaging in ideas
with teachers or
peers

Tutorial 1:
Paragraph writing
5

Grammar

Tutorial 2:
Past Tenses
7.

Tutorial 3:
Adjectives
8.

Tenses (past)
Use of sequence words
Adjectives
Vocabulary
i. Excerpts from films
related to the theme and
follow up exercises
ii. Pictures of flow chart and
tables for interpretations.

Students will be able to write

it clearly and also have a
critical awareness of their
writing in terms of unity,
content,
coherence
and
linguistic
accuracy
(grammatical structure and
choice of vocabulary).

To
develop
authentic
assessment activities, begin
with the types of tasks that
students will actually need to
do using the language

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
Prof.Jewelcy Jawahar

-Chalk & Talk

Method
- Language
Lab

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
VK Publishers

1. It helps to refresh simple

past tense
2. To introduce them to past
progressive tense, form
meaning and use
c. To illustrate the difference
between the different kinds of
past tense

Chalk & Talk

Method

1
Students will be able to
define, categorize and write
sentences with their own
adjectives.

Chalk & Talk

Method

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
VK Publishers
- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers. Orient
Blackswan, Chennai.
2012
-Technical English I by
VK Publishers

Total Hours

12

Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to:
Students will demonstrate the skills needed to participate in a conversation that builds knowledge collaboratively: listening carefully and
respectfully to others' viewpoints; articulating their own ideas and questions clearly; and situating their own ideas in relation to other voices and
ideas. Students will be able to prepare, organize, and deliver an engaging oral presentation.

UNIT- IV
Unit wise Objectives :
Students should be able to
1. read simple, connected texts in a consistent way with reasonable and graduated understanding;
2. take notes, write simple letters, synopses and paraphrases, summaries of biographical data, work, school, and personal
experience; have an emerging ability to write description and narration in paragraphs
Topic

S.No

Listening
Watching
videos/documentries and
responding to the
questions based on them

1.

2.

3.

Reading

Speaking
Responding to questions
Different forms of
interviews
Speaking at different
types of interviews

Making inference from

the reading passage
Predicting the content of
a reading passage

Objective(s) of the Topic

Students will be able to listen
and
answer
questions
logically and effectively

Hrs
Req

Teaching
Methodology/
Techniques
Listening involves
videos &
documentaries

Resources referred

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
-www.ted.com

To evaluate the students

level of motivation, values,
attitude and personality.

Mock Interview
2

-Mindscapes: English

for Technologists and

Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
-www.youtube.com

To acquire the necessary

knowledge for comprehension
of the text, or activate the
existing knowledge that the
students possess

-Mindscapes: English

Lecture Method
using Text book

for Technologists and

Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
Technical English Book-I
by Jewelcy Jawahar

4.

Writing
Interpreting visual
materials (line graphs, pie
charts etc.)
Essay writing
Different types of essay

Students will be able to

choose and use a relevant prewriting strategy that will help
them to prepare for the
assignment.

Line graph, Piechart, Bar chart

2

.- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
Technical English work
Book-I by Jewelcy
Jawahar

5.
Grammar
Adverbs
Tenses
Future time reference
Vocabulary
1. Single word
substitutes
2. Use of
abbreviation and
acronyms
3. E-materialsinteractive
exercises for
grammar and
vocabulary
4. Sample
interviews

It helps to use the language

effectively.

Chalk & Talk

method

Knowledge of the underlying

rules of grammar is
provided.
3

- Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by VK
Publishers

5.
6.

Film scenes
Dialogue
writing

Tutorial 1:
6

Adverbs

Tutorial 2:
Kinds of Adverbs

-Students will be able to state

the definition of an adverb
and tell which parts of speech
they modify.

-Students will be able to

recognize adverbs and
distinguish them from other
parts of speech.

Chalk &
method

Talk

Chalk &
method

Talk

Chalk &
method

Talk

-Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012
-Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012

-Students will recognize

adverbs of time and adverbs
of frequency.

Tutorial 3:
Use of abbreviation and
acronyms

-To be used in scientific and

technical reports to save time
and space; some are used also
in correspondence and in
speaking.
Total Hours

-Mindscapes: English
for Technologists and
Engineers.
Orient Blackswan,
Chennai. 2012

12

Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to: Students will be able to write effectively for a variety of professional and
social settings. They will practice writing as a process of motivated inquiry, engaging other writers' ideas as they
explore and develop their own. They will demonstrate an ability to revise for content and edit for grammatical and
stylistic clarity. And they will develop an awareness of and confidence in their own voice as a writer.

UNIT- V
Unit wise Objectives :
Objectives:
By the end of the sequence of language courses, students should be able to:
1. Negotiate the culture of the target language region(s);
2. Develop an understanding for and appreciation of the complexities of the human experience across cultures
Topic
Objective(s) of the
Hrs
Teaching Methodology/
S.No
Resources referred
Topic
Req
Techniques
1.
LCD Projector
-Dhanavel, S.P.
Listening
Students will be able
English and
to deliver a clear,
Listening to different accents
Communication
coherent oral
Listening to
Skills for Students
presentation using
speeches/presentations
1
of Science and
information and
Listening to broadcast and
Engineering.Orient
diction suitable for
telecast from radio and TV
Blackswan,
subject, purpose,
Chennai. 2011
and audience.

2.

3.

Speaking
Giving impromptu talks
Making presentations on
given topics

Reading
Email communication
Reading the attachment
files having a
poem/joke/proverb
Sending their responses
through a email

To speak fluently in
a variety of
situations for a
variety of purposes
and audiences

`
-practice the
behaviors of
effective, strategic
readers
-assess strengths in
reading and set
goals for future
growth

Writing
Creative writing
Poster making
1

4.

Students will be able to

speak spontaneously with
the effects of media
devices and techniques

Using various types of

reading materials through
net and magazines

Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering.Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011

-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering. Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering. Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011

5.

Grammar
Direct and indirect speech
Vocabulary
1. Lexical
items(fixed/semi fixed
expressions)
2. E-materials-for
grammar and
vocabulary
3. Sending emails with
attachment-audio/video
experts of different
accents
4. Interpreting posters.

-Students will begin

to
transfer
their
knowledge
of
structure
into
effective, concise and
grammatically correct
longer
types
of
writing
such
as
formal
academic
essays and personal
journals.

Tutorial 1:
Direct and indirect speech

1. To enable the
students to have the
knowledge of Direct
and Indirect speech
2. To understand
Types of Speech in an
interesting manner

Chalk & Talk method

Chalk & Talk method

-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering.
Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011

-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering.
Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
Dr. Mahalakshmi

Tutorial 2:
Direct speech to reported speech
To explain the Rules
for changing Direct
speech into Indirect
speech
7

Chalk & Talk method

-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering.Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Wren in Martin &
Technical English I by
Dr. Mahalakshmi

Tutorial 3:
E-mail Communication

-To know why email

is used
-To know about
similarities between
email applications
-Get a free email
account
-Send and receive
messages

Chalk
Method

&

Projector

-Dhanavel, S.P.
English and
Communication
Skills for Students
of Science and
Engineering.Orient
Blackswan,
Chennai. 2011
-Sample E-mail Letters
from Net & Technical
English Book I by
Jewelcy Jawahar.

Total Hours

12

Learning Outcomes:
On learning this unit, the student should be able to:
Students will develop an appreciation of how the formal elements of language and genre shape meaning. They will recognize how
writers can transgress or subvert generic expectations, as well as fulfill them. And they will develop a facility at writing in appropriate
genres for a variety of purposes and audiences.

TEXTBOOKS:
10

1. Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012
2. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering.
Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011
REFERENCES:
1. Raman, Meenakshi & Sangeetha Sharma. Technical Communication: Principles and Practice.
Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2011
2. Regional Institute of English. English for Engineers. Cambridge University Press, New Delhi.2006
3. Rizvi, Ashraf. M. Effective Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2005
4. Rutherford, Andrea. J Basic Communication Skills for Technology. Pearson, New Delhi. 2001
5. Viswamohan, Aysha. English for Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2008
EXTENSIVE Reading (Not for Examination)
1. Kalam, Abdul. Wings of Fire. Universities Press, Hyderabad. 1999.
WEBSITES:
1. http://www.usingenglish.com
2. http://www.uefap.com
TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures
Activities conducted individually, in pairs and in groups like self introduction, peer introduction,
group poster making, grammar and vocabulary games, etc.
Discussions
Role play activities
Short presentations
Listening and viewing activities with follow up activities like discussion, filling up worksheets,
writing exercises (using language lab wherever necessary/possible) etc.
Total (L: 45+T: 15): 60 Periods
Total Hours : 75

STAFF IN-CHARGE

Lecture Hours: 60

Tutorial

HOD

11

15

DEAN