Course objective: The main objective of this course is to develop intensive
and extensive skills needed for oral presentation and writing and presenting a seminar paper.
Unit 1: Oral Communication (10 Hours)
Oral Presentation Skills: Introduction; Getting Started on Presentations; Planning;
Organizing and Composing; Preparing; Rehearsing; Presenting; Organizing a Group
Presentation; Writing and Presenting a Seminar Paper
Unit 2: Reading: Intensive and Extensive (16 Hours)
Intensive Reading: How to Tackle Reading Materials; Practice on Contextual
Grammar (Prepositions; Active Voice
and Passive Voice; Tense based Practice; Direct
Speech and Indirect Speech; Subject Verb Concord; Error Analysis; Stress);
Reading Techniques (Skimming; Scanning; Note Making; Summary Writing.
Extensive Reading: How to Tackle Extensive Reading Materials; Practicing Extensive Reading.
Unit 3: Writing (19 Hours)
Business
Communication: Rules of Good Writing;
Fax Message and Electronic Mails;
Memos; Meetings (Notice Preparation, Agenda Preparation and Minutes Preparation).
Persuasive Communication: Notices, Advertisements and Leaflets.
Letters:
Official Letters (Standard Letter
Format; Writing Letters for Asking and Giving Instruction, Letters of Request,
Apology and Explanation, Complaint and Order); Letter of Application (Standard
Format; Preparing CV, Bio-data and Resume; Writing
Letters of Application).
Proposals:
Introduction; What Is a Proposal?
Getting Started on Proposal; Composing
Informal; Proposals; Composing Formal Proposals.
Information Reports: Introduction; Getting
Started on Informative Reports; Summary and Abstract; Mechanism and Description;
Periodic Reports; Progress Reports; News Releases.
Recommendation Reports: Introduction; What Is
a Recommendation Report? Starting a Recommendation Report; Formatting and
Organizing Recommendation Reports; Composing Recommendation Reports.
2. Smith-Worthington, Daelene and Sue Jefferson. Technical Writing for Success. 3rd ed. USA: Cengage Writing, 2011.
3. Adhikari, Usha, et al. A Course Book of Communicative English. Kathmandu: Trinity Publications, 2012.
4. Mohan, Krishna and Banerji, Meera. (1990). Developing Communication Skills. Macmillan: New Delhi.
5. Gerson, S. J. and Gerson S. M. (2007). Technical Writing. Pearson Education: New Delhi.
6. Leech, G. And Svartvik, J. (1975). A Communicative Grammar of English. ELBS: England.
7. Sinha, R. P. (1991). How to Write Correct English. BharatiBhawan: India.
8. Swan, Michael. (1980). Practical English Usage. OUP: Oxford.
