AT02   COMMUNICATION AND TECHNICAL WRITING

 

1.         Basics of Communication                                                                              8 hours

 

1.1    Communication Process.

1.2    Speech Act Theory.

1.3    Principles of Communication.

1.4    Communication Barriers

1.5    Listening and Hearing,

1.6    Language as Tool of Communication.

1.7    Oral and Written Communication,

1.8    Body language and Para-language.

 

II [1, 2, 3, 6]           

 

2.         Remedial English                                                                                           10 hours

 

2.1     Errors of Syntax and Accidence.

2.2     Errors of Punctuation.

2.3     Errors of Vocabulary and Usage.

 

I [1,2, 3]; III [24]; IV [1, 2]         

 

3.                  Technical English                                                                                           10 hours

 

3.1   Nature of Technical English; Impersonal Style

3.2   Technical Vocabulary.

3.3   Definition, Descriptions, Explanation.

3.4   Argumentative Writing.

 

IV [1(1.1),  3,  4,  5, 6,  7]             

 

4.         Technical Writing                                                                                           22 hours

 

4.1               Writer, Audience and Documentation.

4.2               Preparatory Organization.

4.3               Writing Specific Documents (Resumes, Letters, Memos, Specifications, Procedures, Proposals, Product Descriptions).

4.4               Report and Paper Writing (The Beginning, Body and Ending of the Report, The Cover Materials, Graphics).

4.5               Types of Reports  

4.6               Writing and Designing for Web.

 

III [1-21]

 

 

 

5.         Technical Presentations                                                                                 10 hours

 

5.1               Essentials of Professional Presentation.

5.2               Types of Presentation

5.3               Preparing a Presentation.

5.4               Standards of Delivery.

5.5               Extra Verbal Clues (Body and Paralanguage).

5.6               Handouts.

5.7               Visuals.

5.8               Demonstration Models.

 

II [4]; III [26, 27, 28]

 

 

Text Books:

 

I.       Maison, Margaret M, Examine Your English, New Delhi: Orient Longman,  1980.

II.    Kaul Asha. Business Communication. New Delhi Prentice: Hall of India, 1999.

III. Sides, Charles H.  How to Write & Present Technical Information. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999 (Third Edition)

IV.  Sharma, R.S. Technical Writing. New Delhi: Radha Publication, 1999.

 

Reference Books:

 

1.         Borowick, Jerome N. Technical Communication and its Application. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000.

2.         Eisenberg, Anne. Writing Well For the Technical Professions. New York Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989

3.         Forsyth, Sandy & Lesley Hutchison. Practical Composition. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1981

4.         Guffy, Mary Allen. Business Communication: Process and Product. Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing, 2000 (Third Edition)