Syllabus, B.Tech. Food Technology, 1st Semester
English Language
Unit 1
Introduction: Importance of language and communication skills in the engineering profession: Spoken and conversational English: Main feature, agreement, disagreement, likes, dislikes and inquiries; Debate and discussion.
Unit 2
Basic sentence patterns in English: Agreement between subject and verb ; proper use of pronoun, adjective and adverbs; Proper use of phrases and clauses; Some basic rules of composition;
Unit 3
Concept of register, development of vocabulary; Reference skills: Dictionary, thesaurus, indexing, contents, glossary;
Unit 4
Reading of selected texts and discussion; Vocabulary building tasks;
Unit 5
Note-taking and note- making, linkage, development of paragraphs: Cohesion, coherence and style
Practical:
Grammar tenses, Voice change; Direct/ indirect narration; Preposition and determiners; Word formation with parts of speech; Types of sentences; Elementary knowledge of English sound with with word- stress, intonation pattern; Composition, letter, application, summary and report writing
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