HS1151 – TECHNICAL ENGLISH II SYLLABUS

ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 024
Regulations 2007 Syllabus Common to all B.E. / B.Tech.
(Except B.E. Marine Engineering) SEMESTER II
HS1151 – TECHNICAL ENGLISH II

UNIT I FOCUS ON LANGUAGE 10
Voice and Tense – Reported Speech – Relative Clauses – Adverbial Clauses of Time,
Place and Manner - Cause and Effect Expressions – Indicators of Purpose and
Function – Acronyms and Abbreviations – British and American Vocabulary – Spelling,
Punctuation and Capitalization – Common Errors.

UNIT II INTERVIEWS AND GROUP COMMUNICATION 10
Interviews – Objective of Interviews – Types of Interviews – Job Interviews – Group
Discussion – Organizational Group Discussions – Group Discussion as part of a Selection
Process – Meetings – Conferences.

UNIT III LETTERS, MEMOS AND E-MAIL 10
Letters – Business Letters – Significance – Structure and Layout – Principles – Types and
Samples – Claim Letters – Adjustment Letters – Sales Letters – Job Application Letters –
Memos – Classification and Purpose – Style – E-mails – E-mail Etiquettes – Sample E-
mail Messages – Effectiveness and Security.

UNIT IV REPORTS 10
Reports – Objectives – Characteristics of a Report – Types of Reports – Importance of
Reports – Formats – Prewriting – Structure of Reports – Writing the Report – Visual
Aids – Revising, Editing and Proofreading – Proofreading Symbols.

UNIT V WRITING 8
Making Recommendations by using Modal Auxiliary Verbs like should, must, ought to
etc. – Preparation of Checklists – Giving Instructions.

Total: 48


TEXT BOOK
1. Meenakshi Raman and Sangeetha Sharma, “Technical Communication: Principles
and Practice”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2004.

REFERENCES
1. Andrea J. Rutherford, “Basic Communication Skills for Technology”, Pearson Education Asia (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, 2001.
2. Ashraf Rizvi, “Effective Technical Communication”, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2005.
3. Ramakrishna Rao, “Learning English : A communicative Approach”, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2006.
4. William Sanborn Pfeiffer and T.V.S. Padmaja, “Technical Communication: A Practical Approach”, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.

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