Syllabus | EN 1102: Effective Communication Skills I
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Conversational routines (10 / 05 hrs)
- Greetings/Thanking/Apologizing/Complimenting / Leave taking etc.
- Types of activities: Dialogues/Conversations in different settings (pair and group work)e.g.at the post office/office/market
- Procedure: listen to the dialogue. Practise it with a partner. Then write their own dialogues and practise saying them.
Interaction in ‘service’ situations (10 / 05 hrs)
- Enrolling in a school/institute, obtaining membership in a library/club/Association, reserving seats in a cinema/train/ on the plane
- Type of activities: role play, simulation
- Functions: request, explain, justify, and decide
Functional dialogues (10 / 05 hrs)
- Buying, selling, bargaining, complaining
- Type of activities: role play
- Exponents: Can I have…, I would like to…, I want to change this shirt…, Can I pay by cheque/credit card?
Enact social situations (10 / 05 hrs)
- Situations: Tea/dinner/ Birth day/party, Theatre /bus queue, .etc
- Types of activities: simulations, dialogue between the host/hostess and guests, guests themselves.
- Language focus: welcoming, thanking, wishing, congratulating, making, making a short speech, informal conversation.
- Conversation between persons in a queue: about the play/ film, long queue etc.
- Language focus: explain, discuss, compare, and complain
Fluency based activities ( 10 / 05 hrs)
- Focus: how to maintain fluency in a conversation avoiding excessive pausing, breakdowns and errors in grammar and pronunciation. Involve students in talking about a range of topics which engage their interests, experiences and opinions.
- Types of activities: Use pictures, newspaper headlines cartoons as stimuli. Provide necessary language (structures, words).and discussion questions e.g. Do you agree with what the woman in the picture is saying?
Functional dialogues ( 10 / 05 hrs)
- Asking for help/permission/ directions
- Exponents: Can I ask you a favour, May I…, Could you please…, Would you mind if I …,I would like to… I wonder if I could…
- Types of activity: Role plays the model dialogue. Prepare their own dialogues. Perform them before the class
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