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Syllabus | EN 2102: Technology Based Communication Skills

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Functional dialogues (10/05 hrs)

Express approval / disapproval, likes / dislikes, surprise / wonder / hope / fear / disappointment
Focus: strategies for avoiding communication breakdowns and comprehension problems
Activities: create and write their own dialogues and practice saying them,(pair and group tasks)

Group/pair discussions: information gap activities (10/05 hrs)

Focus: asking and answering questions, using a conversational register and syntax.
Types of activities: finding the differences in pictures/notices/ invitations etc.

Role plays using role play cards (10/05 hrs)

Focus: speaking appropriately in different situations.
Procedure: prepare role play situations and cues for the two persons. Give them time to prepare. Get them to enact the situation using the cues. Provide at least 4 cues.

e.g. situation; You have borrowed a friend’s notes over a week ago and promised to return them the next day. You’ve still got them. What do you say to him when you see him? You must speak first.

Cue card:

Say how you feel about not returning the notes

Say why you couldn’t return them

Cue card to the friend

Tell him not to worry

Ask whether he copied the notes, etc

Dialogues/drama based on stories (10/05 hrs)

Read stories and write dialogues /plays based on them. Rehearse, and act them out.

Describe a process (10/05 hrs)

Focus: use linking words correctly when describing a sequence of actions
Types of activities: how to operate a computer, describing an experiment

Making presentations - using the OHP and other media (10/05 hrs)

Focus: using facial expressions, body language, and other non-verbal cues and visuals to convey meaning, how to use a neutral or more formal style of speaking
Procedure: brainstorm around a topic; organize the presentation, find necessary visuals- pictures, maps etc. make the presentation to the rest of the class.
Suggested topics: Changing lifestyles of people, how ‘green’ are you?

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