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Speech and Writing
UNIT 2 Barriers of Communication through Languages – Formal and Informal Communication –
Communication Etiquettes – Written Versus Oral Communication
UNIT 3 The Four Skills of Communication – LSRW – The Fifth Skill of Cultural Awareness –
Bilingualism
UNIT 4 Significance of English as a Global Language – Communication in English – English in
India
BLOCK 2: Receptive or Passive Skills

UNIT 1 Learning to Listen – Listening Etiquettes – Problems Affecting Effective Listening –
Developing Listening Skills
UNIT 2 Listening to the Media – Enhancement of Listening Through the Internet: TED Talks –
Music with Lyrics on YouTube
UNIT 3 Ready to Read – Enhancing Vocabulary – Scanning and Skimming
UNIT 4 Print and Online Reading – Online Resources for Literary Reading

BLOCK 3: Productive or Active Skills
UNIT 1 Speaking it Out – Speaking to the Mirror – Understanding Your Audience – Overcoming
Inhibitions
UNIT 2 Audio Chats to Enhance Speaking – The Practice of Self-Recording – Online
Pronunciation Aids
UNIT 3 The Written Word – The Writing Process - Writing Plan-Drafts and Revisions
– The Well Written Sentence – Diction – Meaning, Clarity and Simplicity – Figurative
Language – Collocations – Punctuations
UNIT 4 Conventions of Social Media Writing – Linguistic Checks – Online Tools to Help

BLOCK 4: Communication and Technology

UNIT 1 Origins of Technology in Language – The Evolution of Writing – Print and Publication –
Technology in Language – Systems of Sound and Motion Recording
UNIT 2 Evolution of Electronic and Digital Technology – Language and the Cyberspace –
Language and ICT – Technical Terms Commonly Used in ICT
– The Internet: Aspects of Efficiency and Economy
UNIT 3 Authenticity of New Media – Misuse and Abuse in Cyber Space
UNIT 4 Contributing to Social Media – Appropriate and Upright Conduct on Social Media
Platforms

References

Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing. Routledge, 2006.

Coe, Norman, Robin Rycroft and Pauline Ernest. Writing Skills: A Problem-solving
Approach. Cambridge University Press, 1983.

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