A Syllabus for Placement Training

                          A  Comprehensive Communicative

                             Syllabus for Pre-placement Training

                           Dr.S.Malaikkani, Prof. of Training and Placement

Objectives:

        

1.      To enable students to improve their active and passive vocabulary

2.      To help them to improve their self-learning using electronic gadgets

3.      To encourage them to remove   the fear of speaking in English by practice

4.      To make them read  English text materials with speed

5.      To assist them to acquire  International Intelligibility in English

Unit I:  Word power

 Lexis - Active – Passive – Unknown – English – the richest language in words – Un-phonetic – stressed and unstressed words -  weak form and strong form of unstressed words – irregular words – verbs – adjectives

 Michael West’s limited vocabulary- words used in Spoken English – NEWS Readers’ vocabulary – TOEFL word list – SAT Word list – Oft-repeated grammatical words in LSRW

Coining new words using prefixes and suffixes – division of words into syllables – different usage of words – grouping of words for learning – Change of words from one parts of speech to another – noun – adjective – adverb – verb

Unit II:  Listening

Most neglected skill and an unused skill in the class room – sub-skills of listening – imitation - repetition- NM - memorization – Listening to their own voice

Native speakers’ model in Speaking English – News Readers – Audio books – Hi-hit songs in English – Films – audio CDs with English Dialogues - Training to listen – Listening to different types of English - Indian – British – American  

Expected Quality of English by MNCs   among their employees – Acquiring International Intelligibility

Unit III: Fluency

 Acquiring Fluency in English - Speaking English with speed – Linking words in speech – English pronunciation – 44 sounds – syllables – word stress – sentence stress – Pronouncing grammatical words – strong forms – weak forms - rhythm – intonation

Unit IV: Speaking

Student’s Phobia to speak in English – Difficulties to speak in English – Lack of sufficient vocabulary – correct pronunciation  -  framing correct sentences – questions – Fluency - lack of training in listening and speaking 

Spoken English Dialogues for practice – Daily used words – phrases – sentences - Micro dialogues – Macro dialogues – Memorization of dialogues

Use of conventional Formulas- Greeting – apology – invitation – refusal - accepting – describing – interpreting - telling stories – narrating incidents – debates- discussion – interviews – providing instruction – suggestion- permission- comparing – contrasting

Use of Audio - Visual Gadgets – Audio CDs – Mobile – Radio - T.V. – Computer - Hi- hit songs – films 

Unit V: Reading

Reading for comprehension - slow reading – speed reading – skimming – scanning – Loud reading – reading with pause – Fluent reading – announcement – Use of dictionary in reading – reading news papers – integrating other skills of learning – NM – Underlining the key words

Unit VI: Writing

 Hand writing – poor hand writing – poor marks - good hand writing pleasing to others

Writing - A perfect skill of learning – need rigorous  training – NM – thinking and Writing – like twins – Improving study skills – collect new ideas – create new ideas – reference skills – integrating the four skills of learning (LSRW)

Training to write correct sentences – paragraphs – essays – Articles – Research Papers for Presentation – arrangement of ideas – organizing – presenting materials in coherence and use of cohesive devices

Different Types of writing – letter writing – personal – business – official – Report writing – Preparing Agenda for meeting

  

Creative Writing – Essays – Short stories – Poems – Technical writing – Translation – Biographies

Unit VII:  Grammar

Parts of Speech – Tenses – Direct and Indirect speech – Passive and Active Voice – Degrees of Comparison – Use of Articles – Different types of sentences – Transformation of sentences  

Reference Books:

1. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
2. Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
3. Roget’s  Thesaurus
4. Oxford Mini Thesaurus
5. Modern English Grammar – Krishnamoorthy, Macmillan Publishers
6. Spoken English for You  - Rajeevan, Emerald Publishers
7. Better Learning of Spoken English – S. Malaikkani
8. Spoken English Grammar in Tree Diagrams – S. Malaikkani
9. A Very Simple Grammar of English
10. Collin’s Virtual dictionary