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
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:
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Roget’s Thesaurus
Oxford - Modern English Grammar – Krishnamoorthy, Macmillan Publishers
- Spoken English for You - Rajeevan, Emerald Publishers
- Better Learning of Spoken English – S. Malaikkani
- Spoken English Grammar in Tree Diagrams – S. Malaikkani
- A Very Simple Grammar of English
- Collin’s Virtual dictionary
