INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Dundigal, Hyderabad - 500 043
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COURSE DESCRIPTION FORM
Course Code : A1001
Course Title : ENGLISH
Regulation : R13-JNTUH
Course Structure :
Lectures Tutorials Practical Credits
3 - 2 6
Course Coordinator : Dr. D.Prdhuvi Raj,
Team of Instructors :
Dr. D.Prdhuvi, Mrs. B. Anand Lakshmi, Mrs. I. Marylatha, Mr.M. Sudhakar, Mr. B. Kondal, Mr. N. Praveen,
Mrs. P.B. Esther Rani, Mrs. Shirisha Deshpande
I. COURSE OVERVIEW:
In today’s competitive world, students need skills that will equip them for a fast-changing work environment. Technical and communication skills are highly desired by companies and the need for proficiency in English is becoming essential for many posts. 80 per cent of international business communications written in English and most of the world’s trade and financial business transacted in the language. Almost all the companies worldwide acknowledge the necessity of having workforce able to communicate in English if they are to take advantage of the opportunities in the global market.
Engineering alumni need for ever-increasing range of skills to preserve relevance with the global environment of the new century. Communication skills are a crucial component of this, acknowledged by academia and industry. English language skills have also important prevalent status across the globe as a lingua franca. Indeed, multilingual skills are considered a noticeable factor in the make-up of the new comprehensive engineer. Communication skills are crucial for an engineer who pursues to perform his professional practice in the global society. Engineering communication skills have several essential elements such as the fluency in the English language and good presentation in conferences, writing academic papers and articles or books and work communications. Evidence indicates that communication skills have helped humankind to improve its societies on Earth today. However, these skills have become restrained in the very discipline that has brought so many promotions. There is abundant evidence that graduate engineers haven’t communication skills, particularly when compared with the needs of industry internationally or in his academic life. In this context the present syllabus enhances students understanding regarding language skills and elements. It helps students to improve their contextual usage of language, both oral and written presentation skills, and Fluency accuracy in language. PREREQUISITE(S):
Level Credits Periods / Week Prerequisites
UG 6 5 English Language Teaching
II. MARKS DISTRIBUTION:
Sessional Marks
University End Exam
Marks
Total Marks
There shall be 3 midterm examinations. Each midterm examination consists of one objective paper, one subjective paper and one assignment. The objective paper is for 10 marks and subjective paper is for 10 marks, with duration of 1 hour 20 minutes (20 minutes for objective and 60 minutes for subjective paper). Objective paper is set for 20 bits of – multiple choice questions, fill-in the blanks, 10 marks. Subjective paper consists of 4 full questions of which, the student has to answer 2 questions, each question carrying 5 marks. First midterm examination shall be conducted for 1st unit of syllabus, second midterm examination shall be conducted for 2nd and 3rd units. Third midterm examination shall be conducted for 4th and 5th units.
5 marks are allocated for assignments (as specified by the concerned subject teacher) – first assignment should be submitted before the commencement of the first mid, second assignment should be submitted before the
commencement of the second mid third assignment should be submitted before the commencement of the third midterm examination. The total marks secured by the student in each midterm examination are evaluated for 25 marks, and the average of the three midterm examination marks shall be taken as the final sessional marks secured by each candidate
75 100
III. EVALUATION SCHEME:
S.No Component Duration (hours) Marks
1 I Mid Examination 1 hour and 20 min 20
2 I Assignment 5
TOTAL 25
3 II Mid Examination 1 hour and 20 min 20
4 II Assignment 5
TOTAL 25
5 III Mid Examination 1 hour and 20 min 20
III Assignment 5
TOTAL 25
MID Examination marks to be considered as an average of above 3 MID’s TOTAL
6 EXTERNAL
Examination 3 hours 75
7 GRAND TOTAL 100
IV. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To equip learners with great command over the usage of English language 2. To familiarize students with contextualization of language
3. While raising their awareness towards critical reading to make them understand how to deduce meaning from context with the help of root words.
4. Enabling students to brainstorm a topic to write different types of argumentative, narrative, descriptive and persuasive paragraphs and essays.
5. Along with technical skills, to make them understand, what a student should know about society, risk management, usefulness of technology to the society, and how to be healthy.
6. To make them understand the value of self -discipline, hard -work and time management 7. Helping them to understand the value of loyalty towards friends and towards their work.
V. COURSE OUTCOMES:
By the end of the module students should be able to
a) Learners will understand the value of English as an international language, as a Lingua-Franca and try to improve their knowledge regarding language skills and elements to be perfect in their usage.
b) Learn how to contextualize the use of language for different purposes.
c) Speak fluently without any grammatical mistakes and also give presentations with proper modulation.
d) Improve listening for different purposes with special emphasis on intensive listening.
e) Equip themselves with critical reading and get information from the context with the help of root words and contextual clues.
f) Be able to brainstorm a topic to write different types of argumentative, narrative, descriptive and persuasive paragraphs and essays.
g) The students would learn to use language for developing behavioural skills.
h) Learn to maintain self- discipline, hard- working and time management skills.
i) Learn how to be loyal towards their family and friends and towards their work.
j) The learners would develop the ability to analyse the language used in descriptions and narrations.
k) They would learn to be sensitive to the needs of the society.
l) Learners would contribute to the development of the society.
m) The students would learn to use the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in writing more meaningfully
VI. HOW PROGRAM OUTCOMES ARE ASSESSED:
Program Outcomes Level Proficiency
assessed by
PO1
Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, Science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering
specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
N -
PO2
Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
S Literature
PO3
Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
N -
PO4
Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-Based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation f data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
S Activities
PO5
Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
N --
PO6
The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
H Lectures &
Activities
PO7
Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and
environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
H Activities
PO8 Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional H Lectures &
Program Outcomes Level Proficiency assessed by
Ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice. Activities PO9
Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
S Activities
PO10
Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
H Activities, Assignments
PO11
Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management
principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
S Assignments
PO12
Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
H Assignments, Activities
N - None S - Supportive H - Highly Related
VII. HOW PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES ARE ASSESSED:
Program Specific Outcomes Level Proficiency assessedby PSO1 Professional Skills: The ability to research, understand and
implement computer programs in the areas related to algorithms, system software, multimedia, web design, big data analytics, and networking for efficient analysis and design of computer-based systems of varying complexity.
N --
PSO2 Problem-Solving Skills: The ability to apply standard practices and strategies in software project development using open-ended programming environments to deliver a quality product for business success.
S Assignments PSO3 Successful Career and Entrepreneurship: The ability to employ
modern computer languages, environments, and platforms in creating innovative career paths, to be an entrepreneur, and azest for higher studies.
H Guest
Lectures
VIII. SYLLABUS:
UNIT-I
1. Chapter entitled „Wit and Humour’ from „Skills Annex‟ -Functional English to Success Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled „Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya‟ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad.
3. Listening For Sounds, Stress and Intonation
4. Greeting and Taking Leave, Introducing Oneself and Others (Formal and Informal Situations) 5. Reading for Subject/ Theme
6. Writing Paragraphs
7. Types of Nouns and Pronouns (Grammar), Homonyms, homophones synonyms (vocabulary) UNIT-II
1. Chapter entitled “Cyber Age” from “Skills Annex -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad.
2. Chapter entitled „Three days To See‟ from “Epitome of Wisdom” by MaruthiPublications,Hyderabad.
3. Listening for themes and facts
4. Apologizing, interrupting, requesting and making polite conversation for theme and gist 5. Describing people, places, objects, events
6. Verb forms, modals, auxiliaries, Collective nouns, Degrees of comparison, concords (Grammar)
7. Collocations, technical vocabulary, Misspelt words, words often confused, synonyms, prefixes & suffixes UNIT-III
1. Chapter entitled „Risk Management‟ from “Skills Annex -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled „Leela‟s Friend‟ by R.K. Narayan from “Epitome of Wisdom” by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad
3. Listening for main points and sub-points for note taking
4. Giving instructions and directions; Speaking of hypothetical situations 5. Reading for details
6. Note-making, information transfer, punctuation
7. Present tense& question tags (Grammar), synonyms and antonyms, phrasal verbs (Vocabulary)
UNIT-IV
1. Chapter entitled „Human Values and Professional Ethics‟ from “Skills Annex -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled „The Last Leaf‟ from “Epitome of Wisdom” by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad.
3. Listening for specific details and information
4. Narrating, expressing opinions and telephone interactions 5. Reading for specific details and information
6. Writing formal letters and CVs
7. Past and future tenses, prepositions (Grammar), ergative verbs, idioms and Phrasal verbs(Vocabulary)
UNIT-V
1. Chapter entitled „Sports and Health‟ from “Skills Annex -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled „The Convocation Speech‟ by N.R. Narayanmurthy‟ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad
3. Critical Listening and Listening for speaker‟s tone/ attitude 4. Group discussion and Making presentations
5. Critical reading, reading for reference
6. Essay writing, Project proposals; Technical reports, Project Reports, Research Papers, writing reference list and bibliography, interpreting visual information
7. Passive voice, avoiding grammatical ambiguity, correction of sentences, Common errors
8. Using words appropriately, one word substitutes, commonly confused words, commonly misspelt words Similes & metaphors.
* Exercises from the texts not prescribed shall also be used for classroom tasks TEXT BOOKS:
1 Skill Annex-Functional English for Success, Orient Black Swan, Hyd.
2 Epitome of Wisdom, Maruthi Publications, Hyd.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Contemporary English Grammar Structures and Composition by David Green, MacMillan Publishers, New Delhi.2010.
2. Innovate with English: A Course in English for Engineering Students, edited by T Samson, Foundation Books.
3. English Grammar Practice, Raj N Bakshi, Orient Longman.
4. Technical Communication by Daniel Riordan. 2011. Cengage Publications. New Delhi.
5. Effective English, edited by E Suresh Kumar, A RamaKrishnaRao, P Sreehari, Published by Pearson 6. Handbook of English Grammar& Usage, Mark Lester and Larry Beason, Tata McGraw –Hill.
7. Spoken English, R.K. Bansal& JB Harrison, Orient Longman.
8. Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman, Oxford University Press 9. Objective English Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education 10. Grammar Games, Renuvolcuri Mario, Cambridge University Press.
11. Murphy‟s English Grammar with CD, Murphy, Cambridge University Press.
12. Everyday Dialogues in English, Robert J. Dixson, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd., 13. ABC of Common Errors Nigel D Turton, Mac Millan Publishers.
14. Basic Vocabulary Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education 15. Effective Technical Communication, M Ashraf Rizvi, Tata McGraw –Hill.
16. An Interactive Grammar of Modern English, S. K. Verma and HemlathaNagarajan , Frank Bros & CO 17. A Communicative Grammar of English, Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik, Pearson Education
18. Enrich your English, Thakur K B P Sinha, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt Ltd., 19. A Grammar Book for You And I, C. Edward Good, MacMillan Publishers
IX. COURSE PLAN:
The course plan is meant as a guideline. There may probably be changes.
Lecture
No. Course Learning Outcomes Topics to be covered Refer to 1 Demonstrate an understanding of the
basic concept of English Language
Introduction to English Language as a tool for Global Communication and emphasis to acquire communicative competence
R1, R2 2 Recognize the importance of English To know the role of English in R2, R15
as the global language. Engineering & its functions 3 Identify the learning levels and their
competencies
To know the learners‟ language
learning levels and their competencies R2, R16 4 Recall the various types of nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions and interjections
To enable the students understand various types of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions and interjections.
R3, R19 5 Recall the use of definite and indefinite
articles the,”a‟ and “an‟ in different cases.
To comprehend the use of definite and indefinite articles the , „a‟ and
„an‟ in different cases. R3, R19 6 Recognize the prepositions of time,
place, agent, directions, instrument and prepositional phrases.
To recognize the prepositions of time, place, agent, directions, instrument and prepositional phrases.
R3, R17 7 Identify the difference between wit and
humor in their practical life
To make the learners understand the difference between wit and humor in their practical life.
T1,L1 8-9 Recall the concept of nouns, articles
and make them practice with exercises.
To teach the concept of nouns, articles and make them practice with exercises.
T1,L1 10-11
Recognize the concept of homophones, homonyms and homographs.
To make the learners understand the concept of homophones, homonyms and homographs.
T1,L1 12-14 Estimate the art of writing sentences
and make the learners to review the lesson.
To teach the art of writing sentences and make the learners to review the lesson.
T1,L1 15 Understand Visvesvaraya‟s biography
and his contribution to India. To make learners aware of his vision, methodical planning, modesty, and humility.
To learn Visvesvaraya‟s biography and his contribution to India. To make learners aware of his vision, methodical planning, modesty, and humility.
T2, L1
16 Recall the knowledge of conjunctions, adverbs & vocabulary by practicing exercises
To acquire the knowledge of conjunctions, adverbs & vocabulary by practicing exercises
T2,L1 17 Identify coordinating and
subordinating conjunctions. To form adverbs and use them in
To grasp the concept of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. To form adverbs and use them in
T2, L1 18-19 Apply and Understand the
advancements of technology in
economic field To make learners aware of replacement of paper banknote with polymer banknotes
To understand the advancements of technology in economic field To make learners aware of replacement of paper banknote with polymer banknotes
T1,L2
20 Recognize the concept of „Subject- Verb agreement‟ To familiarize the students with the usage of „Concord‟
To grasp the concept of „Subject- Verb agreement‟ To familiarize the students with the usage of „Concord‟
T1,L2 21 Distinguish between adjectives and
degrees of comparison
To acquire the knowledge of
adjectives and degrees of comparison T1,L2 22 Interpret collocations and use of
technical vocabulary
To enable the learners understand
collocations and use of technical T1,L2
vocabulary 23-24 Recognize the technical report writing
skills of students
To develop the technical report
writing skills of students T1,L2 25-26 Understand the value of small &
simple things in life through Hellen Keller‟s life To make learners aware of the best use of their faculties and their value.
To make the students understand the value of small & simple things in life through Hellen Keller‟s life To make learners aware of the best use of their faculties and their value.
T2,L2
27-28 Recognize the differences in modal auxiliaries. And form sentences using modal auxiliaries.
To recognize the differences in modal auxiliaries. And form sentences using modal auxiliaries.
T2,L2 29 Distinguish and develop reading skill
in order to be able to study effectively and learn to draft report properly
To develop reading skill in order to be able to study effectively and learn to draft report properly
T2,L2 30-31
Identify words often miss pelt, misused, confused, and use
To identify words often miss pelt, misused, confused, and use strategies to deal
T2,L2 32-33
Understand the development of risk management strategies and risk management. To grasp the meaning of the lesson and find ways to identify and evaluate risks...
To make the students understand the development of risk management strategies and risk management. To grasp the meaning of the lesson and find ways to identify and evaluate risks...
T1,L3
34-35
Interpret the confidence interval and confidence level
To make students aware of the importance of using the present tense appropriately. To understand daily activities using simple present tense.
T1,L3
36 Understand and identify words often miss pelt, misused, confused, and use strategies to deal
To identify words often miss pelt, misused, confused, and use strategies to deal
T1,L3 37 Understand the development of risk
management strategies and risk management. To grasp the meaning of the lesson and find ways to identify and evaluate risks..
To make the students understand the development of risk management strategies and risk management. To grasp the meaning of the lesson and find ways to identify and evaluate risks..
T1,L3
38 Recall and understand the use of present tense and to apply present tense to daily activities.
To make students aware of the importance of using the present tense appropriately. To understand daily activities using simple present tense.
T1,L3 39-40 Identify and understand conventional
signs, synonyms & antonyms used by writers to make their meaning clear to the reader
To Interpret conventional signs, synonyms & antonyms used by writers to make their meaning clear to the reader
T1,L3
41-42 Understand the theme and the significance of the title of the story characters and the story
To understand the theme and the significance of the title of the story characters and the story.
T2,L3 43-44
Identify different types of questions To recognize different types of
questions T2,L3
45-46 Identify different types of question
tags To formulate Question tags T2,L3
47-48
Define reading and writing skill To empower the reading & writing
skill T2,L3
49-50 Identify their abilities and test their domain knowledge
To evaluate their abilities and test
their domain knowledge T2,L3
51 Define and explain human values that builds character to understand the significance of maintaining professional ethics
To learn human values that builds character To understand the significance of maintaining professional ethics.
T1,L4 52 Understand the use of past tense in
language learning process
To make the students understand the use of past tense in language learning process
T1,L4 53 Understand the use of future tense in
language learning process
To make the students understand the use of future tense in language learning process
T1,L4 54 Understand the difference between
phrasal verbs and idioms & learn to use them in sentences
To understand the difference between phrasal verbs and idioms & learn to use them in sentences
T1,L4 55 Interpret experiences and events
besides expressing one‟s opinion to learn to write e-mails in formal and informal situations
To learn to narrate experiences and events besides expressing one‟s opinion To learn to write e-mails in formal and informal situations
T1,L4
56 Understand the text and understand the story To comprehend the given story in order to get the bottom line
To comprehend the text and
understand the story To comprehend the given story in order to get the bottom line
T2,L4 57
Define prepositions and ergative verbs
To make the students acquire the knowledge of prepositions and ergative verbs
T2,L4 58 Understand the difference between
active and passive voices.
To make them understand the
difference between active and passive voices.
T2,L4 59 Identify common errors in the
language
To train the students identify their
common errors in the language. T2,L4 60 Understand the reading and writing
skills of the students.
To foster the reading and writing
skills of the students. T2,L4
61 &62
Understand the benefits of sports and health.
To make students realize that health is wealth and the benefits of physical activity through Sachin‟s biography.
To make the students understand the significance of health through sports
T1,L5
63 Identify grammatical ambiguity by thorough practice.
To learn how to avoid grammatical
ambiguity by thorough practice. T1,L5 64
Identify common errors and
commonly confused words in language
To make the students learn and identify common errors and commonly confused words in language
T1 L5
65 Understand short reports and their references
To provide information about long
and short reports and their references T1 L5 66 &67
Understand for an effective presentation giving them necessary inputs the selection of Language
To make learners aware of the selection of language to make presentations To prepare the students for an effective presentation giving them necessary inputs through the topic ”Convocation Speech”
T2 L5
68 Understand the concept of
grammatical ambiguity & sentence construction
To understand the concept of grammatical ambiguity & sentence construction
T2,L5 69 Identify the words that confuse
commonly & make use of one word substitutes
To familiarize the learners with the words that confuse commonly &
make use of one word substitutes
T2,L5 70 Distinguish and define improve the
skills of resume writing and cover letter
To improve the skills of resume
writing and cover letter T2,L5
71 Understand comprehension skills To enhance students‟ comprehension
skills T2,L5
72 Identify the knowledge of textual grammar and their reflections
To test the learner‟s knowledge of
textual grammar and their reflections T2,L5
X. MAPPING COURSE OBJECTIVES LEADING TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES:
Course Objectives
Program Outcomes Program Specific Outcomes PO
1
PO 2
PO 3
PO 4
PO 5
PO 6
PO 7
PO 8
PO 9
PO 10
PO 11
PO 12
PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
I H S S
II H S S
III S S S
IV S S S
V S H S H S H
VI H H S S H
VII H H S
S - Supportive H - Highly Related
XI. MAPPING COURSE OUTCOMES LEADING TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES:
Course Outcomes
Program Outcomes Program Specific Outcomes PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
1 H S S
2 S S S
3 S H S S
4 S
5 S S S
6 H S
7 H S S
8 S H H
9 S S
10 H H S
11 S S S H S
12 H S
13 H
S - Supportive H - Highly Related
Date:
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