SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Open Elective Course
L T P Credit

AHL-330-17 English for Career Advancement 3 0 0 3

Syllabus Outcomes: Explore the new age English learning with Language Lab to help enhance
your communication skills and your career. Use language learning software that provides all the
features for using various activities such as pronunciation practice, video presentation, audio
broadcasting, quiz and exercise. The purpose of this course with a digital language lab is to
engage students to actively participate in language learning activities and give more practice than
otherwise possible in a traditional classroom environment.

Unit 1: Introduction to the sounds of English Vowels and Consonants

 Basics of Phonetics – Speech Organs, Speech Sounds, Phonemes, Consonants and Vowel
Sounds
 International Phonetic Alphabet System
 Phonetic Transcription using IPA

Unit 2: Introduction to Stress and Intonation

 Phoneme and Syllable

 Stress and Intonation
Unit 3: Situational Dialogues/ Role Play

 Role Plays and Simulations

 Free Speeches
 On the Spot Story Telling
Unit 4: Oral Presentations (Prepared and Extempore)
  Self Introduction
 Introducing others
 Extempore Speeches
 Debate
 Group Discussions
 Classroom Presentations and Evaluation
Unit 5: Etiquettes

 Etiquette –Meaning and Significance

 Some Important Forms of Etiquette – Social Etiquette, Meeting Etiquette, Telephone
Etiquette, Corporate Etiquette and Interview Etiquette
Unit 6: Interview Skills

 What should be done before the interview, during the interview, after the interview and
on the day of interview?
 Various questions that may be asked in an interview.
 Model interview