Madhyanchal Professional University, MP, Civil Engineering Semester 2, English for Communication Syllabus

Unit-I
Identifying Common errors in writing: Articles, Subject-Verb Agreement, Prepositions, Active and
Passive Voice, Reported Speech: Direct and Indirect, Sentence Structure.
Unit-II
Vocabulary building and Comprehension:
Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives, synonyms,
antonyms, Reading comprehension.
Unit-III
Communication:
Introduction, Meaning and Significance, Process of Communication, Oral and Written Communication, 7 c’s
of Communication, Barriers to Communication and Ways to overcome them, Importance of Communication
for Technical students, nonverbal communication.
Unit-IV
Developing Writing Skills:
Planning, Drafting and Editing, Precise Writing, Précis, Technical definition and Technical description.
Report Writing: Features of writing a good Report, Structure of a Formal Report, Report of Trouble,
Laboratory Report, Progress Report.
Unit-V
Business Correspondence:
Importance of Business Letters, Parts and Layout; Application, Contents of good Resume, guidelines for
writing Resume, Calling/ Sending Quotation, Order, Complaint, E-mail and Tender.