Advanced English Communication Skills Lab

Active Listening

• Development of listening skills through audio clips

Benefits of Reading

• Understanding the importance and advantages of reading

Methods and Techniques of Reading

• Basic steps to effective reading
• Common obstacles to reading
• Discourse markers or linkers

Subskills of Reading

• Reading for facts, negative facts, and specific details
• Guessing meanings from context
• Inferring meaning
• Critical reading

Reading Comprehension

• Exercises for practice

Vocabulary for Competitive Examinations

• Expanding vocabulary for exams

Planning for Writing

• Planning and improving writing skills

Structure and Presentation

• Structure and presentation of different types of writing
• Free writing vs. structured writing

Letter Writing

• Writing a letter of application
• Resume vs. curriculum vitae
• Writing a résumé
• Styles of résumé

e-Correspondence

• Emails
• Blog writing
• (N)etiquette

Report Writing

• Importance of reports
• Types and formats of reports
• Technical report writing

Exercises for Practice

Conversation Skills

• Starting a conversation
• Responding appropriately and relevantly
• Using the right language and body language

Role Play

• Different situations including seeking clarification, making a request, asking for and refusing permission, participating in small talk

Oral Presentations

• Individual and group presentations
• JAM sessions
• Use of PPTs
• Importance of presentation skills
• Planning, preparing, rehearsing, and making a presentation
• Dealing with glossophobia or stage fear
• Understanding nuances of delivery
• Presentations through posters/projects/reports

Checklist for Making a Presentation

• Rubrics of evaluation

Types of GD

• GD as a part of a selection procedure

Dynamics of Group Discussion

• Myths of GD
• Intervention and summarizing
• Modulation of voice
• Body language, relevance, fluency, and organization of ideas

Do’s and Don’ts

• GD strategies

Exercises for Practice

Concept and Process

• Interview preparation techniques
• Types of interview questions
• Pre-interview planning
• Opening strategies
• Answering strategies

Interview Formats

• Interview through tele-conference and video-conference

Mock Interviews