Lovely Professional University, Punjab

FORMAT FOR INSTRUCTION PLAN [for Courses with Lectures, Tutorials (if applicable) and No Labs]

Imp. Note for course planner: Please refer to the revised guidelines for preparation of instruction plan
(document enclosed).
Term:2 Course No. ENG- 503 Course Title: Advanced English language and Communication Skills L: 2 T: 1 P: 0 Credits: 3

Textbooks: [for Business Language Proficiency] 1.Rajender Pal:Essentials of Business Communication,Sultan Chand and Sons
2. Ashraf Rizvi: Effective Technical Communication, Tata McGraw Hill Pub
3. Meenakshi Raman, Sangeeta Sharma: Technical Communication OUP
4. Meenakshi Raman, Sangeeta Sharma: Business Communication OU
5. J Sethi, K.Sadanand,D.Jindal: A Practical Course in English Pronunciation,
Prentice-Hall of India
Other specific books:
e- text / Xerox copies of the prescribed short stories— 1] The Rocking Horse Winner-- D.H Lawrence
[language through literature resources] 2] The Lottery Ticket—Anton Chekhov
3] The Country of the Blind—H.G.Wells
Other readings:
S.No. Journal articles as compulsory readings (Specific articles, Complete reference)
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Relevant websites:
S.No. Web address (Exact page address) Salient Features
10 www.english.org,www.wikipedia.org An electronic dictionary which is like a small hand held computer with integrated
reference materials. It is like an encyclopaedia.

11 www.libraryauckland.ac.nz It is a very useful site for enhancing the Communication Skills of students. Very interesting
E-Journals relevant to the topic can be read on the Website.

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12 www.projectgutenberg.com A very good site where journals based on Communication Skills are available.

Note : Serial no. of text book , other specific books , other readings and websites should be in continuity and can go to any number, as illustrated in
the format.
Detailed Plan for Lectures
Week Lecture Topic Chapters/ Sections Homework to be Pedagogical tool Pedagogical tool Date Delivered2
No. No. of Textbook/ other assigned to Demonstration/ Demonstration/ case
(Mention
reference1 students 3 case study/ study/ images/
Regular (R) /
3 images/ animations etc.
Make Up (M)
animations etc. actually used
class)
planned4
Part 1 (one fourth of total number of lectures)
1 Introduction to the course +
expectation + prescribed
1
syllabus given to the learners
Brief discussion and
Allotment of topics for ORAL
PRESENTATION
2
Introduction to English Chapter 5: A Handouts of the
Pronunciation--Simple Practical Course in rules + list the
Pronunciation rules Eng Pronunciation examples+ elicit the
2 3 examples + Speak
aloud to reinforce
the learnt rule

Introduction to English Worksheets

Pronunciation--Simple
Pronunciation rules
4
Foreign words regularly First elicit regularly

2
 used
used words +
Handouts +
Lang games---[all
or any ] based on
3
given bank----
5
1]what’s the
word?
2] use the word
3] spell the word
4] hangman
5]Dumb
Charades

6 Foreign words regularly Reading of

used
s-s- one
Part 2 ( another one fourth of total number of
lectures)
Short story -1 Brainstorming—
― The Rocking Horse of the possible
Winner‖ themes..
D.H .Lawrence Speaking skills-
4 7
justify the idea
evoked either by
the writer or
elucidate the new
idea
Group interaction
followed by
writing skill
8 Brief discussion and Reading of
Allotment of books
s-s 2 Students to be

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 given particular
for BOOK REVIEW
idea to be
reviewed upon
from the book
that they
choose. [this is
to rule out blind
plagiarism]
9 Short story -2 Home Work - 1 Brainstorming of
allotted the ideas / themes
5 ―The Lottery Ticket‖
elicited from the
- Anton Chekhov text. [ list the ideas
in web diagram]
Use this to
practice writing
skill
Relate the ideas to
current scenario
[speaking skill]
List new words
form the text---
elicit synonyms/
antonyms/ usage
[vocab skill]

10 Memo , Notices, Articles, Writing skills

[ press releases],
6 11 Common Grammar Errors handouts
12 Common Grammar Errors H.W 1 sub. handouts
MID-TERM
Part 3 (another one fourth of total number
of lectures)
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 7 13 MID TERM PAPER---
scrutiny + question
paper discussion
14 Art of Public Speaking Demo of
Valedictory
address /
welcome address
/ introductory
speech /
situational etc.,
Art of Public Speaking Demo of
8 15 Valedictory add /
welcome address/
introductory /
situational etc.,
Report writing- WC1 (Report Practice Reports to be
Writing-I and given
Objectives
II);
characteristics of a report
Essentials of
16 types of reports Business
Communication
importance of reports
Formats
structure of reports

9 17 Report writing Reading of

s-s-3
18 Short story-3
―The Country of Blind‖
Part 4 (another one fourth of total number of
lectures)
1 19 Short story-3 Home Work - 2 [vocab skill]
o allotted

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―The Country of Blind‖ List the new
0
words-+
Contextual
meaning
20 Short story-3 Bullet the ideas
―The Country of Blind‖ elicited from the
students
[speaking skill]
Coherent
arrangement of
the ideas [writing
skill]

Group
interaction or
Debate the
propositions
suggested by the
writer [speaking
skill]
1 21 Dialogue Writing based on
1 the short stories
1

22 Dialogue Writing-
situational
1 23 Discussion of mgt Home Work -2 List the topics
2 sub.
based themes for skit List the ideas
2
presentation [themes can
be also be taken from related to the
popular literary novels] - topic
scripting
list the words /
expressions

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 related to the ideas
the teacher plays
the ―lead in ― role
24 Group skit –scripting
Spill over [2X2=4]

DOUBT CLEARING

DOUBT CLEARING

Notes: 1. Use S. No. Of the readings above

2. To be filled in on the date of delivery of lecture by the instructor
3. Put homework number from Homework Table (below) against the lecture in which planned to be assigned.
4. Do not write Lecture, OHP, LCD projector etc.
5. DoA :Date of Allotment
6. DoS : Date of Submission
7. DoT : Date of Test
Details of Homework and Case Studies Planned:
H.W Topics of the homework Nature of Actual DoA5 Actual DoS6 Actual date of of
No. Homework & DoT7 task evaluation
(Group/individual/fi
eldwork)
1 h.w 1 based on foreign individual
words, spellings, and 2 short
stories
(comprehension, vocabulary and
grammar)
2 Report writing, dialogue writing, individual
and short story -The
country of the blind
(comprehension, vocabulary,
grammar)

Scheme for CA: (out of 100)

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 Component Frequency Marks for each Total Marks
Homework based test [ h.w to be eval out of 10 marks 2 25 50
and test is of 15 marks)
Lab performance (only if there is a lab component) na na na
Any other: specify- tutorial hours* (best 5 to be
taken)
Group interaction 1 10 50
ppt 1 10
Elocution-debate 1 10
Creative writing (visual based) 1 10
Book review (written sub.) 1 10
skit 1 10
total 100

List of suggested topics for term paper [at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
S.No.Topic
1

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Plan for Tutorials: (Plan for 7 x T before MTE , 6 x T after MTE)(Please do not use these time slots for syllabus coverage)
S. Topic (s) Type of pedagogical tool(s) Pedagogical tool actually used – Date held for Date held for
No. planned (case analysis, problem mention the title. (case analysis, group A. group B
solving, test, role play, business problem solving, test, role play,
game etc) business game)
1 Do’s and Don’t’s of PPT

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2 Group interaction- a]general topics-- editorials/
speaking skill headlines/ social issues etc.,-
evaluative
3 Correct spelling made Practice worksheets
easy
4 Creative writing- story or Visual based- practice +
essay or article evaluative
5 Vocabulary Synonyms- foreign words-
antonyms-Practice
6 h.w 1based test

MID TERM EXAM

7 Ppt-- speaking skill students to make a
presentation on varied topics
for 4-5 mins each -evaluative
8 Ppt-- speaking skill students to make a
presentation on varied topics
for 4-5 mins each -evaluative
9 Public speaking Elocution- debate- evaluative
10 Public speaking Elocution- debate- practice
11 enactment evaluative
12 h.w 2 based test

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 Mangala Verma, 11th Jan 2010
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Comments of Coordinator of Specialisation (COS) wherever this designation exists/ CoD-F (if any)

Signature & Date

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Signature & Date

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