Communication Skills

Introduction: Role of Effective Communication Skills for an Engineer, Challenges in Learning Language and Means to overcome them. Communication Process: What is communication? Process of Communication, Types of Communication (formal, semiformal, and informal), Modes of Communication (verbal and non-verbal), Non-verbal Communication Types (Kinesics, Proxemics, Chronemics), Channels and Levels of Communication (Extrapersonal, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Organizational, and Mass), Barriers to Effective Communication

Effective Listening Skills: What does listening mean? Listening versus Hearing, Listening Process (hearing, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding), Types of Listening (appreciative, empathetic, comprehensive, critical, and superficial), Note-taking, Barriers to Listening, Strategies for Effective Listening Effective Speaking Skills: Interviews: Video conferencing (Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams) and Personal Interviews, Pre-interview Planning, preparing for GD in Current Topics, Strategies for Answering Interview Questions (most frequent questions and behavioral questions using STAR method) Public Speaking: Presenting a Variety of Speeches (informative, persuasive, demonstrative and special occasion), Extempore versus Impromptu Speech, Speech Preparation and Presentation Techniques Improving Non-verbal Cues (voice, diction, and other mechanics of speech) SWOT Analysis: Personal and organizational

Reading Skills: Referencing Skills: Use of traditional versus Digital Dictionaries, Note-making, Methods of Note-making (sentence, outline, mind-map, tabular/charting and Cornell) Comprehension Skills: Reading for Local and Global Understanding, Reading between the Lines, Summarizing the Ideas from the Reading Comprehension Passages, Reading for Evaluation, Vocabulary in Context Reading for literary appreciation: Reading fiction/poetry/plays and learning language through literature

Writing Skills: Paragraph Writing: Format (introduction, topic sentence, supporting details and conclusion), Genres of Writing (descriptive, narrative, expository and persuasive), Stages of Writing (brainstorming, drafting, revision, editing, proofreading and formatting) Letter and Email Writing: Formal versus Informal letters/emails, Letters Formats (full block, semi-block, modified block and modified semi-block), Request and permission letters and emails Statement of Purpose (SoP): Importance of SoP, Format, and Guidelines for Writing SoP Cover letter and resume: Types of Resume (chronological and functional), Latest Professional Resume Templates Report Writing: Importance of technical report writing, types of technical reports, Language of report writing, collection of data for report writing, interpreting results (Charts and Figures), Outline of a technical report, writing abstracts/reports