UNIT I MAKING COMPARISONS

Reading – Reading advertisements, user manuals, brochures; Writing – Professional emails, Email etiquette – Compare and Contrast Essay; Grammar – Mixed Tenses, Prepositional phrases

 UNIT II EXPRESSING CAUSAL RELATIONS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING

Reading – Reading longer technical texts– Cause and Effect Essays, and Letters / emails of complaint, Writing – Writing responses to complaints.Grammar – Active Passive Voice transformations, Infinitive and Gerunds

 UNIT III PROBLEM SOLVING                

Reading – Case Studies, excerpts from literary texts, news reports etc. Writing – Letter to the Editor, Checklists, Problem solution essay / Argumentative Essay. Grammar – Errorcorrection; If conditional sentences

UNIT IV REPORTING OF EVENTS AND RESEARCH

Reading –Newspaper articles;Writing – Recommendations, Transcoding, Accident Report, Survey Report Grammar – Reported Speech,Modals Vocabulary – Conjunctions- use of prepositions

 UNIT V THE ABILITY TO PUT IDEAS OR INFORMATION COGENTLY

Reading – Company profiles, Statement of Purpose, (SOP), an excerpt of interview with professionals; Writing – Job / Internship application – Cover letter & Resume; Grammar –Numerical adjectives, Relative Clauses. T