Anna University Electrical Engineering Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus of B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering program offered by Anna University, Chennai as I want to check it before applying for the course in the University?

[Kiran Chandar]

The syllabus of B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering program offered by Anna University, Chennai is as follows:

Anna University Electrical and Electronics Engineering Syllabus








UNIT I
Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal &
sounds); Speaking - Speaking about one’s place, important festivals etc. – Introducing
oneself, one’s family / friend; Reading - Skimming a reading passage – Scanning for specific
information - Note-making; Writing - Free writing on any given topic (My favourite place /
Hobbies / School life, etc.) - Sentence completion - Autobiographical writing (writing about
one’s leisure time activities, hometown, etc.); Grammar - Prepositions - Reference words
- Wh-questions - Tenses (Simple); Vocabulary - Word formation - Word expansion (root
words / etymology); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary - Reading
comprehension exercises - Listening to audio files and answering questions.

UNIT II
Listening - Listening and responding to video lectures / talks; Speaking - Describing a simple
process (filling a form, etc.) - Asking & answering questions - Telephone skills – Telephone
etiquette; Reading – Critical reading - Finding key information in a given text - Sifting facts from
opinions; Writing - Biographical writing (place, people) - Lab descriptions (general/specific
description of laboratory experiments) - Definitions - Recommendations; Grammar - Use of
imperatives - Subject-verb agreement; Vocabulary - Compound words - Word Association;
E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Listening exercises with
sample telephone conversations / lectures – Picture-based activities.

UNIT III
Listening - Listening to specific task - focused audio tracks; Speaking - Role-play – Simulation
- Group interaction - Speaking in formal situations (teachers, officials, foreigners); Reading
- Reading and interpreting visual material; Writing - Jumbled sentences - Coherence and
cohesion in writing - Channel conversion (flowchart into process) - Types of paragraph (cause
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& effect / compare & contrast / narrative / analytical) - Informal writing (letter/e-mail/blogs) -
Paraphrasing; Grammar - Tenses (Past) - Use of sequence words - Adjectives; Vocabulary
- Different forms and uses of words, Cause and effect words; E-materials - Interactive
exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Excerpts from films related to the theme and follow
up exercises - Pictures of flow charts and tables for interpretations.

UNIT IV
Listening - Watching videos / documentaries and responding to questions based on them;
Speaking - Responding to questions - Different forms of interviews - Speaking at different
types of interviews; Reading - Making inference from the reading passage - Predicting the
content of a reading passage; Writing - Interpreting visual materials (line graphs, pie charts
etc.) - Essay writing – Different types of essays; Grammar - Adverbs – Tenses – future
time reference; Vocabulary - Single word substitutes - Use of abbreviations & acronyms;
E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar and Vocabulary - Sample interviews - film
scenes - dialogue writing.

UNIT V
Listening - Listening to different accents, Listening to Speeches / Presentations, Listening
to broadcast & telecast from Radio & TV; Speaking - Giving impromptu talks, Making
presentations on given topics; Reading - Email communication - Reading the attachment
files having a poem/joke/proverb - Sending their responses through email Writing - Creative
writing, Poster making; Grammar - Direct and indirect speech; Vocabulary - Lexical items
(fixed / semi fixed expressions); E-materials - Interactive exercises for Grammar & Vocabulary
- Sending emails with attachment – Audio / video excerpts of different accents, - Interpreting
Posters