Anna university food technology

My sister wants to take admission in the B.Tech Food Technology course offered by the Anna University? Can you please tell me does there is any entrance test is needed for take admission in the Anna University B.Tech Food Technology? Also provide me its fee structure?

Can you provide me the syllabus of B. Tech. Food Technology (Full Time) Program offered by University Departments of Anna University, Chennai?

[pawan]

The syllabus of B. Tech. Food Technology (Full Time) Program offered by University Departments of Anna University, Chennai is as follows:

HS8151 TECHNICAL ENGLISH - I

UNIT I
Listening - Introducing learners to GIE - Types of listening - Listening to audio (verbal & sounds); Speaking - Speaking about ones place, important festivals etc. Introducing oneself, ones 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 ones 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 & 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; Ematerials - 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; Ematerials - 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.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers. Orient Black Swan, 2012
2. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and
Engineering Orient Black Swan, 2011

REFERENCES
1. Pickett, Nell Ann, Ann A.Laster and Katherine E.Staples. Technical English: Writing,
Reading and Speaking. Longman, 2001.
2. Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Practical Guide for Students Rutledge, 2011.
3. Morgan, David and Nicholas Regan. Take-Off : Technical English for Engineering.
Reading Garnet Publishing, 2008
4. Thorn, Michael and Alan Badrick An Introduction to Technical English: Harlow
Prentice Hall, 1993.
5. Rizvi, M.Ashraf. Effective Technical Communication Tata McGraw-Hill, 2007

EXTENSIVE READERS
1. Murthy, Sudha. Wise & Otherwise. Penguin Books, 2006.
2. Gates, Bill and Collins Hemingway. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding
in the Digital Economy. Warner Business Books, 2000.