ECE Syllabus Anna University Chennai

Hi I am new student in B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) in Anna University Chennai and I want the syllabus of it so can you please provide me the semester wise detailed syllabus in a pdf file?

Can you provide me the syllabus of B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering Program offered by Anna University, Chennai?

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

B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Anna University, Chennai

HS6151 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

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 and 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) - Process descriptions (general/specific) - Definitions -
Recommendations Instructions; Grammar - Use of imperatives - Subject-verb agreement;
Vocabulary - Compound words - Word Association (connotation); 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 and effect / compare and 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 and 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 and telecast from Radio and 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 and Vocabulary - Sending emails with attachment Audio / video excerpts of different accents - Interpreting posters.

OUTCOMES:
Learners should be able to:
Speak clearly, confidently, comprehensibly, and communicate with one or many listeners using appropriate communicative strategies.
Write cohesively and coherently and flawlessly avoiding grammatical errors, using a wide vocabulary range, organizing their ideas logically on a topic.
Read different genres of texts adopting various reading strategies.
Listen/view and comprehend different spoken discourses/excerpts in different accents.

TEXTBOOKS:
1. Department of English, Anna University. Mindscapes: English for Technologists and Engineers. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2012
2. Dhanavel, S.P. English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering. Orient Blackswan, Chennai. 2011

REFERENCES:
1. Raman, Meenakshi & Sangeetha Sharma. Technical Communication: Principles and Practice. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2011
2. Regional Institute of English. English for Engineers. Cambridge University Press, New Delhi. 2006
3. Rizvi, Ashraf. M. Effective Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2005
4. Rutherford, Andrea. J Basic Communication Skills for Technology. Pearson, New Delhi. 2001
5. Viswamohan, Aysha. English for Technical Communication. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. 2008

EXTENSIVE Reading (Not for Examination)
1. Kalam, Abdul. Wings of Fire. Universities Press, Hyderabad. 1999.

TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures
Activities conducted individually, in pairs and in groups like self-introduction, peer introduction, group poster making, grammar and vocabulary games, etc.
Discussions
Role play activities
Short presentations
Listening and viewing activities with follow up activities like discussion, filling up worksheets, writing exercises (using language lab wherever necessary/possible) etc