Communication Skills Semester 2 (FE First Year) BE Instrumentation Engineering University of Mumbai Topics and Syllabus

• Concept and Meaning of Communication Theory 
• Communication Cycle of Communication Theory 
• Objectives of Communication Theory 
• Barriers to Communication 

  (linguistic and semantic, psychological, physical, mechanical, cultural),

• Methods of Communication 

  (verbal and non-verbal), Networks of communication (formal and informal),

• Language Skills in Communication Theory 

  (listening, speaking, reading, writing)

• Corporate Communication: Digital Content Creation. 

• Communication Theory: Concept and Meaning,
• Communication cycle
• Objectives
• Barriers to communication (linguistic and semantic, psychological, physical, mechanical, cultural),
• Methods of communication (verbal and non-verbal),
• Networks of communication (formal and informal),
• Language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing),
• Corporate communication: Digital Content Creation.

• Concept of Grammar and Vocabulary 
• Common Errors in Grammar and Vocabulary 
• Concord in Grammar and Vocabulary 

  (subject- verb agreement)

• Pairs of Confused Words 
• Lexicon in Grammar and Vocabulary 

  (Enriching vocabulary through one-word substitutes, synonyms, antonyms, etc.)

• Grammar and Vocabulary: Common errors
• Concord (subject- verb agreement)
• Pairs of confused words
• Lexicon (Enriching vocabulary through one-word substitutes, synonyms, antonyms, etc.)

• Concept of Business Correspondence 
• Principles of Business Correspondence 
• Business Correspondence: Parts of a Business Letter 
• Formats in Business Correspondence 

  (Complete block and Modified block)

• Types of Letters in Business Correspondence 

  Enquiry, Reply to enquiry, Claim, Adjustment and Sales letter.

• Business Correspondence: Principles of Business Correspondence
• Parts of a business letter
• Formats (Complete block and Modified block),
• Types of letters: Enquiry, Reply to enquiry, Claim, Adjustment and Sales letter.

• Concept of Summarization and Comprehension 
• Summarization and Comprehension: Passages to Test the Analytical Skills and Expression 

Summarization and Comprehension: Passages to test the analytical skills and expression 

• Technical Writing : Techniques to Define an Object 
• Writing Instructions 
• Language Exercises Based on Types of Expositions 

  (description of an object, explanation of a process)

• Technical writing : Techniques to define an object
• writing instructions
• language exercises based on types of expositions (description of an object, explanation of a process)

• Information Communication Technology (Ict) Enabled Communication Media 

  E-mail, Blog and Website.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) enabled communication media: E-mail,
Blog and Website.