BSc Civil Engineering

Course Title: Technical Communication

Course Code: HU 301
Skills
Semester: Fall, 2018 Session: 2015
Credit Hours: 0+1 Pre-requisite: English Language Skills
Instructor: Office Hours:
Engr Komal Nadeem 11:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday
Contact: 0342-5092839 Email: nadeem.komal@yahoo.com
Lecture Hours: Class Room: Room # 203
Monday 10:00 am – 01:00 pm

Objectives
To inculcate in students the skills of organizing material, writing a report, and presenting
their work for better technical communication
Outline:
 Paragraph writing
 Practice in writing a good, unified and coherent paragraph
 Essay writing Introduction
 CV and job application
 Translation skills
 Urdu to English
 Study skills
 Skimming and scanning, intensive and extensive, and speed reading,
 summary and précis writing and comprehension
 Academic skills
 Letter / memo writing and minutes of the meeting, use of library and internet
resourses
 Presentation skills
 Personality development (emphasis on content, style and pronunciation)
Note: documentaries to be shown for discussion and review
Recommended Books:
1. Ellen, K. 2002. Maximize Your Presentation Skills: How to Speak, Look and Act on Your
Way to the Top, Prima Lifestyles - 2005
2. Hargie, O. (ed.) Handbbook of Communications Skills, Routledge
3 Mandel, S. 2000. Effective Presentation Skills: A Practical Guide Better Speaking, Crisp
Publications

Course Learning Outcomes (LAB):

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

No. CLO PLO Level of

Learning
1 Demonstrate written and oral presentation skills in PLO10 A3
academic and professional settings
2 Analyse and interpret ideas, concepts and texts through PLO10 C4
written work
3 Show confidence and clarity in public speaking and inter- PLO10 A3
personal communications
4 Demonstrate sound vocabulary and skills to use English in PLO10 C3
professional life

Components of Lab Assessment:

Sr Assessment Tool Quantity Weightage
#
1 Weekly Performance Evaluation 13 60
2 Written Assessment 2 16
3 Final Viva 2 24
4 Total 16 100
Course Outline (Week Wise)
Week No. Course Content to be Covered
1 Orientation and Introduction
2 Presentation skills
3 Paragraph writing: Intro, body, ending
4 Practice in writing a good, unified and coherent
paragraph
5 Essay writing introduction
6 CV and job application
7 Cover Letter writing ,Quiz 1
8 Viva 1
9 Urdu to English translation
10 Study skills, Dialogue activity
11 Summary and précis writing
12 Comprehension
13 Letter / memo writing
14 Minutes of the meeting
15 Review on documentary, Quiz 2
16 Viva 2

Lab Tasks
Sr. No. Task Details
1 Presentation
2 Paragraph writing
3 Paragraph Formation - Coherence (Reading Task)
4 Essay introduction writing
5 Essay conclusion writing
6 Cover letter writing
7 Urdu to English translation passage
8 Précis of given text
9 Dialogue activity
10 To answer questions of comprehension passage
11 Letter writing practice
12 Short speech
13 Review on Documentary
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Mapping of Lab Assessments and Weightage of Course Learning Outcomes

Sr# Assessment CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 Total
1 Weekly Lab 10 35 15 60
Evaluation
2 Written Assessment 8 8
1
3 Written Assessment 8 8
2
4 Viva 1 6 6 12
5 Viva 2 12 12
Total 16 35 33 16 100