Technical English for Engineers

2,000.00

 

Prof. Aysha Iqbal

IIT Madras

*Additional GST and optional Exam fee are applicable. 

SKU: IIT Madras Category:

Description

 

The course covers all the areas of grammar necessary for the undergraduate students of engineering sciences. This includes topics such as reading/writing/listening comprehension, note taking, summarizing, report writing, along with elements of grammar and vocabulary. The course is designed for self-study, where participants will be required to solve regular quizzes and assignments, and can also be used as an add-on to classroom teaching.
Important For Certification/Credit Transfer:

INTENDED AUDIENCE

Any Interested Learners

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan is professor of film studies, drama and popular culture in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Among her several books are Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors(ed.) Sage: New Delhi, 2017, Post-liberalization Indian Novels in English: Global Reception & Politics of Award London: ANTHEM, 2013.  Her books on communication include English for Technical Communication, and English for Nurses and English for the Hotel Industry

 

 

Certification Process

1. Join the course
Learners may pay the applicable fees and enrol to a course on offer in the portal and get access to all of its contents including assignments. Validity of enrolment, which includes access to the videos and other learning material and attempting the assignments, will be mentioned on the course. Learner has to complete the assignments and get the minimum required marks to be eligible for the certification exam within this period.

COURSE ENROLMENT FEE: The Fee for Enrolment is Rs. 2000 + GST

2. Watch Videos+Submit Assignments
After enrolling, learners can watch lectures and learn and follow it up with attempting/answering the assignments given.

3. Get qualified to register for exams
A learner can earn a certificate in the self paced course only by appearing for the online remote proctored exam and to register for this, the learner should get minimum required marks in the assignments as given below:

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
Assignment score = Score more than 50% in at least 6/8 assignments.
Exam score = 50% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.”

4. Register for exams
The certification exam is conducted online with remote proctoring. Once a learner has become eligible to register for the certification exam, they can choose a slot convenient to them from what is available and pay the exam fee. Schedule of available slot dates/timings for these remote-proctored online examinations will be published and made available to the learners.

EXAM FEE: The remote proctoring exam is optional for a fee of Rs.1500 + GST. An additional fee of Rs.1500 will apply for a non-standard time slot.

5. Results and Certification
After the exam, based on the certification criteria of the course, results will be declared and learners will be notified of the same. A link to download the e-certificate will be shared with learners who pass the certification exam.

CERTIFICATE TEMPLATE

Course Details

Listening:     Listening/Reading Comprehension
                      Dictation
                      Notemaking
Speaking:    Using words in context
                      Use of formal expressions and usages
                      Formal presentations (organizing data and slide preparation)
Reading:    Skimming through the text
                    Scanning
Writing:      Grammar
                    Introduction to elements of academic writing
                    Report Writing
                    Resume writing
                    Project Proposal writing

Books and References

  • Oxford Advanced Learners’s Dictionary. 8th edition, 2013.
  • Martin Hewings. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • Michael Swan. Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. OUP, 2005.
  • John Seely. The Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking. OUP, 2005.

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