ASSIGNMENTS, TUTORIALS & PRESENTATIONS




ASSIGNMENTS, TUTORIALS & PRESENTATIONS

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Assignment-1
Language Used in NEWS-papers
Collect 10 paper cuttings for NEWS items and describe about it's language-usages in your own language.


Assignment-2
Language Used in Advertisements
Collect 10 paper cuttings for advertisement items and describe about it's creative-language-usages in your own language. 

Assignment-3
Language Used in SMS
Collect at least 10 SMS and describe in your own language that how short forms and creative words are used in SMS.


TUTORIAL-1-2-3

110002 – COMMUNICATION SKILLS (GTU)
For 1st level students

TUTORIAL   1-2-3

TUTORIAL-1
Q.1
Explain the process of communication along with diagram.
Q.2
Explain types of barriers in communication.
Q.3
Explain kinesics, proxemics, chronemics and paralinguistics.
Q.4
Explain characteristics of language.
Q.5
Explain Levels & flow of communication.
Q.6
Explain types of listening along with traits of good listener.
Q.7
Explain types of presentation techniques.
Q.8
Write a detailed note on ‘Analyzing audience and locale’.
Q.9
Write a detailed note on types of interviews.
Q.10
Write a detailed note on Group Discussion, Meeting and Conference.
Q.11
Write a detailed note on components of a paragraph & techniques of paragraph development.
Q.12
Write a detailed note on techniques for good comprehension.
Q.13
Explain the difference between general & technical communication.
Q.14
Write a detailed note on organizing content, preparing outline and using visual aids for presentation.
Q.15
Write a short note on: Group discussion as a part of selection process.

TUTORIAL-2
Q.1
Write a job application letter along with your resume.
Q.2
Write a detailed note on significance, purpose and structure of business letter.
Q.3
Write a claim letter to the manager, ABC company as you have received damaged CD ROMs in return to your order.
Q.4
Write a detailed note on characteristics of report writing.
Q.5
Write a detailed note on types of report.
Q.6
Write a report on establishing a new branch of your software company in a town.
Q.7
Write a technical project proposal for developing multimedia strategies for effective communication to be submitted to department of science & technology, Gujarat.
Q.8
Write a short note on: Guidelines for writing good technical description.
Q.9
Write a brief note on types of resume.
Q.10
Write an purchase order letter to the manager of XYZ company to place your order for the library maintenance software.

TUTORIAL-3
Q.1
Read about subject-verb agreement from the text book (chapter-14) and write any 3 rules with example sentences. (read the text & prepare all)
Q.2
Read about tenses and write 2 sentences for any 3 tenses. (read the text & prepare all)
Q.3
Write 5 sentences for converting from active into passive voice. (read the text & prepare all)
Q.4
Write 2 examples for each: conjunction, preposition, and idiom. (read the text & prepare all)
Q.5
Write 5 examples of confusable words, homonyms, homophones, eponyms and one word substitutes. (read the text, write 5 but prepare all)



WORDS FROM US & UK ENGLISH

USA English
UK English
Gasoline

Petrol

Truck
Lorry
Baggage
Luggage
Blow out
Puncture
Sidewalk
Pavement
Line
Queue
Vacation
Holiday
Hood
Bonnets
Cub
Taxi
Freeway
Motorway
Round trip
Return trip
Railway car
Railway carriage
Antenna
Aerial
Elevator
Lift
Eraser
Rubber
Apartment
Flat
Kerosene
Paraffin
Scotch tape
Cello tape
Yard
Garden
Cookie
Biscuit
Candy
Sweet
Garbage
Rubbish
Diaper
Nappy




-NIKHIL JOSHI
Course Coordinator