Department Of HEAS (English),University Departments,

Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

BTech II Sem- Session: 2022-23
Communication Skills and Language Lab

Present/
S. No. Content CO
Signature

1 Orientation CO4

2 Greeting and Introduction CO3

3 Listening Comprehension-1 CO3

4 Presentation/ Podcast-1 CO2

5 Listening Comprehension-2 CO3

6 Extempore/Presentation/Podcast-2 CO2

7 Group Discussion CO2

8 Phonetics and Transcription CO1

9 Dialogue Writing CO4

10 Dialogue/Role play/ Monologue CO4

11 Dialogue/Short Story CO4

12 Group Discussion-2 CO2

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Rajasthan Technical University, Kota
BTech II Sem- Session: 2022-23
Communication Skills and Language Lab

13 Phonetics and Transcription -2 CO1

14 Mispronounced Words CO1

15 Sessional Assignment /Internal Test CO1-4

16 Quiz/Viva CO1-4

Course Outcome for Language Lab

The students should be able to:

CO1 Recall, the basic concepts of phonetics, and be able to pronounce and transcribe
English words correctly.

CO2 Illustrate effective and fluent language skills for communicating clearly,
confidently, and comprehensibly during presentations and group discussions.

CO3 Evaluate, criticize and comprehend a variety of texts after listening/reading and
respond to questions based on the context.

CO4 Compose and write simple sentences and paragraphs clearly, with coherence and
cohesion including dialogues

CO-PO Mapping for Language Lab

(3-Strong, 2- Moderate and 1- Weak)

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Rajasthan Technical University, Kota
BTech II Sem- Session: 2022-23
Communication Skills and Language Lab

CO’s/
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 P10 PO11 PO12
PO’s

CO1 2 2 1

CO2 1 2 2 2

CO3 1 2 2 2

CO4 1 2 2 2
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Rajasthan Technical University, Kota
BTech II Sem- Session: 2022-23
Communication Skills and Language Lab

Pronunciation and Speaking

(Words often mispronounced/Dialogue/Short Story/Viva)

G SpeakingDescription PronunciationDescription

ExcellentPronunciation

● Native-
Communicationalmostalwayseffective;taskp
erformedverycompetently likepronunciationofindividuals
ounds,word stress, word
● Functionsperformedclearlyandeffectively
endings, intonation,
andrhythm
V ● Appropriateresponsetoaudience/situation
● Native-like fluency; speaks
● Coherent,witheffectiveuseofcohesivedevices
smoothly
withouthesitationand with
● Useoflinguisticfeaturesalmostalway
ease
seffective;communicationnotaffecte
● Pronunciationdoesnotimpedeco
dbyminorerrors
mmunication
Communication generally
effective; GoodPronunciation

taskperformedcompetently
● Accuratepronunciationofindi

● Functionsgenerallyperformedclearlyandeffect vidualsounds,word stress,

ively word endings, intonation,

andrhythm
● Generallyappropriateresponsetoaudience/
● Occasional non-native
G situation
pauses
● GenerallyCoherent,withmostlyeffectiveuse
and/orhesitationswhich
ofcohesivedevices donotinterferewithcomp
● Use of linguistic features rehensibility.

generally ● Pronunciationrarelyimpedescom
effective;communicationgenerally munication
notaffectedbyerrors
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Communication Skills and Language Lab

Communication somewhat SatisfactoryPronunciation

effective;
● Fairly accurate pronunciation
taskperformedsomewhatcompeten
of
tly
individualsounds,wordstress,
● Functionsperformedsomewhatclearlyandeffe wordendingsintonation,andrh

ctively ythm

● Somewhatappropriateresponsetoaudience/ ● Somenon-
S

situation nativepausesand/
orhesitationswhich
● Somewhatcoherent,withsomeuseofcohesived
sometimes interfere
evices withcomprehensibility.
● Useoflinguisticfeaturessomewha ● Pronunciationoccasio
teffective;communicationsometi nallyimpedescommu
mesaffectedbyerrors nication

IneffectivePronunciation

● Major inaccuracies with

No effective communication; no evidence
of abilityto performtask pronunciation
ofindividualsounds,wordstre
● Noevidencethatfunctionswereperformed ss,wordendingsintonation,
and rhythm, which
● No evidence of ability to respond
Z causessignificantproblemsini
appropriately toaudience/situation ntelligibility
● Incoherent,withnouseofcohesivedevices ● Significantpausing,hesitatio

ns,and/orshortphrases
● Useoflinguisticfeaturespoor;communicatio
which interfere significantly
nineffectivedueto major errors
withcomprehensibility.

● Pronunciationseverelyimpedesco

mmunication
V=Excellent, G= Good, S= Satisfactory, Z= Unsatisfactory
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Communication Skills and Language Lab

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Group Discussion Topic:

V G S Z
• Contributes to • Contributes • Occasionally • Fails to contribute
class activities by to class contributes to to class activities
offering quality activities by class activities • Fails to invite
ideas and asking offering ideas by offering comment/opinion
appropriate and asking ideas and s from other
questions on a questions on asking students
regular basis a regular questions • Demonstrates
• Actively engages basis • Sometimes little
others • Often engages understanding of
Constructively engages others in class main points
challenges the others in • Sometimes • Does not identify
accuracy and class has an or summarize
relevance of discussions understandin main points
statements made by inviting g of main
• Effectively their points
identifies and comments • Identifies and
summarizes main • Identifies and summarizes
points summarizes main points
main points
• Always prepared • Usually • Seldom • Consistently
for class with prepared prepared with unprepared for
assignments and with assignments class
required assignments and required • Expresses no
materials and required materials relevant
• Accurately materials • Expresses foundational
expresses • Expresses limited knowledge
foundational basic foundational
knowledge foundational knowledge
pertaining to knowledge pertaining to
issues raised pertaining to class
during the class discussions
discussion discussions
• Consistently • Usually • Seldom • Rarely if ever
positive, positive and actively participates in
cooperative cooperative participates in classroom projects
attitude during with classroom and discussions
class classroom projects and • Occasional
• Always projects and discussions disruptive
supportive of discussions • Sometimes behavior
other students’ • Often supportive of
ideas supportive of other
other students’
students’ ideas
ideas
V=Excellent, G= Good, S= Satisfactory, Z= Unsatisfactory
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2.

V G S Z

• Holds • Consistent use • Displays minimal • Holds no eye

attention of of direct eyecontact with contact
entireaudienc eyecontact with audience,whilereadi withaudience, as
e with the use audience, ngmostlyfromthe entire report
ofdirect eye butstill returns notes isreadfrom notes
contact, to notes • Speaks in uneven • Speaks in low
without • Speakswiths volumewithlittleorn volume and/or
looking at atisfactoryva oinflection monotonous
notes riation of tone,which
• Speaks with volume causes audience
fluctuation andinflection todisengage
involume and
inflection
tomaintainint
erest

• Demonstrate • Is at ease • Is uncomfortable • Does not

s with withinformation have grasp
fullknowledg expectedans and is able ofinformation
e by wers to all toansweronlyrudim and
answeringall questions,wi entaryquestions cannotanswe
class thout • Attemptstodefinepur r questions
questions elaboration poseandsubject;prov aboutsubject
withexplanat • Has somewhat ides • Does not clearly
ionsandelab clearpurpose weakexamples,facts, definesubject and
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oration and subject; and/or statistics, purpose;provides

• Provides clear someexamples, which do weak or
purpose facts, notadequately nosupport of
andsubject;pert and/orstatistic support thesubject subject;
inentexamples,f s that support givesinsufficient
acts, and/or thesubject; support for
statistics;suppo includes some ideasor
rts dataor evidence conclusions
conclusions/id that
easwith supportsconclu
evidence sions

• Demonstrates • Shows some • Shows little or • Shows no

strongenthusi enthusiasticf mixedfeelings interest in
asm about eelings about the topicpresented
topicduringen about topic topicbeing • Failstoincreas
tirepresentati • Raises presented eaudienceund
on audienceunde • Raises erstanding
• Significantly rstanding audienceunderstan ofknowledge
increasesund andawarenes ding oftopic
erstandingan sofmostpoints andknowledgeofsom
d knowledge epoints
of topic
andconvinces
audience
V=Excellent, G= Good, S= Satisfactory, Z= Unsatisfactory

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Listening Comprehension (4 Activities)

Knowledge/Understanding(understandinginformationandideas- Evidence in all categor
may be oral, visual, or written

Z S G V

• Demonstrates • Demonstrat • Demonstrate • Demonstrates

limitedknowledg es s consider- thoroughknowledgeoft
e of text someknowl ableknowled extforms,structures,
forms,structures edge of geof text andfeatures
,andfeatures textforms, forms,
• Demonstrates
structures, structures,a
• Demonstrates thoroughunderstandin
andfeatures ndfeatures
limitedundersta g:
• Demonstrates
nding: • Demonstrat – offers reasonable
consider-able
– needs one-to- es andthoughtful
understandin
onecoaching someunder predictionsbeforeandd
g:
to standing: uringreading/listenin
– offers
offerpredictio -offers g;maydrawondetail
reasonablepr
ns beforeor simple inpictures
edictions
during predictions – checks
beforeand
reading/liste before and andrevisespredictions
during
ning duringreadi duringreading/listeni
reading/liste
– unable to ng/listenin ng; mayvolunteer
ning; notices
revisegroupp g;mayneeds informationabout
and uses
redictions upport to howhisorherideasarec
key
– has use hanging
featuresinpic
difficultyiden information – identifies the
tures
tifying inthepictur topicand restates or
– withminimal
thetopic or es represents
prompting,
restatingor – with information,includin
checks
representing support, g
andrevises
information revisespredi themostimportantide
predictionsd
ctions as
uringreading
duringreadi
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ng/ listening /listening

– withpromptin – identifies the
g,identifiesth topicand
etopicand restates or
restates or represents
represents a some
smallamount importantinf
of ormation;
information; may
maybepartiall bevagueinpl
yinaccurate aces

• Demonstrates • Demonstrat • Demonstrates • Demonstrates a

limitedability to es consider-able highdegree of ability
interpret,reaso someability ability to tointerpret,reason,an
n,andexplain: to interpret,reas dexplain:
– may not interpret,re on,andexplain – rereads to
recognizethat ason,andex : clarifypurposefully
clarificationis plain: – rereads to andwith a high
needed – when clarify degreeofsuccess
– doesnotoffer prompted,r withconsider – offersquestions that
questions ereads to ablesuccess focus on important
relatedtothet clarifywith – offersoneorm textideasandinformatio
ext somesucce oresimpleque n
– doesnotmakei ss stionsabout – offers
nferencesorpre – offers one ideas and areasonableinferenceo
dictions or informationi rpredictionbeyond the
beyondthetext( moresimpl nthetext text;
maynotunders e – offers a maygobeyondtheobvio
tandthetext) questions; simple, usand offer
maybeloos relatively originalidea
elyrelated obvious
to the text inference
– offers a orprediction
simple infer- beyond the
enceorpredict text
ionbeyond afterreading
the text /listening
afterreading/l
istening;
maybehighly
unlikely
• Makes • With • Makes simple • Makes connections
connections prompting, connections witha high degree of
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withlimited makessimple with effectiveness;

effectiveness;nee connections considerableef expressesthoughts
dsone-to- withsome fectiveness; andfeelingswith
onecoachingtooff effectiveness;of expressesthou explanationsorsupporti
eraresponse fers simple ghts and ngdetail
responses;may feelingsbutinc
bevague ludesfewdetail
s
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BTech II Sem- Session: 2022-23
Communication Skills and Language Lab

Writing Skills
(Written Assignment topics: Phonetic Symbols and Transcriptions,
Extempore, Group Discussion, Dialogue Writing, Listening
comprehension)

V G S Z
The writing
The writing has
may need a
a clearly-
moreclearly
articulated main The writing has a The writing has a
articulated
idea or clearly-articulated main idea orthesis
main idea
thesisand main idea or and related
orthesis and/or
subordinate thesissupported by subordinateideas
appropriaterela
ideassupported adequateevidencea supported by
tedsubordinate
by reliable ndsoundlogic. someevidence.
Ideas.No
andrelevantevide
Supporting
nce.
evidence
The writing flows
The writing
smoothlyand The writing is
demonstratesrudime The writing is
logically from a organizedlogically
ntary organization noticeablylacki
well-defined and flows
andlogical structure, nginorganizati
main idea or well.Itcontains a
but ideasneed to be on.Thereis no
thesis.Itcontains well-
more clear structure
a superlatively- developedstructure
fullydevelopedandsup to thewriting
developedstruct for the
portedbymoreappropr assignment.
ureforthewriting writingassignment.
iateevidence.
assignment.
The writing The writing keeps The writing is clear The writing
engages the the but couldbe expressed lacks clarity
readerthrough an reader’sattention in a style and
original prose through a moreappropriate to issometimes
styleappropriatet carefullycrafted the subject.It isjargon- confusing.Thel
o the prose free but may require anguage
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Communication Skills and Language Lab

subject.Language style.Languagechos chosen is

isprecise. en is appropriate to notappropriate
amorecompleteexplan
Sentences are thesubject,butmayc to the subject
ationoftermsused.
variedbutnotnoti allattentiontoitselfi ortheassignme
ceablyso. nminorways. nt.
The writing is
The writing The writing
confusing
contains contains
andambiguou
The writing sentencesthat are somegrammatical
s owing
contains complete or errors
tosubstantial
sentencesthat are whichimply easilycorrected by
errors of
always complete unstated adherence to
grammarand
andgrammatically connectionsand/or auniformstyle
syntax. There
correct, and conclusions.Thewrit throughout.Additio
is noevidence
freeofconfusionan ing may exhibit a nalproofreading
of
dambiguity. fewminor errors in would
proofreading,e
grammar orstyle helpeliminateerrors
diting,orrewrit
. .
ing.
V=Excellent, G= Good, S= Satisfactory, Z= Unsatisfactory

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ASSIGNMENTS (WRITTEN)

1. What is Phonetic transcription? Write phonetic symbols for vowels

and consonants. Transcribe any 20common English words. CO1

2. What is an Extempore? What things should be kept in mind at the

time of an Extempore? CO2

3. What is a Group Discussion? Write are the characteristics and do's

and don'ts of GD. CO2

4. What is Listening Comprehension? Write the objectives of listening

and describe its various types. CO3

5. What is Dialogue Writing? Describe the do's and don'ts dialogue

writing? Write two dialogues. CO4

6. Write a paragraph on the importance of communication skills/

English for engineers. CO4