BAS105 / BAS205: SOFT SKILLS
Course Objectives:
1. Students will be enabled to understand the correct usage of grammar.
2. Students will be able to converse well with effective speaking and listening skills in English.
3. Students will be able to create substantial base by the formation of strong professional
Vocabulary for its application at different platforms and through numerous modes as
Comprehension, reading and writing
4. Student will be able to equip with basics of communication skills and will apply it for
Practical and oral purposes by being honed up in presentation skills and voice-dynamics.
5. Students will be able build up personal traits that will make the transition from institution
to workplace smoother and help them to excel in their jobs.
Content ContactHours
Unit-1 Applied Grammar and Usage: 8
Transformation of Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex, Subject-verb Agreement, Prefix
and Suffix, Advanced Vocabulary: Antonyms, Synonyms, Homophones, Homophones, New
word Formation, Select word power
Unit-2: Listening and Speaking Skills 8
Active Listening :Meaning and Art of Listening, Traits of a Good Listener, Listening modes,
listening and Note taking, Types of Listening, Listening Techniques using Ted Talk Audio
listening with script reading, Pronunciation; Speaking style ; content and sequencing.
Unit-3: Reading and Writing Skills: 8
Reading style: Skimming; Scanning; Churning & Assimilation, Effective writing tools and
methods: Inductive Deductive; Exposition; Linear; Interrupted; Spatial & and Chronological etc,
Official and Business Letter writing, Agenda, Notices,Minutes of meeting,
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Unit-4: Presentation and Interaction Skills 8
Introduction to oral communication, Nuances and Modes of Speech Delivery,Public speaking:
confidence, clarity, and fluency, Individual Speaking: Elements; Non verbal Communication:
Kinesics, Paralinguistic features of Voice-Dynamics, Proxemics, Chronemics, and Presentation
Strategies: planning, preparation, organization, delivery
Unit-5: Work- place skills: 8
Leadership qualities; Impact, Communication skills for Leaders: Listening and Responding;
Mental health at work place: Managing Stress; Techniques: Application of 4 A’s; Avoid; Alter;
Accept; Adapt
Course Outcomes:
1. Write professionally in simple and correct English.
2. Demonstrate active listening with comprehension and the ability to write clear and well
structured emails and proposals.
3. Learn the use of correct body language and tone of voice to enhance communication.
4. Acquire the skills necessary to communicate effectively and deliver presentations with clarity
and impact
5. Understand and apply some important aspects of core skills like Leadership and
stressManagement.
Prescribed Books:
1. Technical Communication, (Second Ed.); O.U.P., Meenakshi Raman & S.Sharma New Delhi,
2011.
2. Business Communication for Managers, PayalMehra, Pearson, Delhi, 2012.
3. Personality Development, Harold R. Wallace et. al, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd; New
Delhi 2006.
4. Practical Communication by L.U.B. Pandey; A.I.T.B.S. Publications India Ltd.; Krishan Nagar,
Delhi 2013.
5. Personality Development & Soft Skills, BarunK.Mitra, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
2012.
6. Public Speaking, William S. Pfeiffer, Pearson, Delhi, 2012.
7. Human Values, A.N. Tripathi, New Age International Pvt. Ltd. Publishers New Delhi, 2005.
8. English Grammar & Usage, R.P.Sinha, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
9. English Grammar & Composition, Wren & Martin S.Chand& Co Ltd, New Delhi, 2009.
10. Soft Skills for Everyone. Jeff Butterfield, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd; New Delhi 2017.
