English For Communication (BT 103) 2019

LAB FILE (BT-103)

“Communicative Language Laboratory”

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B.E.) COURSE

SEMESTER – I

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ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
BHOPAL
DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES

. LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
S. No Name of Experiment Date Grade Teacher’s
Sign

1 Listening Comprehension

2 Listening Comprehension

3 Pronunciation, Intonation, Rhythm

4 Pronunciation, Intonation, Rhythm

5 Practicing everyday dialogues in English

6 Practicing everyday dialogues in English

7 Interviews

8 Interviews

9 Oral Presentation

10 Oral Presentation

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EXPERIMENT 1, 2
LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Meaning: Comprehension is to comprehend, that is to understand. It is a process which simply

means understanding and explaining what is present in the passage. It requires speedy reading,
quick understanding and precise interpretation. Comprehension exercises are intended to test and
improve your ability to understand the language.

Steps for developing skills

1. Listen to the passage through and through to get the central idea of the given passage.
The process of comprehension involves the interpretation or the understanding of the
content in the passage.
2. Listen to the passage again, a little more carefully, so as to know the author’s point of
view. Determine the line of thought of the author.
3. Study the question. Turn to the relevant portion again, if necessary, as you read the
questions.

Methodology

Globarena language Lab software passages were given by the Instructor. Summary of any
twopassages done in the lab.

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EXPERIMENT 3.4
PHONETIC SYMBOLS & PRONUNCIATION

English has 26 letters in its alphabet-5 vowel letters (a,e,i,o,u) and 21 consonant letters. The
British speakers use 44sounds in their speech. Inevitably, therefore there cannot be any one –to-
one correspondence between them. Naturally, one letter will have to be pronounced in different
ways. The English language has 20 vowel sounds and 20 consonants sounds.

Phonetics

The study of spoken language is basically the study of production, transmission and reception of
the sounds of human speech. Speech sounds are broadly categorized as vowels and consonants
depending on the manner in which it is articulated.
Vowels

Vowel which does not change its sound quality is referred to as a pure vowel. Out of 20 vowels
sounds in English language -12 are pure vowels also known as monopthongs. The remaing 8
sounds are known as dipthongs (the word dipthong is a Greek word meaning double

Index to number references and vowel / consonant sounds

Vowel Phonemes Consonant Phonemes

01 pit 21 pit

02 pet 22 bit

03 pat 23 time

04 pot 24 door

05 luck 25 cat

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06 good 26 get

07 ago 27 fan

08 meat 28 van

09 car 29 think

10 door 30 that

11 girl 31 send

12 too 32 zip

13 day 33 man

14 sky 34 nice

15 boy 35 ring

16 beer 36 leg

17 bear 37 rat

18 tour 38 wet

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19 go 39 hat

20 cow 40 yet

41 shop

42 leisure

43 chop

44 jump

Do Reverse Transcription of the following words

ɔ:lweɪz hed
nekst ɪnfəʳmeɪʃən
kwɪk kwestʃən
nɜ:ʳvəs bɪznɪs
loʊkəl paʊəʳ
djʊərɪŋ tʃeɪndʒ
ɔ:lðoʊ mu:v
hu: bʊk
ɪgzæmpəl dɪveləpmənt
ræðəʳ jʌŋ
soʊʃəl næʃənəl
raɪt wɔ:təʳ
pəʳ sent jet
gest pəʳhæps
boʊθ ʌntɪl
evri kəntroʊl

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Transcribe the following words

Eight

Know

Fight

Mouth

Boy

Sea

City

Bed

Mat

Art

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EXPERIMENT 5,6

PRACTISING EVERYDAY DIALOGUES IN ENGLISH

THROUGH ROLE PLAYS

What is role-play?

Role-play is the activity where one would be given a role to play. Role play is any speaking
activity where you either put yourself into somebody else’s shoes or you may stay in your own
shoes but put yourself into an imaginary situation. While planning the role of someone else the
student reflects either himself or the character chosen by him. In the character the student has to
think in a broader way, correct his attitude and find facts and responsibilities that are required for
an ideal personality.

Role-play allows a student to prepare thoroughly for real life situations. Role-play improves
speaking & listening skills, of the students and develops their communication techniques. They
learn to use appropriate language in real life communication.

DO’S

1. Understand your role & act accordingly.

2. Frame sentences, questions and answer properly.
3. Be yourself. Be natural.
4. Use positive body language.
5. Maintain very good eye contact.
6. Maintain very volume of the voice.
7. Understand the question and then answer.
8. Check voice modulation, stress, intonation and speed.

DONT’S

1. Answer without understanding the question.

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2. Be in a hurry to say something.
3. Keep yourself detached from the role give. Be fully involved in the role.
4. Speak without giving time to other person.
5. Put on accent or look animated.

The students are given various role play topics in their groups of 10. After some
preparation they come before the class to do their play. They are evaluated by the
instructor for dialogues, acting body language and vocabulary. If not able to perform they
are encouraged to speak in vernacular language and translations or inputs are provided by
the Instructor.

Write the dialogues of the Role plays done in the Lab

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EXPERIMENT 9, 10

ORAL PRESENTATION

Presentation is a form of oral communication in which a person shares factual information with a
particular audience. Therefore, careful preparation is necessary .In the exercise, the students
select their topic and are given a fortnight to plan their presentation. The Instructor helps them
for power point slide content and right display.

Structuring your presentation

Being clear about your objective is the first and the most important rule for giving an effective
presentation. When you are deciding on your objective, you have to take into account both what
you know about the topic and what your audience knows.

Stage 1: Preparation

1. Plan a short talk (two to three minutes) on the topic.

2. Plan what you will say about the topic that you have choosen. Make short
notes- - under each of the following headings:

Stage 2: Practice

1. Practice your talk by speaking to other students. They should take note of your
main points.
2. When you have finished your talk, look at their notes. Have they understood
all your main point? Have they recognized your languages signals?
3. Discuss what you should do to make your meaning clearer.

Stage 3: Presentation

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Now work with two other students (not with the partner as in stage2) and take
turns in giving your talk a second time. Pay particular attendance to the way you signal a move
to a new section. Check afterwards whether the listeners’ notes match what you intended to
say. Is any essential information missing from their notes?

Stage 4: Evaluation

What did you find when you looked at the other student’s notes?

Which of the following did you discover?

(a) They both understood all your main points.

(b) They differed in what they had understood.
(c) They had misunderstood one or more parts.

Using Visual Aids in Oral Presentation

A visual aid is anything which the audience can see, and which helps them to follow your
spoken presentation and maintains their attention and interest.

Types of visual aids

1. Overhead projectors and transparencies.

2. Slide projectors and slides.
3. Using laptop computer and data projector.

Submission of file on the topic of Presentation is separately done to the Instructor.

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