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Unit 1: Receptive Skills: Reading Skills and Listening Skills

1. Reading Skills - Novella

  • Mother of 1084 - Mahasweta Devi

2. Listening Skills - Listening and Decoding

  • Poems:
    1. "Home Coming Son" - Tsegaye Gabre - Medhin
    2. "Measurements" - Navakanta Barua
  • Listen to understand TED talks:
    1. TED Talk 1 - Change is Life by Dr. B.M Hegde
    2. TED Talk 2 - How a 13 year old changed 'Impossible' to 'I'm Possible' by Sparsh Shah

Unit 2: Productive Skills: Speaking and Writing Skills

3. Speaking Skills

  • Types:
    1. Pechakucha Presentation
    2. Public Speaking

1. Writing Skills: Technical

  • Types of Writing:
    1. Scientific Writing
    2. Business Writing
    3. Travel Writing
    4. Article Writing

2. E - Correspondence and Content writing skills

  • E-mail: Casual and Professional
    1. Congratulation Letter
    2. Appreciation Letter
    3. Promotion Letter
    4. Termination Letter

3. Social Media Content

  • Types of Commercial Writing:
    1. Blog Writing
    2. Podcast Writing
    3. Writing on Quora

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