This document outlines the module content for a course on English language for students pursuing a National Diploma in Industrial Technician for Civil Engineering. The module aims to improve students' English language skills, including listening, note-taking, reading comprehension, library research, and written and oral communication. The course content covers revising general English grammar and structures, developing reading, writing and speech skills, and introducing the different tenses in English - present, past, future and their uses. Specific topics include parts of speech, vocabulary, library skills, dictation, diary writing, comprehension exercises, and practicing spoken skills like greetings, self-introductions and discussing schedules. Exercises are related to the students' subject areas to

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National Diploma for Industrial Technician
Civil Engineering
Module : English Language
Module No : CEM 1-1
Module Value : 02
120 Hours (04 Hours per Week)
Rational : The students following the above course of study have to switch over to
the English Medium of Instructions fro the very commencement of the
programme. Hence they require a heavy component of English for
Academic Purposes in order to successfully complete the course in the
English Medium.
Therefore the curricula for the first year should be a revision of the
General English programme of the school curricula with a strong bias
towards improving the reading, writing and speech skills of the students in
relation to their main subject areas in the course so as to introduce the
new vocabulary and language structures.
Aim of the module:-
1. To facilitate the students to listen and understand a lecture
delivered in the medium of English
2. To enable students to take down dictation and/or notes while a
lecture is in progress.
3. To facilitate students to read and comprehend books and articles
written in English relevant to their subject area.
4. To assist students to do reference in the library and take down
reference notes.
5. To familiarize students to understand and use different types of
discourse
6. To facilitate the students to listen and understand a lecture
delivered in the medium of English
7. To facilitate students to read and comprehend non verbal inputs in
English relevant to their subject area and write them verbally.
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8. To familiarize students to understand and use different types of
discourse
9. To enable students for laboratory work written effective
presentation.
10. To enable students in explaining and communicating in academic
works.
Course Content
Topics Weight age
1. Revision of General English & Speech and Listening 50%
2. Reading skills 25%
3. Writing skills 25%
A Revision of General English – With a focus in improving Speech Skills – 50%
Course Content
Objectives: At the end of the first year the students should be able to:
i. Define the parts of speech
ii. Identify the different formations of parts of speech
iii. Learn their functions
iv. Use parts of speech correctly
v. Know the formation of tenses
vi. Use correct tenses in different situations correctly
01. Parts of Speech – Grammar and Structure
1.1 Nouns: Kinds of nouns – list, explain and give examples
Their functions as the subject – explain and show examples,
Their functions as the object - explain and show examples,
Their functions as the complement - explain and show examples
1.2 Adjectives: Kinds of adjectives - list, explain and show examples
Their functions – explain and show examples
How they are used – explain and show examples
1.3 Pronounce: Kinds of pronounce - list, explain and show examples
Their functions – explain and show examples
How they are used – explain and show examples

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1.4 Verbs: Classes of verbs – Primary and modal auxiliary verbs - explain and show
examples
The infinitive and the gerund - explain and show examples
The verb groups and their functions - explain and show examples
The use of the present and past participles - explain and show examples
1.5 Adverb: Different types of adverbs – list, explain and show examples
Their functions – explain and show examples
1.6 Prepositions: Types of prepositions – list, explain and show examples
Their functions – explain and show examples
How they are used – explain and show examples
1.7 Conjunctions: Different kinds of conjunctions – list, explain and show examples
Functions of conjunctions - explain and show examples
1.8 Interjections: explain and show examples
Vocabulary: Use as many examples as possible to improve the vocabulary
of the related subject area. Prepare a glossary of term with the assistance
of the subject lecturers for the purpose.
02. Speech Skills
2.1 Greetings
2.2 Introducing self
2.3 Getting to know friends and academic and administrative staff.
2.4 Familiarization with procedures e.g. registration
2.5 Use of numerals, ordinal and cardinal numbers, fractions divisions etc.
03. Reading Skills
3.1 Library skills
3.2 Dictionary skills
3.3 Skimming and scanning
04. Writing Skills
4.1 Form filling

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Relate your lessons on speech, reading and writing to the Grammatical Structure that are
been used in the class.
B. Introduction to Tenses
Course Content
The Present Tenses
i. Simple Present Tense (Active and Passive)
ii. Present Continuous Tense (Active and Passive)
iii. Present Perfect Tense (Active or Passive)
iv. Present Perfect Continuous Tense (Active or Passive)
Discuss how the font types of present tenses are formed their uses and functions:
5. Simple Present Tense; - The use of the verb, number difference – singular and
plural
5.1 The use of preliminary auxiliary – is, are and am
5.2 The lexical verbs: gives – give, writes – write
5.3 The use of modal + infinitive without to e.g. I Can Swim.
5.4 The use of group verbs + infinitive with to e.g. He wants to read
5.5 The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and the use of the
new verb group is/are + past participle .
How it is used, and where it is used.
e.g. to express an action taking place at the time of speaking,
to express habitual action etc.
5.6 The question form by inversion, questions using do – does and
Question forms with interrogative pronoun.
5.7 The question tags
5.8 The negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n,t” after is or are, or do or does, or has or
have, or after modal auxiliaries.
5.9 The use of present tense time adverbials.
6. Present continuous – The use of the verb group is/are/am + ....ing – singular and
plural
6.1 The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and the use of the
new verb group is/are + being + past participle
6.2 The use of is going + infinitive with to and show action immediate future.
How it is used and where it is used.

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e.g. to express an action in progress
to express a future action
6.3 The question form by inversion and question form with interrogative pronoun.
6.4 The question tags.
6.5 Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t”’ after is or are.
6.6 The use of time adverbials.
7. The Present Perfect – The use of verb group has/have + past participle – sing. and
Plu.
7.1 The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and use of the new
verb group has/have + been + past participle
How it is used and where it is used
e.g. to relate a past action to the present
7.2 The question form by inversion and question form with interrogative pronoun.
7.3 The question tags
7.4 Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after has or have
7.5 The use of time adverbial
8. The present Perfect Continuous: The use of the verb group has/have + been +
...ing.
8.1 The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and use of the new
verb group has/have + been + past participle
How it is used and where it is used
e.g. to relate a past action in progress to present
8.2 The question from by inversion and question from with interrogative pronoun
8.3 The question tags
8.4 Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after has or have
8.5 The use of since and for and time adverbials
09. Speech Skills
9.1 Discuss the daily routing
9.2 Discuss the time table and work schedule
9.3 Discuss the transport and residential facilities
10. Writing Skills
10.1 Dictation
10.2 Maintain a daily diary
10.3 Prepare study time table
10.4 Write profiles of friends etc.

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11. Reading Skills
11.1 Time tables, Year planners
11.2 Non verbal inputs
11.3 Diagrams maps and plans
11.4 Reading comprehension – on subject related inputs
Relate your lessons on speech, reading and writing to the present tense structure
that are being used in the class.
The Past Tense
12. Simple Past Tenses; - The use of the verb, number difference – singular and plural
12.1 The use of primary auxiliary – was, and were
12.2 Show how only the verb ‘be’ has a plural form in the simple past
12.3 The lexical verbs: gave, wrote
12.4 The use of modal+ infinitive without to eg. I could swim.
12.5 The use of group verbs+ infinitive without to eg. He wanted to read
12.6 The positive formation by replacing the subject with the object
And the use of the new verb group was/were + past participle
How it is used and where it is used.
to express an action that took place before the time of speaking,
12.7 The question form by inversion, question using did and question form with
interrogative pronouns
12.8 The question tags
12.9 Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after was or were or did and after model
auxiliaries
12.10 The use of past tense time adverbials
13. Past Continuous; - The use of the verb group was / were + ....ing – singular and
plural
13.1 The positive formation by replacing the subject with the object and the use of the
new verb group was / were + being + past participle
13.2 The use of was going + infinitive with to and show an action
13.3 Intended, but could not be completed
How it is used and where it is used.
e.g. to express an action that was in progress in relation to an action in the past
13.4 The question form by inversion and question from with interrogative pronoun
13.5 The question tags

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13.6 Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after was or were
13.7 The use of time adverbials
14. The Past Perfect – The use of verb group had + past participle
14.1. The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and use of the new
verb group had + been + participate
How it is used and where it is used
e.g to explain which action in the past took place first when there are two past
tense verbs in the same sentence
14.2. The question form by inversion and question from with interrogative pronoun
14.3. The question tags
14.4. Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after had
14.5. The use of time adverbials
15. The past Perfect Continuous: The use of the verb group had +been +…. ing
15.1. No passive formation
How it is used and where it is used
e.g to relate a past action in progress to the present
15.2. The question form by inversion and question form with interrogative pronoun
15.3. The question tags
15.4. Negative form by adding ‘not’ or “n’t” after had.
15.5. The use of since and for and time adverbials
16. Speech skills
16.1. Describe the personal history and achievements
16.2. Discuss past social events
16.3. Describe an incident( an accident, a challenge, an embarrassing situation)
16.4. Discuss an experiment or a demonstration
17. Writing Skills

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17.1. Dictation
17.2. Letters of excuse , letters of apology , letters of inquiry
17.3. Write a simple report
17.4. write about an experiment or a demonstration
18. Reading skills
18.1. News papers
18.2. Gazettes and directories
18.3. Manuals and Handbooks
19. The Future Tense - Simple Future Tense; - The use of the verb, number difference –
singular and plural.
19.1. The use of modal auxiliary – will and shall,
19.2. Show that there is no number difference – singular of plural
19.3. The use of infinitive without ‘to’ after will of shall
Usually ‘shall’ used with first person and ‘will’ with 2nd
and 3rd
But ‘will’ used in first person to express willingness and ‘shall’ used in the 2nd
and
3rd
to express obligation
19.4. The normal verb group for future is will/shall + infinitive other ways making
future
19.5. Use of other modal auxiliaries e.g. may, can, might
19.6. Use of simple present with lexical verbs and time adverbs
e.g. He comes tomorrow
19.7. Use of present continuous with time adverbs
19.8. The use of verb group is going to + infinitive
19.9. The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object And the use of the
new
Verb group will/shall/may + be + past participle
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Or the verb group – is going to be + past participle
How it is used, and where it is used.
to express an action that hasn’t taken place at the time of speaking,
19.10. The question form by inversion, and question forms with interrogative pronouns
19.11. The question tags
19.12 Negative form by adding not or n t after will or shall and after other modal
auxiliaries
19.13 The use of past tense time adversities
20. Future Continuous-The use of the verb group will/shall/may + be ..ing
20.1 The passive formation by replacing the subject with the object and the use of the
new verb group will/shall + be+ past participle
20.2 The use of is going to + be + past particle
How it is used and where it is used.
e.g. to express and action that will be in progress in relation to an action in the
present
20.3 The question form by inversion and question form with interrogative pronoun
20.4 The question tags-as per simple future
20.5 Negative form by adding not or n t after will or shall
20.6 The use of time adverbials
21. The Future Perfect-The use of verb group will/shall + have + participle
21.1 No passive formation
21.2 How it used and where it is used
Explain an action that may by take place at a future point of time
21.3 The question form by invasion and question form with interrogative pronoun
21.4 The question tags

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21.5 Negative form by adding not or n t after will or shall
21.6 The use of time adverbials
22. The Future Perfect Continuous: The use of the verb group will/shall have + been
+ ..ing
22.1 No passive formation
22.2 How it is used and where it is used
e.g. to relate a past action in progress to the present
22.3 The question form by inversion and question form with interrogatives pronoun
22.4 The question tags
22.5 Negative form by adding not or n t after had.
22.6 Time adverbials
23. Speech skills
23.1 Express intention
23.2 Make promises
23.3 Make social and official appointments
23.4 Discuss future programmers
23.5 Organize time and place relationships
23.6 Develop time and place relationships
24. Writing skills
24.1 Letters of request, letters of invitation, letters to book seats etc
24.2 Travel itinerary
24.3 Agenda of meetings
24.4 Minutes of meetings

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25. Reading Skills
25.1 Reading comprehension
25.2 Reading between lines
25.3 Reading advertisements