English Proficiency Programme

Courses for Aug-Nov 2016

1. Practical English: Learning and Teaching

2. Technical Writing and Presentation

Common registration process through online form

Registration open at extremely attractive terms for first 100 registrants.

Details of the courses

	Practical English	Technical Writing & Presentation
Nature of course	Online	Classroom
Eligibility	No bar	IIT Kanpur students
Duration	Aug-Nov	Aug-Nov
Final Evaluation	1st week of December	1st week of November
Course Content	Interpretation and Expression; Basic syntax rules of English; Punctuation; Vocabulary building with patterns of spelling and pronunciation; Vocabulary building through etymological connections; Analysis and construction of powerful sentences in comprehension and communication; Strategies of summarising and composition.	Composition and summary writing; Comprehension, Oral communication and Group discussion; Rules and norms of technical writing; Software and internet tools in publication; Manuscript drafting, peer review process, response and rebuttal; Formal presentation of a technical paper.
Sample lesson	Lecture 32 of NPTEL course PELT	Guest lecture on 25 Feb 2013 at IISc
Classroom sessions	Around 10 sessions on weekends, optional	Around 10 sessions on weekends, mandatory
Pre-requisite	Minimal English background	Adequate English background

To register for any of the two courses, complete the

online form according to instructions given in the form itself.

All registrants (to both the courses) will be given a test, based on which grades (A, B, C, D) will be assigned to them, and course allocation will be done by the following policy.

Grade A registrants will be directly given the Technical Writing & Presentation course.
Grade B registrants will also be directly given the Technical Writing & Presentation course, along with some suggestions and online material for self-improvement in the meanwhile.
Grade C registrants will be given the Practical English course for now, and upon its successful completion, they will be given the technical writing course if they want. [No fresh registration will be required for it at that stage.]
Grade D registrants will also be given the same offer as grade C registrants. But, they will be given some additional online material to prepare themselves before the Practical English course starts.
Requests for the technical writing course irrespective of the English proficiency level will not be entertained.

Hard copy of the application, complete in all respects, may also be submitted at NL201, IIT Kanpur
or at the postal address
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur - 208016.

- Bhaskar Dasgupta
For
English Proficiency Programme
[ http://home.iitk.ac.in/~dasgupta/teaching/English/ ]

Contact: 0512-2596695, 09839148007 (Utkarsh Srivastava); epp@iitk.ac.in or epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com