1. Basic Communication Skills
Oral & Written

2. Importance of English as a
Language
 Used as a Global Language
 Easy to adapt
 Better growth(personal & professional )
 Better Job opportunities
 More Business
 Better communication skills
 Global Citizen

3. Contents of Language
 Grammar  Tone
 Words Structure  Rate of speech
 Spelling  Voice Modulation
 Vocabulary  Selection of words
 Asking questions
 Pattern of questions

4. Grammar
 Tenses
 Verbs
 Prepositions
 Conjunctions
 Spell check
 Vocabulary
 Modals

5. Refreshing course
 Tenses – past ,present, future
12 forms of tenses
Prepositions – simple and compound
In,on, above,if,but ,since, from, to,before,after
etc.
Conjunctions- nevertheless,however,neither
nor, either or.
Contd..

6. Modals
 May,might,can,
could,can`t ,could`t
 Might, was able,can
able
 Must, have to ,
need,should etc.

7. Vocabulary
 Read newspaper, articles,magazines
 Story books
 Take 5-10 words from dictionary.
 Memorize it daily.
 Learn new words from newpaper, TV,
Radio, internet.
 Useful websites- www.dictionary.com

8. Tenses
 Iam doing this work.
 I do this work.
 I was doing this work
 I wanted to do this work.
 I will do this work.
 She will be doing this work on her own.
 He has done his work
 They had done their job.

9. Word Structure
 Example
 She is going to her office today.
 Pronoun/Noun, helping verb,
prepositions, object, main verb.
 Verb+ prepositions/adverbs
 Look out= search for, beware

10. Types of Questions
 Open ended questions
 Close ended questions(yes or no)
 Linked questions(which links to another
question)
Contd…. Next part will be on Effective
Communication skills