Bangladesh Technical Education Board

Syllabus for the short course

On
Certificate in Communicative English

Total Duration: 360 hours.

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COURSE TITLE: Certificate in Communicative English

INDEX:

Sl No: Subject Page No.

01. Title Page 2
02. Introduction 3
03. Objectives 3
04. Course out line 3
05. Competencies 4
06. Contents 5
07. Job List 13
08. Entry Qualification 14
09. Employment Opportunity 14
10. List of Tools/Equipments 15
11. Reference 15

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Course Name: Certificate in Communicative English

INTRODUCTION:

Certificate in Communicative English course provides a unique foundation in the basic

and intermediate level for developing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. This
course is ready to extend the knowledge and upgrade skills into some of more specialized and
advanced capabilities of basic operation in communication.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Cover most of the areas that students might encounter in real life situation.
2. Reinforce the basic for skills with special emphasis on listening and speaking.
3. Understand the use of computer system as tools in the class room that best suit their own
learning style.
4. Use educational portal and install/uninstall educational software.
5. Understand the term e-learning in the context of education.

Course Outline:

Entry
Name of Course Duration of Course
Qualification
Total 360 hrs 5 days per week, per day 3 hrs
Certificate in
Theory= 60 hrs Theory=1hr.per person S.S.C &
Communicative
Practical=240hrs. Practice=2hrs.per person above
English
Computer=60hrs. Total=3hrs.per working day

LIST OF COMPETENCIES:
Basic Competencies:

a) Receive and respond, Participate and Lead to workplace communication:

1. Work with others, Team Environment and Lead small Teams;
2. Demonstrate work values, Practice career professionalism and develop &
Practice Negotiation skills.
3. Solve problems related to work activities.
4. Speak in English with confidence.
5. Personal manner.
6. Use relevant technologies.
7. Communicate with target persons effectively.
8. Understand the speech of English users.
9. Achieve better professional performance.

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 COMMON COMPETENCIES:

1) Acquire knowledge on computer fundamentals as a tool of teaching learning.

2) Understand educational software and wave portals.
3) Install and uninstall educational program software.
4) Trace the history of computer technology in education.
5) Integrate grammar in practical use for reading, writing, speaking and listening.
6) Interpret the meaning of given words (by the teacher)-Vocabulary.
7) Speaking on a specific situation.
8) Public speaking.
9) Exchanging views with target persons.
10) Introduce one self.
11) Describing & narrating events, places, objects etc.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

1. Operate PC with windows operating system and install and uninstall educational
program/software.

2. Communicate overseas dealings confidently.

3. Perform attractive presentation before public gathering.
4. Understand the speech of English users.
5. Communicate with a target person easily.
6. Achieve better professional performance.

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CONTENTS:
A) 1.Basic Competencies-30 hours

period Topics Hours

1. Receive and Respond, Participate and Lead to workplace communication:
1 a) Explain and follow routinely speaking messages in a work 1
place.
2 b) Follow routinely speaking & message. 1
3 c) Perform work duties following written notices. 2
2. Work with others, Team Environment and Lead small Teams:
4 a)Develop effective work place relationship 2
5 b) Contribute to work group activities. 2
3. Demonstrate work values, Practice carrier professionalism and Develop &
practice Negotiation skill.
6 a) Define the purpose of works. 1
7 b) Apply work values/ethics. 1
8 c) Deal with ethical problems. 1
9 d) Maintain integrity of conduct in the work place. 1
4.Practice occupational health and safety procedure and solve problems related to
work activities:
10 a) Sort and remove unnecessary items 1
11 b) Arrange items 1
12 c) Maintain work areas, Tools and equipments. 1
13 d) Follow standardizes work process and procedures. 2
14 e) Perform work spontaneously 2
15 f) Use techniques and relevant Technologies. 3
5. Personal Manner:
16 a)Show good Manner 1
17 b)Respect honorable person(sir, senior, Trainees) 1
18 c) Corporate & Thinking to each other about practical works 1
19 d) Maintain sequence in practical works. 1
20 e) Own responsibilities & Duties of practical works. 2
21 f) Observe all practical works. 2
A) 1.Basic Computer Knowledge-30 hours (Theoretical).
Related subject-10 hours and General Subject-20 hours 1 hour/period
After completion of this course trainees will be able to:
a) Acquire knowledge on Computer Fundamentals.
b) Introduce with MS word.
c) Understand PowerPoint.
d) Enhance PowerPoint presentation.
e) Manage and organize Mail box and E-mail message.
f) Operate Computer with confidence
g) Communicate with target person Online.
h) Understand Education Software.
i) Achieve better professional performance.

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 Basic Computer Practice-30 hours (Practical)

No. of
Overview of Computer and Operating System hours
period
1 Identify the different components of computer software. 1
2 Operate basic of windows such as traverse, create, delete, edit file, 1
folder, etc. as per requirement.
3 Format text and practice typing using Type Tutor 2
4 Operate application software like MS Word, Excel, etc. 2
5 Insert auto space, text box, Bookmarks & Hyperlink, Comments, 2
Caption, index & tables file in a document:
Compose a paragraph inserting all option.
6 Know operational fundamentals (usage of pen drive, printer, DVD 2
ROM, Scanner, Projector, Webcam etc.)
7 Use various operations of files and replace it in another file in 1
accordance to task assigned.
8 Format rows & columns, format cells with number on task. 1
Format cells for alignment, merge and fonts.
9 Identify the different components of MS PowerPoint program. 2
Design templates, color schemes, animation schemes.
Add/delete slides in the presentation in accordance with the necessity.
10 Add pictures, graphs, charts and other objects into slides as 2
requirements.
Animate text and other objects in a very attractive way or motion.
11 Execute slide transition in accordance with the theme of the subject 2
matter of the presentation.
Use sound effects and custom path of animation effects in the
presentation.
Add video clips.
12 Connect to the online by using Dial up or broadband internet 2
connection.
13 Browse and visit the reputed educational website all over the world. 4
14 Use the search engine for searching information on the web. 3
Download visual dictionary online with pronunciation software.
15 Create an E-mail account on Yahoo. G-mail or Hotmail for the first 4
time.
Check, compose, send and reply of e-mail message. Attach a file to an
e-mail message and open an attach file.

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 Common & Core competencies 300 hours

a) Theoretical & Practical: 60 hours

SL NO: Competencies Hours

State Communicative English
01. Describe the idea of Communication 3
Understand what learning a language means
Introduce a computer
02. Describe the history of computer in Education 3
Narrate information technology as a means of learning a language.
Read a passage about the necessity for learning English
03. Prioritize the skills you need to improve 3
Write a paragraph on the importance of learning a language
Think about How you learn English
04. Read a passage about the ways You learn English 3
Write a letter of advice and suggestion
Watch short films or documentary
Adopt body Language and play role of the characters shown.
05. 3
Discuss in pairs some ways and means of earning money if you don’t
get job after completing education.
Read and listen to the music and practice in group
06. Listen to hard talk, Interviews 3
Prepare a series of questions to interview a celebrity
Listen to weather report, sports commentary in the English Channels
like- BBC, CNN, AL-JAJERA.
Prepare seven days weather report on your area.
07. 3
Make an attractive poster for the people of your area giving advice
about protecting the environment.
Follow the link: www.yahoo.com/weather
Identify formal and informal social language
08. Practice conversation emphasizing on greetings & fare well. 3
Follow conversation from the link: [email protected]
Take part in Audio video conferencing activities.
Ask questions on Personal information, place of interest, food, hobby,
09. job employment opportunity with foreign friends Online. 3
Do group chat Online with English speaking people.
Follow the Link: www.speaking24.com
Out source some common and interesting passage on Art, Film and
Media, Environment & Scientific Inventions from the websites.
10. Do activities on the done comprehension. 3
Test your skills level Online and get feedback.
Follow the link: www.britishcouncil.org
Exchange information on Asking and giving advice.
Express ability, inability, probability & improbability.
11. 3
Narrate and describe People, Places, Common interest and attitude in
the form of past, present and future situation.
Talk about obligations.
12. Talk about speculation on improbable future. 3
Write a paragraph on future education in Bangladesh.
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 Express Likes/Dislikes.
13. Narrate events on the basis of compare and contrast. 3
Discuss the way of narration in the group and get feedback.
Identify the differences in written and spoken language.
14. Write formal and informal message online. 3
Write formal and informal official letter.
Write letter to the print & electronic media.
15. Write letter of advice and complain. 3
Write letter of enquiry, Order and cancellation.
Complete story out of given Data.
16. Match the parts of stories. 3
Analyze model stories.
Define paragraph.
17. Develop paragraph. 3
Develop paragraph on the basis of comparison, contrast and analysis.
Interpret pictures, sceneries and specific narrative events.
18. Narrate information from flow chart, pie table and graphs. 3
Write on the E-social blog and ask for public reaction online.
Format word using suffix and prefix.
19. Apply technique to infer meaning from the text 2
Answer short questions and summarize the text read with suitable title.
Define writing reports.
20. Analyze examples of news reports. 2
Narrate business report with example.
Define dictionary.
Know how to use dictionary.
21. 2
Learn at least 10 words in a day with correct pronunciation.
Follow the link: www.marrium-englishdictionery.com (visual)

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 Practical Common and Core 240 Hours

b) Theoretical & Practical (Language):

SL NO Competencies Hours
Parts of Speech:
Identify Part of speech individually.
01 Follow the example. 3+3
Test your level of understanding and get feed back online.
Follow the link: [email protected]
Tenses:
Define Tenses.
02 Conjugate a verb in the twelve form of tense. 3+3
Test your level of understanding and get feed back online.
Follow link: www.englishteststore.com
Simple Sentence:
Define Sentences.
03 3+3
Make sentences individually as Assertive, Interrogative, Imperative,
optative and Exclamatory.
Define affirmative and negative sentences.
Know how to make question with auxiliary verb and WH words.
Review and test your level of making question according to tense and
04 3+3
question module online.
Follow the Link:www.britishcouncil.org/education &
[email protected]
Define Verb.
Know how to use the right form of verbs.
05 Review verbs used according to tense in the right form. 3+3
Do quizzes and get feed back.
Follow the link: [email protected]
Define adjective and adverb.
Know how to use the right form of adjective and adverb.
06 3+3
Review adjective and adverb used properly according to time, places,
manner, & frequency.
Do exercises online on the frequency adverb and adjective.
Test your level on adjective and adverb as pre- modifier or post
07 modifier. 3+3
Follow the Link: www.britishcouncil.org/education &
[email protected]
Define articles.
08 Know the variety of use of articles in a sentence. 3+3
Test your level at the beginners and intermediate level online.
Define Preposition.
Use appropriate form of preposition.
09 3+3
Test your level at the beginners and intermediate level and get feed
back online.
Define the phrases and clauses.
Know the basic difference between phrase and clauses.
10 Identify and underline the difference between clause and phrase from 3+3
the text.

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 Define what a dialogue is?
11 Narrate what is formal greeting and informal greetings. 3+3
Introduce formal and informal fare well.
Arrange one to one conversation, face to face talk using compelling
conversation question series.
12 3+3
Stage a performance for canned presentation, group discussion, case
study, picture description, graphical presentation and elicitation.
Arrange a debate between two groups.
13 Present set speech, extempore speech, mock conference, Hard talk, 3+3
parliamentary debate and problem, planning and solution
Speak on presentation:
14 Speak before public and audience. Speak under pressure, Face 3+3
interview, Speak in conflict with etiquette.
Listen to the audio video presentation on current live situation.
Practice in audio video conferencing activities.
15 Communicate with the English speaking people online for both text 3+3
& voice chat.
Follow the link: www.speaking24.com
Learn 1000 basic words for communication by ODGENS.
Follow the link:wwwitutor.com
16 3+3
Prepare 10 mostly common formulas (structure) to Write correct
English.
Practice 100 basic prepositions in practical English uses.
Do practice on 50 confusable words and expressions online.
17 3+3
Follow the link:www.britishcouncil.org/education &
[email protected]
Write guided paragraph on your created blog and explore for online
evaluation.
18 Narrate process, stories and interpret charts, graphs online and get 3+3
evaluation from foreign teachers.
Follow the link: www.ieltsexam.com
Browse dictionaries online.
Download visual dictionary.
19 3+3
Subscribe for the word of the day.
Follow the link: www.merriam-websters.com
Arrange a formal debating competition on the stage.
20 Present a film by the photos taken during class hours through power 3+3
point presentation at the closing.

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Communicative (Compelling Conversation) English:
(The philosophy behind Compelling Conversations: English language learners want to share experiences and
insights on contemporary topics and expand their practical and academic vocabulary from different points of
view, also encourage discussions and develop critical thinking skills. Students hold longer discussions, learn
about their classmates, and gain practical experience. So, Let's create better, deeper, and more enjoyable
conversations in English.)

NO. of
Topic- Conversational Situation Hours
Period
Create compelling conversations by asking simple questions like:
a. What is your name? Who choose your name? Why? How do
you spell your name?
b. Where were you born? How many miles do you think that is
from here?.
c. Where are you in your family's birth order?
d. What have you been reading recently?
e. What makes you smile?
f. Where are you coming from?
g. Where are you going?
h. What makes you smile?
i. What music inspires you?
01 j. Where do you feel most comfortable? Why? 3+3
k. What's the most beautiful place you've seen?
l. What do you do to stay healthy?
m. What qualities make a good leader? How do you release
stress?
n. What do you appreciate about living in town/village?
o. What brings you here?
p. How did you hear about this institute (party/event/movie)?
q. What did you learn at your last job?
r. Have your habits changed in the last year?
s. How would your friends describe you?
t. What do you like to do online?
Follow the Link: www.compellingconversation.com
About social Language for Formal & Informal greetings and
02 3+3
Farewells
About exchanging view with a person and introducing one narrating
03 3+3
daily Activities.
Meeting at the train stations & Asking question about the departure
04 3+3
and arrival of the train to the station manager.
05 Meeting at the airport and asking the flight schedule. 3+3

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06 Getting to the hotel and asking for reservation. 3+3
07 Getting Information & Finding one’s way. 3+3
08 Meeting some one & participating in class. 3+3
09 Asking permission & Making Request. 3+3
10 Asking about practical class. 3+3
11 Going by Taxi and asking the name of places 3+3
12 Arriving early or late 3+3
13 Living in an apartment. 3+3
14 Social Language for Telephonic conversation 3+3
15 Talking about the weather, trips & site seeing 3+3
16 Talking about lunch and dinner. 3+3
17 Talking about common health problem. 3+3
18 Talking about etiquette and manner. 3+3
19 Getting help in stores and talking about shopping. 3+3
20 Talking about Office and office manner. 3+3

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 JOB LIST:

a) Creating a personal Bio-data (sample example).

STEPS:

1) Start a personal computer.

2) Start MS word.
3) Create a new document.
4) Write personal information.
5) Write academic information
6) Write interest, hobby etc.
7) Save the document.
8) Print the document.
9) Close the document.
10. Exit from MS word.

b) Present a formal speech before the audience.

c) Create an e-mail address and send e-mail to your friends with an attachment.

d) Make a film in a group with the photos of activities taken during class hours for the closing
session.

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ENTRY QUALIFICATION:

Minimum S.S.C

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

1. Government Service.
2. Semi-Government Services.
3. School Teaching (Both English & Computer).
4. Private Sectors.
5. NGO,s
6. Overseas Employment.
7. Self Employment.

Training Facilitator each group of 30 Students:

Physical Facility Size(in ft) Area(in sq ft)

Class Room cum Laboratory 15 × 20 300
Office Room Cum Library 15 × 20 300
Wash Room 4×7 28

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 List of Equipment Required:

Tools Quantity
Personal Computer System and Accessories 10
Scanner 01
Printer 01
Projector 01
UPS 05
Modem 01
LAN Card 01
DVD Read/Writer 01
MS Office CD 01
Windows XP / Windows 7 CD 01
Internet Connection 01 (Broadband/Dial
Up)
Camera (Digital) 01
Photocopier 01
Video Conferencing Equipments 01 set
TV Card 01
Satellite Cable Connection for the channels 01
Head Phone 01
First Aid Box 01
Air cooler (Split) 01

References:
www.britishcouncil.org
www.merriam-websters.com
www.compellingconversation.com
[email protected]
www.bbc.com/news
www.speaking24.com
www.itutor.com
www.ieltsexam.com
www.englishteststore.com

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