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A two day Teacher Support Programme on Business English to be conducted in our campus by Cambridge University Establishment, Chennai, on 13th & 14th December 2013. This is invariably a Faculty Development Programme, by Cambridge University for faculty members who seek to become trainers for BEC (Business English Certificate) Examinations to be conducted for students.

SKILLS FOCUSED:

Listening, Speaking, Reading, & Writing of Business English.

RESOURCE PERSON:

Dr. Rosalia Bonjour, HOD, Saveetha Engg College, Chennai.

Dr. Rosalia Bonjour is a Senior Examiner for BEC Examination, and who has the credit of having conducted training programmes for BEC Examinations in several colleges in Chennai.

PARTICIPATION :

Any Faculty Member, who is interested in guiding college students to attain Business English Proficiency.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Date Forenoon Afternoon
13th Dec 2013
  • Getting to Know You Setting Objectives
  • What do You Know about BEC ?
  • 3 Levels of BEC What is Business English?
  • Differences between Business English Courses & General English Courses
  • Differences between Teaching Exam Classes & Regular Classes
Teaching Skills: Listening Overview of BEC Listening Task Types How to Develop Listening Skills? Teaching Skills: Speaking Overview of BEC Speaking Task Types Video of Some Sample Interviews Assessment of Speaking
14th Dec 2013 Teaching Skills: Reading Overviw of BEC Reading Task Types How to Develop Reading Skills for BEC Teaching Skills: Writing Overview of BEC Writing Task Types How to Develop Writing Skills for BEC

About the Workshop:
It is widely accepted fact that there is a strong need for Research in engineering .The various Statistical Software packages will also aid the faculty, researchers and students not only in engineering but also in Management. The topic “Optimization using statistical tools” is designed with the objectives to familiarize the participants with various research tools and its usage through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).This would facilitate the easy application of various tools in real time research. This program intends to satisfy the participant’s quest for knowledge on using the right tools for their research with the help of the software. This program was designed to equip the participants with adequate knowledge and skills to analyze the data and to give an insight in to the techniques of statistics.

Objectives:
• Enrich the researchers and faculties to define research problem and framework.
• Guide faculty and researchers in developing suitable research methodology and data analytic tools.
• Provide hands on experience of the models and tools used for conducting research in the different subject domains.
• Provide exposure to the participants in various statistical methods, research and understand advanced issues of research like structural equation modeling.

List of topics to be covered
• Hypothesis Testing
• Correlation and Regression
• Statistical Function
• Data Analysis Tools


Resource Persons
Dr.R.Kasilingam – Reader
Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.

Dr.R.Rajaram – Dean
Department of Computer science and Engineering, Vickram College of Engineering, Enathi.

Dr.S.Nagarajan - Vice Principal,
Vickram College of Engineering, Enathi.

Dr.P.Sivakumar - Head of Department,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vickram College of Engineering, Enathi.


Participation
Faculty members, undergraduate students, post graduate students of all discipline in engineering,
research scholars and Industrial practitioner are eligible to participate in this workshop.

Registration Fee:
For Faculty, Research scholar, Industry - Rs 1000/-
Student – Rs.900/- for each participant

Contact
Mr.G.Veerappan, Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Vickram College of Engineering, Enathi – 630 561.
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Mobile: +91 9600350876