effective writing nptel pdf

NPTEL Video Course : NOC:Effective Writing

Lecture 3 - principles of effective writing.

• NPTEL courses
• IIT Workshops
• Partnering courses

Course list

Effective Writing

₹ 1,000.00

Prof. Binod Mishra IIT Roorkee

*Additional GST and optional Exam fee are applicable.

Description

Additional information, certification process, course details.

• Reviews (1)

The value of writing, one of the four language skills, has never waned. Many people, although having excellent verbal talents, struggle to demonstrate their writing abilities. Because writing reflects a writer even when he is not there and has no room for interpretation, mastering this craft is essential. The purpose of this writing course is to familiarise students with the nuances of effective writing so that they can better understand the subtle art of writing. It allows them to write with clarity, precision, and subtlety to express their ideas on various occasions while considering the concepts of appropriateness and accuracy.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

Pre- requisites.

12th pass and above

SUPPORT INDUSTRY

Can be useful to all major companies, such as L&T, BHEL, NBCC, NTPC, WIPRO, INFOSYS, besides educational institutes.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Prof. Binod Mishra, presently a professor in the Department of HSS, IIT Roorkee, has been teaching English for more than two decades at various levels. He has to his credit 25 books and more than a hundred articles published in different reputed journals and books. Learners from all across the country have well received his MOOC courses on Soft Skills and Effective Writing. He has also addressed the participants in around a hundred invited talks at various conferences and symposiums. Besides being an engaging teacher and a competent researcher, Dr Mishra is also a passionate poet. Currently, he is the Vice Chairman of the Association for English Teachers of India, the largest body of English teachers. Before this, he had twice been the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of English Studies, one of the oldest English language and literature journals.

1. Join the course Learners may pay the applicable fees and enrol to a course on offer in the portal and get access to all of its contents including assignments. Validity of enrolment, which includes access to the videos and other learning material and attempting the assignments, will be mentioned on the course. Learner has to complete the assignments and get the minimum required marks to be eligible for the certification exam within this period.

COURSE ENROLMENT FEE: The Fee for Enrolment is Rs. 1000 + GST

2. Watch Videos+Submit Assignments After enrolling, learners can watch lectures and learn and follow it up with attempting/answering the assignments given.

3. Get qualified to register for exams A learner can earn a certificate in the self paced course only by appearing for the online remote proctored exam and to register for this, the learner should get minimum required marks in the assignments as given below:

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE Assignment score = Score more than 50% in at least 3/4 assignments. Exam score = 50% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100 Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.”

4. Register for exams The certification exam is conducted online with remote proctoring. Once a learner has become eligible to register for the certification exam, they can choose a slot convenient to them from what is available and pay the exam fee. Schedule of available slot dates/timings for these remote-proctored online examinations will be published and made available to the learners.

EXAM FEE: The remote proctoring exam is optional for a fee of Rs.1500 + GST. An additional fee of Rs.1500 will apply for a non-standard time slot.

5. Results and Certification After the exam, based on the certification criteria of the course, results will be declared and learners will be notified of the same. A link to download the e-certificate will be shared with learners who pass the certification exam.

CERTIFICATE TEMPLATE

BOOKS AND REFERENCES:

1.Turk, Christopher and John Kirkman. Effective Writing. London and New York: Chapman & Hall. Indian Reprint 2003 2.Pinker, Steven. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century . Penguin Books, Reprint edition ,2015 3.Seely, John. Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking. OUP 2nd edition, 2005 4.Goins, Jeff. You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One). Tribe Press 5.Brohaugh, William. Write Tight: Say Exactly What You Mean with Precision and Power. 6.Janzer. Anne. The Writer’s Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear. Cuesta Park Consulting, 2016 7.King, Stephen. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Scribner, 2010

1 review for Effective Writing

Praneetha C – February 17, 2023

It is very usefull course

Your review  *

Name  *

Email  *

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

English for Research Paper Writing

National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chennai's SWAYAM course on ‘English for Research Paper Writing', a meticulously designed program aimed to serve as a comprehensive guide to augmenting language proficiency in the specialized domain of academic writing for research papers. Throughout the course a diverse spectrum of linguistic skills is presented, encompassing foundational principles to advanced techniques tailored explicitly to the demands of academic research. This 40-hour course is mapped to the needs of postgraduates, doctoral scholars and teachers of all disciplines who desire to enhance their English Language Skills concerning research paper writing.

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

Page Visits

Course layout.

WEEK 1: FOUNDATIONS OF ACADEMIC ENGLISH IN RESEARCH

Academic English - MAP (Message-Audience-Purpose) - Language Proficiency for Writing - Key Language Aspects - Clarity and Precision - Objectivity - Formal Tone - Integrating References - Following Academic Conventions

WEEK 2: EFFECTIVE WRITING STYLE FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Word Order - Sentences and Paragraphs - Link Words for Cohesion - Avoiding Redundancy / Repetition - Breaking up long sentences - Structuring Paragraphs - Paraphrasing Skills – Framing Title and Sub-headings  

WEEK 3: ADVANCED READING SKILLS FOR RESEARCHERS

WEEK 4: RESEARCH VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

WEEK 5: GRAMMAR REFINEMENT FOR RESEARCH WRITING

WEEK 6: MASTERY IN REVISING, EDITING, AND PROOFREADING

WEEK 7: PRESENTATION LANGUAGE SKILLS

WEEK 8: TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE FOR RESEARCH

Books and references

Instructor bio.

Dr. Shoba. K. N

Course certificate.

• The Registration fee for the proctored exam is Rs.1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
• Date and Time of Exams: 2 nd   Saturday & Sunday of May (tentative):
• Announcements will be made when the exam registration form is open for registrations along with the url
• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.
• Internal assignment score = 30%, The average of best 3 assignments out of the total assignments given in the course.
• Exam score = 70% of the proctored exam score out of 100
• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score
• You will be eligible for a certificate only if average assignment score >=10/30 and exam score >= 30/70
• Certificate will have your name, photograph, roll number and the percentage of score in the final exam. It will have the logos of MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development), SWAYAM and NITTTR. 
• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

DOWNLOAD APP

SWAYAM SUPPORT

Please choose the SWAYAM National Coordinator for support. * :

• Review Assignment
• Announcements
• About the Course
• Explore Courses

Reminder: NPTEL: Exam Registration is date is extended for Jan 2024 courses!

Dear Learner,  The exam registration for the Jan 2024 NPTEL course certification exam is extended till February 20, 2024 - 05.00 P.M . CLICK HERE to register for the exam Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: Exam Cities Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline For further details on registration process please refer the previous announcement in the course page dated January 30, 2024. -NPTEL Team

NPTEL: Exam Registration is open now for Jan 2024 courses!

Dear Candidate,

Here is a golden opportunity for those who had previously enrolled in this course during the Jan 2023 semester, but could not participate in the exams or were absent/did not pass the exam for this course. This course is being reoffered in Jan 2024 and we are giving you another chance to write the exam in March 23, 2024 and obtain a certificate based on NPTEL norms. Do not let go of this unique opportunity to earn a certificate from the IITs/IISc.

IMPORTANT instructions for learners - Please read this carefully  

1. The exam date for this course: March 23, 2024

2. CLICK HERE to register for the exam.

Please fill the exam form using the same Enrolled email id & make fee payment via the form, as before.

3. Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: Exam Cities

4. You DO NOT have to re-enroll in the courses. 

5. You DO NOT have to resubmit Assignments OR participate in the non-proctored programming exams(if applicable) in the previous semester

6. If you do enroll in the Jan 2024 course, we will take the best average assignment scores/non-proctored programming exam(if applicable) score across the two semesters.

Please check once if you have >= 40/100  in average assignment score and also participated and satisfied the criteria in the non-proctored programming exams(if applicable) that were conducted in Jan 2023 to become eligible for the e-certificate, wherever applicable.

If not, please submit assignments again in the Jan 2024 course and also participate in the non-proctored programming exams(if applicable) to become eligible for the e-certificate.

We will not be having new assignments or unproctored exams(if applicable) in the previous seme ster's (Jan 2023) c ourse. 

RECOMMENDATION: If you want to take new assignments and an unproctored exam(if applicable) or brush up on your lessons for the exam, please enroll in the Jan 2024 course.

Click here to enroll in the current course, links are provided corresponding to the course name.

7. Exam fees: 

If you register for the exam and pay before Feb 12, 2024 - 5:00 PM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam .

8. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 

Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate.

Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate. 

9. Last date for exam registration: Feb 16, 2024 - 5:00 PM (Friday). 

10. Between Feb 12, 2024 - 5:00 PM & Feb 16, 2024 - 5:00 PM late fee will be applicable.

11. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking/UPI. 

12.  HALL TICKET: 

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 

13. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 

14. Data changes: 

Last date for data changes: Feb 16, 2024 - 5:00 PM :  

We will charge an additional fee of Rs. 200 to make any changes related to name, DOB, photo, signature, SC/ST and PWD certificates after the last date of data changes.

The following 6 fields can be changed (until the form closes) ONLY when there are NO courses in the course cart. And you will be able to edit those fields only if you: - 

REMOVE unpaid courses from the cart And/or - CANCEL paid courses 

1. Do you come under the SC/ST category? * 

2. SC/ST Proof 

3. Are you a person with disabilities? * 

4. Are you a person with disabilities above 40%? 

5. Disabilities Proof 

6. What is your role? 

Note: Once you remove or cancel a course, you will be able to edit these fields immediately. 

But, for cancelled courses, refund of fees will be initiated only after 2 weeks. 

15. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: Feb 16, 2024 - 5:00 PM  

16. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline

Domain Certification

Domain Certification helps learners to gain expertise in a specific Area/Domain. This can be helpful for learners who wish to work in a particular area as part of their job or research or for those appearing for some competitive exam or becoming job ready or specialising in an area of study.  

Every domain will comprise Core courses and Elective courses. Once a learner completes the requisite courses per the mentioned criteria, you will receive a Domain Certificate showcasing your scores and the domain of expertise. Kindly refer to the following link for the list of courses available under each domain: https://nptel.ac.in/domains

Outside India Candidates

Candidates who are residing outside India may also fill the exam form and pay the fees. Mode of exam and other details will be communicated to you separately.

Thanks & Regards, 

Thank you for learning with NPTEL!!

Dear Learner, Thank you for taking the course with NPTEL!! Hope you enjoyed the journey with us. The results for this course have been published and we are closing this course now.  You will still have access to the contents and assignments of this course, if you click on the course name from the " Mycourses " tab on swayam.gov.in . For any further queries please write to [email protected] . - NPTEL Team

Effective Writing : Result Published!!

Dear Candidate, The exam scores and E Certificates have been released for March 2023 Exam(s). Step 1 - Are the results of my courses released? Please check the Results published courses list in the below links.:- March 2023 Exam - Click here Step 2 - How to check Results? Please login to internalapp.nptel.ac.in/ . and check your exam results. Use the same login credentials as used to register to the exam. What's next? Please read the pass criteria carefully and check against what you have gotten. If you still have any issues, please report the same here. internalapp.nptel.ac.in/ . We will reply within a week. Last date to report queries: 3 days within publishing of scores. Note : Hard copies of certificates will not be dispatched. The duration shown in the certificate will be based on the timeline of offering of the course in 2023, irrespective of which Assignment score that will be considered. Thanks and Best wishes. NPTEL Team

Effective Writing : Final Feedback Form !!!

Dear students, We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course. We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively. In this regard, we would like to have feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.   We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better. The link to give your feedback is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G7Ydk8-WNuR5Lpjl27pQWru3TsqwcMOxf2j9P1wdcwY/viewform We thank you for your valuable time and feedback. Thanks & Regards, -NPTEL Team

Announcement regarding question number 8 of Assignment 2.

Dear learner There was a discrepancy in the answer given for question number 8 of Assignment 2 as there were two correct options and only one was marked as correct. So in order to avoid any confusion the question has been cancelled so that no one loses marks for the same. Regards NPTEL Team

March 2023 NPTEL Exams - Hall Tickets Released!

***THIS IS APPLICABLE ONLY FOR EXAM REGISTERED CANDIDATES*** Dear Candidate, Your Hall Ticket / admit card for the NPTEL Exam(s) in March, 2023 has been released. Please login to https://internalapp.nptel.ac.in/ using your exam registered email id and download your hall ticket. Note:  Requests for changes in exam city, exam center, exam date, session, or course will NOT be entertained. Please write to [email protected] for any further queries. All the best for your exams! Warm Regards NPTEL Team

Exam Format - March, 2023 !!

Dear Candidate, ****This is applicable only for the exam registered candidates**** Type of exam will be available in the list: Click Here You will have to appear at the allotted exam center and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card (Example: Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person.  You can find the final allotted exam center details in the hall ticket. The hall ticket is yet to be released.  We will notify the same through email and SMS. Type of exam: Computer based exam (Please check in the above list corresponding to your course name) The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay-type answers, etc. Type of exam: Paper and pen Exam  (Please check in the above list corresponding to your course name) The questions will be on the computer. You will have to write your answers on sheets of paper and submit the answer sheets. Papers will be sent to the faculty for evaluation. On-Screen Calculator Demo Link: Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam. https://tcsion.com/ OnlineAssessment/ ScientificCalculator/ Calculator.html NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall. Thank you! -NPTEL Team

Effective Writing - Translation Feedback

Dear Learner, The translated content of this course is available in regional languages. For details please visit https://nptel.ac.in/translation The video course content can be accessed in the form of regional language text transcripts, books, subtitles in the video and Video Text Track below the video. Your feedback is highly appreciated. Kindly fill this form https://forms.gle/JQ69biza33j4QtM38 MP3 audio files are made available on NPTEL Site for each lecture in the regional language.  Steps to access the MP3 files : 1. Open the course page on NPTEL Site( nptel.ac.in  -> Programs -> NPTEL Courses -> Search the course name -> Click on the Course Name). 2. Click on Downloads tab. 3. Click Transcripts. 4. Select language for the lecture. 5. Click MP3 to the right (Download or Play) -NPTEL Team

NPTEL: Effective Writing: Week-04 Videos, text version and assignment released!

Nptel: effective writing: week 2 feedback form.

Dear Learners, Thank you for enrolling in this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment. We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc. We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc. Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the Learners feel. Here is the link to the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1deMlvkplLBRsG_a2uxMy1vkr6CFsgRcnkm6cjoYLJzE/viewform        NPTEL Team

NPTEL: Effective Writing: Week 1 Feedback Form

Dear Learners, Thank you for enrolling in this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment. We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc. We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc. Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the Learners feel. Here is the link to the form:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1deMlvkplLBRsG_a2uxMy1vkr6CFsgRcnkm6cjoYLJzE/viewform       NPTEL Team

NPTEL: Effective Writing: Week-03 Videos, text version and assignment released!

Nptel: effective writing: week-02 videos, text version and assignment released, nptel: effective writing: week-01 videos, text version and assignment released, nptel: effective writing: assignment 0 released for practice.

Dear Learner, We welcome you all to the course "Effective Writing". The Assignment 0 has been released which is only for your practice purpose, the marks obtained in this assignment will not be considered in the final assessment score. You can find the assignment in the "Week 0" tab on the left-hand side of your screen OR click on the link below  Assignment URL:  https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc23_hs19/unit?unit=16&assessment=61 For any queries/doubts please feel free write to us on "Ask a Question" tab.

NPTEL: Exam Registration is open now for Jan 2023 courses!

Dear Learner, 

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the Jan 2023 NPTEL course certification exam. 

1. The registration for the certification exam is open only to those learners who have enrolled in the course. 

2. If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id which you had used to enroll to the course in Swayam portal. Please note that Assignments submitted through the exam registered email id ALONE will be taken into consideration towards final consolidated score & certification. 

3 . Date of exam: Mar 26, 2023

CLICK HERE to register for the exam. 

Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: Exam Cities

4. Exam fees: 

If you register for the exam and pay before Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 PM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam .

5. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 

6. Last date for exam registration: Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 PM (Friday). 

7. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking/UPI. 

8. HALL TICKET: 

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date . We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 

9. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 

10. Data changes: 

Last date for data changes: Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 PM :  

All the fields in the Exam form except for the following ones can be changed until the form closes. 

The following 6 fields can be changed ONLY when there are NO courses in the course cart. And you will be able to edit the following fields only if you: - 

6. What is your role ? 

11. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 PM  

12. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline

Effective Writing: Welcome to NPTEL Online Course - Jan 2023!!

• Every week, about 2.5 to 4 hours of videos containing content by the Course instructor will be released along with an assignment based on this. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning and doing well in the course. This will be done week on week through the duration of the course.
• Please do the assignments yourself and even if you take help, kindly try to learn from it. These assignments will help you prepare for the final exams. Plagiarism and violating the Honor Code will be taken very seriously if detected during the submission of assignments.
• The announcement group - will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets, etc.
• The discussion forum (Ask a question tab on the portal) - is for everyone to ask questions and interact. Anyone who knows the answers can reply to anyone's post and the course instructor/TA will also respond to your queries.
• Please make maximum use of this feature as this will help you learn much better.
• If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments, etc can be posted in the forum section
• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
• Date and Time of Exams: March 26, 2023  Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2 pm to 5 pm.
• Registration URL: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.
• Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

A project of

In association with