Unit I

Mechanics of writing – Parts of speech – use of prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and determiners – word order – collocation – concord (Subject-Verb, Pronoun-Antecedent) – kinds and patterns of sentences

Unit II

Tenses – Modal auxiliaries – Reported speech – Active and Passive Voice – Phrasal Verbs – Linkers/ Discourse Markers – Question Tags

Unit III

Pre-writing techniques – Paragraph writing – Cohesion – Development – types: definition, comparison, classification, contrast, cause and effect – Essay writing: Descriptive and Narrative – Introduction to the use of Gen AI in writing (AI tools, Do’s and Don’ts while using AI, how to write prompts, etc.)

Unit IV

Listening comprehension (3 pieces – Do Schools kill creativity? By Sir Ken Robinson, Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address, India Questions Dr Abdul Kalam- Aired August 2007) – Reading Comprehension – Skimming and Scanning- Inference and Deduction – Reading different kinds of material – Speaking: Narration of incidents / stories/ anecdotes.

Unit V

“Shashi Tharoor – “‘Kindly Adjust’ to Our English

G. Gardiner – “A Fellow Traveller”

Ruskin Bond – “The Eyes Have It”

Mrinal Pande – “Girls”

H. Auden – “Unknown Citizen”

W H Davies – “Leisure””

This course will deal with the fundamental principles of Artificial Intelligence including knowledge representation, reasoning, decision making and programming techniques. The course will also support developing an understanding of the theoretical relationships between these algorithms.

• Murphy, Raymond, Murphy’s English Grammar, CUP, 2004
• Syamala, V. Speak English in Four Easy Steps, Improve English Foundation Trivandrum: 2006
• Martinet, Thomson, A Practical English Grammar, IV Ed. OUP, 1986.
• The Week – June 03, 2018, LAST WORD; https://www.theweek.in/columns/shashi-tharoor/2018/05/25/kindly-adjust-to-our english.html?fbclid=IwAR3IhtdXqvuV4ySECn9S7SA6HmCEYISyd1QHd3BlwKgiNKKwdkeSg3qWp-U/
• A G Gardiner – Leaves in the Wind, Digicat (e-book), 2015
• Ruskin Bond – The Best of Ruskin Bond; India Penguin. April 2016.
• Mrinal Pande – Stepping Out; Penguin India; 2003
• W H Auden – Another Time; Random House Pub; 1940
• William H Davies – Songs of Joy and Others; Andesite Press, August 2017.
• Sir Ken Robinson – “Do schools kill creativity?”. https://go.ted.com/6WoC
• Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. https://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc?si=1nMNYJOk3Yw7H7tF
• India Questions Dr Abdul Kalam (aired: August 2007). https://youtu.be/erg3CmVm6M4?si=YudsxXZOFY1do91C