Course

Unit 1

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 2

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

Unit 3

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 4

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 5

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”

Objectives:

To help students obtain an ability to communicate fluently in English; to enable and enhance the students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; to impart an aesthetic sense and enhance creativity

References:

1. Murphy, Raymond, Murphy’s English Grammar, CUP, 2004
2. Syamala, V. Speak English in Four Easy Steps, Improve English Foundation Trivandrum: 2006
3. Martinet, Thomson, A Practical English Grammar, IV Ed. OUP, 1986.

4. 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/

1. A G Gardiner – Leaves in the Wind, Digicat (e-book), 2015
2. Ruskin Bond – The Best of Ruskin Bond; India Penguin. April 2016.
3. Mrinal Pande – Stepping Out; Penguin India; 2003
4. W H Auden – Another Time; Random House Pub; 1940
5. William H Davies – Songs of Joy and Others; Andesite Press, August 2017.
6. Sir Ken Robinson – “Do schools kill creativity?”. https://go.ted.com/6WoC
7. Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. https://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc?si=1nMNYJOk3Yw7H7tF
8. India Questions Dr Abdul Kalam (aired: August 2007). https://youtu.be/erg3CmVm6M4?si=YudsxXZOFY1do91C