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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

ENGL 111 -- COMPULSORY ENGLISH

SEMESTER I FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course enables the learners to develop their skills in critical reading of the text; listening to

thematic related content as “a lead in”, before the passage and to strengthen their understanding

when listened to after the passage; the speaking exercises are intended to promote the learners

ability to participate in a class discussion or to take part in small group activities; vocabulary

exercises are provided to enrich and increase their words actively in their communication and

also help the learners to express their thoughts in writing.

OBJECTIVES

To enable students develop skills in comprehension.

To help the learners’ understanding in self reading.

To enrich their vocabulary.

To enable them to become efficient users of English.

COURSE CONTENT

I. Comprehension

The Avenger – Anton Chekhov

Refund – Fritz Karinthy

Two Gentlemen of Verona – A J Cronin

Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture – Jerome K Jerome

All the World’s a Stage – William Shakespeare

The Conjurer’s Revenge – Stephen Leacock

The Model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde

Gather ye Rosebuds While Ye May – Robert Herrick

II. Writing Exercises

Paragraph Writing

Essay Writing

Dialogue Writing

Story Writing

Summarizing

News Report Writing

Comprehension

III. Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks (Nouns)

Fill in the blanks (Phrasal Verbs)

Find out the meanings of the phrases

Fill in the blanks (Forms of ‘expect’) Words used as nouns and verbs (vehicles)

Singular and plural forms of words

Fill in the blanks (Phrasal verbs)

Fill in the blanks (idioms)

Fill in the blanks (Human physique)

Fill in the blanks (idioms)

Fill in the blanks (Forms of quickly)

Meanings and usage of words

Fill in the blanks (words used to show disapproval)

Words used to say yes or no

Fill in the blanks

IV. Speaking Exercises

TEXTBOOK

Nair, Bhaskaran P, G. Radhakrishna Pillai and Geetha Rajeevan. (2012) Reflections I: An

Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Drama and Fiction. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press

India Pvt. Ltd.

Reading list

Business English, Pearson, Delhi, 2008, Units1-3

Hewings, Martin, Advanced English Grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1999

Language through Literature (forthcoming), ed Dr Gauri Mishra, Dr Ranjana Kaul, Dr Brat

Biswas, Primus Books, Delhi, 2015, Chapters 1-7

Mukherjee, Gurudas, Advanced English Grammar and Composition, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd.

Jan 2010



ENGL 112 – ENGLISH GRAMMAR

SEMESTER I FYBA

credit hours: 4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to enhance the language skills of students. Drill exercises accompanied

by explanation of the concepts involved will enable the students to handle language confidently.

OBJECTIVES

To introduce students to selected grammatical concepts.

To increase their vocabulary actively.

To enable them to use English effectively.

COURSE CONTENT

I. Sentence and its kinds

Subject and Predicate

Phrase and Clause

II. Noun – kinds, gender and number

III. Pronoun

IV. Adjective – Definition

Comparison

V. Articles

VI. Verb

Active and Passive Voice

Tenses

Auxiliaries

Infinitives

Participle

VII. Adverb

VIII. Preposition

IX. Conjunction

X. Interjection

TEXTBOOK

Joseph, C.J, Myall, E. G and Biswas, A.(2007). A Comprehensive Grammar of Current English. New Delhi: Inter University

Press Pvt Ltd.

Reading List

Crystal, D. (2002). The English Language (2nd ed.). London: Penguin Books.


Leech, G., Deuchar, M., & Hoogeuraad, R. (2006). English Grammar for Today: a New

Introduction (2nd ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Verma, S. K. & Nagarajan, H. (2006) An Interactive Grammar of Modern English

(rep.)Delhi: Frank Bros. & Co.



ENGL 113 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION

SEMESTER I FYBA

credit hours: 4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to the basic elements of fiction. The course aims at the sensitizing students to the nuances of literature,

to enrich their vocabulary to develop their aesthetic sensibility and to sharpen their critical responses to literature.

OBJECTIVES

1. To introduce students to various elements of fiction.

2. To expose students to some of the best examples of short stories, prose and one act plays.

3. To create literary sensibility and emotional response to the literary texts.

4. To develop language skills through a close study of literary texts.

COURSE CONTENT

Prose 1. A.P.J Abdul Kalam – A Lesson My Father Taught Me

2. R.K. Narayan – Toasted English

Short Stories

1. O.Henry – The Romance of a Busy Brokes

2. Ernest Heminway – A Day’s Wait

3. The Doll’s House – Katherine Mansfield

Poetry

1. William Shakespeare – Sonnet 29

2. William Wordsworth – The World Is Too Much With Us

3. Walter De La Mane – The Listeners

4. James Kirkup – No Men are Foreign

One Act Play

1. Robert Brooke – Lithuania

Text :

Chaskar, Ashok. Pagare, Sanjay. Jadhav, Arjun. Eds. Interface: English Literature and Language. Orient Blackswan Private Limited.

Hyderabad. 2014.

Reading List

Brooke, Rupert, Letters From America with a Preface by Henry James, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, London. 1931

King, Bruce. Modern Indian Poetry in English. 2nd ed. New Delhi: OUP, 2001.

Naik, M.K. A History of Indian English Literature. New Deolhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1982.

Prasad, Birjadish. A Backgroud to the Study of English Literature, Macmillan India Ltd. Bangalore, 2004

Sinha, Manindra. A Handbook of the Study of Literature, Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly, 1995.

Smith, Emma. The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.



ENGL 114 ADVANCED COMPOSITION

SEMESTER I FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

An advanced in writing that deals with different types of composition, the organization organisation of long

papers and development of an individual and attractive personal style of writing.

OBJECTIVES

To introduce students to different types of composition.

To help them develop skills in the organisation of long papers.

To enhance their language skills.

To help them develop and individual and attractive personal style of writing.

Unit I

Effectiveness in the Sentence

a. Conciseness

b. Effective use of short sentences

c. Variety in sentence structure

d. Careless and awkward repetition/effective repetition

e. Emphatic beginning and ending

Unit II

Descriptive Writing

a. Describing---People, Places, Habits

b. Process writing

Unit III

a. Argumentative Writing

b. Comparison and Contrast

c. Summary Writing

d. Character Sketch

TEXTBOOKS

Rorabacher E. Louise. Assignments in Exposition .( 3rd

edition) New York: Harper &Brothers

Walter K. Smart and Daniel R. Lang. Smart’s Handbook of Effective Writing. (3rd

edition) Bombay: Jaico

Publishing House.

Champa Tickoo and Jaya Sasikumar. Writing With a Purpose. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Reading List

Business English, Pearson, Delhi, 2008, Units 1-3.

Mukherjee, Gurudas, Advanced English Grammar and Composition, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. Jan 2010

Nair Anujradha. (2013). The Brainy Book of Essays. Mumbai: Shree Book Centre Publishers.

Strunk, William, Jr., and E.B. White. (2006). The Elements of style. USA: Oxford University Press.



ENGL 115 BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR

SEMESTER I FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to enhance the language skills of students. Drill exercises accompanied by explanation of the

concepts involved will enable the students to handle language confidently.

OBJECTIVES

1. To introduce students to parts of a sentence.

2. To enable students to identify parts of speech

3. To help them use punctuation marks appropriately.

4. To enable them to use English effectively.

COURSE CONTENT

Sentence

Parts of a sentence

Subject and Predicate

Parts of Speech

Nouns Prepositions

Verbs Conjunctions

Adjectives Interjections

Adverbs Articles

Active and Passive Voice

Direct and Indirect Speech

Punctuation Marks

Comma

Full stop

Question marks

Exclamation

Quotation

Semi-colon

Colon

Hyphen

Dash

Apostrophe

Brackets: square, round, flower/brace

Caret

TEXTBOOK

Shrivastava, A.P. (2011). A Comprehensive Approach to English Grammar. Bhopal: Indra Publishing House.

Reading List

Crystal, D. (2002). The English Language (2nd

ed.). London: Penguin Books.


Leech, G., Deuchar, M., & Hoogeuraad, R. (2006). English Grammar for Today: a New

Introduction (2nd

ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Verma, S. K. & Nagarajan, H. (2006) An Interactive Grammar of Modern English

(rep.)Delhi: Frank Bros. & Co.



ENGL 122 FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

SEMESTER II FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course enables the learners to develop their skills in critical reading of the text; listening

to thematic related content as “a lead in”, before the passage and to strengthen their

understanding when listened to after the passage; the speaking exercises are intended to

promote the learners ability to participate in a class discussion or to take part in small group

activities; vocabulary exercises are provided to enrich and increase their words actively in

their communication and also help the learners to express their thoughts in writing.

OBJECTIVES To enable students develop skills in comprehension.

To help the learners’ understanding in self reading.

To enrich their vocabulary.

To enable them to become efficient users of English.

COURSE CONTENT

Unit I—Comprehension Passages 1. Playing the English Gentleman—M.K. Gandhi

2. The Homecoming—R. Tagore

3. A Letter by Hazlitt to his Son -- W. Hazlitt

4. A Cup of Tea—K. Mansfield

5. The Last Leaf—O. Henry

6. My Lost Dollar---S. Leacock

7. The Village Schoolmaster—O. Goldsmith

8. The Solitary Reaper—W. Wordsworth

9. My Grandmother’s House—K. Das

Unit II—Written Communication 1. Paragraph Writing

2. Report writing

3. Letter Writing

Unit III—Vocabulary 1. Commonly Confused Words

2. One word substitutes

3. Idioms

Unit IV –Grammar 1. Direct and Indirect Speech

2. Question tags

TEXTBOOK

Chaskar, A., Jadhav, A., Jain, R.S., & Pagare, S. (ed) (2014). Literary Landscapes: An

Anthology of Prose and Poetry. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan.

Reading List

King, Bruce. Modern Indian Poetry in English. 2nd

ed. New Delhi: OUP, 2001.

Mukherjee, Gurudas, Advanced English Grammar and Composition, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. Jan

2010

Prasad, Birjadish. A Backgroud to the Study of English Literature, Macmillan India Ltd.

Bangalore, 2004

Sinha, Manindra. A Handbook of the Study of Literature, Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly,

1995.



ENGL 123 COMMUNICATION SKILLS

SEMESTER II FYBA

credit hours: 4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to acquaint students with various modes of communication. The

course aims to provide an opportunity for learners to imbibe the principles of communication,

making them effective users of English.

OBJECTIVES

1. To acquaint students with the different modes of communication.

2. To enhance their oral and written communication skills.

3. To enable them to become efficient users of English.

COURSE CONTENT

A. Introduction to Communication

Pathways of communication; communication types: formal & informal, verbal & non-

verbal; effective features & techniques of communication

B. Building Vocabulary

Literal & figurative use of words, affixes, collocations, the use of a dictionary, R.

Thesaurus, & an activator, lexical web

C. Oral Communication I

The sounds of the English language, word stress, intonation

D. Oral Communication II

Group discussion, interview & interviewing skills, meeting

E. Business Communication

Telephone communication, emails, presentations and the use of audiovisual aids

F. An Introduction to Soft skills

-Leadership Skills, Teamwork Skills, Time management, Goal setting, Stress

management, and Positive attitude.

TEXT

Thorat, A., & Lokhandwala, M. (2010). Enriching Oral and Written Communication in

English (Rep). Mumbai: Orient Blackswan Private Limited.

Ashok Chaskar et al. (2015). Literary Pinnacles: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry.

Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited.

Reading List

Dutt, P., Kiranmal, R., & Rajeevan, G. (2007). A Course in Listening and Speaking Vols. I

& II. N P: Foundation Books.

Goodale, M. (2008). Professional Presentations. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

Seely, J. (2006). Oxford Guide to English Speaking and Writing. Oxford: Oxford Univ.

Press.



ENGL 124 -- ROMANTIC LITERATURE

SEMESTER II FYBA

credit hours: 4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course Romantic Literature is a survey of English Literature from 1798- 1837. It provides an

opportunity for the students to get acquainted with the various themes and styles of the Romantic

Writers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To introduce students to major poets of Romantic Period through reading of selected

works.

2. To gain proficiency in the literary themes and styles of Romantic period.

3. To gain insight into the culture of the age.

COURSE CONTENT

Characteristic of Romantic Age

William Wordsworth

1. Lucy Gray

2. Strange Fits of Passion have I Known

3. Lines Written a few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

P B Shelley

1. Ozymandias

2. Ode to the West Wind

3. Ode Written in Dejection near Naples

4. To Night

S T Coleridge

1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner

2. Christabel

-John Keats

1. Ode to a Nightingale

2. Ode to Autumn

Reading List

1. Curran, Stuart, ed. Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism. 2nd

ed.

Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010.

2. Gordon, George, and Lord Byron. Selected Poems. New York, NY: Oxford

University Press, 2000.

3. Guerin, Wilfred, et.al. A Handbook of Critica1 Approaches to Literature. Second

Edition. Cambridge. 2004.

4. Keats, John. John Keats: Complete Poems. Edited by Jack Stillinger. Cambridge,

MA: Harvard University Press, 1982.

5. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Edited by Marilyn Butler. New York, NY: Oxford

University Press, 1998.

6. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Selected Poems. New York, NY: Dover, 1993.

7. Wordsworth, William, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lyrical Ballads. New York,

NY: Routledge, 2005.

8. Summerfield, Geoffrey, ed. John Clare: Selected Poetry. Penguin 1990.

9. Wu, Duncan, ed. Romanticism: An Anthology. Second edition. Blackwell, 1998.



ENGL 125 PROFESSIONAL WRITING

SEMESTER II FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is intended to provide students with practice in adapting writing to a variety of

professional audiences. It includes resumes, business and technical reports, web writing, and

collaborative writing.

OBJECTIVES

1. To explore the nature of the writing process in the unique environment of the work place.

2. To examine the role of audience in the production of professional and work related writing.

3. To experiment with strategies for producing effective professional writing.

4. To enable students to produce a variety of writing tasks typical of the professional work

place.

COURSE CONTENT

I. The Process of Writing

a. Planning and Research

b. Writing , Drafting and Revising

c. Presentation

II. Business letters

a. Structuring the Letter

b. Body

c. Getting the Tone Right

d. Letter Layout

e. Greeting and Ending

III. Email

a. Topping and Tailing

b. Structure

c. Attachments

d. Email Etiquette

IV. Job Applications

a. Preparation

b. Researching Yourself

c. Researching the job

V. The CV

a. Structure

b. New Approaches

VI. Reports

a. Preparing a Report

b. Writing the Report

c. Structure

d. Addressing the readership

VII. Essay and Papers

a. Preparation

b. Writing

VIII. Making A Brochure

TEXT BOOK

Seely John. (2010) Oxford Guide to Effective Writing and Speaking, New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

Reading list

Business English, Pearson, Delhi, 2008, Units1-3

Mukherjee, Gurudas, Advanced English Grammar and Composition, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. Jan

2010

Strunk, William, Jr., and E.B. White. (2006). The Elements of style. USA: Oxford University

Press.

Terk, Natasha. Professional Writing Skills: Write it well. GBV. (2010)



ENGL 126 COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND SOFT SKILLS

SEMESTER II FYBA

credit hours: 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to acquaint students with various modes of communication. The

course aims to provide an opportunity for learners to imbibe the principles of communication,

making them effective users of the language.

OBJECTIVES

1. To acquaint students with the different modes of communication.

2. To enhance their oral and written communication skills.

3. To enable them to become efficient users of English.

COURSE CONTENT

A. Introduction to Communication

Pathways of communication; communication types: formal & informal, verbal & non-

verbal; effective features & techniques of communication

B. Building Vocabulary

Literal & figurative use of words, affixes, collocations, the use of a dictionary, R.

Thesaurus, & an activator, lexical web

C. Oral Communication I

The sounds of the English language, word stress, intonation

D. Oral Communication II

Group discussion, interview & interviewing skills, meeting

E. Business Communication

Telephone communication, emails, presentations and the use of audiovisual aids

F. An Introduction to Soft skills

-Leadership Skills, Teamwork Skills, Time management, Goal setting, Stress

management, and Positive attitude.

TEXTBOOKS

Thorat, A., & Lokhandwala, M. (2010). Enriching Oral and Written Communication in

English (Rep). Mumbai: Orient BlackSwan.

Ashok Chaskar et al. (2015). Literary Pinnacles: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry.

Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited.

READING LIST

Dutt, P., Kiranmal, R., & Rajeevan, G. (2007). A Course in Listening and Speaking (Vols. I

& II). N.P.: Foundation Books.

Goodale, M. (2008). Professional Presentations. Cambridge: Cambridge uni. Press.

Seely, J. (2006). Oxford Guide to English Speaking and Writing. Oxford: Oxford Uni. Press.

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