Applied English

Paper Code: 
25BCP515
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to be skilled in verbal and non verbal communication skills.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

Title

25BCP515

Applied English  (Theory)

CO 175 Develop an understanding of Vocabulary and Phonetics

CO 176 Develop the skills of Transformation of Sentences along with learning its sequence

CO 177 Interpret comprehension passages

CO 178 Create CV and letters writing skills

CO 179 Demonstrate professional writing skills

CO 180 Contribute effectively in course specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussions, Tutorials, Problem solving sessions, Presentations

 

Learning activities for the students:
Self-learning assignments, Case Study Analysis, Presentations, Group Discussions

 

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving Assignments, Class Presentations, Individual and group projects.

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary and Phonetics I

·          Synonyms & Antonyms

·          Word Formation : Prefix & Suffix

·          Word-stress (marking stress in words written in  normal orthography)

6.00
Unit II: 
Vocabulary and Phonetics II

·          Transformation of Sentences:

       (i)  Direct & Indirect Narration

       (ii) Interchange of Degrees of Comparison

·          Modals

·          Sequence of Tenses

6.00
Unit III: 
Comprehension

·           Comprehension of an unseen passage (including interpreting visual material, e.g.: graphics, etc.)

6.00
Unit IV: 
Compositional Skills

·          Letters:  Formal & Informal                                                          

·          CVs  & Job-Applications

·                Précis–Writing

6.00
Unit V: 
Professional Writing Skills

·        Dialogue-Writing

·         Editing a Short Text (focusing on grammar, coherence & cohesion)

Essential Readings: 

·         A University Grammar of English by Quirk & Greenbaum (O.Longman, 1973)

 

SUGGESTED READINGS

·         A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates (Ed. Gunashekar, Book 1,  CIEFL, Hyderabad)

·         Prose for Pleasure and Comprehension by H.G.Suryanarayana Rao (OUP).

·         English Made Simply by Arthur Waldhorn & Arthur Zeiger (Made Simple Books, Garden City, New York, 1991)

·         An Intermediate English Grammar by C.D. Siddhu (O. Longman)

References: 

E-RESOURCES:

·         https://www.groupdiscussionideas.com/

 

JOURNALS:

·         Language learning in Higher Education

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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