Applied English

Paper Code: 
AAF 118
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00

Vocabulary and Grammar

• Synonyms & Antonyms (Business Vocabulary)

• Modals Interchange of Degrees of Comparison

9.00

• Transformation of Sentences:
(i) Direct & Indirect Narration
• (ii) Active and Passive Voice
• Sequence of Tenses

9.00
Unit III: 
Communication Skills

Group Discussions Job Interviews Seminar Presentations

9.00
Unit IV: 
Compositional Skills

• Business Letters & E- mails

• CVs & Job-Applications

9.00
Unit V: 
Professional Writing Skills

Business Reports & Proposals Preparing Agendas/ Minutes/ Notices for Meetings

Essential Readings: 

• Kumar, Sanjay, Pushpalata. Communication Skills. New Delhi: OUP, 2011.

References: 

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

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

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

• A Guide to Patterns & Usage by A.S.Hornby.

• CVs & Job Applications by Judith Leigh(OUP, 2004)

• English at the Workplace (Eds.Panja Sawhney & Verma, Macmillan, 2006)

• Professional Communication by R.P. Singh (OUP, 2001)

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

• The Written Word by Vandana R. Singh (OUP)

• The Mind’s Eye by Alan Maley, A. Duff and F. Grellet (CUP, 1980)

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

Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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