This course will enable the students to be skilled in verbal and non verbal communication skills.
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Learning outcome (at course level) |
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Assessment Strategies |
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Course Title |
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24BCP515 |
Applied English (Theory) |
CO 1 Develop an understanding of Vocabulary and Phonetics CO 2Develop the skills of Transformation of Sentences along with learning its sequence CO 3Interpret comprehension passages CO 4 Create CV and letters writing skills CO 5 Demonstrate professional writing skills CO 6Contribute effectively in course specific interaction. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussions, Tutorials, Problem solving sessions, Presentations
Learning activities for the students:
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Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving Assignments, Class Presentations, Individual and group projects. |
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• Word Formation : Prefix & Suffix
• Word-stress (marking stress in words written in normal orthography)
• Transformation of Sentences:
(i) Direct & Indirect Narration
(ii) Interchange of Degrees of Comparison
• Modals
• Sequence of Tenses
• Comprehension of an unseen passage (including interpreting visual material, e.g.: graphics, etc.)
• Letters: Formal & Informal
• CVs & Job-Applications
• Précis–Writing
• Dialogue-Writing
• Editing a Short Text (focusing on grammar, coherence & cohesion)
• 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)
E-RESOURCES:
• https://www.groupdiscussionideas.com/
JOURNALS:
• Language learning in Higher Education