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Applied English [1]

Paper Code: 
24BCP515
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

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:
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)

References: 

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/ [2]

JOURNALS:
• Language learning in Higher Education

Academic Year: 
2024-2025 [3]

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