APPLIED LANGUAGE SKILLS

Paper Code: 
FEN 200
Credits: 
2
Periods/week: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • Introducing students to phonetics in order to enable them to consult a dictionary for correct pronunciation (sounds and word stress)
  • Strengthening compositional skills
  • Facilitating comprehension  of prose and poetry
6.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1 (Phonetics)

Transcription of Phonetic Symbols

Word Stress

6.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2 (Writing Skills I)

CV’s and Job Applications

Precis Writing

6.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3 (Writing Skills II)

Editing a Short Text, focusing on Grammar, Coherence, and Cohesion

Dialogue Writing (from ‘The Written Word’, OUP)

6.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4 (Critical Appreciation I)

Anakysis of a Literary Text: Prose (in terms of language, structure, theme, point of view, referential and connotative

meaning)

(Jane Austen - “An Excellent Father”

E.V. Lucas – “The School for Sympathy”

Stephen Leacock – “My Financial Career”

O. Henry – “A Gift for Christmas”

Kahlil Gibran – “Pity the Nation” (from Language through Literature))

6.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5 (Critical Appreciation II)

Analysis of a Literary Text: Poetry ( in terms of imagery, diction, rhyme, tone, symbolism, referential, and connotative meaning)

Robert Browning - "Pippa's Song"

Seigfried Sassoon - "Everyone Sang"

John Masefield - "Beauty"

W.H. Davies - "In the Country"

Rabindranath Tagore - "Heaven of Freedom" (from Language through Literature)

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Leigh, Judith. CVs and Job Applications. Oxford UP, 2004.
  • Panja, Shormishtha, Sudesh Sawhney, and Promodini Varma, eds. English At The Workplace. Macmillan India Limited, 2006.
  • Singh, R.P. Professional Communication. Oxford UP, 2001. 311.
  • Waldhorn, Arthur, and Arthur Zeiger. English Made Simple. Calcutta: Rupa Co., 1981. 276.
  • Singh, Vandana R. The Written Word. Oxford UP, 2006.
  • Thaker, Praveen K. Appreciating English Poetry: A Practical Course and Anthology. Orient Longman Limited, 1999.
  • Rajan, Sunder. Technical Writing.
  • Alexander, L.G. Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students. London: Orient Longman Limited, 1975.
Academic Year: 
2015-2016