Communicative English

Paper Code: 
CEN 161
Credits: 
05
Periods/week: 
05
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to use English language for general and practical purposes by familiarizing them with the basic functional aspects of English.
6.00
Unit I: 

Basic Grammar

Tenses

Subject Verb Agreement

Use of Prepositions

Reported Speech

Active and Passive Voice

6.00
Unit II: 

Vocabulary Building

Frequently Confused Words

Synonyms-Antonyms

Word Formation

One word Substitution

8.00
Unit III: 

Listening and Reading Skills

Listening Comprehension

  • Overcoming barriers to listening
  • Strategies for effective listening

Reading Comprehension

  • Factual and logical
  • Strategies for effective reading
10.00
Unit IV: 

Writing Skills

Essentials of Writing

  • Organization of Ideas
  • Unity and Coherence

Developing a Good Paragraph

10.00
Unit V: 

Speaking Skills

Useful Expressions

Using English in Familiar Situations

  • At the Airport
  • Restaurant
  • Bank
  • Railway Station
  • Hotel
  • Passport Office/ Consulates and Embassies
  • Shopping Mall
  • Post office
  • Police Station

Library

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Adams ,Dorothy & et.al. Everyday English: A Course on Communicative English (Level 2).New Delhi: Thomson Press,2009.Print.
  • Bannerjee, Meera and Krishnamohan. Developing Communication Skills  Speaking English Effectively.New Delhi: Macmillan ,2000.Print.
  • P.N.Gopalkrishnan. Book of Synonyms. New Delhi: Authorpress,2006.Print.
  • Verma . K Shivendra and Hemlatha Nagarajan. An Interactive Grammar of Modern English. New Delhi: Frank Brothers,1995.Print.
  • Sunney and Tharappan. Communicative English – A Basic Course in Spoken and Written English.

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020