Essential & Applied Language Skills

Paper Code: 
VEN/EFT/EJD100
Credits: 
2
Periods/week: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

· Reinforcing selected components of grammar and usage.

· Strengthening compositional skills.

· Enabling students to consult a dictionary for correct pronunciation (sounds and word-stress).

6.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1 (Vocabulary and Phonetics)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Word Formation : Prefix & Suffix

Word-stress (marking stress)

8.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2 (Grammar and Usage)

Transformation of Sentences:

Direct & Indirect Narration

Interchange of Degrees of Comparison

Modals

Sequence of Tenses

4.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3 ( Comprehension)

Comprehension of an unseen passage (including interpreting visual material, eg. Graphics etc.)

6.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4 (Compositional Skills)

Letters : Formal & Informal

CVs  & Job-Applications

Précis–Writing

6.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5 ( Professional Writing Skills)

Dialogue-Writing

Editing a Short Text

(focusing on grammar, coherence & cohesion)

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation. California:  Longman, 1973. Print.

Leigh, Judith. CVs and Job Applications. London: OUP, 2004. Print.

Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Essex: Longman, 1986. Print.

Seely, John. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. Oxford: OUP, 2005. Print.

Singh, Vandana R. The Written Word. New Delhi: OUP, 2009. Print.

Academic Year: 
2017-2018