ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Paper Code: 
FEN 100
Credits: 
02
Periods/week: 
02
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Be familiar with the modes of language-literacy, viz. reading, writing, speaking
  • Improve their knowledge of grammar and fluency in oral and written production
6.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary
Synonyms and Antonyms 
Word Formation : Prefix and Suffix
7.00
Unit II: 
Grammar and Usage - I
Sequence of Tenses 
Elements of a Clause (SVOCA)
8.00
Unit III: 
Grammar and Usage - II
Transformation of Sentences 
Direct and Indirect Narration
Active and Passive Voice
Interchange of Degrees of Comparison 
Modals
4.00
Unit IV: 
Comprehension

Comprehension of an unseen passage

5.00
Unit V: 
Compositional Skills
Letters : Formal and Informal 
Paragraph-Writing
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-formation. Longman, 1973. 
Gunashekar, Paul, ed. A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates. Book 1. OUP, 2000.
Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. OUP, 1981.
Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Orient Longman. 1973.
Rao, H. G. Suryanarayana. Prose for Pleasure and Comprehension. OUP, 2010. 
Seely, John. The Oxford Guide to Writing and Speaking. OUP, 2005. 
Swan, Michael. A Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. OUP, 2005. 
Academic Year: 
2020-2021