ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Paper Code: 
FEN 100
Credits: 
02
Periods/week: 
02
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • Reinforcing selected components of grammar and usage
  • Strengthening compositional skills (for letter and paragraph-writing)
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, et al. 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: 
2019-2020