Modern English Language and Usage-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 111
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Teaching-Learning Strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

The students will:

  1. Assess the nuances of linguistic and grammatical structures of the English language
  2. Develop required skills to edit, analyze and compose a cohesive and coherent document
  3. Demonstrate enhanced writing and editing skills
  4. Communicate effectively in the second or foreign language in a variety of speaking and writing situations
  5. Demonstrate comprehension of the spoken English in a variety of listening situations
  6. Develop and demonstrate an advanced level of proficiency in the four skills of the target language

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Writing assignments

Quizzes

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self- learning assignments, practice exercises ‚ Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks

 

Class test, Semester end examinations Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

10.00

Clause Elements (SVOCA)

 

Use of Modals

(from Thomson & Martinet)

 

10.00

Relative Clauses

 

Transformation of Sentences: Passivization, Reported Speech, Change of degrees of adjective

 

9.00

Précis Writing

 

Theme Writing

 

9.00

Job Application, Resumé and CV

 

7.00

Editing a given text for grammatical correctness, cohesion and coherence

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Source Book:

Thomson, A.J. and A.V. Martinet. A Practical English Grammar. OUP, 1996.

 

Suggested Readings:

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

Leigh, Judith. CVs and Job Applications. OUP, 2004.

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

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

Singh, Vandana R. The Written Word. OUP, 2009.

Strunk, W. ,Jr. and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. WLC Books, 2009.

 

E-Resources:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uxvtpEz5GRc

 

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