Modern English Language and Usage-I

Paper Code: 
ENG 111
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
4
Objective: 

  • The course will enable the students to:

    • Acquire theoretical knowledge about the organizational units of the language and study the competency and performance of the language use.
    • Acquire the skills to compose a coherent and cohesive document and differentiate between subjective and objective writing
    • Understand the basic components of language and its subsequent application with accuracy.

 

10.00

Clause Elements (SVOCA)

 

Use of Modals

(fromThomson & 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 andCV

 

7.00

Editing a given text for grammatical correctness, cohesion and coherence
 

 

Source Books: 

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.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021