Communicative English

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Communicative English [1]

Paper Code:

CEN 161

Credits:

5

Periods/week:

5

Objective:

To enable the students to use English language for general and practical purposes by familiarizing them with the basic functional aspects of English.

6.00

Unit I:

Basic Grammar

Tenses

Subject Verb agreement

Use of Prepositions

Reported Speech

Active and Passive Voice

6.00

Unit II:

Vocabulary Building

Frequently Confused Words

Synonyms-Antonyms

Word Formation

One word substitution

8.00

Unit III:

Listening and Reading Skills

Listening Comprehension

Overcoming barriers to listening
Strategies for effective listening

Reading Comprehension

Factual and logical
Strategies for effective reading

10.00

Unit IV:

Writing Skills

Essentials of Writing

Organization of Ideas
Unity and Coherence

Developing a Good Paragraph

10.00

Unit V:

Speaking Skills

Useful Expressions

Using English in Familiar Situations

At the Airport
Restaurant
Bank
Railway Station
Hotel
Passport Office/ Consulates and Embassies
Shopping Mall
Post office
Police Station
Library

SUGGESTED READINGS:

Book of Synonyms by P. Gopalakrishnan
An Interactive Grammar of Modern English by Shivendra K. Verma and Hemlatha Nagarajan
Communicative English – A Basic Course in Spoken and Written English by Sunney and Tharappan
Everyday English: A Course on Communicative English (Level 2) by Dorothy Adams, Michelle Crawford, Rachel Finnie, Jasdeep Kaur, Katrina Gormley
Developing Communication Skills by Krishnamohan and Meera Bannerjee
Speaking English Effectively by Krishnamohan and N.P. Singh

Academic Year:

Source URL: https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/short-term-courses/Communicative-English

Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/short-term-courses/Communicative-English
[2] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2018-2019