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Essential & Applied Language Skills [1]

Paper Code: 
EEN/EJD/VEN100
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Hours: 
0.0
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

EEN/EJD/

VEN100

Essential & Applied Language Skills

The students will:

CO1.  Evaluate the nuances of pronunciation and word stress through phonetics

CO2.   Analyse grammatical structures meaningfully and appropriately in language-use

CO3.  Display compositional skills over a variety of written tasks

CO4.  Demonstrate effective vocabulary skills for written and verbal communication

CO5.  Vocabulary and PhoneticsDevelop editing skills for broad-based applications in content writing, journalism, etc.

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

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary and Phonetics

Synonyms & Antonyms

Word Formation : Prefix & Suffix

Word-stress (marking stress)
 
10.00
Unit II: 
Grammar and Usage

Transformation of Sentences:

  • Direct & Indirect Narration
  • Interchange of Degrees of Comparison

Modals

Sequence of Tenses
 

 

2.00
Unit III: 
Comprehension

Comprehension of an unseen passage
 

 

6.00
Unit IV: 
Compositional Skills

Letter : Formal & Informal        

Resumé, CV & Job-Application

Précis–Writing
 

 

6.00
Unit V: 
Professional Writing Skills

 

Dialogue-Writing

Editing a Short Text

(focussing on grammar, coherence & cohesion)

 

Essential Readings: 

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.

 

 

References: 

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

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

 

*Compulsory

E-Resources:

https://www.slideshare.net/19gammans64/synonyms-and-antonyms-23238054 [2]

https://www.slideshare.net/widyakurniaarizonasan/prefix-and-suffix-46984985 [3]

Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [4]

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[1] https://education.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/essential-applied-language-skills
[2] https://www.slideshare.net/19gammans64/synonyms-and-antonyms-23238054
[3] https://www.slideshare.net/widyakurniaarizonasan/prefix-and-suffix-46984985
[4] https://education.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2022-2023