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ENGLISH COMMUNICATION I

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Course Code: ENG110R01
Semester: I

Course Objectives

1. The course helps the learners to acquire basic grammar and sentence writing skills.
2. The classic literary texts aim to develop their literary appreciation skills.
3. The learners are introduced to different modes of writing and given practice in writing
letters and essays.

UNIT I: Functional Grammar 10 Periods

1. Articles
2. Prepositions
3. Tense Forms
4. Active Voice and Passive Voice
5. Phrasal Verbs
6. Reported Speech
7. Degrees of Comparison

UNIT II: Poetry 8 Periods

1. Rabindranath Tagore – Where the mind is without Fear
2. William Wordsworth – The Solitary Reaper
3. Shelley – Ozymandias
4. Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken
5. Oliver Goldsmith – The Village School Master

UNIT III: Prose 7 Periods

1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam – My Visions for India
2. Francis Bacon – Of Studies
3. Jesse Owens –My Greatest Olympic Prize
4. R.K. Narayan – The Blind Dog
5. C.E.M. Joad– The Way of the Mahatma

UNIT IV: Writing Skills 8 Periods

The writing process; Mind Mapping; Note making and Summarizing; Precis-writing,
Transcoding; Modes of Writing: Narration, Description, Comparison and Contrast, Argument,
Enumeration, Persuasion, Cause and Effect, Process Writing; Writing Essays using Specific
Strategies; Paraphrasing; Formal letters: Letters to College/University authorities, letter to
Government Departments/Corporate Agencies, Letter to the Editor.