/ Course Curriculum w.e.
f Session 2023-24
[B. (BCA I/BSc Bio Tech. I/BSc (H) (Phy/Chem)I/
BBA I/BCom I/ BA (H) (English/Economics)]
LANGUAGE SKILLS- I
Course Objective
The objective of the course is to help students attain a basic proficiency in reading and written communication. The
course focuses on learning English language through context, development of reading skills for correct
comprehension of a text, and enhancement of writing skills by using appropriate language structures and suitable
vocabulary.
Credits: 02 Semester:-I L–T–P: 2–0–0
Modu Teaching
Content
le No. Hours
Introducing the course details and assessment structure
Spoken Activity:
Introducing self, Talking about daily routine; talking about one’s native place
Reading for understanding the content and context and to identify certain language aspects as
given below:
14
Text 1: “An Island of Trees” by Ruskin Bond
Sentence: Types (Functional/Structural).
I
Parts of a sentence: Subject/Predicate/Object/Compliment
Identifying Parts of speech: Based on Application in the prescribed text
Text 2: Essay: “How should one read a book” by Virginia Woolf
Subject -Verb Concord: Agreement of number and person
Enhancing Word Power: Homophones, homonyms and homographs (Word list will be given)
Reading Comprehension (Enabler): Reading of a passage and its comprehension.
Writing Skill:
Application within university for various purposes
Reading for understanding the content and context and to identify certain language aspects as
given below:
Text: “Three Blind Men Describe an Elephant” by E Santhosh Kumar
Determiners: Articles, Quantifiers, Distributives
Tense: Present, Past and Future; various aspects of tenses and their usage based on
aforesaid text.
Text: “Selfitis- the obsessive need to post selfies- is a genuine mental disorder, say psychologists”
by Sarah Knapton (An article published in The Telegraph, 15 December 2017, United Kingdom)
II Voice: Identification and transformation 16
Writing complaint to authorities about social issues (power cut, traffic system, safety
issues)
Vocabulary: Antonyms/Synonyms (A list of selected words will be provided)
Story Review: Characterization; language aspects; social impact; moral; theme
Theme based writing:
Describing relevant national/international issues, social issues
[Department Of English, IAH]
/ Course Curriculum w.e.f Session 2023-24
[B. (BCA I/BSc Bio Tech. I/BSc (H) (Phy/Chem)I/
BBA I/BCom I/ BA (H) (English/Economics)]
Suggested Readings:
Murphy, Raymond, Intermediate English Grammar. Cambridge University Press.
Leech, Geoffrey & Svartvik, Jan: A Communicative Grammar of English. London: Longman, 2003.
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. OUP, 2016.
Nesfield, J.C. English Grammar, Composition and Usage. Macmillan Publishers India Pvt. Ltd, 2019.
Hornby, A.S., Advanced Learners’ Dictionary of Current English, OUP.
Jones, Daniel. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. London: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Learning Outcome: After completing the course students should be able to
enhance their reading skills,
comprehend a text and answer the questions based on it,
enrich their vocabulary, and
Express their ideas in writing in correct English.
[Department Of English, IAH]
