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Syllabus
ENG - 201 : English Composition
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Module Objectives
This course aims to develop students' skill in oral and written communication in English language. Contents Intensive practice to improve listening comprehension for both daily and academic needs: the focus shall be on development of active listening habit and utilizing oral information in a variety of contexts. Grammatical and structural review of English: use of common structure in the English language, review of standard grammatical forms and their application in a variety of writing formats. Reading comprehension: development of reading comprehension proficiency from Information Technology related subject areas.
Detailed Course
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Unit 1 LH 6
Orientation on varieties of English, <Am E> and <Br E>+Spoken and written English, Formal and Informal English, Impersonal Style, Polite and Familiar language, Tactful and Tentative Literary, Rhetorical.
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Unit 2 LH 6
Intonation: Stressed and Unstressed Syllables / words, Tone Unit, Falling Intonation, Rising and Fall-Rise Intonation.
Unit 3 LH 8
Concepts of Nouns – Countable / Mass, Group, Unit, Measure species, Abstraction, etc. (exercise work) Restrictive and Non-Restrictive meaning, Present Tense – State, Event, Habit, Progressive, Temporary habit. Past Tense and Future Tense. Time-when-adverb, Prepositional phrase, Noun phrase + ago, Adverbial Clause. Place – Adverb, Prepositional phrase, Noun Phrase + away, adverbial clause. Manner, Means Instrument, Role, Standard, Viewpoint, Conditional Sentences, Open and Hypothetical Conditions.
Unit 4 LH 6
Different types of Questions – Positive, Standard, Tag, Negative, WH-word, Polite, Short, Echo. Reported speech, Denial and Affirmation, Agreement and Disagreement. Neutrality, Hypothetical clauses, Putative 'should', Degree of likelihood.
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Unit 5 LH 6
Interjections, Intensifying Adverbs, Negative Sentences, Exclamatory and Rhetorical Sentences. Emotions – Hope, Anticipation, Regret, Approval, Disapproval, Surprise, Concern and Volition. Permission and Obligation, Prohibition. Influencing People and Friendly Communication
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Unit 6 LH 8
Linking signals, Participle and Verbless clauses, Substitution and Omission. Main and Subsidiary Information, Fronted Topic, Inversion, Cleft Sentences, Postponement.
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Unit 7 LH 20
For essays and comprehension passages, the following passages have been prescribed for practice. Essays and comprehension passages will be IT related. § Computers threatens marriage brokers. - LH 2 § Computer virus hits Delhi varsity and Much Ado about nothing. - LH 2 § Computers of the future. - LH 2 § Employing computers. - LH 2 § Science fiction. - LH 2 § Computerization in India. - LH 2 § Bio-gas plant. - LH 2 § Mountaineering - LH 1 § Chernobyl - LH 1 § Who can you trust. - LH 1 § Trekking - LH 1 § Economic Impacts of Information Revolution. - LH 2
Reference J.G. Leech, Communicative Grammar of English.
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