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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SYLLABI FOR
COMMON COURSE ENGLISH FOR
MODEL I, MODEL II, MODEL III, BCom AND BCA PROGRAMMES
UNDER CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM
(with effect from 2015 admissions)
OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMON COURSES
On completing the four courses, the students are expected to brush up and fine-tune
their English grammar, and be prepared to use the language in all the four formats, LSRW.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The undergraduate General English programme of SB College (Autonomous) aims at
developing the four language skills, LSRW, in the students, with special emphasis on reading
and writing. Special focus is given to reading and writing because they are mutually
dependent on each other. And they are less difficult to develop in a large classroom setup. For
in large general English classes like ours (70-100 students on an average), developing
listening and speaking skills is an uphill task.
The programme opens with a course on Grammar. It introduces grammar in a
systematic way. The reason for this course on grammar is that a majority of our students lack
a reasonable grounding in grammar. We feel that a systematic knowledge of grammar is the
necessary foundation on which communication skills have to be built. And there is exposure
to phonetics as well.
The second course aims at developing reading and writing skills through a series of
essays. The reason for using essays for this purpose is the supposition that essays are more
convenient in designing appropriate tasks for developing these skills. Each lesson contains a
series of exercises aimed at developing these skills. Special attention is to be given to free
writing tasks, with the essays used as launch pads.
Courses three and four are intended to give the students a feel of literature per se. The
underlying belief is that there is no better way of developing language and communication
skills than immersing oneself in good literature. Therefore this course introduces good
literature to the students. The methodology of teaching and the mode of evaluation of these
courses would be conventional, i.e. writing-based and exam-oriented.
Course five aims at developing eco-social awareness and critical thinking in the
students. A collection of essays and a poem serve as the medium through which this course is
developed. The preeminent role of literature in developing these skills is recognized here.
The sixth and final course is designed to get the students ready for the job market. It
gives importance to soft skills, listening skills, speaking skills and business writing skills.
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OUTLINE OF COMMON COURSE ENGLISH FOR MODEL I PROGRAMMES
Course Code Name of the Course Hours
/Week
Total
Hours Credit ISA ESA Total
Semester I
ACEN101 Grammar and Phonetics 5 90 4 20 80 100
ACEN102 Reading and Writing Skills 4 72 3 20 80 100
Semester II
ACEN203
Literary Appreciation and
Language Building: Novel and
Short Stories
5 90 4 20 80 100
ACEN204
Literary Appreciation and
Language Building: Poetry
and One-Act Plays
4 72 3 20 80 100
Semester III
ACEN305 Literature and Society 5 90 4 20 80 100
Semester IV
ACEN406 English for Employment 5 90 4 20 80 100
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SEMESTER I
ACEN101: GRAMMAR AND PHONETICS
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To make sure that the students have a good grounding in basic grammar and phonetics
Objectives
1. To help students reinforce basic English grammar
2. To help students revise the main problem areas of English Grammar
3. To help students refer to the dictionary and understand the pronunciation and the
primary stress of English words
Grammar:
Unit 1
Verbs: Present Tense, Past Tense, The Future.
Unit 2
Words and Sentences, Clauses, Sentence types, Verbs: be, have, and do, Yes-No
Questions, Wh-questions, Question Tags, Negative statements, Modal Verbs, The
Passive
Unit3
Reported Speech, Nouns, Articles, Pronouns
Unit 4
Adjectives, Adverbs, Preposition
Unit 5
Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Conditionals, Links across sentences, Spelling of
Endings
Phonetics:
Phonemic Scripts, Syllables, Word Stress and Pronunciation
Recommended Text for Grammar:
1. Selections from Eastwood, John. Oxford Practice Grammar.
Recommended Text for Phonetics:
1. Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Chennai:
Macmillan, 1981 Print.
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ACEN102: READING AND WRITING SKILLS
Total Hours: 72
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To develop the reading and the writing skills of students through literature
Objectives:
1. To introduce reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, extensive reading, and
intensive reading.
2. To introduce effective writing strategies with the given texts used as models
3. To help students convert their knowledge of grammar to write correctly and effectively
Unit 1
1. The Rat-race
2. Leisure
3. Killers
4. Population Explosion
Unit 2
1. Once Upon….
2. Polluting the World
3. Is there Life on Earth?
4. Puzzles in Nature
Unit 3
1. All about Coffee
2. A Layman Looks at Science
3. Computeracy
4. How to be Entertaining
Unit 4
1. Spoken English and Broken English”
2. Only and One
3. The Sporting Spirit
4. Who’s Who
Text: Selections from Krishnaswamy, N. and T. Sriraman. Current English for Colleges.
Chennai: Macmillan,1990. Print.
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SEMESTER II
ACEN203: LITERARY APPRECIATION AND LANGUAGE
BUILDING: NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the students develop the habit of reading good literature in English which will
help them acquire necessary English skills.
Objectives
1. To introduce the learners to standard literary texts in English
2. To inculcate in the students the habit of reading English
3. To develop writing skills in English through good reading
Unit 1
1. Guy De Maupassant: ‘The Diamond Necklace”
2. Anton Chekhov: “The Bet”
3. Henry: “The Last Leaf”
Unit 2
1. Oscar Wilde: “The Nightingale and the Rose”
2. John Galsworthy: “Quality”
3. Somerset Maugham: “The Verger”
Unit 3
1. Bhabani Bhattacharya: “Glory at Twilight”
2. R K Narayan: “A Hero”
3. Premchand: “Idgah”
Unit 4 &5
1. George Orwell: Animal Farm
Text: Farooqui, Abida, (ed). Reading for Pleasure: an Anthology of Short Stories. Chennai:
Main Spring Publishers, 2015. Print.
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ACEN204: LITERARY APPRECIATION AND LANGUAGE BUILDING:
POETRY AND ONE ACT PLAYS
Total Hours: 72
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the students develop the habit of reading good poetry and short plays in
English which will help them sharpen their oral and written skills in English.
Objectives:
1. To enable the students to appreciate poetry and drama
2. To encourage reading literature in English through an exposure to some widely-read
writers.
3. To develop writing skills through reading
Unit 1
1. William Shakespeare: “Sonnet 1”
2. John Milton: “On His Twenty Third Birthday”
3. William Blake: “The Tiger”
4. William Wordsworth: “Fidelity”
5. John Keats: “Ode to Autumn”
Unit 2
1. WB Yeats: “The Ballad of Fr. Gilligan”
2. TS Eliot: “The Journey of the Magi”
3. Robert Frost: “Stopping by the Woods…”
4. Kamala Das: “My Grandmother’s House”
5. K Satchidanadan: “The Mad”
Unit 3
1. Fritz Karinthy: “The Refund”
2. Langston Hughes “Soul Gone Home”
Unit 4
1. Anton Chekov: “The Anniversary”
2. W.W. Jacobs and H.C. Sargent: “The Boatswain’s Mate”
Texts:
Babu, C R Murukan, (ed). Golden Cadence. Chennai: Mainspring Publishers, 2015. Print.
Kamala K, Silpa Anand, and Teresa J Heloise, (ed). Curtain Raisers: An Anthology of Short
Plays. Chennai: Mainspring Publishers, 2015. Print.
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SEMESTER III
ACEN305: LITERATURE AND SOCIETY
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the learners develop the qualities of critical consciousness and empathy vis-a-
vis social realities and acquire language skills through exposure to a variety of
writings.
Objectives
1. To encourage critical consciousness in the students through exposure to socially and
ecologically relevant issues
2. To make students empathize with and make interventions on behalf of others on
issues concerning our society.
3. To develop writing skills through an exposure to issues related to one’s own context
Unit 1: Respect for Womanhood, Rights of Children, and Old Age
1. Kailash Satyarthi “Let Us Globalise Compassion and Set Our Children Free” (Nobel
Lecture)
2. Kumud Pawde “The Story of My Sanskrit” (From Arjun Dangle, ed. Poisoned Bread.
Orient Blackswan, 2009. 110-122.)
3. Simon de Beauvoir “The Coming of Age.” (From Douglas Hunt, ed. The Dolphin
Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 829-35.)
Unit 2: Environment
1. Kallen Pokkudan. “My Story” (excerpts). (From The Oxford India Anthology of
Malayalam Dalit Writings. Ed. M Dasan et al. Oxford UP, 2012. 185-195)
2. Rachel Carson. “The Obligation to Endure.” (Ch.2 of Silent Spring. Penguin, 1962.
23-30.)
3. Ayyappa Panicker “Where are the Woods Children”
Unit 3: Social Harmony
1. B R Ambedkar. “Caste and Class.” (Ch.8 of Valerian Roderigues. Essential Writings
of BR Ambedkar, Oxford UP, 2002. 99-105.)
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2. Bhagat Singh. “Letter to Father” (From D N Gupta, ed. Bhagat Singh: Select
Speeches and Writings. National Book Trust, 2007. 107-08.)
3. Shashi Tharoor. “The Invention of India.” (Ch.17 of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the
Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power. Penguin, 2007.
55-65.)
Unit 4: Civil Liberties
1. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream.”
2. Jawaharlal Nehru. “Individual Civil Disobedience.” (From The Discovery of India.
Oxford UP, 1988. 439-42)
3. Charlie Chaplin “The Great Dictator’s Speech” (From The Great Dictator)
Unit 5: World Peace
1. Swami Vivekanada. “Response to Welcome,” “Why We Disagree,” “Address at the
Final Session.” (Select Addresses at the Parliament of Religions, September 1893.
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekaknada.Vol.1. 18th Reprint. Mayavati
Memorial Edition. Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1991. 3-5, 23-24.)
2. Dalai Lama. “Ethics in Our Shared World.” (From Beyond Religion: Ethics for a
Whole World. Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 83-97)
3. Margaret Mead. “Warfare is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity.” (From
Douglas Hunt, ed. The Dolphin Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 415-22.)
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SEMESTER IV
ACEN406: ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYMENT
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To equip the students with the necessary soft skills and language skills for
employability
Objectives
1. To help the students develop their listening and speaking skills
2. To prepare the students for GD and Job Interview
3. To sharpen the students’ business writing skills
Unit 1: Listening Skills
1. Types of Listening: Listening to News, Listening to Announcements, Listening to
Stories, Talks and Descriptions, Academic Listening, Empathetic Listening, Intensive
and Extensive Listening.
2. Barriers to and Tips for Effective Listening
Unit 2: Speaking Skills (1)
1. Public Speaking Skills, Interview Skills, Group Discussion Skills.
Unit 3: Speaking Skills (2)
1. Conversation, Dialogues, Telephone Skills, Everyday Interactions, Debates.
Unit 4: Writing Skills (1)
1. Writing Precis, Paraphrase, Paragraph Writing and Essay Writing
Unit 5: Writing Skills (2)
1. Written communication skills: Letters, CV, Reports, Emails, and Copywriting
Evaluation Pattern:
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Internal Assessment: In-Semester examinations, Assignment and Seminar in this
paper will be aural and oral. The students will be tested in their listening and speaking
skills in the various areas mentioned above.
End-Semester Exam will be in the written format in the usual pattern
Recommended Books:
1. Augustine, A E. Speak Better English: An Essential English Speaking Course.
Changanasserry: Surabhi Publications,1997. Print.
2. Dhanvel, S P. English and Soft Skills. Chennai: Orient Black Swan, 2005. Print
3. Kumar, Sanjay and Pushpa Lata. English for Effective Communication. New Delhi:
Oxford UP. 2013. Print
4. Peter, Francis. Soft Skills and Professional Communication. New Delhi: Tata
McGraw Hill.2012. Print.
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OUTLINE OF COMMON COURSE ENGLISH FOR MODEL II PROGRAMMES
Course Code Name of the Course Hours
/Week
Total
Hours Credits ISA ESA Total
Semester I
ACEN101 Grammar and Phonetics 5 90 4 20 80 100
Semester II
ACEV201 Language Through Literature:
Poetry and One-Act Plays 5 90 4 20 80 100
Semester III
ACEN305 Literature and Society 5 90 4 20 80 100
Semester IV
ACEN406 English for Employment 5 90 4 20 80 100
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SEMESTER I
ACEN101: GRAMMAR AND PHONETICS
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To make sure that the students have a good grounding in basic grammar and phonetics
Objectives
1. To help students reinforce basic English grammar
2. To help students revise the main problem areas of English Grammar
3. To help students refer to the dictionary and understand the pronunciation and the
primary stress of English words
Grammar:
Unit 1
Verbs: Present Tense, Past Tense, The Future.
Unit 2
Words and Sentences, Clauses, Sentence types, Verbs: be, have, and do, Yes-No
Questions, Wh-questions, Question Tags, Negative statements, Modal Verbs, The
Passive
Unit3
Reported Speech, Nouns, Articles, Pronouns
Unit 4
Adjectives, Adverbs, Preposition
Unit 5
Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Conditionals, Links across sentences, Spelling of
Endings
Phonetics:
Phonemic Scripts, Syllables, Word Stress and Pronunciation
Recommended Text for Grammar:
Selections from Eastwood, John. Oxford Practice Grammar.
Recommended Text for Phonetics:
Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Chennai:
Macmillan,1981.Print.
15
SEMESTER II
ACEV201: LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE: POETRY AND
ONE ACT PLAYS
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the students develop the habit of reading good poetry and short plays in
English which will help them sharpen their oral and written skills in English.
Objectives:
1. To enable the students to appreciate poetry and drama
2. To encourage reading literature in English through an exposure to some widely-
read writers.
3. To develop writing skills through reading
Unit 1
1. William Shakespeare: “Sonnet 1”
2. John Milton: “On His Twenty Third Birthday”
3. William Blake: “The Tiger”
4. William Wordsworth: “Fidelity”
5. John Keats: “Ode to Autumn”
Unit 2
1. WB Yeats: “The Ballad of Fr. Gilligan”
2. TS Eliot: “The Journey of the Magi”
3. Robert Frost: “Stopping by the Woods…”
4. Kamala Das: “My Grandmother’s House”
5. K Satchidanadan: “The Mad”
Unit 3
1. Fritz Karinthy: “The Refund”
2. Langston Hughes “Soul Gone Home”
Unit 4
1. Anton Chekov: “The Anniversary”
2. W.W. Jacobs and H.C. Sargent: “The Boatswain’s Mate”
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Unit 5
1. August Strindberg: “The Stronger”
2. Harold Pinter: “The Dumb Waiter”
Texts:
Babu, C R Murukan, (ed). Golden Cadence. Chennai: MainspringPublishers, 2015. Print.
Kamala K, SilpaAnand, and Teresa J Heloise, (ed). Curtain Raisers: An Anthology of Short
Plays. Chennai: Mainspring Publishers, 2015. Print.
17
SEMESTER III
ACEN305: LITERATURE AND SOCIETY
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the learners develop the qualities of critical consciousness and empathy vis-a-
vis social realities and acquire language skills through exposure to a variety of writings.
Objectives
1. To encourage critical consciousness in the students through exposure to socially and
ecologically relevant issues
2. To make students empathize with and make interventions on behalf of others on
issues concerning our society.
3. To develop writing skills through an exposure to issues related to one’s own context
Unit 1: Respect for Womanhood, Rights of Children, and Old Age
1. Kailash Satyarthi “Let Us Globalise Compassion and Set Our Children Free” (Nobel
Lecture)
2. Kumud Pawde “The Story of My Sanskrit” (From Arjun Dangle, ed. Poisoned Bread.
Orient Blackswan, 2009. 110-122.)
3. Simon de Beauvoir “The Coming of Age.” (From Douglas Hunt, ed. The Dolphin
Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 829-35.)
Unit 2: Environment
1. Kallen Pokkudan. “My Story” (excerpts). (From The Oxford India Anthology of
Malayalam Dalit Writings. Ed. M Dasan et al. Oxford UP, 2012. 185-195)
2. Rachel Carson. “The Obligation to Endure.” (Ch.2 of Silent Spring. Penguin, 1962.
23-30.)
3. Ayyappa Panicker “Where are the Woods Children”
Unit 3: Social Harmony
1. B R Ambedkar. “Caste and Class.” (Ch.8 of Valerian Roderigues. Essential Writings
of BR Ambedkar, Oxford UP, 2002. 99-105.)
2. Bhagat Singh. “Letter to Father” (From D N Gupta, ed. Bhagat Singh: Select
Speeches and Writings. National Book Trust, 2007. 107-08.)
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3. Shashi Tharoor. “The Invention of India.” (Ch.17 of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the
Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power. Penguin, 2007.
55-65.)
Unit 4: Civil Liberties
1. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream.”
2. Jawaharlal Nehru. “Individual Civil Disobedience.” (From The Discovery of India.
Oxford UP, 1988. 439-42)
3. Charlie Chaplin.“The Great Dictator’s Speech” (From The Great Dictator)
Unit 5: World Peace
1. Swami Vivekanada. “Response to Welcome,” “Why We Disagree,” “Address at the
Final Session.” (Select Addresses at the Parliament of Religions, September 1893.
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekaknada.Vol.1. 18th Reprint. Mayavati
Memorial Edition. Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1991. 3-5, 23-24.)
2. Dalai Lama. “Ethics in Our Shared World.” (From Beyond Religion: Ethics for a
Whole World. Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 83-97)
3. Margaret Mead. “Warfare is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity.” (From
Douglas Hunt, ed. TheDolphin Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 415-22.)
19
SEMESTER IV
ACEN406: ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYMENT
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To equip the students with the necessary soft skills and language skills for
employability
Objectives
1. To help the students develop their listening and speaking skills
2. To prepare the students for GD and Job Interview
3. To sharpen the students’ business writing skills
Unit 1: Listening Skills
1. Types of Listening: Listening to News, Listening to Announcements, Listening to
Stories, Talks and Descriptions, Academic Listening, Empathetic Listening, Intensive
and Extensive Listening.
2. Barriers to and Tips for Effective Listening
Unit 2: Speaking Skills (1)
1. Public Speaking Skills, Interview Skills, Group Discussion Skills.
Unit 3: Speaking Skills (2)
1. Conversation, Dialogues, Telephone Skills, Everyday Interactions, Debates.
Unit 4: Writing Skills (1)
1. Writing Precis, Paraphrase, Paragraph Writing and Essay Writing
Unit 5: Writing Skills (2)
1. Written communication skills: Letters, CV, Reports, Emails, and Copywriting
20
Evaluation Pattern:
Internal Assessment: In-Semester examinations, Assignment and Seminar in this
paper will be aural and oral. The students will be tested in their listening and speaking
skills in the various areas mentioned above.
End-Semester Exam will be in the written format in the usual pattern
Recommended Books:
1. Augustine, A E. Speak Better English: An Essential English Speaking Course.
Changanasserry: Surabhi Publications,1997. Print.
2. Dhanvel, S P. English and Soft Skills. Chennai: Orient Black Swan, 2005. Print
3. Kumar, Sanjay and Pushpa Lata. English for Effective Communication. New
Delhi: Oxford UP. 2013. Print
4. Peter, Francis. Soft Skills and Professional Communication. New Delhi: Tata
McGraw Hill.2012. Print.
21
OUTLINE OF COMMON COURSE ENGLISH FOR BCom PROGRAMMES
Course Code Name of the Course Hours
/Week
Total
Hours Credit ISA ESA Total
Semester I
ACEN101 Grammar and Phonetics 5 90 3 20 80 100
Semester II
ACEN203
Literary Appreciation and
Language Building: Novel and
Short Stories
5 90 3 20 80 100
Semester III
ACEN306 Literature for Social
Awareness and Change 3 54 3 20 80 100
Semester IV
ACEN408 English for Developing Job
Skills 3 54 3 20 80 100
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SEMESTER I
ACEN101: GRAMMAR AND PHONETICS
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To make sure that the students have a good grounding in basic grammar and phonetics
Objectives
1. To help students reinforce basic English grammar
2. To help students revise the main problem areas of English Grammar
3. To help students refer to the dictionary and understand the pronunciation and the
primary stress of English words
Grammar:
Unit 1
Verbs: Present Tense, Past Tense, The Future.
Unit 2
Words and Sentences, Clauses, Sentence types, Verbs: be, have, and do, Yes-No
Questions, Wh-questions, Question Tags, Negative statements, Modal Verbs, The
Passive
Unit3
Reported Speech, Nouns, Articles, Pronouns
Unit 4
Adjectives, Adverbs, Preposition
Unit 5
Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Conditionals, Links across sentences, Spelling of
Endings
Phonetics:
Phonemic Scripts, Syllables, Word Stress and Pronunciation
Recommended Text for Grammar:
Selections from Eastwood, John. Oxford Practice Grammar.
Recommended Text for Phonetics:
Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Chennai:
Macmillan 1981.Print.
25
SEMESTER II
ACEN203: LITERARY APPRECIATION AND LANGUAGE
BUILDING: NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the students develop the habit of reading good literature in English which will
help them acquire necessary English skills.
Objectives
1. To introduce the learners to standard literary texts in English
2. To inculcate in the students the habit of reading English
3. To develop writing skills in English through good reading
Unit 1
1. Guy De Maupassant: ‘The Diamond Necklace”
2. Anton Chekhov: “The Bet”
3. Henry: “The Last Leaf”
Unit 2
1. Oscar Wilde: “The Nightingale and the Rose”
2. John Galsworthy: “Quality”
3. Somerset Maugham: “The Verger”
Unit 3
1. Bhabani Bhattacharya: “Glory at Twilight”
2. R K Narayan: “A Hero”
3. Premchand: “Idgah”
Unit 4 &5
1. George Orwell: Animal Farm
Text: Farooqui, Abida, (ed). Reading for Pleasure: an Anthology of ShortStories. Chennai:
Main Spring Publishers, 2015. Print.
27
SEMESTER III
ACEN306: LITERATURE FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS AND CHANGE
Total Hours: 54
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the learners develop the qualities of critical consciousness and empathy vis-a-
vis social realities and acquire language skills through exposure to a variety of writings.
Objectives
1. To encourage critical consciousness in the students through exposure to socially and
ecologically relevant issues
2. To make students empathize with and make interventions on behalf of others on
issues concerning our society.
3. To develop writing skills through an exposure to issues related to one’s own context
Unit 1: Respect for Womanhood, Rights of Children, and Old Age
1. Kailash Satyarthi “Let Us Globalise Compassion and Set Our Children Free” (Nobel
Lecture)
2. Kumud Pawde “The Story of My Sanskrit” (From Arjun Dangle, ed. Poisoned Bread.
Orient Blackswan, 2009. 110-122.)
3. Simon de Beauvoir “The Coming of Age.” (From Douglas Hunt, ed. The Dolphin
Reader. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 829-35.)
Unit 2: Environment
1. Kallen Pokkudan. “My Story” (excerpts). (From The Oxford India Anthology of
Malayalam Dalit Writings. Ed. M Dasan et al. Oxford UP, 2012. 185-195)
2. Rachel Carson. “The Obligation to Endure.” (Ch.2 of Silent Spring. Penguin, 1962.
23-30.)
3. Ayyappa Panicker “Where are the Woods Children”
Unit 3: Social Harmony
1. B R Ambedkar. “Caste and Class.” (Ch.8 of Valerian Roderigues. Essential Writings
of BR Ambedkar, Oxford UP, 2002. 99-105.)
2. Bhagat Singh. “Letter to Father” (From D N Gupta, ed. Bhagat Singh: Select
Speeches and Writings. National Book Trust, 2007. 107-08.)
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3. Shashi Tharoor. “The Invention of India.” (Ch.17 of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the
Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power. Penguin, 2007.
55-65.)
29
SEMESTER IV
ACEN408: ENGLISH FOR DEVELOPING JOB SKILLS
Total Hours: 54
Credits: 3
Aim of the Course:
1. To equip the students with the necessary soft skills and language skills for
employability
Objectives
1. To help the students develop their listening and speaking skills
2. To prepare the students for GD and Job Interview
3. To sharpen the students’ business writing skills
Unit 1: Listening Skills
1. Types of Listening: Listening to News, Listening to Announcements, Listening to
Stories, Talks and Descriptions, Academic Listening, Empathetic Listening, Intensive
and Extensive Listening.
2. Barriers to and Tips for Effective Listening
Unit 2: Speaking Skills
1. Public Speaking Skills, Interview Skills, Group Discussion Skills.
Unit 3: Writing Skills
1. Written communication skills: Letters, CV, Reports, Emails, and Copywriting
Evaluation Pattern:
Internal Assessment: In-Semester examinations, Assignment and Seminar in this
paper will be aural and oral. The students will be tested in their listening and speaking
skills in the various areas mentioned above.
End-Semester Exam will be in the written format in the usual pattern
Recommended Books:
1. Augustine, A E. Speak Better English: An Essential English Speaking Course.
Changanasserry: Surabhi Publications,1997. Print.
2. Dhanvel, S P. English and Soft Skills. Chennai: Orient Black Swan, 2005. Print
3. Kumar, Sanjay and Pushpa Lata. English for Effective Communication. New Delhi:
Oxford UP. 2013. Print
4. Peter, Francis. Soft Skills and Professional Communication. New Delhi: Tata
McGraw Hill.2012. Print.
31
OUTLINE OF COMMON COURSE ENGLISH FOR MODEL III AND BCA
PROGRAMMES
Course Code Name of the Course Hours
/Week
Total
Hours Credit ISA ESA Total
Semester I
ACEN101 Grammar and Phonetics 5 90 4 20 80 100
Semester II
ACEN203
Literary Appreciation and
Language Building: Novel and
Short Stories
5 90 4 20 80 100
33
SEMESTER I
ACEN101: GRAMMAR AND PHONETICS
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To make sure that the students have a good grounding in basic grammar and phonetics
Objectives
1. To help students reinforce basic English grammar
2. To help students revise the main problem areas of English Grammar
3. To help students refer to the dictionary and understand the pronunciation and the
primary stress of English words
Grammar:
Unit 1
Verbs: Present Tense, Past Tense, The Future.
Unit 2
Words and Sentences, Clauses, Sentence types, Verbs: be, have, and do, Yes-No
Questions, Wh-questions, Question Tags, Negative statements, Modal Verbs, The
Passive
Unit3
Reported Speech, Nouns, Articles, Pronouns
Unit 4
Adjectives, Adverbs, Preposition
Unit 5
Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Conditionals, Links across sentences, Spelling of
Endings
Phonetics:
Phonemic Scripts, Syllables, Word Stress and Pronunciation
Recommended Text for Grammar:
1. Selections from Eastwood, John. Oxford Practice Grammar.
Recommended Text for Phonetics:
1. Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Chennai:
Macmillan 1981.Print.
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SEMESTER II
ACEN203: LITERARY APPRECIATION AND LANGUAGE
BUILDING: NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES
Total Hours: 90
Credits: 4
Aim of the Course:
1. To help the students develop the habit of reading good literature in English which will
help them acquire necessary English skills.
Objectives
1. To introduce the learners to standard literary texts in English
2. To inculcate in the students the habit of reading English
3. To develop writing skills in English through good reading
Unit 1
1. Guy De Maupassant: ‘The Diamond Necklace”
2. Anton Chekhov: “The Bet”
3. Henry: “The Last Leaf”
Unit 2
1. Oscar Wilde: “The Nightingale and the Rose”
2. John Galsworthy: “Quality”
3. Somerset Maugham: “The Verger”
Unit 3
1. Bhabani Bhattacharya: “Glory at Twilight”
2. R K Narayan: “A Hero”
3. Premchand: “Idgah”
Unit 4 &5
1. George Orwell: Animal Farm
Text: Farooqui, Abida, (ed). Reading for Pleasure: an Anthology of Short Stories. Chennai:
Main Spring Publishers, 2015. Print.