Essential & Applied Language Skills

Paper Code: 
EFT-100
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

1.      Reinforcing selected components of grammar and usage

2.      Strengthening compositional skills (for letter and paragraph- writing)

3.      Facilitating comprehension of short- stories

6.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary

 

  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Word formation: Prefix and Suffix
8.00
Unit II: 
Grammar and Usage I

 

     Transformation of sentences

·         Direct and Indirect Narration

·         Active and Passive Voice

·         Interchange of Degrees of Comparison Modals

6.00
Unit III: 
Grammar and Usage II

 

  • Sequence of Tenses
  • Elements of a Clause (SVOCA)
5.00
Unit IV: 
Comprehension

 

  • Comprehension of an unseen passage
5.00
Unit V: 
Compositional Skills

 

  • Letters: Formal and Informal
  • Paragraph- Writing
Essential Readings: 

 

·         Prose for Pleasure and Comprehension by H.G. Suryanarayana Rao (OUP)

·         A Guide to Patterns and Usage by A.S Hornby

·         A practical English Usage by Michael Swan

References: 

 

·         A. university Grammar of English by Quirk & Greenbaum (O. Longman)1973

·         A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates Ed. Gunashekhar, Book 1, CIEFL, Hyderabad

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