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CONTENTS
Semester 1
Unit I
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Introducing self and others
b. Listening for specific information
c. Pronunciation (without phonetic symbols)
i. Essentials of pronunciation
ii. American and British pronunciation
2.
Reading and Writing
a. Reading short articles – newspaper reports
/ fact based articles
i. Skimming and scanning
ii. Diction and tone
iii. Identifying topic sentences
b. Reading aloud: Reading an article/report
c. Journal (Diary) Writing
3.
Study Skills - 1
a. Using dictionaries, encyclopaedias, thesaurus
4.
Grammar in Context:
Naming and Describing
• Nouns & Pronouns
• Adjectives
Unit II
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Listening with a Purpose
b. Effective Listening
c. Tonal Variation
d. Listening for Information
e. Asking for Information
f. Giving Information
2. Reading and Writing
1. a. Strategies of Reading:
Skimming and Scanning
b. Types of Reading:
Extensive and Intensive Reading
c. Reading a prose passage
d. Reading a poem
e. Reading a short story
2. Paragraphs: Structure and Types
a. What is a Paragraph?
b. Paragraph structure
c. Topic Sentence
d. Unity
e. Coherence
f. Connections between Ideas: Using Transitional
words and expressions
g. Types of Paragraphs
3.
Study Skills II:
Using the Internet as a Resource
a. Online search
b. Know the keyword
c. Refine your search
d. Guidelines for using the Resources
e. e-learning resources of Government of
India
f. Terms to know
4.
Grammar in Context
Involving Action-I
a. Verbs
b. Concord
Unit III
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Giving and following instructions
b. Asking for and giving directions
c. Continuing discussions with
connecting ideas
2.
Reading and writing
a. Reading feature articles (from newspapers
and magazines)
b. Reading to identify point of view and
perspective (opinion pieces, editorials etc.)
c. Descriptive writing – writing a short
descriptive essay of two to three paragraphs.
3.
Grammar in Context:
Involving Action – II
• Verbals - Gerund, Participle, Infinitive
• Modals
Unit IV
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Giving and responding to opinions
2.
Reading and writing
a. Note taking
b. Narrative writing – writing narrative
essays of two to three paragraphs
3.
Grammar in Context:
Tense
• Present
• Past
• Future
Unit V
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Participating in a Group Discussion
2.
Reading and writing
a. Reading diagrammatic information –
interpretations maps, graphs and pie charts
b. Writing short essays using the language
of comparison and contrast
3.
Grammar in Context: Voice (showing the relationship between Tense and Voice)
