Text with Guide
For All Universities in Tamil Nadu
Semester II
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Contents
Unit
I
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Listening and responding to complaints (formal situation)
b. Listening to problems and offering solutions (informal)
2.
Reading and writing
a. Reading aloud (brief motivational anecdotes)
b. Writing a paragraph on a proverbial expression/motivational
idea.
3.
Word Power/Vocabulary
a. Synonyms & Antonyms
4.
Grammar in Context
Adverbs
Prepositions
Unit
II
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to famous speeches and poems
b. Making short speeches- Formal: welcome speech and vote of
thanks.
Informal
occasions- Farewell party, graduation speech
2.
Reading and Writing
a. Writing opinion pieces (could be on travel, food, film / book
reviews or on any contemporary topic)
b. Reading poetry
b. i. Reading aloud: (Intonation and Voice Modulation)
b. ii. Identifying and using figures of speech - simile,
metaphor, personification etc.
3.
Word Power
a. Idioms & Phrases
4.
Grammar in Context
Conjunctions and Interjections
Unit
III
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to Ted talks
b. Making short presentations – Formal presentation with PPT,
analytical presentation of graphs and reports of multiple kinds
c. Interactions during and after the presentations
2.
Reading and writing
a. Writing emails of complaint
b. Reading aloud famous speeches
3.
Word Power
a. One Word Substitution
4.
Grammar in Context: Sentence Patterns
Unit
IV
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Participating in a meeting: face to face and online
b. Listening with courtesy and adding ideas and giving opinions
during the meeting and making concluding remarks.
2.
Reading and Writing
a. Reading visual texts – advertisements
b. Writing a Brochure
3.
Word Power
a. Denotation and Connotation
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Types
Unit
V
1.
Listening and Speaking
a. Informal interview for feature writing
b. Listening and responding to questions at a formal interview
2.
Reading and Writing
a. Writing letters of application
b. Readers’ Theatre (Script Reading)
c. Dramatizing everyday situations/social issues through skits.
(Writing scripts and performing)
3.
Word Power
a. Collocation
4. Grammar in Context: Working With Clauses
