Paavai Guide Communicative English for Students of Arts and Science Colleges Semester II

 

Text with Guide 

For All Universities in Tamil Nadu 

Semester II 

Rs.150/- 

From Paavai Pathippagam:

Study Guides and Notes can be bought at: 

Amma Book Centre, 2A, East Avani Moola Street, 

Madurai, Tamil Nadu,India.

PIN  625001 

Phone: 0452 2629666 Mobile: 9842041112

Paavai Pathippagam, 37A. North Avani Moola Street, Madurai Mobile: 9842096333 

Paavai Pathippagam publishes various TANSCHE texts with guides common for all universities in Tamil Nadu.  

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

Paavai Guide Communicative English for Students of Arts and Science Colleges

 

Text with Guide

 

For All Universities 

in 

Tamil Nadu 

Rs.140/-

From Paavai Pathippagam:

Study Guides and Notes can be bought at: 

Amma Book Centre, 

2A, East Avani Moola Street, 

Madurai, 

Tamil Nadu,India. 

PIN  625001 

Phone: 0452 2629666 Mobile: 9842041112

Paavai Pathippagam, 37A. North Avani Moola Street, Madurai Mobile: 9842096333 

Paavai Pathippagam publishes various TANSCHE texts with guides common for all universities in Tamil Nadu.  

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)