ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper Code: 
COMS 101
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective • Be familiar with the modes of language-literacy, viz. reading, writing, speaking • Improve their knowledge of grammar and fluency in oral and written production

12.00
Unit I: 
Vocabulary

 

Synonyms and Antonyms

Word Formation: Prefix and Suffix

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Grammar and Usage I

 

Sequence of Tenses

Elements of a Clause (SVOCA)

Word-stress (marking stress)

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Grammar and Usage II

 

Transformation of Sentences

  • Direct and Indirect Narration
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Interchange of Degrees of Comparison Modals
  • Sequence of Tenses

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Comprehension

 

Comprehension of an unseen passage

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Compositional Skills

 

Letters : Formal and Informal

Paragraph-Writing

Resume, CV& Job-Application

Précis–Writing

 

Essential Readings: 

• Quirk, Randolph, and Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Harlow: Orient Longman Limited, 1973.Print.
• Gunashekar, Paul, ed. A Foundation English Course for Undergraduates. Book 1. Hyderabad: CIEFL. Print.
• Rao, H. G. Suryanarayana. Prose For Pleasure & Comprehension. Oxford UP, 2010. Print.
• Swan, Michael. A Practical English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Print.
• Hooper, J.S. A Quick English Reference. Oxford UP, 1981. 232. Print.

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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