DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

CERTIFICATE COURSE IN COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I: LISTENING
Listening to Speeches and Narration of Stories and Incidents and News Bulletin
Answering Questions.
UNIT II: SPEAKING
1. Situational Dialogues and Conversations

2. Group Discussion

3. Interviews

4. Pronunciation

i) Sounds- Vowels and Consonants

ii) Intonation

UNIT III: READING

1. Rapid Silent Reading

2. Intensive Reading

UNIT IV: WRITING

1. Message

2. Resume

3. Situational Dialogues and Conversations

UNIT V: GRAMMAR

1. Framing Questions

2. Negatives

3. Helping Verbs

4. Question Tag

5. S-V Agreement
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

1. Srinivasan, Hema, Alamelu Ramakrishana, and Valli Arunachalam.

Communication Skills
2. A Practical Approach. New Delhi, Frank Bros. &co., 2001
3. Pillai, G. Radhakrishnan, L.Rajeevan, and Bhaskaran Nair. Spoken English For
You. New Delhi: Emerald Publishers,1989.
4. Pillai, G. Radhakrishnan, L. Rajeevan, and BhaskaranNir. Written English for
You. New Delhi: Emerald Publishers 1989.
5. Sasikumar, V., and P.V. Dhamija. Spoken English: A Self- Learning Guide to
Conversation Practice .New Delhi: Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company
Limited, 2002.
 EVALUATION MODE

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH – THEORY PAPER – CCELCE01

Internal Assessment - 40 Marks

External Evaluation - 60 Marks

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

I. Reading Comprehension - 5 Marks

II. Writing Dialogue - 5 Marks
III. Intonation - 5 Marks
IV. Exercise in Grammar - 10 Marks
V. Listening to Cassettes and Answering Questions - 5 Marks
VI. Group Discussion - 10 Marks
Total - 40 Marks

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION – QUESTION PAPER PATTERN

Time - 3 hours Total Marks - 60

I. Comprehension 10 Marks
( Ten Multiple Choice Questions and Ten True/ False Questions)
II. Resume 10 Marks
III. Completing the Conversation 5 Marks
IV. Matching Exercise ( Conversational Patterns) 10 Marks
V. Exercise in Grammar 20 Marks
VI. Transcription of Monosyllabic Words 3 Marks
( Three out of Six Words)
VII. Intonation 2 Marks

Total 60 Marks
 EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR

a) Spotting error - 5 Marks

b) Rewrite as direct - 5 Marks

( Framing Questions, Negatives and Question Tags)
c) Fill in the blanks with Helping Verbs - 5 Marks

d) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate - 5 Marks

form of the verb is given in brackets ( 5 out of 8)
Total - 20 Marks

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH - PAPER II – CCELCEP1

(PRACTICAL - 100 MARKS)

(INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ONLY)

1. Listening - 20 marks

2. Reading - 20 marks

3. Dialogue / Conversation - 20 marks

4. Group Discussion - 20 marks

5. Interviews - 20 marks

Total - 100 marks