SCIENCE & HUMANITIES Course File

Name of the faculty: R.S.SUBRAMANYAM Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department: SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES Name of the Subject: ENGLISH Subject Code:

JOGINPALLY B.R ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Yenkapally (v), moinabad (m), R.R. Dist

Syllabus
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD I Year B. Tech.L T/P/D C 2-/-/-4 ENGLISH 1. INTRODUCTION: In view of the growing importance of English as a tool for global communication and the consequent emphasis on training students to acquire communicative competence, the syllabus has been designed to develop linguistic and communicative competence of Engineering students. The prescribed books and the exercises are meant to serve broadly as students handbooks. In the English classes, the focus should be on the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking and for this the teachers should use the text prescribed for detailed study. For example, the students should be encouraged to read the texts/selected paragraphs silently. The teachers can ask comprehension questions to stimulate discussion and based on the discussions students can be made to write short paragraphs/essays etc. The text for non-detailed study is for extensive reading/reading for pleasure by the students. Hence, it is suggested that they read it on their own with topics selected for discussion in the class. The time should be utilized for working out the exercises given after each section , as also for supplementing the exercises with authentic materials of a similar kind for example, from newspaper articles, advertisements, promotional material etc.. However, the stress in this syllabus is on skill development and practice of language skills. 2. OBJECTIVES: To improve the language proficiency of the students in English with emphasis on LSRW skills. To equip the students to study academic subjects with greater facility through the theoretical and practical components of the English syllabus. To develop the study skills and communication skills in formal and informal situations. 3. SYLLABUS: Listening Skills: Objectives 1. To enable students to develop their listening skill so that they may appreciate its role in the LSRW skills approach to language and improve their pronunciation 2. To equip students with necessary training in listening so that can comprehend the speech of people of different backgrounds and regions. Students should be given practice in listening to the sounds of the language to be able to recognize them, to distinguish between them to mark stress and recognize and use the right intonation in sentences. Listening for general content Listening to fill up information Intensive listening Listening for specific information

Speaking Skills: Objectives 1. To make students aware of the role of speaking in English and its contribution to their success. 2. To enable students to express themselves fluently and appropriately in social and professional contexts. Oral practice Describing objects/situations/people Role play Individual/Group activities (Using exercises from all the nine units of the prescribed text: Learning English: A Communicative Approach.) Just A Minute (JAM) Sessions. Reading Skills: Objectives 1. To develop an awareness in the students about the significance of silent reading and comprehension. 2. To develop the ability of students to guess the meanings of words from context and grasp the overall message of the text, draw inferences etc. Skimming the text Understanding the gist of an argument Identifying the topic sentence Inferring lexical and contextual meaning Understanding discourse features Recognizing coherence/sequencing of sentences NOTE: The students will be trained in reading skills using the prescribed text for detailed study. They will be examined in reading and answering questions using unseen passages which may be taken from the non-detailed text or other authentic texts, such as magazines/newspaper articles. Writing Skills: Objectives 1. To develop an awareness in the students about writing as an exact and formal skill 2. To equip them with the components of different forms of writing, beginning with the lower order ones. Writing sentences Use of appropriate vocabulary Paragraph writing Coherence and cohesiveness Narration / description Note Making Formal and informal letter writing Editing a passage 4. TEXTBOOKS PRESCRIBED: In order to improve the proficiency of the student in the acquisition of the four skills mentioned above, the following texts and course content, divided into Eight Units, are prescribed: For Detailed study 1 First Text book entitled Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad

For Non-detailed study 1. Second text book Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur. A. STUDY MATERIAL: Unit I 1. Chapter entitled Heavens Gate from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2. Chapter entitled Haragovind Khorana from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur Unit II 1. Chapter entitled Sir CV Raman: A Pathbreaker in the Saga of Indian Science from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2. Chapter entitled Sam Petroda from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur Unit III 1. Chapter entitled The Connoisseur from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2 Chapter entitled Mother Teresa from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur Unit IV 1. Chapter entitled The Cuddalore Experience from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2 Chapter entitled Dr Amartya Kumar Sen from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur Unit V 1. Chapter entitled Bubbling Well Road from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2. Chapter entitled I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur Unit VI 1. Chapter entitled Odds Against Us from Enjoying Everyday English, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad 2. Chapter entitled Ask Not What Your Country can do for you by John F Kennedy from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur * Exercises from the lessons not prescribed shall also be used for classroom tasks. Unit VII Exercises on Reading and Writing Skills Reading Comprehension Situational dialogues Letter writing Essay writing

Unit VIII Practice Exercises on Remedial Grammar covering Common errors in English, Subject-Verb agreement, Use of Articles and Prepositions, Tense and aspect Vocabulary development covering Synonyms & Antonyms, one-word substitutes, prefixes & suffixes, Idioms & phrases, words often confused. REFERENCES: 1. Innovate with English: A Course in English for Engineering Students, edited by T Samson, Foundation Books 2. English Grammar Practice, Raj N Bakshi, Orient Longman. 3. Effective English, edited by E Suresh Kumar, A RamaKrishna Rao, P Sreehari, Published by Pearson 4. Handbook of English Grammar& Usage, Mark Lester and Larry Beason, Tata Mc Graw Hill. 5. Spoken English, R.K. Bansal & JB Harrison, Orient Longman. 6. Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman, Oxford University Press 7. Objective English Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education 8. Grammar Games, Renuvolcuri Mario, Cambridge University Press. 9. Murphys English Grammar with CD, Murphy, Cambridge University Press. 10. Everyday Dialogues in English, Robert J. Dixson, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd., 11. ABC of Common Errors Nigel D Turton, Mac Millan Publishers. 12. Basic Vocabulary Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education 13. Effective Technical Communication, M Ashraf Rizvi, Tata Mc Graw Hill. 2009-2010 14. An Interactive Grammar of Modern English, Shivendra K. Verma and Hemlatha Nagarajan, Frank Bros & CO 15. A Communicative Grammar of English, Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik, Pearson Education 16. Enrich your English, Thakur K B P Sinha, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt Ltd.,
17. A Grammar Book for You And I, C. Edward Good, MacMillan Publishers.

Method of Evaluation
Theory:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Units Unit wise assignments Mid term exams Final examination Marks 8 8 6(3 objective, 3 Descriptive) 1 (Answer 5 out of 8) Internal 25, External 75. LABORATORY DETAILS

Evaluation Details:
1. Marks Max. Marks: 75 External: 50 Internal: 25 Execution- 20, Written-20, Viva 10 Day to day 10 Lab record- 5 Performance 5 Viva - 5

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Marks External Examination (50m) Marks Internal Examination (25m)

Lesson Plan

Subject:ENGLISH Unit 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hours 10 12 9 5 8 Details Unit I: 1.Heavens Gate from Enjoying Everyday English 2.Hargovind Khorana from Inspiring Speeches and Lives UNIT II 1.Sir C V Raman from Enjoying Everyday English 2. Sam Petroda from Inspiring Speeches and Lives UNIT III 1.The Connoisseur from Enjoying Everyday English 2.Mother Teresa from Inspiring Speeches and Lives UNIT IV 1.The Cuddalore Experience from Enjoying Everyday English 2.Dr Amatya Kumar Sen Inspiring Speeches and Lives UNIT V 1. Bubbling Well Road from Enjoying Everyday English, 2 I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King from Inspiring Speeches and Lives, 6 8 UNIT VI 1. Odds Against Us from Enjoying Everyday English, 2 Ask Not What Your Country can do for you by John F Kennedy from Inspiring Speeches and Lives 7 7 UNIT VII : Exercises onReading and Writing Skills Reading Comprehension Situational dialogues Letter writing Essay writing 8 6 UNIT VIII Practice Exercises on Remedial Grammar covering Common errors in English, Subject-Verb agreement, Use of Articles and Prepositions, Tense and aspect Vocabulary development covering- Synonyms & Antonyms, one-word substitutes, prefixes & suffixes, Idioms & phrases, words often confused

Course Status Paper

(Target, Course Plan, objectives, Guidelines etc.) 1. Target:
1.1. 1.2. 2.

Percentage Pass: __100%__ Percentage above 70% of marks: 60%

Course Plan: (Please write how you intend to cover the contents: that is, coverage of units by lectures, guest lectures, design exercises, solving numerical problems, demonstration of models, model preparation, or by assignments etc.) a. b. c. d. e. Lectures Design Exercises Demonstration Exercises Model Preparation Assignments

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Objective: To improve the language proficiency of the students in English with emphasis on LSRW skills. To equip the students to study academic subjects with greater facilitythrough the theoretical and practical components of the English syllabus. To develop the study skills and communication skills in formal and informal situations. Method of Evaluation: Continuous Assessment Examination:Yes / No Yes Assignments:Yes / No- Yes Questions in class room:Yes / No - Yes Quiz as per University Norms:Yes / No List out any new topic(s) or any innovation you would like to introduce in teaching the subject in this semester: 1.Topics related to Life Histories of Great Personalities along with Power Point Presentation. Grammar Points useful for their professional career through OHPs.

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Guidelines to study the subject: Preparation of the subject extensively, improving vocabulary, structuring, syntax and grammatically correct coherence of ideas.
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SESSION PLAN
Schedule of Instruction:
Expected date of completion of the course and remarks, if any: Unit Number: 1 15-10-10

Unit Number: 2

10-12-10

Unit Number: 3

10-01-11

Unit Number: 4

18-01-11

Unit Number: 5

04-02-11

Unit Number: 6

02-03-11

Unit Number: 7

20-03-11

Unit Number: 8

01-04-10

Remarks (if any):

Schedule of Instruction (LAB)

S. No Number Subject Topics of Hours 3 Introduction to Phonetics 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Debate ------do-------Telephonic Skills ------do-------Giving Directions ------do-------------do-------Description ------do-------Information Transfer ------do-------------do-------------do-------Consonant Sounds Vowel Sounds Stress Intonation Role Play/ Situational Dialogues ------do-------Presentation Skills ------do-------Just a Minute Sessions ------do-------Effective Technical Communication by Md. Ashraf Rizvi Basic Comm. skills for Tech. by Andra J. Rutherford Body Language by Dr. Shalini Verma References

1. 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

A Text Book of Eng Phonetics by T. Bala Subramanyan ------do-------------do-------------do-------------do-------Every Day Dialogues in Eng. By Robert J. Dixson

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Schedule of Instruction
Unit I Objectives: To enable students to develop their listening skill so that they may appreciate its role in the LSRW skills approach to language and improve their pronunciation To enable the students to know about different geographical places and their importance. To inspire the students through the lives and speeches of great personalities. To develop the study skills and communication skills in formal and informal situations. To equip students with necessary training in listening so that can comprehend the speech of people of different backgrounds and regions. Students should be given practice in listening to the sounds of the language to be able to recognize them, to distinguish between them to mark stress and recognize and use the right intonation in sentences. Number of Hours 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 Subject Topics Reference

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Heavens Gate Paragraphs and descriptions Listening for sounds Greeting, taking leave & introducing Letter Writing E-mail writing Memorandums Homonyms, homophones, homographs Memorandums Hargobind Khorana

Enjoying Every Day English Enjoying Every Day English Text Book & Grammar texts. Inspiring Speeches and lives. do Communication Skills

Inspiring Speeches and lives.

Unit II Objectives: To make the students aware of great scientist and their contribution to the science and technology. To enable the students to acquire information regarding the founders of telecommunication and its development. To improve the students vocabulary and their writing skills through teaching them work related correspondence.

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S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Number of Hours 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Subject Topics C.V.Raman Work-related correspondence Listening for words Making requests Making naming words specific Collocations Sam Pitroda Synonyms & Antonyms Idioms and phrases Precis Writing

Inspiring Speeches & Lives Reference Enjoying Eveyday English -DoText Book & Grammar Books Inspiring Speeches & Lives Text Book Engineering English Inspiring Speeches & Lives -Do-DoInspiring Speeches & Lives

Unit III Objectives: S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 To make the students learn positive attitudes through the humorous story the connoisseur. To learn about the life history of great veteran Mother Teresa and her contributions to the socially deprived people. To improve the speaking skills of the students through conversations, stress and accent. Subject Topics The Connoisseur Summarizing Apologizing &Inviting Collocations Making Naming words specific Listening for word stress Mother Teresa Reference Enjoying every day English - Do- Do- Do- Do- DoInspiring Speeches & Lives

Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Unit IV Objectives: To make the students aware of natural disasters and the measures to be taken to prevent them. To inculcate the quality of helping nature among the students in times of trouble. To enable the students to be inspired by the lives of Noble Laureates like Amartya Kumar Sen.
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To develop the writing skills of students through teaching official and project reports. Subject Topics Reference

Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6

The Cuddalore Experience Official Reports Listening for theme Congratulations, condolences & making requests Amartya kumar Sen Prcis Writing

Enjoying every day English - Do- Do- DoInspiring Speeches & Lives - Do-

Unit V Objectives: S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 To develop awareness in the students about the significance of silent reading and comprehension through humorous lessons like Bubbling Well Road. To enable the students learn to face the interviews and strategies to be adopted while answering the questions. To make students get inspiration from the speeches of great people like John F. Kennedy Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Subject Topics Bubbling Well Road Note making Taking Notes Inter View Skills Adverbials and Modals Idioms John F.Kennedy Reference Enjoying every day English -Do-Do-Do-Do-DoInspiring Speeches & Lives

Unit VI Objectives: To create awareness among the students regarding films, their making and the odds involved in making a film. To teach the students presentation skills which help them in their future careers and teaching them technical vocabulary. To make the students get inspired from the speech of Martin Luther King.

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S. No 1 2 3 4 5

Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1

Subject Topics The Odds Against us Announcements & Directions Making Presentations Technical Vocabulary Martin Luther King

Reference Enjoying every day English -Do-Do-DoInspiring speeches & Lives

Unit VII Objectives: To develop the ability of students to guess the meanings of words from context and grasp the overall message of the text, draw inferences etc. skimming the text Understanding the gist of an argument identifying the topic sentence Inferring lexical and contextual meaning Understanding discourse features Recognizing coherence/sequencing of sentences To develop an awareness in the students about writing as an exact and formal skill. Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1 Subject Topics Reference

S. No

1 2 3 4 5

Reading & Writing skills Reading Comprehension Situational Dialogues Letter Writing Essay Writing

Murphys English Grammar -D0Every day Dialogues in English Murphys English Grammar -Do-

Unit VIII Objectives: To equip them with the components of different forms of writing, beginning with the lower order ones. Writing sentences Use of appropriate vocabulary Paragraph writing Coherence and cohesiveness Narration / description Note Making Formal and informal letter writing Editing a passage

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S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Number of Hours 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Subject Topics Common Errors in English Tense and Aspect Subject- verb agreement Articles & Prepositions Synonyms & Antonyms Prefixes & Suffixes Idioms & Phrases One Word Substitutes Words often Confused

Reference Murphys English Grammar -Do-Do-DoStrength Your English -Do-Do-Do-Do-

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Unit-wise Assignments
Assignment of unit: 1
Q 1: What animals and trees did the writer find in the Nubra Valley? How did the writers observations match descriptions he had read of the way people live in Ladakh?

Q 2: What did the writer discover to his surprise on reaching Ladakh, which he had imagined to had no contact with other parts of the world/ Q 3: What was the role of Dr.Gordon M.Shrum of British Columbia in Khoaranas career? Q 4: What were khoranas achievement s during 1960s and 1970s?

Assignment of unit: 2
Q 1: What was the day when Raman walked into the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science a historic moment? Out line the subject of the first research Raman conducted in the IACS? Q 2: What discovery did Raman make during his voyage across the Mediterranean and how did it prove to be important? Q 3: How did Rajiv Gandhi providePitroda the right opportunity? What were the rural automatic exchanges equipped with? Q 4: How according to Pitroda can IT impact the nation? What was his idea of an electronic wallet?

Assignment of unit: 3
Q 1: What caused Miss.Krishna stay at the writers home to come to an end? Q 2: How did Mayas sister first behave with the writer and what could have been the reason for the change in her attitude later? Q 3: When did Agnes became Teresa? What incidents distrurbed Teresa while she was teaching in Calcutta? Q 4: When did Teresa start the missionaries of charity and what was its primary objective? Q 5: In which year did Teresa step down as Head of missionaries of charity? What proof made the authorities beatify mother Teresa?

Assignment of unit: 4
Q 1: What steps did the administration take to ensure that portable water was available? What were the means used to establish contact between the control rooms and the field staff?
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Q 2: After reading the account, do you think Cuddalores district administration did a commendable job? Give reasons for your answer? Q 3: When did form and develop his educational attitude and orientation? What aspect of the Bengal famine struck Amartya? Q 4: When did Amartys receive the Nobel Prize for Economics and what is he known as in India? Q 5: How did Amartya the pure theory of social choice to more practical problems?

Assignment of unit: 5
Q 1: What did the writer see when he pushed his way through a think clump of grass? What was the priests reaction when the writer suddenly appears at his hut? Q 2: What was the secret promise the writer made to himself before he left the village? Q 3: Explain the statement the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God? Q 4: Expand the statement if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich?

Assignment of unit: 6
Q 1: According to Satyajit Ray, what are the three factors that should guide a director when he or she chooses a story for a film? Q 2: What problems do Indian Directors face when they make slightly modified versions of classics and films based on political themes? Q 3: What is the background of the speech of Martin Luther King? Q 4: What was the discrimination meted out to the blacks, according to the speaker?

Assignment of unit: 7
Q 1: Write a letter to the sales manager of Science Tech.Publications in Mumbai asking for their catalogue and enquiring about the possibility of being their distributor for the southern Zone? Q 2: Write a short dialogue for the following situation- Harsh has been invited to a wedding reception at the far end of a city. He calls the brides father, Mr.Gurucharan Singh to request him for directions to the venue? Q 3: Write a paragraph of five or six sentences on two of the following topics
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a. Wild Life Conservation b. A meaningful education c. An exciting holiday. Q 4: Write an essay on Terrorism: Irrational and inhumane.

Assignment of unit: 8
Q 1: Write synonyms for the following words: lucid, broad, elementary, meticulous, futile, aberration, bias, consolation, folly, heap, harbinger, jargon, lust, lamentaion, miracle, peace, perplexity, rebuke, synopsis Q 2: Write antonyms for the following words: bravery, confession, consent, definite, famous, exotic, generous, restore, sensation, tragedy, victory, union, vice,wisdom,yielding,rude, Q 3: Idioms: ABC, Beat about the bush, apple of the eye, a lame excuse, a lions share, heart and soul, to make both ends meet, ones in a blue moon, cold blooded murder, bag and baggage, a black sheep, at a stones throw, at the eleventh hour Q 4 Words often confused: access-excess, advice-advise, affect-effect, angle-angel, ascentassent, altar-alter, confirm-conform, check-cheque, complement-compliment, commandcommend, envelop- envelope, fair-fare. Q 5: One-word Substitutes: information of death given in newspapers with a brief history, institution where persons suffering from tuberculosis are given treatment, knowledge of everything, of the same kind or nature, a building where dead bodies are kept before burial, custom of having more than one wife at the same time. Q 6: Prefixes: intro/intra, mono, bi, poly, quasi, super, mega, meta, son, spec. Suffixes: able, ceed, yze, age, ful, ian, ism, ion, ship, dom, hood, ist, less.

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Internal Quiz Marks

Best and the worst Internal Marks Details:
S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Quiz Test Quiz Test 1 Quiz Test 2 Quiz Test 3 Quiz Test 4 Quiz Test 5 Quiz Test 6 Quiz Test 7 Quiz Test 8 Maximu m Marks 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Best Marks Worst Marks 9 10 09 08 10 10 09 09 6 7 5 5 4 4 3 5 Remarks

* indicate if any remedial tests were conducted, if any.

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Seminar Topics
1. Express your views and opinions on Ragging.

2. Reservations in educational institutions.

3. Corruption is a necessary evil to succeed in ones life.

4. Protection of environment.

5. Importance of literacy.

6. Natural Calamities.

7. Current burning news.

8. Global warning.

9. Women security in the present day society.

10. Child labor.

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INSTRUCTIONS
1. The question papers in respect of quiz test 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this subject should be included in the course file. 2. Model question paper which you have distributed to the students in the beginning of the semester for this subject should be included in the course file. 3. The list of seminar topics you have assigned, if any may also be included here. 4. The J. N. T. University end examination question paper for this subject must be included in the course file. 5. A record of the best and worst marks achieved by the students in every quiz tests must be maintained properly. 6. A detailed / brief course material / lecture notes if prepared may be submitted in the HODs office. 7. Xerox copies of at least 5 answer sheets, after duly signed by the student on verification of the evaluated answer script.

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