B.A English Language and Literature Model I

144 Pages·2016·1.53 MB·English

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SYLLABUS FOR COMMON COURSES FOR BA/BSc(MODEL 1)
2016 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH – LISTENINGAND COMMON COURSE-I
1 5 4 20 80
SPEAKING SKILLS EN1CCT01
COMMON COURSE-2
1 SELECTIONS FROM LITERATURE. 4 3 20 80
EN1CCT02
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HUMAN RIGHTS, COMMON COURSE-3
2 5 4 20 80
& LITERATURE EN2CCT03
COMMON COURSE-4
2 SKILFUL READING AND WRITING 4 3 20 80
EN2CCT04
ADVANCED SKILLS IN ENGLISH FOR LIFE AND COMMON COURSE-5
3 5 4 20 80
CAREERS EN3CCT05
COMMON COURSE-6
4 INSPIRATIONAL WRITINGS AND SPEECHES 5 4 20 80
EN4CCTO6
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SYLLABI FOR COMMON COURSES -UG PROGRAMMES
2016 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
COURSE-1---- FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH –PART 1
Course Code EN1CCT01
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
Title of the course
LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS
Semester in which the course is to
1
be taught
No. of credits 4
No. of contact hours 90

1. AIM OF THE COURSE
The course is intended to introduce the students to correct pronunciation and usage of the English
language. This will help them to acquire jobs anywhere in the world as English is today a global language.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should be able;
o To know to speak English language in a neutral accent, without an trace of the vernacular
language. This is the English used by educated people all over the world.
o By improving the Listening and Speaking skills they will be able to comprehend
announcements, and communicate fluently with anyone speaking the English language
anywhere in the world. This will help students to establish connections across frontiers of
region, country, occupations and disciplines
o The course has been designed to train the students in rhetorical skills which include public
speaking and debates. This will help them become good public speakers.
To become acquainted with self-introductions and description of persons and things..
6. COURSE DESIGN
Module One: Speech Sounds 18 HOURS
----Vowels, Diphthongs, Consonants.
---- Stress in words, sentences, Intonation.
--- Listening Skills—an Introduction.
---- Exercises in listening to short descriptive passages from the CD (audio) and answering questions
based on the same. Three examples will be worked out in class with the help of an audio system.
Activity:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11. passages recorded in the given CD will be played and exercises done
with the help of the teacher
----Listening to announcements.
Sample announcements given in the CD will be worked out by the teacher and similar recordings given as
exercises.
----Listening to News Bulletins /reports. Activity 22, 23,& 24 to be done as exercises by the students .
Module Two : Speaking Skills 18 hours.
--An Introduction to the importance of acquiring fluency in the spoken form of the language.
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-- Talking in everyday situations—formal /informal. The exercises in the form of dialogues will help the
student to identify similar situations and articulate in the required manner.
---Activity to help students acquire the skill: Activity 4,5,7,7,8,9,10.
--- Self Introduction.
Dialogues will be used to create a scenario which will help the student to begin speaking about
himself/herself. Practice is given both for Formal and Informal Self Introduction.
----Introducing friends to others in informal situation.
---Introducing a guest or dignitary in formal situations.
---Abbreviations which are allowed in conversations: Formal and Informal
---Activity to be done by students.
Module Three 18 hours.
--Speaking skills –in describing People, Animals, Places.
People:Examples, followed by Activity 1,2,3,4,5.
Animals: Examples will be followed by Activity. 6,7,8,9,10.
Describing places—tourist locations, places of interest etc.
Examples will be done in class and the teacher will facilitate activity.which will be done by the students
in class.
---- Getting People’s attention and interrupting conversations.
Examples will be given through dialogues. Formal and informal situations will be given as practice
exercises. This will be followed by Activity 1,2,3,4.
--Some points to remember regarding such communication.
--- Making Requests and Responding to them.
Imaginary situations will be introduced in the text and examples of responses and replies worked out
through dialogue form. The Chapter will have Activity at the end .
--- Points to be noted for such dialogues.
ModuleFour 18 hours.
--Asking for directions and giving directions.
Dialogues 1,2,3,4.
---Some useful points to be kept in mind.
Practice exercises: Activity 1,2,3,4,5,6.
--- Giving Instructions and Seeking Clarifications.
Dialogue 1,2,3,.
---Points to remember.
--Activity 1,2,3,4.
---Thanking and Responding to Thanks.
Dialogue said in imaginary situations.
Activity.
---Congratulating and Responding to Congratulations.
Examples and Activity.
---- Agreeing and Disagreeing with opinions.
Module Five. 18 hours.
A- Telephone Conversation and Etiquette.
(i) Answering the telephone.
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(ii) Dealing with wrong numbers.
(iii) Taking and leaving messages (formal&Informal).
(iv) Making Enquiries over the telephone-telephone etiquette to be followed etc. .
B- RhetoricalSkills.
--Guidelines to be followed for public speaking such as Oration, debate. --
---Speeches, Presentations; Different kinds of Speeches such as Expository, Argumentative.
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Internal examination for this paper will be conducted at the Practical level and theory level.
A practical listening test using Language lab or audio devices will be done to test the skill of the student
to comprehend Standard English.
A theory test paper can also be conducted to test the student’s skill in communication.
There will be no Assignment or Seminar for this paper as the practical exam will be treated as Viva in this
paper.The internal Assessment for this paper will be as follows.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT PATTERN
Attendance =5 marks.
Practical language testing – 10 marks.
Theory paper (Model Univ Paper) = 5 marks.
Total =20 marks.
Internal Assessment -20 + External Exam 80 = 100 marks for this paper.
13. Conduct of Practical Examination
--Practical language exam will be conducted internally in colleges. A language lab is considered to be
ideal for such testing. In the lab the testing can be done using software which can be designed by the
teacher from the exercises provided in the CD that comes with the text. If the practical is conducted in a
big classroom with speakers, the batches should be limited to 20-25.
Exam will be conducted on the comprehension capacity of the students when exposed to speakers of
Standard English. News Bulletins, dialogues of everyday situation etc can be designed by the teacher for
testing. Audio CDs must necessarily be used as the exam should not lose its essence of being oral or
audio.

Edited by
BOS Members/
Dr. Saju Joseph (Coordinating Editor)
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Core text shall be prepared by Orient Blackswan&Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
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MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SYLLABI FOR COMMON COURSES - UG PROGRAMMES
2016 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
COURSE-2---- SELECTIONS FROM LITERATURE
Course Code EN1CCT02
Title of the course SELECTIONS FROM LITERATURE
Semester in which the course is to
1
be taught
No. of credits 3
No. of contact hours 72

1. AIM OF THE COURSE

To acquaint the learners with the different forms of literature and develop in them
an ability to understand and appreciate literary pieces.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

• To sensitize students to the aesthetic, cultural and social aspects of literature.
• To develop in the learners an appreciation of the subtle nuances of literary
expression.
• To enable the learners to revalue literature as cultural and communicative events.
• To improve the learners’ use of language as a means of subjective expression.

3. OUTLINE OF THE COURSE

MODULE ONE: SCREENPLAY

M. T. Vasudevan Nair: The Ferry (Trans. Dr. B. Kerala Varma) (18 hours)

MODULE TWO: ONE ACT PLAYS (18 hours)

1. Dust of the Road (Kenneth Sawyer Goodman)
2. Boatswain’s Mate ( WillaimWymark Jacobs& Herbert C Sargent)
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MODULE THREE: SHORT STORIES (18 hours)

1. The Fortune Teller (Karel Capek)
2. The Dowry (Guy De Maupassant)
3. Games People Play (David Hunter)
4. Deliverance (Premchand)
5. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
6. Beyond the Bayou (Kate Chopin)

MODULE FOUR: POETRY (18 hours)

1. Lead Kindly Light ( John Henry Newman)
2. This is Going To Hurt Just a Little Bit (Ogden Nash)
3. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy (John Keats)
4. Inheritance (Kamala Das)
5. Refugee Mother and Child (Chinua Achebe)
6.The Convergence of the Twain (Thomas Hardy)
7. If (Rudyard Kipling)

MODEL QUESTION PAPER WILL BE INCORPORATED LATER

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MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SYLLABI FOR COMMON COURSES - UG PROGRAMMES
2016 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
COMMON COURSE-3---- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HUMAN RIGHTS,
AND LITERATURE

Course Code EN2CCT03
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
Title of the course
LITERATURE
Semester in which the course is
2
to be taught
No. of credits 4
No. of contact hours 90

Environmental Studies, Human Rights, and Literature
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (18 hours)
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1.1 Understanding the natural environment
1.1.2 Environment and ecology
1.1.3 Environmental studies as a discipline
Case Study: Vultures, Cows, Wild Dogs, and Rabies
1.2 Global environmental issues
1.2.1 Population crisis
1.2.2 Human consumption
1.2.3 High carbon dioxide emissions
1.2.4 The risk of losing species
1.3 Ecological footprint
1.4 Carrying capacity
1.5 Sustainable development
End-of-Module case study

MODULE 2: ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES (18 hours)
CHAPTER 2: ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
2.1 Ecosystem
Case Study: Conserving Snakes and Crocodiles
2.2 Natural resources
2.2.1 Renewable Sources
2.2.2 Non-renewable Natural Resources
2.3 Water resources
2.3.1 The amount of water we need
2.3.2 Water Scarcity
2.3.3 Some Solutions to the Water Crisis
2.3.4 Rain water harvesting
2.4 Forest resources
2.4.1 Deforestation
2.4.2 How are Communities Involved in Forest Conservation in India?
2.5 Land resources
2.5.1 Soil
2.5.2 Green revolution
End-of-Module case studies
• Drink Coffee in U.S. and Make the Songbird Vanish in South America!
• The Bishnois of Rajasthan
• Thimakka: Trees as Children

MODULE 3: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (18 hours)
CHAPTER 3: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
3.1 Waste and its management
3.2 Plastic waste
3.3 E-waste
3.4 Nuclear waste and nuclear radiation
Case Study: The Story of Nuclear Waste—‘Chernobyl would be Small Potatoes’
CHAPTER 4 AIR AND WATER POLLUTION
4.1 Air pollution
4.2 Sources of outdoor air pollution
4.3 Reducing outdoor air pollution
4.4 Water pollution
4.5 Sources of water pollutants
4.6 Controlling water pollution

End-of-Module Case Study:The Cancer Express: Pesticide poisoning in Punjab

MODULE 4: HUMAN COMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(18 hours)
CHAPTER 5: POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
5.1 Population Growth
5.2 The Environmental Implications of Population Growth and Urbanization
5.3 Environment and human health
5.4 Toxic chemicals
5.5 Chemicals Used as Pesticides and their Impact
Case Study: The Story of Endosulfan—Poison from the Sky?
5.6 Dichloro-diphenol-trichloroethane (DDT)
5.7 Contamination by Lead or Mercury
5.8 Asbestos
CHAPTER 6: ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
6.1 Our environmental policy
Case Study: The story of the Ganga: The river that caught fire
6.1.2 Lessons from the Ganga Pollution case
6.2 The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
6.3 The Forest Conservation Act of 1980 specify
6.4 The objectives of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972
6.5 Other important laws
6.6 Environmental ethics and justice
CHAPTER 7: CLIMATE CHANGE
Case Study: The Story of Ghoramara: Climate Change and Vanishing Islands
7.1 The changing global climate
7.2 Global warming and its causes
7.3 Natural disasters
CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
8.1 Moving from despair to hope
8.2 The real enemy
8.3 Act and save the planet
End-of-Module Case study: The man who planted trees

MODULE 5: HUMAN RIGHTS (18 hours)
Chapter 9: An Introduction
Chapter 10: Fundamental Rights and Duties
Chapter 11: Chief Seattle’s speech

Model Question papershall be incorporated later
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
SYLLABI FOR COMMON COURSES - UG PROGRAMMES
2016 ADMISSIONS ONWARDS
COMMON COURSE-4---- SKILFUL READING AND WRITING

Course Code EN2CCT04
Title of the course SKILFUL READING AND WRITING
Semester in which the course is to
2
be taught
No. of credits 3
No. of contact hours 72

• Aim of the Course:

This course has been designed to enhance the reading and writing skills of the
students. All the finer nuances of the English language: intensive and extensive reading,
vocabulary, the writing skills of pre writing, drafting revising and editing skills have been
included to enable students to acquire skill in comprehending English language on a higher
standard. This will enable students to compete for jobs in a global market.

• Objectives:

• To train students in acquiring skills in reading and writing in order to
prepare them for competitive exams and other exams such as IELTS and
TOEFL. This will improve their job prospects in a significant manner.
• To improve communication skills in real life situations through better
language use

MODULE 1: Basic Grammar (18 hours)

• Primary and Auxiliary Verbs,
• Functions of Tenses and Articles
• Types of Sentences and Modal
• Auxiliaries
• Negative Prefixes, words, verbs and adverbs
• Prepositions – Time, place, position and direction
• Exercises on Prepositions