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Course Description:

The course is designed keeping in view “the real life, contextual aspects of language through a task based syllabus”. It includes four genres- short fiction, prose, poetry, and drama- as part of the contextual language learning. The passages also provide a local context and make the learners familiar with some aspects of Telangana. The course also has soft skills components and value orientation passages at the end of every text.  This is helpful for students in honing their soft skills and be positively influenced by the value addition passages. The course focuses on the remedial aspects of English language learning by providing instructions and exercises in Phonetics, Grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation. It aims at making the learners practice the LSRW skills within and without the class. The course is also student-centric and if students participate actively in the classroom deliberations, they would certainly evolve to become proficient in the use of English language.

Course Outcomes

The students will be able to:

CO1 Read short fiction, identify the various elements of a short story and write their own stories.

CO2 Improve their pronunciation with the help of phonemic transcription.

CO3 Figure out the etymological origins of English words by learning Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes and learn to spell correctly.

CO4 Distinguish the subtle differences in meaning and articulation in homonyms, homographs & homophones

CO5 Learn the different types of nouns, pronouns, auxiliary and main verbs.

CO6 Be acquainted with the rules of punctuation concerning capitalization, commas, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

CO7 Gain verbal competence in practicing how to introduce oneself in formal situation, describing one’s college and course of study, sustaining cordial conversations and leaving a voice mail.

CO8 Read passages about the local culture, practices, history and personages of Telangana.

CO9 Enhance their writing skills by learning how to draft paragraphs, sequencing sentences into coherent passages, describing something or someone in writing and writing a dialogue.

CO 10 Hone their soft skills and imbibe valuable life lessons to steer their course of life.