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No. of hours- 60(Theory- 45 hrs.+Tutorials-15 hrs.

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Tutorial | Practical/
Practice
GE 0 Passed
Language Class XIl
5- English
Language
Through
Literature-
1l

Learning Objectives

The Learning Objectives of this course are as follows:


e To develop in students the ability and confidence to process, understand and
examine different kinds of texts-verbal and written-that they encounter in everyday
life.
e To enable students to identify and understand social contexts and ethical
frameworks in the texts they encounter.
e To encourage suitable research—to recognize sources; to distinguish fact from
opinion/editorialization; produce objective versus subjective pieces
e To learn skilled comprehension; listening/reading; skimming; summarizing;
précis writing; paraphrasing; note making
o To identify key topics/arguments/ideas
e To accomplish writing goals: creating an essay; writing a thesis statement;
producing topic sentences; developing organised paragraphs; evolving the skill
of producing suitable transitions between paragraphs
e To enable students to write in expository argumentative and descriptive
modes
e To help students identify and use the characteristic features of various writing
forms: letters; programmes reports/press-releases; newspaper; feature
articles; fiction and nonfiction
e To enable students to choose between expository, argumentative, descriptive
and narrative writing styles to assemble their own writing

Learning outcomes

The Learning Outcomes of this course are as follows:


e By studying this course, students will be able to inculcate confident expression.
e Students will be able to articulate their own views confidently as their language skills
sufficiently empower them to converse, research and collate information from
various textual sources—verbal or written.

SYLLABUS OF GE LANGUAGE 5-

UNIT -1 (15 weeks-1 hour/week)

UNIT 1: Understanding Fiction

1. Kumar E., Santhosh. ‘Three Blind Men describe an Elephant’, Indian Review.

http://indianreviewin/fiction/malayalam-short-stories-three-blind-men-describe-an-
elephant-by-e-santhosh-kumar/ Accessed 1st June 2022

2. Mistry, Rohinton. ‘The Ghost of Firozsha Baag’, Tales from Firozsha Bagh.
McClelland & Stewart, 1992.

3. Joshi, Umashankar. ‘The Last Dung Cake’, The Quilt from the Flea-market and
Other Stories. Delhi: National Book Trust, 2017.

UNIT -1l (15 weeks-1 hour/week)

UNIT 2: Creating Your Own Voice

4. Powell, Tori B. 'Young people discuss how phones and social media create
connection — and self-doubt: "Compared to them, | am a nobody"' CBS News.
Posted 24th May 2022.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-health-impacts-phones-social-media/
5. Khanna, Twinkle. ‘Lesson from Frida: Backbone can win over broken spine’ in ‘Mrs.
Funnybones’ The Times of India. 16th September 2018.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mrsfunnybones/lesson-from-frida-
backbone-can-win-over-broken-spine/ Accessed 13th June 2022

UNIT - 1l (15 weeks-1 hour/week)

UNIT 3: Writing your own academic paper

6. Patel, Raj and Moore Jason. ‘How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of
our era’ The Guardian, 8th May 2018

https://wwwtheguardiancom/news/2018/may/08/how-the-chicken-nugget-became-
the-true-symbol-of-our-era Accessed 1st June 2022

7. Latest editions of the MLA and APA style sheets

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/recommended readings- as listed in the units

Suggestive readings- NIL

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