Bachelor of Arts

Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester I

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

English A: Empowering English I

Code: 10101

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Empowering English

(Code: 10101)
04 03 01 2 Hrs. 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Course Objectives:

1. Focus on improving students’ reading, writing, listening and

speaking skills in English.

2. Make students read thematically related literary texts to make

them informed about social issues and utilize the literary texts to
improve students’ vocabulary, and, also their ability to skim and
scan written material.

3. Improve written language by engaging students in writing personal

letters on the topics they are likely to write in daily situations; and,
also by training them to write descriptive prose.

4. Prepare students to listen to spoken English with the help of

information and communication technology (ICT) as well as direct
reading aloud/speaking.

5. Teach students to speak English required for routine daily

conversations, combining it with training in listening to similar
talks.

6. Specifically focus on grammar topics to improve writing and

speaking skills.

Learninng Outcomes:

At the end of Semester I, students would be able to acquire the

following competencies:

1. Reading of short imaginative texts to learn new words and acquire

information about themes/issues.

2. Writing grammatically correct sentences to communicate through

letters or short prose passage.

3. Understanding of spoken English and ability to converse in

Englishabout routine matter.
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 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes
Module Topics and Details Module Module Specific Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Old Syllabus Objectives Hours
IE EE
Weightage Weightage
I. Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 20
To inform students about
Reading social issues and utilize the
Comprehensio literary texts to improve
n and students’ vocabulary; and, also
Vocabulary their ability to skim and scan
Enhancement written material

Selected two short fictions

from Separate Journeys, Ed.
Geeta Dharmarajan, Katha
Publication, 2002.
1. ‘Bayen’, Mahashweta Devi
2. ‘The Decision’, T Janki Rani
OR
Selected two short fictions
from Bitter Fruit: The Very Best
of Saadat Hasan Manto, Edited
and Translated by Khalid
Hassan, Penguin Books, 2008.
1. ‘Toba Tek Singh’, Saadat
Hasan Manto
2. ‘The Dog of Titwal’, Saadat
Hasan Manto
OR
Selected two short fictions
from The Ruskin Bond
Omnibus, Ed. Ruskin Bond,
Rupa and Co., 2004.
1. ‘The Khan’s Treasure’,
Ruskin Bond
2. ‘In a Crystal Ball: A
Mussoorie Mystery’,
Ruskin Bond

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Note:
The teacher may select any
two stories from the
recommended selections for
the semester. The teacher is
expected to make a glossary of
words with their meanings and
forms from the story.

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II. Module Specific Objectives: To 25 15 1 10 10
Letter Writing prepare students to write
Skill
personal letters on various topics

Some of the specimen topics are

as follows. The teacher is free to
use any other topic in class for a
personal letter; the letters
should be properly paragraphed
and of about 350 words:
1.To a friend about how the
writer spent summer vacation
2.To a cousin to share an
interesting experience/incident
3.To an invalid family member
asking after his/her health
4.To a dear one about how the
writer misses him/her
5.To someone to congratulate
about his/her achievement
(Note: The teacher must make
the students send the above
letters as an email, once they
learn to write it in the structure
of a conventional letter. This will
make the students familiar with
the process of sending emails
and the interface of popular
email services.)

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III. Module Specific Objective: Prepare 25 15 1 10 10
Guided Essay students to write descriptive prose
Writing Skills

Practise descriptive essay writing

develop a composition of about
1000 words. The focus on
understanding the topic,
consistency subject matter, unity
of ideas in a paragraph, coherence
of ideas through the essay and
correct language.

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IV. Module Specific Objectives: To 25 15 1 20 10
prepare students to listen to Recommended Change: Removal of the following
Listening and spoken English, to speak English grammar topics:
Speaking required for routine daily specific use of ‘want- somebody-to’, ‘it- takes-
Skills; conversations and also focus on (time) to do’ and ‘get’ (as in get married, get
Understanding grammar topics to improve dressed, get back, get home and so on.)
Grammar writing and speaking skills

1. The teacher can read

out from news or
feature articles in the
class and then question
students to test their
comprehension.
2. The teacher is expected
to use podcasts or any
other online resource
for improving listening
skills.
3. For conversation
practice the teacher
should make students
speak sentences in
chorus, and then move
on to longer dialogues
and role plays.
4. 4. Grammar Modules
to be covered in the
semester: verbs of ‘to
be’; tenses; active and
passive voice; specific
use of ‘want-
somebody-to’, ‘it-
takes-(time) to do’ and
‘get’ (as in get married,
get dressed, get back,
get home and so on.)

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks
The continual internal assessment could be a project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations, role play
or class notebook assessment.

External Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks

The pattern of the written exam would be as follows:
1. A. Comprehension passage from the stories taught in class. The questions about the passage should test comprehension of language, interpretation of situations and
ability to write personal responses. (Marks10)
B. Objective questions about the short stories. The questions should aim to check the students’ familiarity with the text. (Marks 05)
2. Personal letter writing. Give a choice of two questions, students will attempt one question. Expected Length: 350 words. (Marks 10)
3. Grammar based questions. (Marks 10)
4. Guided essay writing. Expected length: 750 words. No choice of topics. (Marks 15)

Bibliography:
A. Essential Reading:
1. Murphy, Raymond, Essential English Grammar. Cambridge University Press. 1998.
2. Hassan, Khalid ed. and trans., Bitter Fruit: The Very Best of Saadat Hasan Manto.
Penguin Books. 2008.
3. Dharmarajan, Geeta, ed. Separate Journeys. Ed. Geeta Dharmarajan. Katha
Publication. 2002.
4. Bond, Ruskin ed.,The Ruskin Bond Omnibus. Rupa and Co. 2004.
5. Six Minute English. Podcasts broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

B. Additional Reading:
1. Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
2. Swan, Mechael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Catherine
Walter. Oxford. 2012
3. Taylor, Grant, English Conversation Practice. Macgraw Hill Education. 2001.
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4. Navneet, Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet Publications. 2017.
5. Kumar, Sanjay, Lata, Pushp, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.
6. Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014
7. Ed. Kohli, Suresh, Om Books International, 2021.

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 Bachelor of Commerce with AFI
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester I

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

English A: Basics of Business

Communication

10223A

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Basics of Business

Communication
04 03 01 2 hrs. 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Objectives:
1. To equip students with basic knowledge and importance of effective
communication in business and to improve written language in
communication.
2. To develop writing skills for business correspondence
3. To focus on grammar topics that would improve writing and speaking
skills

Learning Outcomes:
1. Apply business communication strategies and principles for effective
communication for business situations.
2. Writing grammatically correct sentences to communicate through
business letters.
3. Ability to converse in English about routine matter.

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 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes
Unit Topic and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Old Syllabus Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives
Weightage Weightage
I Module Specific Objective: Inform 25 15 1 15 10
Theory of students of theory behind effective
Communication communication

Following topics to be covered

• Process of Communication
• Channels of Communication
• Modes of Communication-
Verbal and Non-Verbal
• Barriers to Communication

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II 25 15 1 15 15
Theory Module Specific Objective: Train
and students in writing effective letters and
Practice of introduce them to layouts and formats of
Letter letters and emails.
Writing

Theory of Letter Writing

• Language and Layout of Letters
• Parts of a Letter
• Requisites of Effective Business
Letter Writing
• E-mail writing
Practical Letter Writing Skills
• Letters of Inquiry and Replies
• Letters placing Orders and
Replies
• Letters of Complaint and
Adjustments

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III Module Specific Objective: Prepare Added: 25 15 1 10 15
Listening students to listen to English and provide Listen to Business News
and practice to speak English Removed:
Speaking Listening to Podcasts and
Skills
Vocabulary Building
Listening and Speaking Skills

• Public Speaking
• Group Discussion
• News Presentation
• Listen to Business News
• Listening to Podcasts
• Vocabulary Building

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 IV. Removed: 25 15 1 10 10
Understanding Module Specific Objective: • Reading Comprehension
Grammar Brushing up grammar to
• Modal Verbs
Reading improve written language
• Forming Interrogatives
Comprehension
• Verbs of ‘to be’ • Reading and
Comprehension (Unseen)
• Tenses
• Active-Passive
Voice
• Modal Verbs
• Forming
Interrogatives
• Reading and
Comprehension
(Unseen)

Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks
A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations, role play, written test or class notebook assessment:

External Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks

Question Paper Pattern
Q.1 Questions on the theory of communication. (Short notes: two out of three) (Marks: 10)
Q.3 Practical Letter writing. (Two out of three) (Marks: 20)
Q.4 Grammar based questions. Do as directed. (Marks 10)
Q.5 Theory of letter writing (Marks:10)

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Bibliography:

Essential Reading:

1. Rai, Urmila & Rai, S.M. Business Communication. Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 1991.
2. Sen, Leena. Communication Skills. Phi Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2010.
3. Murphy, Raymond. Essential English Grammar. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Additional Reading:

1. Raman, Meenakshi, and Prakash Singh. Business Communication. Oxford University Press, Mumbai, 2006.
2. Monipally, Matthukutty. Business Communication Strategies, Tata McGraw Hill, Mumbai, 2010.
3. Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.

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 Bachelor of Commerce
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester I

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

English A: Starting with English I

10111

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Starting with English

(10111)
04 03 01 2 hrs. 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Course Objectives:

1. Focus on improving students’ reading, writing, listening and

speaking skills in English.

2. Make students read thematically related literary texts to make

them informed about issues and utilise the literary texts to
improve students’ vocabulary; and also their ability to skim and
scan written material.

3. To understand the importance of effective communication in

business by learning about the theory of business communication
and also improve written language by writing letters of enquiry
and reply to enquires.

4. Prepare students to listen to spoken English with the help of

information and communication technology (ICT).

5. Teach students to speak English required for routine

conversations, combining it with training in listening to similar
talks.

6. Specifically focus on grammar topics to improve writing and

speaking skills.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester I, students would be able to acquire the
following competencies:

1. Reading of short imaginative texts to learn new words and acquire

information about themes.

2. Apply business communication strategies and principles to prepare

effective communication for business situations.

3. Writing grammatically correct sentences to communicate through

business letters. Understanding of spoken English and ability to
converse in English about routine matter.
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 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Unit Topic and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instructi Credits Evaluation
Old Syllabus Specific on Hours
Objectives IE EE
Weighta Weightag
ge e
I Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 10 15
Reading To inform about
Comprehen social/cultural issues and
sion and utilize the literary texts to
Vocabulary improve students’ vocabulary;
Enhanceme and, also their ability to skim
nt
and scan written material.

Selected two short fictions

from Imaging the Other, Ed.
Sara Rai, Katha-1999.
1. ‘The Stove’,
Premendra Mitra
2. ‘Theresa’s Man’,
Damodar Mauzo
OR
Selected story from Feluda –
Satyajit Ray, Trans. Gopa
Majumdar, Penguin
Evergreens, Penguin Books,
India, 2011.
1. ‘Kailash Chowdhury’s
Jewel’
OR
Selected two short fiction
from Indian Short
Stories(1900- 2000) – Ed. E.V.
Sahitya Akademi, , New Delhi,
2000.

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 1. ‘The Shroud’,
Premchand
2. ‘In the Flood’,
Thakazhi
Sivasankara
Pillai

The teacher may select two

stories from the
recommended titles. The
teacher is expected to make
a glossary of words with
their meanings relevant to
the story.

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II 25 15 1 10 10
Business Module Specific Objective:
Communi To understand the importance of
cation effective communication in business. To
introduce students to the theory of
Business Communication.

1. Objectives and process of business

communication
2. Parts of formal/business letters
3. Layouts of a business letters
4. Theory of Inquiry Letters and Reply
to Inquiry

III Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 15 15

Business To apply understanding of Business
Letter Communication to practical letter writing
Writing
1. Letters of Business Inquiry
2. Letters of Reply to Business Inquiry

Note: The students would be asked to send

the letters also as emails and thus become
familiar with the interface of email
services.

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IV 25 15 1 15 10
Listening, Module Specific Objective:
Removed:
speaking; To prepare students to listen to spoken
specific use of
Understa English, to speak English required for
‘want-somebody-
nding routine daily conversations and focus on
to’, ‘it-takes-
Grammar grammar topics to improve writing and
(time) to do’ and
speaking skills
‘get’ (as in get
The teacher can read out from news or married, get
feature articles in the class and then dressed, get back,
question students to test their get home and so
comprehension. on.)
1. The teacher is expected to use
podcasts or any other online
resource for improving listening
skills.
2. For conversation practice teacher
should make students speak
sentences in chorus, and then
move on to longer dialogues and
role plays.
4. Grammar Modules to be covered in
the semester: verbs of ‘to be’; tenses;
active and passive voice; specific use of
‘want-somebody- to’, ‘it-takes-(time) to
do’ and ‘get’ (as in get married, get
dressed, get back, get home and so on.)

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Assessment: Weightage: 50 Marks
Internal assessment should be continual and regular. A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations,
role play, written tests or class notebook assessment can be used for internal assessment.

External Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks

1. A. Comprehension passage from the stories taught in class. The questions about the passage should test skills to find out data, interpret information and write a personal response. (Marks
10)
B. Objective questions about the short stories. The questions should aim to check the students’ familiarity with the text. (Marks 05)
2. A. Business Communication Theory and layout of letters. (Marks 10)
3. Enquiry and Reply to Enquiry. Give a choice of two topics each, student will attempt one from each part. (Marks 15)
4. Grammar. (Marks 10)

Bibliography:
1. Murphy, Raymond, Essential English Grammar. Cambridge University Press. 1998.
2. Doctor and Doctor. Principles and Practice of Business Communication. Sheth
Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2003.
3. Rai, Sara.ed. Imaging the Other, Katha-1999.
4. Ray, Satyajit. Trans. Gopa Majumdar. Feluda – Satyajit Ray, Penguin Evergreens, Penguin
Books, India, 2011.
5. Indian Short Stories(1900-2000) – Ed. E.V. Sahitya Akademi, , New Delhi, 2000.

B. Additional Reading:
1. Practical English Usage. Michael Swan. Oxford University Press. 2017
2. Oxford English Grammar Course. Michael Swan, Catherine Walter. Oxford. 2012
3. English Conversation Practice. Grant Taylor. Macgraw Hill Education. 2001.
4. Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet. Navneet Publications. 2017.
5. Communication Skills. Sanjay Kumar, Pushp Lata. Oxford University Press.
6. Effortless English. AJ Hoge. LLC. 2014
7. Business Communication: Skill Building Approach. Sanjeev Dhawan. Pearl
Books. 2010.
8. Essentials of Business Communication. N.C Jain and Saakshi. Aitbs Publishers,
India. 2012.
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 Bachelor of Arts
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester III

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

English A: Reading, Writing and Thinking in English I

30301

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)
English A: Reading, Writing and
Thinking in English I

(30301) 04 03 01 2 hrs. 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Objectives:
1. Focus on improving students’ reading, writing, listening and
speaking skills in English.
2. Make students read prose non-fiction passages to teach them to
analyse, synthesise and interpret ideas presented; improve
vocabulary through reading the passages.
3. Train students to write reports and descriptive prose.
4. Prepare students to listen to spoken English with the help of
information and communication technology (ICT) as well as direct
reading aloud/speaking.
5. Teach students to speak English required for various purposes.
6. Specifically focus on grammar topics to improve writing and
speaking skills.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester III, students would be able to acquire the
following competencies:
1. Critical reading of short non-fiction texts to raise relevant
questions about it
2. Writing reports and descriptive paragraphs
3. Speak in English on variety of topics
4. Acquire understanding of grammar for effective communication

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 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Module Topic and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instructi Credits Evaluation
Current Syllabus Specific on Hours
Objectives IE EE
Weighta Weightag
ge e
Module I: Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 10 20
Reading To inform students about
Comprehen social/cultural issues and utilize the
sion, prose texts to improve students’
Listening listening skills, vocabulary and also
Skills, their ability to skim and scan written
Vocabulary
material
Enhanceme
nt
Any four prose passages from the
following texts:
A. New Directions: Reading, Writing
and Critical Thinking, Peter S Gardner,
Cambridge University Press, New Delhi,
2009. (South Asian Edition)
OR
B. Insights: A Course in English
Literature and Language, K. Elango,
Orient Blackswan, New Delhi, 2009.

Note: The teacher should select any

four non-fiction passages from the
recommended volumes, depending on
the students’ responses. The teacher is
expected to read out the non- fiction
passages and prepare exhaustive
glossary of all the unfamiliar words; the
teacher should also train students to
question the writer’s point of
view/argument and understand why
the writer says what he does.

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II Addition: 25 15 1 10 20
Module II A: Module Specific Objective: Visit Report
Writing Skill To prepare students to write news reports
Report Writing and event reports

Some of the example topics are listed

below:
Newspaper Reports: a. Curfew Day over a
Pandemic b. Inauguration of an
Educational Institute c. Road Accident d.
Lynching by a Mob

Event/Visit Reports: a. College Day b.

College Visit to Nature Park/Museum c.
Students Celebrating a Reunion d. An
Exhibition of Home-Made Products by
Students

Module II B: Module Specific Objective: To teach

Writing students to observe people/places, think in
Descriptive English and write a description of observed
prose person/ object /place
Examples: 1. A Beggar 2. A Mosque 3. A
Fun Fare 4. Sikh People 5. SNDT Women’s
University Premises 6. My Aunt

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III Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 10 10
To teach essential grammar and
Grammar and punctuation skills to write and speak clearly
Punctuation
Following grammar topics should be covered
over the semester: *Capitalisation *Periods,
Question Marks, Exclamation Points
*Commas *Semicolons, Colons *
Apostrophes, Dashes *Quotation Marks

*Common Faulty Sentences: Incomplete

Sentences; Run On Sentences; Comma
Splices

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IV 25 15 1 20 --
Speaking Module Specific Objective:
Skills To give students practice of speaking
English and provide practice to speak the
language

The teacher is expected to introduce

words/situations related to the topic and
various possibilities of holding a
conversation, instead of asking students
to learn a set dialogue. Some of the
example topics are given below.

1. Discussion about the difficulty of

getting a good job
2. Talking about a lost child you met in
the market
3. Talking about each other’s house and
the area where you live
4. Discussion about each other’s hobby
5. Talking about traffic congestion in
Mumbai and its solution
6. Talking about long commutes and
related problems
7. Talking about the fun you had last
Sunday
8. Planning fun time for the next Sunday
9. Discuss why XYZ is the greatest
singer/writer/actor/player of all time
10. Talking with a friend who has failed in
exams.

Note:
The topics should be different from those
tackled in the previous semesters. The
teacher is not confined to the given
topics and may add/change conversation
subjects according to students’ response

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Assessment: Weightage: 50 Marks
Internal assessment should be continual and regular. A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations,
role play, written tests or class assignment-book assessment can be used for internal assessment.

External Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks

1 A. Comprehension passage from the non-fiction passages taught in the class. The questions about the passage should test skills to find out data, interpret information and write a personal
response. (Marks 10)
2. B. Comprehension passage from the non-fiction passages not taught in the class. The questions about the passage should test skills to find out data, interpret information and analyse the
writer’s point of view. (Marks 10)
3. Report writing. Students will attempt any two of the three given questions. (Marks 10)
4. Do as directed (Grammar/Punctuation based questions) (Marks 10)
5. Descriptive Passage writing (Two out of given four). (Marks 10)

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Bibliography:

Essential Reading:

Strunk, William, EB White. The Elements of Style. (Fourth Edition). Pearson. 1999.
Olson, Judith. Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.
Taylor, Grant, English Conversation Practice. Macgraw Hill Education. 2001.
Navneet, Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet Publications. 2017.
Paul, DS, Advanced Writing Skills. Goodwill Publications. 2016.

Additional Reading:

Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.

Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
Swan, Michael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Oxford. 2012
Kumar, Sanjay, Pushpa Lata, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.
Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014
Bakshi, SP. Descriptive English. Arihant Publications. 2016.

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 Bachelor of Commerce
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester III

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

English A: English for Business I

30311

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: English for Business I

(30311)
04 03 01 2 hrs. 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Objectives:
1. Focus on improving students’ reading, writing, listening and speaking
skills in English.
2. Make students read prose passages (preferably non-fiction) to teach
them to read and analyse, synthesise and interpret ideas presented in
prose.
3. Teach students to interpret visual data and represent data visually for
the purpose of business.
4. Instruct students to write business/official letters.
5. Prepare students to listen to spoken English with the help of
information and communication technology (ICT) as well as
direct reading aloud/speaking.
6. Teach students to speak English required for various purposes.
7. Specifically focus on grammar topics to improve writing and
speaking skills.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
competencies:
1. Critical reading of short non-fiction texts to ask relevant questions
about it.
2. Learn to understand visual data and prepare such data
3. Write correspondence required for business and office jobs
4. Practise English speaking skills, covering variety of topics
5. Acquire of grammar/punctuation skills for effective
communication

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 Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus

Unit Topic and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instructi Credits Evaluation
Old Syllabus Specific on Hours
Objectives IE EE
Weighta Weightag
ge e
I Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 10 10
Reading To teach listening, reading
Comprehensio comprehension and vocabulary
n, Listening through non- fictional prose
Skills and passages.
Vocabulary
Enhancement
The teacher should select any four
25 non-fiction passages from the
following volumes, depending on
the students’ responses:

A. New Directions: Reading,

Writing and Critical Thinking,
Peter S Gardner, Cambridge
University Press, New Delhi,
2009. (South Asian Edition)
B. Insights: A Course in English
Literature and Language, K.
Elango, Orient Blackswan,
New Delhi, 2009.
C. Empowerment English: A
Course for Developing English
through Gender Issues, Lalitha
Krishnaswamy, Laxmi
Publication House, New Delhi,
2017.

The teacher is expected to

prepare exhaustive glossary of all
the unfamiliar words; the teacher
should also train students to
question the writer’s point of
view/argument.

2
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II Removed topic: 25 15 1 15 15
Verbal and Module Specific Objective:
Visual Data Instruct students to understand 5. Flow Charts
(Interpretation visual data and write about it in
and words; and, to represent verbal
Representation) data into visual format

Focus specifically on the

following: 1. Tables 2. Pie Charts
3. Line Graphs 4. Bar Graphs 5.
Flow Charts

III Module Specific Objective: Removed topics: 25 15 1 10 20

Business To teach letter writing and other
Correspondence communication in a proper format 3. Notice and
and language Agenda
1. Credit Letters 4. Minutes of a
2. Collection Letter Series Meeting
3. Notice and Agenda 5 Circular
4. Minutes of a Meeting 6 Memo
5. Circular
6. Memo
(Theory about the letters for
teaching purpose only. Assessment
should focus on practical letter
writing.)
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 IV 25 15 1 15 05
Grammar, Module Specific Objective:
Punctuation To instruct grammar and punctuation
and skills so that students can speak and
Speaking write clearly
Skills
Following grammar/punctuation
topics should be covered:
*Capitalisation *Periods, Question
Marks, Exclamation Points *Comma
*Semicolon, Colon * Apostrophes,
Dashes *Quotation Marks
*Common Faulty Sentences:
Incomplete Sentences (missing
subject, verb); Run On Sentences,
Comma Splices (two independent
clauses without proper punctuation
marks).
Make students speak sentences used
for grammar instruction in chorus as
exercise in speaking skills, over and
above giving a practise of
conversations through dialogues.

Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Assessment: Weightage: 50 Marks
Internal assessment should be continual and regular. A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations,
role play, written tests or class assignment-book assessment can be used for internal assessment.

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External Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks
1. Unseen non-fiction comprehension passage. The questions about the passage should test skills to find out data, interpret information, analyse the writer’s point of view and write a personal
response. (Marks 10)
2. A. Interpretation of visual data. No options. (Marks: 05)
B. Representation of verbal data into visual forms. No options. (Marks 10)
3. A. Write any one credit letter. (One out of two) (Marks: 10)
B. Write any one collection letter. (One out of two) (Marks: 10)
4. Questions on punctuation and grammar. (Marks: 05)

Bibliography:

Essential Reading:
Taylor, Shirley, Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Business Communication. Prentice Hall, 2017. Rai, Urmila and SM Rai, Business Communication. Himalaya
Publication House, 2010.
Taylor, Grant, English Conversation Practice. Macgraw Hill Education. 2001.
Navneet, Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet Publications. 2017.
Strunk, William, EB White. The Elements of Style. (Fourth Edition). Pearson. 1999. Olson, Judith. Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.
Additional Reading:
Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.
Sharma, Mohan, Business Correspondence and Report Writing. Macgraw Hill, 2011. Whitmell, Clare, Business Writing Essential, Clare Whitmell, 2013.
Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
Swan, Michael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Oxford. 2012 Kumar, Sanjay, Lata, Pushpa, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.
Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014

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Bachelor of Arts
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English, English Medium - Semester IV

Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

English A: Reading, Writing and Thinking in English II

40401

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)
English A: Reading, Writing
and Thinking in English II
40401 04 03 01 2 hrs 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Objectives:
Course Objectives:
1. To introduce students to literary writing that addresses
social/cultural problems of society
2. To improve students reading comprehension skills and vocabulary
with the help of a fiction/non-fiction
3. To teach students the skill to make a digital slide presentation
4. To prepare students to face job interviews
5. To reinforce grammar and punctuations learnt in the previous
semesters
6. To learn to write complaint letters, job application letters and
writing short composition on ‘process description’

Learning Outcomes: Learning Outcomes:

At the end of Semester IV, students would be able to acquire the At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
following competencies: competencies:
1. To read a text and analyse it for social/cultural contexts
2. To make effective digital slides for a presentation
3. To write job application letters and present themselves in
interviews
4. To write clear sentences by using correct grammar and
punctuations
5. To face interviews and group discussions

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module I: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 15
Reading, To read a literary text for analysing
Listening and social /cultural contexts; learn new Addition:
Vocabulary words; prepare digital slides on a Ghachar Ghochar, Vivek
Enhancement historical/cultural topic. Shanbhag ISBN:
9352642376
Texts: Harper Perennial, 2016
1. Mothering a Muslim by
Nazia Erum.
(About ) Removal:
Published by Insights: A Course in English
Juggernaut. 2018. ISBN: Literature and Language, K
8193876717 Elango, Orient Blackswan,
(Preface, The Muslims are 2009.
Coming, The Elephant in the
School, Are We from Pakistan? )
OR

2. Ghachar Ghochar, Vivek

Shanbhag ISBN: 9352642376
Harper Perennial, 2016

Note to the teacher: Ask students

to make power point presentations
of 15 slides on various
social/cultural/historical topics and
send them to you as an email
attachment.

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Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module II : Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 20 --
Speaking Skills To prepare students to listen to
spoken English, to speak English
required for public speaking.

To teach students to participate in

debates and public speaking
through language lab and e content.

Content:
Focus on public speaking skills.
Topics that can be included are:
1) Writing and Making Speeches
2) Debates, Group Discussions
3) Public Speaking

OR
Students can opt for an online
course, available on learning
platforms like SWAYAM. Specimen
Courses:
1) Communication Skills
Body language: Key to Success

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours IE EE
Objectives Weighta Weightage
ge
Module III: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 10
Grammar, Reinforce grammar and
Punctuation punctuation on selected topics;
and Sentence train students to write patterned
Writing sentences

Content:
Focus on the use of articles,
prepositions, capitalisation and
tenses.

Students will learn the following

sentences of particular patterns:
Pattern I: Compound sentences:
semicolon, no conjunctions;
Compound Sentences with
explanation: clauses separated
with a colon; sentences with a
series of balanced pairs.

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module IV: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 25
Writing Skills Teach students to write
application letters, complaint
letters and process descriptions

Content:
1. Job Application Letters with a
CV
2. Complaint Letters
3. Transitional phrases and their
use in writing processes,
developments, changes and so
on.
For example, the growth of
computers, the development of
cities, the use of mobile phones,
the development of a child during
a particular phase, changes that
took place in a locality, changes in
sartorial styles and so on.
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Evaluation Scheme:
A. Internal Exams: Total Marks: 50
1. A written test focusing on process description, letters, grammar: 30 Marks
2. Debates and Public Speaking: 20 Marks
3. A project of book review, chart display on social issues, PPT presentations, role play or assignment book assessment could be other methods of assassment

B. External Exams: Total Marks: 50

The pattern of the written exam would be as follows:
1.Comprehension based on the text in Module I or similar unseen text (Marks 15)
2A. Job application letter with resume. (Marks 15)
3. Grammar and/or Sentence Formation (Marks 10)
4. Descriptive passage writing/Complaint Letter (On one out of two topics). (Marks 10)
()
References:
A. Essential Reading:
1. Longknife Ann, The Art of Styling Sentences, Barrons, 2002.
2. Navneet, Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet Publications. 2017.
3. Strunk, William, EB White. The Elements of Style. (Fourth Edition). Pearson. 1999.
4. Olson, Judith, Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.
5. Kumar Sanjay, Communication Skills, Oxford, 2017.
B. Additional Reading:
1. Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.
2. Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
3. Swan, Michael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Oxford. 2012
4. Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014
5. Killgallon Don, Sentence Composing for Hight School, Boynton/Cook, 1998.
6. Strong, William, Sentence Combining, Ranom Houe, 2016.

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Bachelor of Arts
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English, Non-English Medium - Semester IV

Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

English B: Advancing with English IV

40402

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

Advancing with English IV

40402
04 03 01 2 hrs 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Objectives:

Course Objectives:

1. To make students read literary texts with focus on improving

students’ reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in English.
2. Make students read prose passages of fiction/non-fiction, to teach
them to read and think critically and improve their vocabulary.
3. Teach how to analyse, synthesise and interpret ideas presented in
prose.
4. Improve written language of students and teach them to write reports
and descriptive prose.
5. Prepare students to listen to spoken English with the help of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well as direct Learning Outcomes:
reading aloud/speaking.
6. Teach students to speak English required for various purposes. At the end of Semester, students would be able to acquire the following
7. Specifically focus on grammar topics to improve writing and speaking competencies:
skills.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the semester, students would be able to acquire the following
competencies:

1. Critical reading of fiction/ non-fiction texts to ask relevant questions

about it
2. Write letters, reports and descriptive paragraphs
3. Practice English speaking skills, covering variety of topics
4. Acquire of grammatical skills for effective communication

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module I: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 15
Reading To inform students about
Comprehension sociocultural issues and utilize
and Vocabulary the literary texts to improve
Enhancement students’ listening skills,
vocabulary and their ability to
skim and scan written material

Content:
Select short fictions from the
following
The Inner Courtyard: Stories by
Indian Women, Holmstrom,
Lakshmi (ed), Rupa & Company,
New Delhi, 2002.
1. ‘The Library Girl’,
Vishwapriya L. Iyengar
2. ‘My Beloved Charioteer’,
Shashi Deshpade
OR
Karukku, Bama
Holmstrom Lakshmi (trans),
Oxford India Paperbacks (2nd
Edition), 2014.
OR
Inside the Haveli, Rama Mehta,
Penguin Books, 2000.
The teacher may select any one
section from the recommended
texts.
The teacher is expected to make
a glossary of words with their
meanings relevant to the story.

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 20
Module IIA: To prepare students to write formal
Writing Skills letters on various topics

Some of the specimen topics are as

follows. The teacher is free to use
any other topic in class; the letters
should be properly paragraphed:
1) Enquiry
2) Complaints
The teacher must make the
students send the above letters as
an email, once they learn to write it
in the structure of a conventional
letter. This will make the students
familiar with the process of sending
emails and the interface of popular
email services

Module Specific Objectives:

Module IIB: To prepare students to write reports on
Writing Skills various topics.

The teacher should select topics for report

writing and give enough hints to develop a
composition of about 750 words.
1. 1) Annual Day
2. 2) Sports Day
3. 3) Blood Donation Camps
4. 4) Cleanliness Drives
5. 5) NSS Special Camps
The teacher must instruct students about
the understanding of the topic,
consistency of the topic, unity of ideas in a
paragraph, coherence of ideas through the
essay and correct language.

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours IE EE
Objectives Weighta Weightage
ge
Module III: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 15
Understanding To focus on grammar to improve Omitted:
English writing and speaking skills Students will learn the
Grammar following patterns of
1. Connecting sentences using sentences: Pattern I:
commonly used conjunctions: Compound sentences:
and, but, though/although, in semicolon, no
spite of, either or, neither nor, conjunctions; Compound
until, as soon as, since Sentences with
explanation: clauses
separated with a colon;
Students will learn the following Sentences with a series
patterns of sentences: Pattern I: of balanced pairs
Compound sentences:
semicolon, no conjunctions; Added:
Compound Sentences with 1. Connecting sentences
explanation: clauses separated
using commonly used
with a colon; Sentences with a
conjunctions: and, but,
series of balanced pairs.
though/although, in spite
of, either or, neither nor,
until, as soon as, since

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module IV: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 20 --
Speaking Skills To prepare students to listen to
spoken English, to speak English
required for public speaking

Make students speak the

sentences used in Module III of
the grammar section. Over and
above this, focus on public
speaking skills.
Topics that can be included are:
1. 1) Writing Speeches
2. 2) Debates
3. 3) Public Speaking

OR
Students can opt for an online
course, available on learning
platforms like SWAYAM.
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Specimen Courses:
1. 1) Communication Skills
2. 2) Body language: Key to
Success

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Examination: Weightage: 50 Marks
Every module should be covered in the internal assessment, with special emphasis on speaking skills.

Internal assessment could be a project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations, role play or class
notebook assessment.

B. External Exams: Total Marks: 50

The pattern of the written exam would be as follows:
1. A. Comprehension passage from the stories taught in class. The questions about the passage should test skills to find out data, interpret information and write a personal
response. (Marks 10)
1. B. Objective questions about the short stories. The questions should aim to check the students’ familiarity with the text. (Marks 05)
2. Letter writing. Students will attempt any one of the two given questions. (Marks 10)
3. Do as directed (Grammar based questions) (Marks 15)
4. Persuasive essay writing. (Marks 10)

References:
A. Essential Reading:
1. Murphy, Raymond, Essential English Grammar. Cambridge University Press. 1998.
2. Taylor, Grant, English Conversation Practice. Macgraw Hill Education. 2001.
3. Navneet, Navneet Speakwell English. Navneet Publications. 2017.
4. Mohan, Sumitra. Selected Contemporary Essays. Macgraw Hill Education. 2016.
5. O’ Brien, Derek. Letter Writing. Rupa & Co. 2015.

B. Additional Reading:
1. Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017.
2. Swan, Michael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Oxford. 2012.
3. Kumar, Sanjay, Lata, Pushpa, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.
4. Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014.

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Bachelor of Commerce
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English, English Medium - Semester IV

Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

English A: English for Business II

40411

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)
English A: English
for
Business II
40411 04 03 01 2 hrs 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Objectives:
Course Objectives:
1. Focus on improving students’ reading, writing, listening and
speaking skills in English.
2. Enhance students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary through
reading imaginative literature.
3. Sensitise students to gender related issues through imaginative
literature.
4. Teach students to participate in debates and public discussions and
giving speeches.
5. Instruct students to write business/official letters related to
workplace and introduce them to workplace meetings.
6. Train students to face job interviews.
7. Focus on sentence-writing skills.
Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
At the end of Semester IV, students would be able to acquire the following
competencies:
competencies:

1. Critical reading of short fictions to raise relevant questions about it.

2. Write correspondence required for business and office jobs and be
familiar with the process of holding a meeting.
3. Practise English speaking skills and participate in debates and
discussions

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module I: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 10
Reading To make students understand
Comprehensio gender issues through imaginative Omitted:
n and literature and train them in Inner Courtyard. Ed.
Vocabulary reading-comprehension while Lakshmi Holmstrom. Virago.
Enhancement improving their vocabulary 1990. ISBN: 1853810444
(Suggested Stories: ‘Girls’,
Content: Mrinal Pande; ‘Chouti ka
Note to the teacher: Students will Joura’, Ismat Chughtai; ‘The
study three short stories related to Meeting’,
gender issues. The teacher is Futehally; ‘The First Party’,
expected to prepare an exhaustive Atia Hussain)
vocabulary, noting down every
word that students may not know.
The teacher may use any three
stories from the following:

1. Katha: Short Stories by

Women. Ed. Butalia. Rev 2007.
ISBN: 8189632086 (Suggested
Stories: ‘Mother’, Urmila Pawar;
‘The Thief’ Shakti Bhatt;
‘Mayadevi’s London Yatra’ by
Bulbul Sharma)

OR

2. First There Was Woman and

Other Stories. Ed. Sres Marija.
Zubaan. 2007. ISBN: 817596247X

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module II: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 20
Letter Writing Teach students to write
correspondence related to jobs,
right from those used for seeking a
job to quitting a job.

Content:
Job-related letters: Application with
a CV; Job Acceptance and Rejection
Letter; Applying for Leave;
Resignation Letter.

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weight Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific age Hours IE EE
Objectives Weighta Weightage
ge
Module III: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 15
Interview Prepare students for facing job
Skills and interviews and inform them about Specific Topics Added:
Meetings types and purposes of business Meetings:
meetings • Purpose, advantages,
disadvantages of
Content: meetings
Students should be given an idea • The role of the
about job hunting, placement- chairperson
websites and placement agencies, • Informative,
preparation for an interview. Hold Consultative, Executive
mock interview sessions to Meetings
instruct them about how to • Board Meetings,
conduct themselves for an Statutory Meetings,
interview. They should also be AGM
informed about how to and what
to prepare for an interview.

Meetings:
• Purposes, advantages,
disadvantages of
meetings
• The role of the
chairperson
• Informative,
Consultative, Executive
Meetings
• Board Meetings,
Statutory Meetings, AGM

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module IV: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 20 --
Speaking Skills
To prepare students to listen to Addition:
spoken English, to speak English Twenty-five Idiomatic
required for public speaking; to Expressions commonly used
teach students to participate in at workplace:
debates and public speaking 1. Cut corners 2. It’s not
through language lab and e content. rocket science 3. Get the
Teach idiomatic expressions used at ball rolling 4. On the back
workplace. burner 5. For a long haul. 6.
Think out of the box 7. To be
Topics that can be included are: on the same page 8. Jump
the gun 9. Throw in the
towel 10. Be on your toes
1. 1) Writing Speeches
11. Raise the bar 12. Be
2. 2) Debates
back to square one 13. Hit
3. 3) Public Speaking
the nail on its head 14. Do a
small talk 15. See eye to eye
Twenty-five Idiomatic Expressions
16. Be in the dark. 17. The
commonly used at workplace:
bottom line 18. Call the
1. Cut corners 2. It’s not rocket
shots 19. Fine print 20. Have
science 3. Get the ball rolling 4. On a lot on your plates 21. The
the back burner 5. For a long haul. ball is in your court 22. Go
6. Think out of the box 7. To be on by the book 23. Have a bird
the same page 8. Jump the gun 9. eye view 24. Off the top of
Throw in the towel 10. Be on your one’s head 25. Be on the
toes 11. Raise the bar 12. Be back
Learning Curve
to square one 13. Hit the nail on its
head 14. Do a small talk 15. See eye
to eye 16. Be in the dark. 17. The
bottom line 18. Call the shots 19.
Fine print 20. Have a lot on your
plates 21. The ball is in your court
22. Go by the book 23. Have a bird
eye view 24. Off the top of one’s
head 25. Be on the Learning Curve
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OR

Students can opt for an online

course, available on learning
platforms like SWAYAM. Specimen
Courses:

1. 1) Communication Skills
2. 2) Body language: Key to
Success

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Evaluation Scheme:
A. Internal Exams: Total Marks: 50
1. A written test focusing on Letter Writing, Stories, theory of meetings, interview skills, idoms: 30 Marks
2. The module of speaking skills: 20 Marks
3. A project of book review, chart display on social issues, PPT presentation, role play or assignment book assessment can be a way to assess students for
formative assessment.

B. External Exams: Total Marks: 50

The pattern of the written exam would be as follows:

1. Comprehension from the stories of Module I (Marks 10)
2 Job related letters (Marks 20)
4. Questions related to business meetings and interview skills (Marks 15)
5. Use of Idioms (Marks 05)

References:
A. Essential Reading:

1. Taylor, Shirley, Model Business Letters, Pearson Education, 2013

2. Rai Urmila, SM Rai. Business Communication. Himalaya Publication. 2015
3. Paul DS, Interview Skills, Goodwill, 2019.
4. Kumar, Sanjay, Communication Skills, Oxford, 2016.
5. English Idiom in Use, McCarthy Michael, Felicity O’Dell

B. Additional Reading:

1. Storey, James, The Art of Interview, Lifestyle Initiative, 2016.

2. Sharma, RC. Business Correspondence and Report Writing. McGraw Hill, 2020.
3. Baker, Heather, Successful Business Writing, University Learning, 2012.

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Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester V

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

English A: Academic English I

50501

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Academic English I

(50501)
04 03 01 2 hrs. 25 Marks 75 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Course Objectives:
i. Read and respond to literary texts related to cultural social issues.
ii. Speak English fluently in different environments.
iii. Comprehension skills by listening to long audio narratives
about historical or cultural changes.
iv. Write personal and formal letters
v. Prepare summary of an academic or general interest
prose passage and identify key concepts.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester V, students would be able to acquire the
following competencies:
1. Understand and analyse literary texts and a broad idea about
social issues.
2. Comprehend of audio talks in English and talk about them in short.
3. Express themselves through letters.
4. Understand the gist of an expository or argumentative writing
and write about it.

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Module Topics and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instructi Credits Evaluation
Current Syllabus Specific on
Objective Hours IE EE
s Weight Weighta
age ge
I Module Specific Objective: Removed: 25 15 1 05 20
Reading Give exposure to social and cultural
Comprehensi issues through literary texts and C. Selected short
on and discuss them; improve vocabulary stories from
Vocabulary related to the issues Collected Stories,
Enhancement Volume I by Shashi
A. Bhimyayna: Experience of Deshpande,
Untouchability, Incidents in the Live Penguin India,
of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 2003
Story: Srividya Natarajan, S Anand • ‘Can you hear
Art: Durgabai Vyam, Subhash Vyam silence?’
(2011, Navayana Publications, ISBN: • ‘The Wall is Safer
978818905910) • ‘Death of a Child’

B. A Gardener in the Wasteland: Added:

Jotiba Phule’s Fight for Liberty ‘A Living Mountain’ by
Story: Srividya Natarajan Art: Amitav Ghosh
Aparajita Ninan (2011, Navayana
Publications, ISBN: 9788189059460)
Fight for Liberty

C. ‘A Living Mountain’ by Amitav Ghosh

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II Change: 25 15 1 20 05
Speaking Module Specific Objective:
The module
Skills Improving presentation skills and digital
previously focused
slide making
only on making
B. Presentation Skills. The following digital slides
topics should be covered theoretically without addressing
and practically: the topics
mentioned here.
1. Difference between a presentation
and a talk 2. Preparing a presentation
(purpose, audience, plan) 3.
Importance of rehearsal and body
language 4. Handling questions and
stage fright 5. General rules to make a
good digital slide for presentations 6.
Inserting audio-visual clips in a slide
Suggested topics: Housing Problems in
Mumbai; Mumbai and its Satellite
Cities; Garbage Management in Urban
Areas; Difficulties Faced by Working
Women.

III Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 25 --

Listening Focusing on audio/audio- video content
Skills of more than ten minutes with the aim
to improve students’ comprehension for
longer content spoken in English.

The teacher is advised to select podcasts

discussing historical/cultural issues of
more than 10 minutes to play in the class
and then ask questions related to it to
test listening comprehension.
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IV 25 15 1 -- 25
Writing Module Specific Objective:
Removed:
Skills Training in writing formal and informal
Letters to the
letters, summaries, and short essay
editor
writing; training is writing patterned
sentences
Added:
General Rules
A. General Rules about Writing Style for
about Writing
non-fiction passages:
Style for non-
1. Prefer the active voice
fiction passages
2. Write concrete words
3. Use verbs
4. Prefer simple, known words; avoid
Latin short forms
5. Maintain length variations in
sentences and paragraphs

B. Letters of Gratitude, Congratulatory

Letters, Letters offering Condolences
C. Sentence Patterns: I. A Series without
Conjunctions II. A Series of Introductory
Appositives III. A Series of Internal
Appositives
D. Summarising non-fiction passages and
identifying key words

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Assessment: Weightage: 25 Marks
Internal assessment should be continual and regular. A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations,
role play, written tests or class notebook assessment can be used for internal assessment.

External Examination: Weightage: 75 Marks

1. Broad questions on the texts in Module 1 (15 Marks)
2. Short notes based on Module I. One out of two. (05 Marks)
Short notes based on Module II. One out of two.
3. Letter writing (Two out of given three.) (20 Marks)
4. A. Sentence Writing According to the taught Patterns (10 Marks)
B. Rewrite the following passage to improve its writing style. (10 Marks)
5. Summarise the given passage (05 Marks)
6. Write a short article on any one of the given topics (One out of three) (10 Marks)

Bibliography:
Essential Reading:
1. Longknife Ann, The Art of Styling Sentences, Barron’s, 2002.
2. Illaiah Kancha, Why I am Not a Hindu
3. Olson, Judith, Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.
4. Kumar Sanjay, Communication Skills, Oxford, 2017.

Additional Reading:
1. Gilda Sunatha, Ants among Elephants
2. Dutta Yashica, Coming out as a Dalit
3. Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.
4. Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
5. Killgallon Don, Sentence Composing for Hight School, Boynton/Cook, 1998.
6. Strong, William, Sentence Combining, Random House, 2016.

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 Bachelor of Commerce
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English (English Medium) - Semester V

Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

English A: Technical Writing I

50511

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Technical Writing I

(505111)
04 03 01 2.5 hrs. 25 Marks 75 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
Current Syllabus Proposed Syllabus/Changes

Course Objectives:
1. Train students to understand and discuss gender related issues
through literary writing.
2. Teach students to write business related correspondence, reports
and survey.
3. Instruct in writing short paragraphs about gender related issues.
4. Training in listening to long talks or discussions.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the
following competencies:
1. How literary texts reveal social issues, especially from women’s
viewpoint.
2. Writing sales letters, letters to authorities to express business
related concerns, questionnaires to get specific information and
drafting proposals.
3. Write short paragraphs about the topics of general interest or
business-related issues.
4. Respond to audio recordings of more than ten minutes.

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Module Topic and Details Module Module Content Weightage Instructi Credit Evaluation
Current Syllabus Specific on s
Objective Hours IE EE
s Weight Weighta
age ge
I Module Specific Objective: Teach new 25 15 1 05 20
Reading words through reading literature
Comprehension and analyse how a literary text
and Vocabulary weaves a gender specific viewpoint
Enhancement in a narrative.

. A. Four short stories from The Inner

Courtyard: Stories by Indian Women
Ed. Lakshmi Holmstrom
Suggested stories:
1. Memories of an Indian Childhood,
Qurratulain Hyder
2. Girls, Mrinal Pande
3. Chouthi ka Jaura, Ismat Chughtai

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II 25 15 1 05 20
Business Module Specific Objective:
Letter Learn to write to write business
Writing Skills letters and be familiar with certain
abbreviation s used in business

**Sales Letters
** Letters of Representations
** Common Abbreviations
**(The Letters of Representations
should focus on concerns of business
community. For example, writing a
letter to authorities about cheap
Chinese goods destroying business or
the nuisance of hawkers selling fake
products.)
** Informe students about common
abbreviations used in business
correspondence. Examples: aar
(against all risks), a/c (account), cr
(credit) and so on.

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III Module Specific Objective: 25 15 1 05 20
Technical Learn to draft questions to receive Addition
Writing Skills specific answers, draft effective and Drafting Memo
detailed proposals, memo and circular and Circular

**Theory of Survey and variety of

survey questions. (Prepare
questionnaires to know about
consumer habits, customer feedback
and consumers’ future choices.)

** Proposal Writing (Example: Proposal

for installing a Language Lab in a school,
prepared by the company; proposal for
conducting a Communication Skills
course for employees of a company,
prepared by a training institute; proposal
to a bank for a loan to renovate the
current shop; proposal for a loan to buy
new machinery)

** Drafting Memo and Circular

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Listening Module Specific Objective:
and Improve understanding of spoken
Speaking English
Skills

**Play podcasts, news or any other audio

programme of more than ten minutes in
the class. Test students’ understanding by
asking them questions about the material
or write a paragraph about the topic. The
teacher may discuss/read out gender
issues related news and ask students to
write a paragraph about it.

Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Assessment: Weightage: 25 Marks
Internal assessment should be continual and regular. A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations, role play, written
tests or class notebook assessment can be used for internal assessment.

External Examination: Weightage: 75 Marks

The pattern of the written exam would be as follows:
1. Questions based on the text taught in the Module I. The student is expected to write an essay type answer of about 750 words. Attempt one out of two given questions. (Marks 15)
2. Sales letters/. One out given two. (Marks 15)
3. Letter of representation. One out of given two. (Marks 15)
OR Draft a circular and memo.
4. Drafting a questionnaire. (One out of two) (Marks 15)
5. Drafting a proposal. (One out of two). (Marks 15)
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Bibliography:

Essential Reading:

1. Taylor, Shirley, Model Business Letters, Pearson Education, 2013

2. Rai Urmila, SM Rai. Business Communication. Himalaya Publication. 2015
3. Kumar, Sanjay, Communication Skills, Oxford, 2016.

Additional Reading:

1. Doctor, Rhoda. Effective Communications. Sheth Publishers. 2017

2. Sharma, RC. Business Correspondence and Report Writing. McGraw Hill, 2020.
3. Baker, Heather, Successful Business Writing, University Learning, 2012.

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Bachelor of Arts
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English, English Medium – Semester VI

Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

English A: Academic English II

60601

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Academic English II

60601
04 03 01 2.5 hrs 75 Marks 25 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Objectives: Objectives:
1. To train students to respond to literary texts with reference to
sociocultural issues.
2. To understand nuances of selected words and commonly used
idioms; be familiar with common errors in writing English.
3. General preparation for job interviews; facing an interview.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
competencies:
1. Understand literary texts and how texts articulate social issues.
2. Acquire vocabulary with an understanding of fine nuances of
words.
3. Learn selected idioms and their use in conversation.
Learning Outcomes:
4. Become familiar with facing a job interview.
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
competencies:

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module I: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 -- 25
Reading Skill To train student to critically Omitted:
and appreciate a text and understand Wedding Album, Girish
Vocabulary social issues woven in the narrative Karnad
Improvement
Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Added:
Caste as a Lived Experience, Ed.
Perumal Murugan, CS Lakshmi Harvest, Manjula
(Sage Publications, 2017) Padmanabhan
(Hatchett India, 2017, ISBN:
Recommended Units: The Ugly 9350095149)
Face of Caste, P. Rajeskannan;
Empty Pride, Govind Raj; Black
Coffee in a Cococnut Shell, P.
Balasubramaniam; Everyday
Moments, Perumal Murugan

OR

Harvest, Manjula Padmanabhan

(Hatchett India, 2017, ISBN:
9350095149)

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module II: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 -- 30
Writing Skill Familiarise students with verbal
nuances, common errors in writing; Omitted:
introduce students to blogging. The list of synonyms and
antonyms each is reduced
Content: from 200 to 100.
A. A list of 100 words and their
synonyms Introduction to blogging
B. A list of 100 words and their
antonyms
C. Confusable words
D. Common grammatical errors.

E. Writing patterned sentences,

learning through imitation. (Key
term repetition; introductory
participle; isolated modifier for
emphasis.)

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours IE EE
Objectives Weighta Weightage
ge
Module III: Module Specific Objectives: 05 15
Speaking Skills Prepare students for an interview
and teach them to use selected Addition:
common idioms for effective The list of idioms
communication 1. Sugar the pill 2. A bitter
pill to swallow. 3. Rub
Content: someone the wrong way 4.
A. Preparing for an Interview Put the cat among the
B. Facing an Interview; proper pigeons 5. Give someone
outfit; body language; handling an earful. 6. Give someone
critical situations/questions a piece of your mind 7.
C. List of commonly used idioms Hear through the
used at workplace: grapevine. 8. Go places 9.
1. Sugar the pill 2. A bitter pill to Spread yourself too thin 10.
swallow. 3. Rub someone the Be left holding the baby. 11.
wrong way 4. Put the cat among Come up against a
the pigeons 5. Give someone an stumbling block. 12. Give it
earful. 6. Give someone a piece of a shot. 13. Pick up the
your mind 7. Hear through the pieces 14. Bend the rules
grapevine. 8. Go places 9. Spread 15. Leave someone to their
yourself too thin 10. Be left devices 16. Be at someone’s
holding the baby. 11. Come up beck and call 17. Open a
against a stumbling block. 12. can of worms 18. Go round
Give it a shot. 13. Pick up the in circles. 19. Say that
pieces 14. Bend the rules 15. again! 20. Get a life! 21.
Leave someone to their devices You haven’t lived! 22. Jump
16. Be at someone’s beck and call on the bandwagon 23. Look
17. Open a can of worms 18. Go straight through someone
round in circles. 19. Say that 24. Brought a lump to
again! 20. Get a life! 21. You throat 25. Leave in the lurch
haven’t lived! 22. Jump on the
bandwagon 23. Look straight
through someone 24. Brought a
lump to throat 25. Leave in the
lurch
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
IV Listening Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 20 05
Skills Train students in comprehending
and preparing notes on
debates/discussions/presentations;
teach the differentiate between
facts and opinions

Content:
A. Play audio programmes of more
than 10 minutes on variety of
subjects and ask questions to check
students’ comprehension of co-
relation of ideas and their ability to
grasp the conclusion/essence of
the audio programme.

B. Explain the difference between

opinions and facts with examples

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Examination: Weightage: 25 Marks
Written test of grammar: 25 Marks
Speaking Skills: (dialogues/speech/role play) 25 Marks
A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the comprehension passage, PPT presentations, role play or class notebook
assessment: 25 Marks (An average of the above three assessment should be taken up to give internal marks.)

External Examination: Weightage: 75 Marks

1. A. Essay type answer on the text taught in Module I (Marks 15)
B. Short notes on the texts taught in class. (Marks 10)

2. A. Vocabulary questions as MCQs (Marks: 10)

B. Correct and re-write given sentences. (Marks: 10)
3. Writing sentences according to taught patterns, (Marks: 10)
4. Interview skills; idioms (Marks: 15)
5. Facts and opinions (Marks: 05)

References:
Essential Reading:

Strunk, William, EB White. The Elements of Style. (Fourth Edition). Pearson. 1999.
Olson, Judith. Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.
Longknife Ann. Art of Styling Sentences. Barron’s. 2012
Johnston, Marcia. Word Up: How to Write Powerful Sentences. Westland. 2015.
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Kumar, Sanjay, Lata, Pushpa, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.

Additional Reading:
Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.
Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
Swan, Michael, Walter, Catherine. Oxford English Grammar Course. Oxford. 2012
Hoge, AJ, Effortless English. LLC. 2014

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Bachelor of Commerce
Syllabus for Core Component (CC) English, English Medium - Semester VI

Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

English A: Technical Writing II

60611

Cr L T D EE IE T
(EE)

English A: Technical Writing II

60611
04 03 01 2.5 hrs 75 Marks 25 Marks 100 Marks

#L=Lectures per week, Cr=Credits, P/T=Practical/Tutorials, D=External Exam Duration, EE=External Examination, IE=Internal Examination, T=Total Marks
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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Objectives: Objectives:
1. Introduce students to social issues through literary text.
2. Train students to write committee reports and emails; refine their
email writing skills, especially with a focus on email etiquettes.
3. Prepare students to make presentations, oral and digital.
4. Teach students to give and receive telephone messages and leave
voice messages in formal/official situation; use of idioms for
effective expressions.
5. Train students to write plain, easily understandable English
sentences.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of semester, students would be able to acquire the following Learning Outcomes:
competencies:
At the end of Semester II, students would be able to acquire the following
1. Discuss social issues through literary text; improved vocabulary.
competencies:
2. Write committee reports, emails; give phone messages in simple
and effective English.
3. Acquire the required skill to make oral and digital presentations

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module I: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 05 25
Reading Skill Introduce students to social issues
and through a literary text and expand
Vocabulary their vocabulary

Content:
‘Parasu Pator’s Well’, a novella by
Indira Goswami, translated from
Asomiya by Gayatri Bhattacharya

Fresh Fictions. Ed. North-East

Writer’s Forum. Katha. 2005.
(81-87649-44-5)

OR

Short stories from The Inner

Courtyard. Recommended stories:
‘My Beloved Charioteer’ by Shashi
Deshpande; ‘The Meeting’ by
Shama Fatehally; ‘Her Mother’ by
Anjana Appachana

The Inner Courtyard. Ed. Lakshmi

Holmstrom. Rupa and Co. 1991.
(9780001000308)

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 10 20
Module II: Train students to write
Workplace correspondence routinely required Addition:
Documentation at workplace and handle formal
and Telephone telephone conversations B. Drafting Notices and
Communication Agenda of a Meeting
Content:
A. Committee Reports with a C. Drafting Minutes of a
covering letter Meeting

B. Drafting Notices and Agenda of

a Meeting

C. Drafting Minutes of a Meeting

C. Receiving and leaving clear

messages on telephone; creating
voice messages

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours IE EE
Objectives Weighta Weightage
ge
Module III: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 05 15
Emailing, Refine students’ emailing skills Addition:
Presentation and train them to make Common Idioms:
Skills and presentations Cook the books
Effective Cut a deal
Expressions Content: Dead end job
A. Cover the following topics Elephant in the room
about emailing Topics should be Golden Parachute
taught theoretically and
demonstrated in class: Be on headhunting
1. Importance of a proper email Movers and shakers
id; writing a subject line in an Play second fiddle
email Talk shop
2. Reply and reply all; sending CC Weigh in
and BCC
3. Email etiquette Word of mouth
Writing on the wall
B. Presentation Skills. The The lesser of two evils
following topics should be Strike while the iron is hot
covered theoretically and A bit over the top
practically:
1. Difference between a Hanging by the thread
presentation and a talk It’s piece of cake
2. Preparing a presentation Not touch it with a barge
(purpose, audience, plan) poll
3. Importance of rehearsal and No prize for guessing
body language A rough diamond
4. Handling questions and stage
fright New blood
5. General tips to make a good Cool, calm and collected
digital slide for presentations Take a shine to someone
Pay through the nose
C. Common Idioms: A rip-off
Cook the books
Cut a deal
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Dead end job

Elephant in the room
Golden Parachute

Be on headhunting
Movers and shakers
Play second fiddle
Talk shop
Weigh in

Word of mouth
Writing on the wall
The lesser of two evils
Strike while the iron is hot
A bit over the top

Hanging by the thread

It’s piece of cake
Not touch it with a barge poll
No prize for guessing
A rough diamond

New blood
Cool, calm and collected
Take a shine to someone
Pay through the nose
A rip-off

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Current Syllabus Proposed Changes

Module Details of the Current Syllabus Module Module Content Weightage Instruction Credits Evaluation
Specific Hours
IE EE
Objectives Weightag Weightage
e
Module IV: Module Specific Objectives: 25 15 1 05 15
Writing Skills Teach students basic rules to
write simple and effective English

Cover the following elements of

style, focusing on actual examples
instead of grammar rules.
1. Prefer the active voice
2. Write concrete words
3. Use verbs
4. Prefer simple, known words;
avoid Latin short forms
5. Maintain length variations in
sentences and paragraphs

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Evaluation Scheme:
Internal Examination: Weightage: 25 Marks

A project related to course content, chart display on social issues/themes of the stories, PPT presentations, role play or class notebook assessment: 25 Marks (An average of the
above three assessment should be taken up to give internal marks.)

External Examination: Weightage: 75 Marks

1. A. Attempt one question on Module I out of two given. The students are expected to write an essay type answer of not more than 800 words. (Marks: 15)
B. Short notes on the text of Module I, 2/3 (Marks: 10)
2. A. Committee report with a covering letter. (Mark: 20)
OR
B. Notice, Agenda, Minutes (Marks: 20)
3. Questions on Module III, attempt one out of given two (Marks 15)
4. Questions on writing style covered in Module IV (Marks 15)

References:

Essential Reading:
Taylor, Shirley, Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Business Communication. Prentice Hall, 2017.
Chaturvedi PD, Mukesh Chaturvedi. The Art and Science of Business Communication: Skills, concepts, Cases and Applications. Pearson, 2017.
Rai, Urmila and SM Rai, Business Communication. Himalaya Publication House, 2010.
Taylor, Ken. 50 Ways to Improve Your Telephoning and Teleconferencing Skills. Summertown Publishing. 2008.
Sharma, RC, Krishna Mohan. Business Correspondence and Report Writing. Tata Macgraw Hill. 1996.
Strunk, William, EB White. The Elements of Style. (Fourth Edition). Pearson. 1999.
Olson, Judith. Writing Skill Success. Learning Express. 1998.

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Additional Reading:
Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax. Three Rivers Press. 2013.
Sharma, Mohan, Business Correspondence and Report Writing. Macgraw Hill, 2011.
Whitmell, Clare, Business Writing Essential, Clare Whitmell, 2013.
Swan, Michael, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. 2017
Kumar, Sanjay, Lata, Pushpa, Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.

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