SYLLABUS

                                                          A Practice Book Of English Essentials – I

Course Objectives
􀀀 To equip students with the skills to write clear, coherent, and grammatically correct
texts for various purposes.
􀀀 To strengthen the ability to comprehend, interpret, and analyse written English across
diverse contexts.
Speaking Skills: Parts of Speech, Articles, Tenses, Sentence Structure, Types of Sentences,
Subject-Verb Agreement, Synonyms and Antonyms, Prefixes and Suffixes, Idioms and Phrases,
Self-Introduction, Expressing Oneself, Everyday Conversations, Team Interactions, Emotions,
agreeing & disagreeing
Activities: Self-Introduction, Just a Minute (JAM) Video recording, Brainstorming sessions,
Situational role plays, Usage of Applications.
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Listening Skills: Listening to Simple Conversations, Short Speeches / Stories, Extracting key
information, Phonemes, Listening to Native Speakers, Listening to Various Accents.
Activities: Gap fill exercises, Understanding tone and intent, Listening and imitating, Spell
Bee
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Reading Skills: Reading Strategies, Skimming and Scanning, active reading with short
passages.
Activities: Summarising, loud reading, Cloze reading, Reading comprehension, Reading
newspaper articles, Reading Long passage and note making.
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Drafting Skills: Sentence Formation, Word Substitution, Keywords Development, Writing
Paragraphs, Emails and Letters.
Activities: Picture and poster interpretation, formal and informal letters, Official e-mails.
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Weightage: Continuous Assessment: 40%, End Semester Examinations: 60%
Assessment Methodology: Quiz (10%), Assignments (20%), Speaking Task (10%), Reading
Task (10%), Writing Task (10%), Internal Examinations (40%)
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