2019-2020

A talk on Why and How to become a Teacher was delivered by Dr. M. Irudhaya Mary, Asst. Professor, Stella Matutina College of Education to B.A, M.A & Mphil students as a part of Career Guidance programme on 4 March 2020. 

Valedictory function of English Department Association ELLITA was held on March 04, 2020. Valedictory address was given by Mrs. Beena Thomas, Head, Department of English. Dalia Bernadette Lazaro of I B.Com A&F performed a Dramatic Collage on Othello and Macbeth. Certificates were distributed to ELLITA competition winners. Students who completed EDGE ON and EDGE ON PLUS along with NPTEL courses also received their certificates during the function. The Valedictory function was followed by Department Farewell for our Principal      Dr. Hanifa Ghosh.

An online English proficiency test Communication Challenge 2020 for the advanced learners in I & II General English classes was conducted in collaboration with STEP PLUS from The Hindu Group on 21 January. 55 student from Part II foundation English  successefully completed the test with maximum score of 9.2 out of 12.

On 20 February 2020, an “Orientation Programme for Internship” – NGO, Bhoomi Foundation, was conducted for the B.A and M.A English students.

Ellita 2019-20 was conducted as a part of Festevillta - Department Association activities for the year 2018-19. What’s the Good Word?, Performance Poetry, Just a Minute,Enact a Scene, and Debate competitions were conducted. On 18 February 2020, Literary Quiz was conducted for the B.A. and M.A. (English) students.

32 final year UG students of the Department of English, escorted by Dr. Fahamida Begum and Mrs. Chris Lorraine Melvina, went on a tour to MUNNAR – ATHIRAPALLI from 25th January 2020 to 28th January 2020. The students visited Attukal, Mattupetty, Echo Point, Tea Estate, Blossom international park, and athirapalli water falls. The climate was good, and the students enjoyed the trip.

On 21 January 2020, Workshop on “Creative Fiction Writing” was conducted by Ms. Lisa Heidke, Australian author. The Special address was rendered by Mr. Andrew Collister Vice Consul, Australian Consulate General, Chennai.

Pongal celebration was organised in our college on January 10, 2020. Students from different Departments showcased their talents by presenting a typical South-Indian setting with beautiful decorations. III B.A. and II M.A. students wore traditional saris and antique jewellery. They prepared sweet Pongal and distributed to all the teachers. The students enjoyed well during the programme.  III B.A. English students won the first place for preparing sweet Pongal.

The Annual Inter-collegiate Quiz Engquiziteve 2020 for the Smt. Yamuna Menon Trophy, instituted by our former Principal Late Dr. Hema Balram in memory of her mother, was conducted in ADEPT on 10 January, 2020.

Two of our students  (Sountharya. S of M.Phil and Jesintha. R of I M.A (English) cleared UGC – NET exam in Dec. 2019.

 UNIVERSITY RANK HOLDERS

 Shaziya Fathima Waheed – M.A English - Rank II

   Evangeline Wilson – M.A English - Rank VI

 Jescintha. R – B.A English - Rank IV

On 16 Dec. 2019, a Workshop on LOCF to decide the course contents for BA English syllabus was conducted.  Dr. Armstrong, Professor and Head of the Department of English University of Madras, was the Convenor, and Mrs. Beena Thomas, Chairperson, Board of Studies UG English, University of Madras coordinated the Workshop.

The Post-Graduate and Research Department of English organised the Students’ Conference on “South Asian Women Writers” for the UG and PG students from colleges around the city was conducted on 12 December 2019. The conference was launched by the Head, Department of English, Mrs. Beena Thomas, and the Correspondent Mr. L. Palamalai, I.A.S (Retd.) offered his felicitations. The Keynote address was delivered by Dr. Hanifa Ghosh, Professor of English and Principal, C.T.T.E. College.

Workshop on English for the Beginnners from I & II General English classes was conducted by Dr. K. N. Shoba, Assistant Professor (English), Anna University, Chennai, on 7 Aug 2019.

A talk on The Contemporary Social Theory Lectures were delivered by Thelma.R., PhD Scholar, Columbia University, New York City, USA on 23rd & 24th July 2019 for the students of III BA, I MA, & II MA (English).

Commemorating the death of the veteran Indian playwright, author, actor, and film director, Mr. Girish Karnad and honouring his contributions to Indian Theatre, the UG students of the Department of English, C.T.T.E. College for Women, conducted the programme, A Tribute to Girish Karnad on July 03, 2019