1. Public Speaking : Listening to Mr Obama
Introduction : Learning English - techniques of LSWR - English as Second Language - Importance of Grammar - learning idioms - idiomatic language
Grammar : Formal and informal language, Formal and informal language , Formal and Informal words, Useful formal and informal expressions
Resources:Basic English PPT, Rules of Public speaking
Vocabulary: Various "English", Vague Expressions , Idioms, Slangs ,
Tutorial Activities: Analysing Obama's speech, Studying formal and informal languages
Lesson 2 : Learning to Use Verbs
patriotism, vocabulary on nationalism,
Text: Letter to My Daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru
Grammar : Verbs
Resources: Verbs PPT, List of irregular verbs 1, List of irregular verbs 2, Using Infinitives
Vocabulary: Patriotism
Tutorial Activities : Mapping Verbs in the text, Vocabulary on nation and political institutions
3. War and Peace
Discussion: Poetry, War and Peace
Text: The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson, PPT War and Peace
Vocabulary: War terms in the poem , Talking about War
Grammar Topics: Agreement of the Verb with the Subject, past tense, Agreement of the Verb 2
Lesson 4: Endangered Species
Text: Elephant and the Cassowary by Ruskin Bond
Vocabulary: How do we remember words?, Vocabulary PPT
Grammar Topics: Collocations and Phrasal Verbs
Lesson 5: Basics of Writing
Discussion: What is writing? How can we improve our writing skills?
Text: Reading News Articles
Composition: Writing for college. Writing and media.
Writing a paragraph, Common Transitions
Lesson 6: Future Tense
Text: Texts: An Astrologer's Day by R K Narayan
Grammar Topics: Expressing time: Verbs and Tenses: Future Tense and its uses.
Speaking Activities: Knowing your future, asking questions
Midsem
Lesson 7: India past and present
Topics: Sports and environment in Colonial and present day India
Grammar: Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases
Composition: Compare/Contrast essay
Text: Kunwar Singh from My India
Lesson 8: Love Poems and Relationships
Topics: What is a love poem? How to write a love poem? How did Shakespeare write his sonnets? Language and Literature
Comprehension: Relationships
Text: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare
Composition/Style: Rhetoric
Lesson 9: Writing Reports
Topics; Various Kinds of Reports
UN report, Wipro Annual report,
Digital Content regulation report,
Facebook Moderation Newspaper report
Cloud computing and insights (IBM)
Lesson 10: Let's Do a Newspaper
Follow the Rules
Lesson 11: God and Faith
Text: Pied Beauty by GM Hopkins
Lesson 12: Writing your CV
Follow these links:
How to write a CV - University of Kent
Lesson 13: Writing your Academic Applications
https://www.theclassroom.com/the-seven-parts-of-a-letter-12084087.html
Lesson 14: Writing your Academic Applications
Topics: Grammar in Everyday English
Comprehension: Using Dictionaries (Revision)
Text: Online Media
Grammar: Active and Passive Voice, Direct and Indirect Speech