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Module 1 : Features of English Language
Module 1 : Features of English Language
Different forms of English (Standard to patois)
South Asian Students and cultural prejudices
Module 2: Speaking Publicly
Module 2: Speaking Publicly
Why public speaking matters?
Module 2.1: Reading Poetry
Module 2.1: Reading Poetry
Tone, rhythm, pause, music
Figures of speech
Pronunciations
Grammar: Poetic Language vs prosaic language
Resources
The Schwa sound, www.poetryfoundation.org , Tongue twisters
Macavity the Mystery Cat, The Tyger, A smile Always Heals, Anthem for my belly, Old man and the beard, Old man on the border, About standing , The professor , Hippo. To a small boy
Module 3: Personalities - How to talk about people and their lives
Module 3: Personalities - How to talk about people and their lives
Sentences, Relative Clauses
Adjectives - Describe a person
Verbs (Regular verbs, Irregular Verbs )
Past tense (Simple Past, Past Continuous)
Texts: An Astrologer's Day by R K Narayan
Grammar: The Parts of Speech
Resources
Chapters 91 - 96 - Intermediate English Grammar (Relative Clauses)
Module 4: Journeys to the moon
Module 4: Journeys to the moon
Sub - Verb - object
Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences
Texts: Appollo 8 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Module 5: War and Peace
Module 5: War and Peace
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson,
Vocabulary: Domain Vocabulary, War terms in the poem , Talking about War,
Resources
Reading Comprehension: Research and Learning through Web.
Resources: Human Security, UNSC glossary, UN global issues (peace and Security), peacekeeping terminology
Module 6 : Report Writing I - Newspaper Report
Module 6 : Report Writing I - Newspaper Report
Module 6 : Report Writing I - Newspaper Report
Module 6 : Report Writing I - Newspaper Report
Module 7 :Phrasal Verbs
Module 7 :Phrasal Verbs
Pilgrimage to Tawang - Collocations and Prepositions
Resources: Elephant and the Cassowary by Ruskin Bond, Raymond Murphy's Book,
Module 8 : Professional English/Business Writing
Module 8 : Professional English/Business Writing
Discussion: Details of writing styles, tones and punctuation, mechanics of writing
Text: Handbook to Technical writing , AN AWS Letter, Letters PPT
Composition: Hands on Writing: Parts of technical letters, writing etiquette.
Letter to My Daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru
Module 9 : Project Newsletter
Module 9 : Project Newsletter
UN newsletters, A Sample Newsletter (Pricewaterhousecoopers)
Groups for assignment submission
Module 10 : College Writing
Module 10 : College Writing
Writing Answers - Text based comprehension
Active and passive
Kunwar Singh from My India ,
Writing your CV and cover letters
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