Raymond Murphy: English Grammar in Use
https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/openenglishatslcc/front-matter/welcome/
https://openpress.usask.ca/rcm200/chapter/rhetoric-and-the-modes-of-appeal/
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Module 01: Introductory
Syllabus
How did you learn English? vs English @IIITG
What is Technical Communication?
Test your Skills @ LSRW
Test your skills @ Grammar
Dictation Exercises (A Notice, Article on Screen time)
Handwriting (The Dolch List)
Critical Thinking using Language
Lessons and Notes 2025
Lessons and Notes 2025
Module 2: Speaking Publicly
Module 2: Speaking Publicly
Why public speaking matters? Public speaking and critical thinking
Note Taking and Handwriting
https://openpress.usask.ca/rcm200/chapter/chapter-31-the-rhetorical-nature-of-public-speaking/
Homework:
Listen to the following speeches:
Tharoor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXTUgSu59MA
Tom Hanks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ibDPPHMKc
CJI Chandrachud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3czR1nKRE
Jaishankar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6qN3bm2RYo
Sudha Murthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vacGRuHDtO0
Module 3: Reading Poetry
Module 3: Reading Poetry
Critical Thinking and Poetry
Tone, rhythm, pause, music
Figures of speech (rhetoric and poetry)
Pronunciations
Writing about poetry
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 4: Sentences, Clauses, Verbs
Module 4: Sentences, Clauses, Verbs
Verbs, Auxiliary Verbs
(Regular verbs, Irregular Verbs ) (State verbs vs action verbs), (Causatives), (Gerunds and Infinitives)
Past tense (Simple Past, Past Continuous)
Texts: An Astrologer's Day by R K Narayan
Grammar: Sentences, Clauses, Relative clauses, verbs: past tense
Reference
Chapters 91 - 96 - Intermediate English Grammar (Relative Clauses)
Chapters 52 - 67, Intermediate English Grammar (verbs)
Module 5: Journeys to the moon
Module 5: Journeys to the moon
Texts: Appollo 8 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Grammar: Agreement of the Verb with the Subject, Agreement of the Verb 2 , Walden Univ page on sub verb
Resources
References
Chapters 1 - 18, Intermediate English Grammar (present tense)
Chapters 48 - 51, Intermediate English Grammar (Question tags)
weightage of marks: midsem 30%, class test 20%, end sem 50%.
Syllabus for MIDSEM EXAMINATION
Grammar: Verbs (Different kinds of verbs, Subject-verb agreement, gerund, infinitive, sentences, clauses and question tags.
Chapters 1 - 18, Intermediate English Grammar (present tense)
Chapters 48 - 51, Intermediate English Grammar (Question tags)
Chapters 91 - 96 - Intermediate English Grammar (Relative Clauses)
Chapters 52 - 67, Intermediate English Grammar (verbs)
Texts: An Astrologer's Day, Apollo 8, poems ( , A smile Always Heals, Anthem for my belly,)
Topics: Public Speaking, (Chapter 2 from Effective Professional Communication), Formal and Informal English. phonemes, handwriting, spelling)
Handwriting Passage: Click Here
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