Module 01: Introductory
Syllabus
How did you learn English? vs English @IIITG
What is Technical/ Professional Communication? - An Infographic poster
Dictionaries
Test your Skills @ LSRW
Test your skills @ Grammar
Dictation Exercises (A Notice, Article on Screen time)
Handwriting (The Dolch List)
Critical Thinking using Language - Bloom's Taxonomy
Why public speaking matters? Public speaking and critical thinking
Methods of Public Speaking (1): Rhetoric
The Art of Public Speaking (2): Influencing others
The Next Generation Public Speaking (3): Ted Talks
How to give a short speech? (4): Forbes
Critical Thinking and Reading
Tone, rhythm, pause, music
Figures of speech (rhetoric and poetry)
Pronunciations
Writing about poetry
Grammar: Poetic Language vs prosaic language
Structures of sentences by tone,
Texts: An Astrologer's Day by R K Narayan
Grammar: Sentences, Clauses, Relative clauses, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences
Reference
Chapters 91 - 96 - Intermediate English Grammar (Relative Clauses)
Verbs, Auxiliary Verbs
(Regular verbs, Irregular Verbs ) (State verbs vs action verbs), (Causatives), (Gerunds and Infinitives)
Past tense (Simple Past, Past Continuous)
Texts: Appollo 8 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Chapters 52 - 67, Intermediate English Grammar (verbs)
weightage of marks: midsem 30%, class test 20%, end sem 50%.
Syllabus for MIDSEM EXAMINATION
Topics: Please Check this document
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
How to prepare for the MIDSEM?
Study by topic. You'll find the resources for every topic in the modules above and in the document shared with you under Topics. Follow class notes, study materials , the Raymond Murphy Chapters, Poems, Prose pieces for comprehension and check the modules for grammar topics.