STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 086

B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. / B.B.A. / B.V.A. / B.C.A. / B.S.W. DEGREE

FOUNDATION COURSE : ENGLISH
COURSES OF STUDY
(Effective from the academic year 2019-2020)
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
C-Credit, L-Lecture Hours, T-Tutorial Hours, P- Practical Hours, Ex-Exam Hours,
CA- Continous Assessment Marks, ES-End Semester Marks, M-Maximum Marks
Subject Code Title of Course C L T P Ex CA ES M

SEMESTER-I
19EL/FC/EC13 English for Communication I 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

19EL/FC/LL13 Language through Literature I 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

SEMESTER-II
19EL/FC/EC23 English for Communication II 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

19EL/FC/LL23 Language through Literature II 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

SEMESTER-III
19EL/FC/EC33 English for Communication III 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

19EL/FC/LL33 Language through Literature III 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

SEMESTER-IV
19EL/FC/EC43 English for Communication IV 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

19EL/FC/LL43 Language through Literature IV 3 3 1 0 3 50 50 100

 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.Sc / B.V.A / B. Com/ B.B.A. / B.C.A. / B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019 – 2020)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION – I

CODE: 19EL/FC/EC13 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

 To enable students to communicate ideas/opinions effectively and produce
appropriate responses
 To train students in organising ideas coherently in a paragraph
 To help them identify relevant information and comprehend ideas, opinions and
attitudes while reading a newspaper/brochure or while listening to
conversations/instructions

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 recognise and use appropriate intonation while introducing, greeting, asking for
permission, apologising and thanking
 use appropriate modals for asking and giving permission and apologising
 initiate and take turns in a conversation in the situations listed under Functions
 skim, scan and do an intensive reading of newspaper reports and brochures
 use appropriate syntactic structures and sequence ideas in a paragraph
 use cohesive devices appropriately in a paragraph
 use present tense to describe people, places and objects
 demonstrate the ability to understand and use appropriate lexical items for contexts
specified under Reading, Writing and Functions
 recognise linkers and listen for details

Unit 1
1.1 FUNCTIONS (8 Hours)
1.1.1 Greeting
1.1.2 Introducing – self and others
1.1.3 Asking for permission
1.1.4 Giving permission
1.1.5 Apologising
1.1.6 Thanking
1.1.7 Describing
 1.2 SPEAKING (7 Hours)
1.2.1 Role Play
a. Initiating a conversation
b. Taking turns
1.3 LISTENING (6 Hours)
1.3.1 Predicting
1.3.2 Identifying keywords
1.3.3 Listening for gist
1.3.4 Listening for details
1.3.5 Recognising linkers
Resources: conversations, instructions

Unit 2
2.1 WRITING (12 Hours)
2.1.1 Planning
a. Brainstorming
b. Identifying target readers
c. Using appropriate tone and lexis
2.1.2 Structuring
a. Identifying main idea (topic sentence)
b. Syntax
c. Cohesive devices
2.1.3 Short messages
2.1.4 Developing fragmented messages
2.1.5 Descriptive Writing – writing a paragraph
a. Self and others
b. Places
c. Objects
Unit 3
3.1 READING (8 Hours)
3.1.1 Predicting
3.1.2 Skimming
3.1.3 Scanning
3.2 Vocabulary
3.2.1 Guessing meaning from the context
3.2.2 Identifying the main idea
Resources: Newspaper reports, Brochures
Unit 4
4.1 GRAMMAR (11 Hours)
4.1.1 Articles
4.1.2 Prepositions
4.1.3 Modals for the prescribed Functions
4.1.4 Simple Present, Present Continuous (Subject–Verb Agreement)
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration: 90 minutes

Section A - Reading comprehension 20 marks
Section B - Writing (messages/descriptive passage) 20 marks
Section C - Grammar 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Speaking and Functions 25 marks
Listening 25 marks

End Semester Examination Total Marks:100 Duration: 3 hours

Section A - Reading comprehension 40 marks
Section B - Writing (messages/descriptive passage) 40 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.SC / B.V.A / B. Com/B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019–2020)
LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE – I

CODE: 19EL/FC/LL13 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

 To help students appreciate short stories, essays and poems
 To reinforce basic items of grammar
 To train students to write short paragraphs

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
 comprehend, interpret and appreciate stories and poems
 identify basic literary devices in poems
 use tenses appropriately and accurately
 narrate incidents and describe people, places and situations in writing

Unit 1
Short Stories (20 Hours)
1.1 Barbara G Walker Snow Night
1.2 Muthal Naidoo The Bridge Playing Rain Queen
1.3 Perumal Murugan The Night the Owls Stopped Crying
1.4 Gerald Durrell Extract from My Family and Other
Animals

Unit 2
Poems (12 Hours)
2.1 Rumi Chinese Art and Greek Art
2.2 Nissim Ezekiel The Patriot
2.3 Tishani Doshi Homecoming
2.4 Ogden Nash Muddlehead

Unit 3
Grammar (10 Hours)
4.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
4.2 All Tenses

Unit 4
Writing (10 Hours)
5.1 Narrative Writing
5.2 Descriptive Writing
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 10 marks
Section B – Two out of three textual questions from Units 1 and 2 2x10=20 marks
Section C – Grammar 10 marks
Section D – Writing 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Dramatisation/Group Discussion/Panel Discussion/Debates/Oral Presentation/Quiz/
Vocabulary Exercises/Listening Tasks/Mock Interviews/Role-play

End Semester Examination Total Marks:100 Duration: 3 hours

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 2x15=30 marks
Section B – Three out of four textual questions from Units 1 and 2 3x10=30 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
Section D – Writing a Paragraph 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.Sc / B.V.A / B. Com/ B.B.A. / B.C.A. / B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019 – 2020)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION – II

CODE: 19EL/FC/ EC23 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
 To equip students with skills required to communicate ideas/opinions effectively and
produce appropriate responses
 To train students in the mechanics of composing letters and emails
 To train students to draft a resume
 To help them identify relevant information, understand ideas/opinions/attitudes and
interpret visuals accurately

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 use appropriate structures, vocabulary and tone to ask for and give clarifications
 use appropriate structures, vocabulary and tone to extend, accept and decline
invitations
 report information in the spoken medium accurately using appropriate structures and
vocabulary
 use appropriate prepositions and lexis to give directions
 demonstrate skills such as stating, identifying, comparing and contrasting,
paraphrasing and explaining required for an interview
 demonstrate the ability to understand and use appropriate lexical items for contexts
specified under Reading, Writing and Functions
 understand and classify information, and draw inferences from a newspaper /
magazine feature
 interpret visual texts such as charts, graphs, maps and comic strips
 sequence ideas in writing letters and emails in the contexts specified under Writing
 predict, listen for gist and understand telephonic messages, announcements and
advertisements

Unit 1
1.1 FUNCTIONS (13 Hours)
1.1.1 Inviting, accepting and declining invitations
1.1.2 Asking for and giving directions
1.1.3 Asking for, offering and accepting/rejecting help
1.1.4 Conveying pleasant and unpleasant information
1.1.5 Asking for and giving clarifications
1.1.5 Taking leave
 1.2 SPEAKING (6 Hours)
1.2.1 Job Interviews

1.3 LISTENING (4 Hours)

1.3.1 Predicting
1.3.2 Listening for gist
1.3.3 Listening for information
1.3.4 Using prominence to understand texts
Resources: Telephonic messages, Announcements, Advertisements

Unit 2
2.1 WRITING (14 Hours)
2.1.1 Sequence and ordering
2.1.2 Writing letters
a. Leave letter
b. Letter of application
c. Letter of apology
d. Letter asking for permission
2.1.3 Writing emails
a. Email etiquette
b. Complaints
c. Requesting information
d. Invitations
2.1.4 Writing a resume

Unit 3
3.1 READING (5 Hours)
3.1.1 Predicting
3.1.2 Skimming
3.1.3 Scanning
3.1.4 Intensive reading
3.1.5 Interpreting visuals
Resources: newspaper/magazine features, charts /maps/graphs, comic strips
3.2 VOCABULARY
Related to texts used for Reading and Writing

Unit 4
4.1 GRAMMAR (10 Hours)
4.1.1 Past Simple and continuous, Future Tense (Subject-Verb Agreement)
4.1.2 Modals for the given functions
4.1.3 Adverbs
4.1.4 Zero and First Conditional
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration: 90 minutes

Section A - Reading comprehension 20 marks
Section B - Writing 20 marks
Section C – Grammar 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Speaking and Functions 25 marks
Listening 25 marks

End Semester Examination Total Marks:100 Duration: 3 hours

Section A - Reading comprehension 40 marks
Section B – Writing 40 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.SC / B.V.A / B. Com/B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019–2020)
LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE – II

CODE: 19EL/FC/LL23 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

 To help students appreciate short stories, speeches and poems
 To train students in using the passive voice and reported speech accurately
 To train students to summarise texts effectively

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to
 read and interpret stories and speeches
 appreciate poems and recognise different styles of writing
 identify significant ideas in a piece of writing and present them coherently in a summary
 use the passive voice in appropriate contexts
 report a piece of spoken information appropriately

Unit 1
Short Stories and Speeches (20 Hours)
1.1 Roald Dahl Lamb to the Slaughter
1.2 Kate Chopin Story of an Hour
1.3 Arthur Conan Doyle Adventure of the Dancing Men
1.4 O Henry A Retrieved Reformation
1.5 Judy Brady I Want a Wife

Unit 2
Poems (12 Hours)
2.1 e e cummings somewhere i have never travelled,
gladly beyond
2.2 Adrienne Rich Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
2.3 Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ulysses

Unit 3
Grammar (10 Hours)
3.1 Active and Passive Voice
3.2 Reported Speech
Unit 4
Writing (10 Hours)
4.1 Note Making
4.2 Summary Writing

PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 10 marks
Section B – Two out of three textual questions from Units 1 and 2 2x10=20 marks
Section C – Grammar 10 marks
Section D – Writing 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Dramatisation/Group Discussion/Panel Discussion/Debates/Oral Presentation/Quiz/Vocabulary
Exercises/Listening Tasks/Mock Interviews/Role-play

End Semester Examination: Total Marks:100 Duration:3 hours

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 2x15=30 marks
Section B – Three out of four textual questions from Units 1 and 2 3x10=30 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
Section D – Writing 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.Sc / B.V.A / B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019 – 2020)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION – III

CODE: 19EL/FC/EC33 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
 To enable students to use appropriate modals to express views, wishes, opinions and
suggestions
 To train students to plan, practise and execute effective short presentations
 To help students use perfect and perfect continuous forms of the present and past
tenses accurately and appropriately in narrative writing
 To facilitate the use of Second Conditionals to express wishes
 To develop the ability to recognise weak forms in syllable stress and connected
speech
 To impart the skills required to compose coherent narrative essays and summaries
 To build vocabulary for contexts specified under Reading, Writing and Functions

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 use modals appropriately to express views, wishes, opinions and suggestions
 plan, practise and execute effective presentations
 identify and use effectively perfect and perfect continuous forms of the present and
past tenses in narrative writing
 use Second Conditionals to express wishes
 recognise weak forms, in syllable stress and connected speech
 draft, review and edit narrative essays, and summaries
 demonstrate the ability to understand and use appropriate lexical items in specific
contexts

Unit 1
1.1 FUNCTIONS (10 Hours)
1.1.1 Expressing
a. likes and dislikes
b. preferences
c. choices
d. wishes
1.1.2 Giving instructions
1.1.3 Making or responding to complaints
1.1.4 Narrating
1.2 SPEAKING (6 Hours)
1.2.1 Mini Presentation
a. Planning - Structuring the presentation, Designing visual aids
 b. Practising - Communicating main message
c. Understanding audience
d. Handling questions effectively

1.3 LISTENING (5 Hours)

1.3.1 Predicting
1.3.2 Listening for gist
1.3.3 Listening for information
1.3.4 Recognising weak forms – syllable stress, connected speech
Resources: short narratives, news reports
Unit 2
2.1 WRITING (12 Hours)
2.1.1 Note making
2.1.2 Narrative Essay
2.1.3 Summarising
2.1.4 Précis Writing

Unit 3
3.1 READING (8 Hours)
3.1.1 Predicting
3.1.2 Skimming
3.1.3 Scanning
3.1.4 Inferential reading
Resources: Opinion Pieces, Editorials, Newspaper op-eds, Blogs, Political /
Social Cartoons, Advertisements
3.2 VOCABULARY
Related to texts used for Reading and Writing

Unit 4
4.1 GRAMMAR (11 Hours)
4.1.1 Perfect (past, present, future) and Perfect Continuous (present and past) tense
(Subject-Verb Agreement)
4.1.2 Second Conditional
4.1.3 Direct and Indirect Speech
4.1.4 Modals for the prescribed functions

PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT
Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes
Section A - Reading comprehension 20 marks
Section B - Writing 20 marks
Section C - Grammar 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Speaking and Functions 25 marks
Listening 25 marks

End Semester Examination Total Marks:100 Duration:3 hours

Section A - Reading comprehension 40 marks
Section B - Writing 40 marks
Section C - Grammar 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.SC / B.V.A / B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019–2020)
LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE – III

CODE: 19EL/FC/LL33 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
 To help students understand, appreciate and enjoy poems, plays and prose pieces
 To train them to identify the characteristic features of different genres
 To reinforce the form and use of conditional clauses
 To train students in the mechanics of composing letters and emails
 To help students draft a curriculum vitae

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 organise and present their understanding and appreciation of poems, plays and prose
pieces
 use conditional clauses accurately and appropriately
 compose precise and effective emails and letters
 present information in a well-structured curriculum vitae

Unit 1
Poems/Speeches (15 Hours)
1.1 Carol Ann Duffy A Valentine
1.2 W.H. Auden The Unknown Citizen
1.3 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Danger of a Single Story

Unit 2
Play (15 Hours)
2.1 Mahesh Dattani Where There is a Will

Unit 3
Grammar (10 Hours)
3.1 Conditionals

Unit 4
Writing (12 Hours)
4.1 Letter Writing – permission, application
4.2 Email – requesting information, complaint
4.3 Writing a Curriculum Vitae
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 10 marks
Section B – Two out of three textual questions from Units 1 and 2 2x10=20 marks
Section C – Grammar 10 marks
Section D – Writing 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Dramatisation/Group Discussion/Oral Presentation/Quiz/Vocabulary Exercises/Listening Tasks
Mock Interviews

End Semester Examination: Total Marks:100 Duration:3 hours

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 2x15=30 marks
Section B – Three out of four textual questions from Units 1 and 2 3x10=30 marks
Section C – Grammar 20 marks
Section D – Writing 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086

B.A / B.Sc / B.S.W. Degree Programme

SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019–2020)

ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION – IV

CODE: 19EL/FC/EC43 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
 To enable students to use language appropriately to give and accept suggestions, using
modals of suggestion
 To train them to present an argument using appropriate register and lexis, and to
communicate effectively in a debate
 To impart better writing skills by sensitising the learners to the dynamics of writing an
effective discursive essay
 To help students to write book/movie/blog reviews
 To facilitate identification of tone and mood and to draw inferences from essays, short
narratives, and poems
 To recognise relevant information in instruction manuals
 To be able to use the Third Conditional to express regret
 To equip students with skills to recognise functional vocabulary in a podcast, to
predict the flow of information and to take notes while listening to the podcast

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 give and accept suggestions using modals of suggestion
 present an argument and justify their stand using appropriate register and lexis
 frame a topic sentence and structure an essay in accordance with main and supporting
ideas
 write persuasive essays comparing and contrasting, defending a point of view, and
convincing the target audience
 write a review of books/movies/blogs
 identify tone and mood and draw inferences from essays, short narratives and poems
 identify relevant information in instruction manuals
 use active and passive voices in persuading and writing reviews
 use the Third Conditional to express regret
 recognise functional vocabulary in a podcast, predict the flow of information and take
notes while listening to the podcast

Unit 1
1.1 FUNCTIONS (7 Hours)
1.1.1 Expressing regret
1.1.2 Asking and giving opinions
1.1.3 Giving and accepting suggestions
1.1.4 Agreeing and disagreeing
 1.1.5 Presenting an argument
1.2 SPEAKING (10 Hours)
1.2.1 Group Discussion
1.2.2 Debates
1.3 LISTENING (3 Hours)
1.3.1 Predicting
1.3.2 Listening for gist
1.3.3 Listening for specific information
1.3.4 Recognising functional words
1.3.5 Note-taking
Resources: speeches with different accents

Unit 2
2.1 WRITING (12 Hours)
2.1.1 Writing the topic sentence, identifying main and supporting ideas
2.1.2 Discursive Essay
a. Comparing and contrasting
b. Persuading
2.1.3 Writing reviews (films / books / food / travel)

Unit 3
3.1. READING (10 Hours)
3.1.1 Predicting
3.1.2 Skimming
3.1.3 Scanning
3.1.4 Drawing inferences, identifying mood and tone
Resources: short essays, short stories, poems, instruction manuals
3.2 VOCABULARY
Related to texts used for Reading and Writing
Unit 4
4.1 GRAMMAR (10 Hours)
4.1.1 Advanced Subject-Verb Agreement (eg. Phrases, either...or, neither...nor)
4.1.2 Active and Passive Voice
4.1.3 Third Conditional
4.1.4 Modals for the Prescribed Functions
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT
Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes
Section A - Reading comprehension 20 marks
Section B - Writing 20 marks
Section C - Grammar 10 marks
Other Components: Total Marks:50
Speaking and Functions 25 marks
Listening 25 marks
End Semester Examination Total Marks:100 Duration:3 hours
Section A - Reading comprehension 40 marks
Section B - Writing 40 marks
Section C - Grammar 20 marks
 STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 600086
B.A / B.SC / B.S.W. Degree Programme
SYLLABUS
(Effective from the academic year 2019–2020)
LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE – IV

CODE: 19EL/FC/LL43 CREDITS: 3

LTP: 3 1 0
TOTAL TEACHING HOURS: 52

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

 To help students understand, appreciate and enjoy poetry and fiction
 To sensitise students to some nuances of language use
 To train students to identify and present points of view in formal writing

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

On the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to
 organise and present their understanding and appreciation of poetry and fiction
effectively
 display a basic knowledge and appreciation of style, tone, mood and technique in fiction
 demonstrate an advanced level of skill in language use
 present an argument coherently in writing

Unit 1
Short Story and Poem (6 Hours)
1.1 Sheila Dhar Mrs. Henderson from Ohio
1.2 Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Unit 2
Novel (20 Hours)
2.1 Salman Rushdie Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Unit 3
Language Use (10 Hours)
3.1 Idioms and Phrases

Unit 4
Writing (16 Hours)
4.1 Discursive Essay
4.1.1 Comparing and contrasting
4.1.2 Presenting an argument
PATTERN OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment Test: Total Marks:50 Duration:90 minutes

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 10 marks
Section B – Two out of three textual questions from Units 1 and 2 2x10=20 marks
Section C – Language Use 10 marks
Section D – Writing 10 marks

Other Components: Total Marks:50

Dramatisation/Group Discussion/Panel Discussion/Debates/Oral Presentation/Quiz/Vocabulary
Exercises/Listening Tasks/Mock Interviews/Role-play

End Semester Examination: Total Marks:100 Duration:3 hours

Section A – Reading comprehension from Units 1 and 2 2x15=30 marks
Section B – Three out of four textual questions from Units 1 and 2 3x10=30 marks
Section C – Language Use 20 marks
Section D – Writing 20 marks