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The document outlines the AEC-II: Language Skills: Reading and Writing course, which lasts for 60 hours in one semester and offers 2 credits. It includes learning objectives focused on paragraph composition, grammar application, and formatting conventions, along with practical evaluations conducted by an external examiner. The course covers reading and writing skills, with specific units on comprehension, summarization, and various writing formats, supported by suggested readings and a detailed testing scheme.

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English Syllabus

The document outlines the AEC-II: Language Skills: Reading and Writing course, which lasts for 60 hours in one semester and offers 2 credits. It includes learning objectives focused on paragraph composition, grammar application, and formatting conventions, along with practical evaluations conducted by an external examiner. The course covers reading and writing skills, with specific units on comprehension, summarization, and various writing formats, supported by suggested readings and a detailed testing scheme.

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SEMESTER II

ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSE

Course Title: AEC– II: Language Skills: Reading and Writing


Course Code: ENG (AEC)—031
Typology of Course: AEC
Course Duration: 60 hours of practical in one semester (4hr/week)
Credits: 2 credits
Maximum Marks: 50 marks (30 Theory+15 Practical+5 Internal Assessment)

Practical & Tutorials in all subjects to the capacity of only 20 students per lecture class.

Learning Objectives of the Course:


• Learn to compose comprehensive and well-structured paragraphs
• Learn to utilize literary terms and vocabulary, critical methods, and various lenses of
interpretation in their writing
• To apply rules of grammar
• To learn the formatting and documenting conventions of the discipline

Pedagogy of the Course:


a) The paper requires 4hoursof practical per week during which students will be taught and
explained the aspects of reading and writing through practical and hands-on training.
b) For the practical exam, student will be asked to read a text, paraphrase a given text,
answer questions and interpret graphs and charts.
c) The practical evaluation, which carries 15 marks, will be done by an external examiner
either from the same institution/department or from outside.

Course Contents:
Unit I: Reading (Text: Interact: A Course in Communicative English, Cambridge)
1. Close Reading
2. Comprehension
3. Summary
4. Paraphrasing
5. Interpreting Graphs and Charts
Unit II. Writing (Text: Writing Skills, Cambridge, 03-57)
1. Paragraph Writing
(Available in Print and e-book: Effective Academic Writing I&II, Alice
Savage & Patricia Mayer, OUP (USA, 2006)
2. Note-Making
3. Letter/E-mail Writing
4. Resume Writing
5. Report Writing

Suggested Readings:
• On Track: English Skills for Success, Orient BlackSwan.
• Embark: English for Undergraduates, Steve Hart, Arvind R. Nair and Veena Bharti,
Cambridge University Press.
• Connect: Course in Communicative English, Debashis Bandyopadhyay and Malathi
Krishnan, Cambridge University Press.
• Enrich Your English, S.R. Inthira and V. Saraswathi, Oxford University Press.
• Communication and Language Skills, Sanghita Sen, et al, Cambridge University Press.
• Practical English, K.K. Singh, APH Publishing Corporation.
• Language, Literature and Creativity, Orient BlackSwan.
• The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, Pearson.
• On The Art of Writing, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Notion Press.
• Fluency in English Part II, Oxford University Press.

Testing Scheme:
Max. Marks: 50 marks
Theory: 30 marks
Practical: 15 marks Internal Assessment: 05 marks
Time: 3hours
Note- Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt two questions from Section B and two questions
from Section C.
Section-A

Q.1. Short Notes. Two out of five to be attempted in not more than 150 words each.
(10 marks)
Section-B
Attempt two questions out of given four: (10 marks)
Q2. Reading Comprehension
Q.3. Summarise a given passage.
Q.4. Write a paraphrase of the given passage.
Q.5. Interpreting Graphs and Charts
Section-C
Attempt any two questions out of five: (10 marks)
Q.6. Paragraph Writing
Q.7. Note-Making
Q.8.Letter/E-mail Writing
Q.9. Resume Writing
Q.10.Report Writing

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