INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING LESSONS, ASSIGNMENTS, PROJECT OUTLINES AND

PROJECT REPORTS FOR PGDTE1*

1. LESSONS

As you already know, you are required to do 6 courses and work on a project on one of the
courses from the list.

Listed below are all compulsory courses offered under the PGDTE programme.

Sl.
Name of the course
No.
1. The Phonetics of English Blocks I-III
Blocks I-III + Book
2. Principles of Language Teaching
(Soft copy)
3. Testing Language and Literature Blocks I-IV
4. Indian Writing in English – Course I (Drama & Poetry) Blocks I-III
5. Indian Writing in English – Course II (Fiction & Prose) Blocks I-III
6. General and English Linguistics Blocks I-III
7. Project Guidelines and Topics

2. DOUBTS FOR CLARIFICATION

If you have any doubts or queries in any of the courses, Please email them to the concerned
course monitor. DO NOT attach your doubts to the assignments. We take some time to sort
the assignments course-wise, and to enter them in relevant records before passing them on
to the evaluators. If you enclose your doubts etc. with the assignments, they may be left
unnoticed, to your and our dissatisfaction.

You can use e-mail to communicate with us, indicating the course concerned. Address your
queries to [email protected] Write your name and roll number, the name of the
course and block/unit. Use the heading Doubt for Clarification when sending your query.

3. ASSIGNMENTS

For each course you have to do TWO assignments. Please plan your schedule in such a
way that you work regularly for each of your courses.

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Please retain this set of instructions till you finish the programme.
3.1 DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS

The three-week contact-cum-examination programme at the end of your programme will be

held in January 2026. To be eligible for the contact programme and examination at the end
of the programme you need to submit:

a) the first assignment in each course by 30 June 2025

b) the remaining assignments in each course and the project report by 31 October
2025.
c) Dissertations submission by 30 November 2025.

Please note that if you fail to meet either of these deadlines you will not be eligible to
attend the contact-cum-examination programme in January 2026. That is, if you do
not submit the first set of assignments by 31 October 2025 you will not be eligible to
attend the contact-cum-examination programme in January 2026, even if you submit
all the assignments by 31 October 2025 and the Dissertation by 30 November 2025.

If you fail to meet either of the deadlines, you can stay on the rolls for another year, submit
the first assignment by 30 June 2026, the remaining assignments by 31 October 2026 and
the dissertation by 30 November 2026 and attend the contact-cum-examination programme
in January 2027.

3.2 HOW TO SEND IN A COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT

1. Along with the assignments we have sent you a specimen cover sheet. Each
assignment must be accompanied by a cover sheet. Please make as many
photocopies of this cover sheet as required. WITHOUT THIS COVER SHEET
YOUR ANSWER SCRIPT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

2. a. Please make sure that you fill in all the entries on each cover sheet, i.e., your
roll number, your name, address, name of the course and the number of the
assignment.
b. In addition, we would request you to also indicate the number of pages your
assignment consists of, as this will help us check that no pages are lost. Tag the
enclosures properly.

3. On the cover sheet do NOT write anything on

a. the left corner which is for office use
b. the space left for the tutor’s comments
c. the reverse of the cover sheet

4. Please use A4 size paper to write your answers. Use the cover sheet as the model
for the size. Please avoid using paper of different sizes as it makes packing difficult,
and your answer scripts may get torn.

5. Every time you send assignments, enclose a self-addressed postcard – this would
be a proof of receipt of assignments sent by you. On the postcard you should enter
your roll number, course and the assignment numbers for which you are sending
answer scripts. If you do not send this self-addressed post card duly filled-in, we will
not be able to send you any acknowledgement.

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 Your entries on the post card should look like this:

Received the following assignments from

*Name _______________________________
*Roll No.______________________________
*Course:______________________________
*Assignment No.________

SIGNATURE
Date:
(to be filled in by the office)
(*to be filled in by you)

4. PROJECT

Project work is compulsory and it constitutes one full course for the Diploma Programme. It
carries 100 marks. You have already received (with your application) the list of areas and
tentative topics you can work on for a project.

Since your eligibility to attend the contact programme depends on your meeting the
deadline, you must work on the project outline from the start. Failure to meet the deadlines
given for the Project work will prevent you from completing the course this year.

4.1 PROJECT OUTLINE

The Project Outline is different from the Project Dissertation. You must send in your final
topic and a project outline by 31.05.2025. It is important that you meet this deadline as your
eligibility to attend the contact programme depends on it.

Your project outline should be between 1000 and 1500 words. When writing the project
outline, please indicate clearly
a. the course
b. the project topic number (if any)
c. the title of the project

In your project outline you should provide a description of the design of the project i.e.,

 a statement of the problem/area you wish to study

 a concise outline of the steps you intend to follow to carry out the study
 methods of data collection and analysis (where applicable) that you plan to use
 a list of books/other studies in this area that you are familiar with (references).

(For more details go back to the guidelines provided for the Project work.)

The project outline will be checked by one of the members of the faculty who will be your
supervisor thereafter. S/he will provide guidelines and suggestions as to how you should
proceed with your work. If you are asked to revise the project outline, you should do so and
return it within the stipulated date. Until you have received the approved project outline
from us do not start writing your project.

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The approved project outline has to be attached to the final project report as one of its
obligatory components. IF YOU SUBMIT A DISSERTATION WITHOUT FIRST HAVING
GOT THE PROJECT OUTLINE APPROVED, YOUR PROJECT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
AND YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAMINATION.

4.2 PROJECT REPORT

Once your project outline is returned to you with your supervisor’s comments and
suggestions, you should keep in touch with the supervisor and keep him/her informed about
your progress. You should also write to your supervisor in case you face any difficulties.

Your final dissertation should be between 10000 to 15000 words that includes:

1. Abstract
2. Contents
3. Introduction (Rationale, research problem)
4. Review of existing literature ( books and articles)
5. Research method, Data analysis and Conclusions
6. References

The dissertation (project report) should be based ON ORIGINAL WORK DONE BY YOU
specifically for this programme and should follow the guidelines given in the list of project
topics. You should submit a spiral bound copy of the project (preferably typewritten) along
with a softcopy that will be checked for plagiarism. (You must attach the approved Project
Outline along with the Dissertation.)

4.3. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONTACT-CUM-EXAMINATION PROGRAMME

To be eligible to attend the contact programme to be held in January 2026 and to take the
final examination you should:

1. Submit your project outline (if you have opted for a project) by 31.05.2025.
2. Submit the Dissertation by 30.11.2025.

NO EXTENSION OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Please note that you will not be eligible to attend the contact programme in January 2026 if
you fail to meet these deadlines. However, you can stay on the rolls for another year and
attend the contact-cum-examination programme in 2027, provided you submit all
assignments according to the deadlines specified earlier.

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5. CHANGE OF PROJECT

If you wish to change from one project topic to another you can do so. But your request for
any one of these changes should reach us on or before 30.04.2025. However, please note
the following:

1. The change will not entitle you to an extension of the deadlines. That is, if you wish
to apply for a change, you must give yourself time to receive a reply and the
materials (if any) and also work towards the next deadline.

You should be particularly careful if you are opting for a project on one of the courses
from the list. Whatever change you make, we expect your Dissertation to reach
us by 30.11.2025 for you to be eligible for the contact programme in January
2026.

2. If you are changing from one project topic to another you must apply well before
30.04.2025 to give yourself time to write your outline and submit it by 31.05.2025.

6. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

The Director
Directorate of Distance Education
The English and Foreign Languages University
HYDERABAD 500 007
Phone No: 040-27095025, 27689431
email: [email protected]

DEADLINES AT A GLANCE
To be eligible for the Contact-cum-Examination Programme (to be held in January 2026)

1. YOUR PROJECT OUTLINE SHOULD REACH US BY 31.05.2025.

2. THE FIRST SET OF ASSIGNMENTS SHOULD REACH US BY
30.06.2025.
3. THE REMAINING ASSIGNMENTS REACH US BY 31.10.2025 AND THE
PROJECT DISSERTATION SHOULD REACH US BY 30.11.2025.

NOTE:

IF YOU HAPPEN TO POST YOUR ASSIGNMENTS/ PROJECT OUTLINE/ PROJECT

DISSERTATION VERY CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE, PLEASE SEND YOUR PACKETS BY
SPEED POST WITH THE DATE OF POSTING CLEARLY MARKED. ALSO PLEASE
RETAIN THE POSTAL RECEIPTS.

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 TO BE RETURNED (by 30.03.2025) TO:

The Director
Directorate of Distance Education
The English and Foreign Languages University
HYDERABAD 500 007.
Dear Sir,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of the following:

a. Your letter No.EFL-U/DDE/PGDTE/2025/_______ dated March 2025.

b. Instructions regarding Lessons, Assignments, Projects.
c. Lessons and Assignments relating to the courses of my choice as noted in the letter cited
above.
d. Specimen coversheet

To be eligible for the contact-cum-examination programme to be held in January 2026 I should send
in

a. the project outline so as to reach the Distance Education on or before 31 May 2025
b. the project dissertation so as to reach the Distance Education on or before 30 November
2025
c. the first set of assignments in each of the courses so as to reach the Distance Education on
or before 30 June 2025
d. the remaining assignments in each of the courses so as to reach the Distance Education by
31 October 2025

I agree to abide by the rules of the University and will not act in any manner that will affect the
discipline of the University.

Yours faithfully

(Signature)
Date:

Roll No._____________

Name______________________________

Address____________________________
___________________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

Tel No. (With STD code) _______________ * Project for

email: _____________________________ Project No: ___________________________
Mob: _____________________________ Title: _________________________________
_____________________________________
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* to be filled in by the participant.