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SIXTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11261

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Learning objectives:

1. To acquaint student with the history of the English Language.

2. To help Students learn the essential aspects of ELT and the different types of language Teaching.

3. The students will be trained to teach lessons in English Prose, Poetry and Grammar at the Secondary School level.

Unit – I Present position of English in India- English Language and School Curriculum- Aims and Objectives of Teaching English

Unit – II Qualities of Good English Teacher – Principles of Language Teacher- Principles of Practice – Oral work, Grading, Grouping, Repetition - Principles of Attitude, Interest, and Motivation-Immediate Correction- Using Mother Tongue

Unit – III Methods of Teaching English Grammar- Grammar – Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio- Lingual Method

Unit – IV Approaches of Teaching English – Structural Approach – Situational Approach – Oral Approach

Unit – V The Organs of Speech – Production of Sounds – Description of Vowels – Diphthongs - Consonants - Description of Consonants

Unit – VI Phoneme – Syllable – Word Stress – Sentence Stress – Rhythm – Intonation

Unit – VII Teaching of English Pronunciation – Objectives – Causes – Reasons – Methods

Unit – VIII Teaching of English Vocabulary – Definitions – Meaning – Procedures

Unit – IX Teaching of English Grammar – Characteristics – Objectives – Methods

- Principles

Unit – X Teaching of Spelling – Importance – Characteristics – Methods – Rules

Unit – XI Teaching of Writing – Aspects – Characteristics - Teaching of Composition – Meaning - Characteristics – Objectives – Principles

Unit – XII Teaching of English Prose – Definition – Characteristics – Procedures

Unit – XIII Teaching of English Poetry – Definition – Importance – Objectives - Procedures

Unit – XIV Audio-Visual Aids, Types – Advantages of Audio-Visual Aids

References:

1. Baruah, T.C. The English Teacher’s Handbook. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1991.

2. Bright, John A., and G.P. McGregor. Teaching English as a Second Language. Longmans, 1970.

3. Language Teaching: A Description and Analysis. Cambridge: CUP, 1986.

4. Varghese, Paul. Teaching English as a Second Language. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1990.

5. Jack C.Richards & Theorde S.Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching.

6. Harria David. P Testing English as Second Language.

7.  

        
Howatt.AP.R.A History of English Language Teaching.

8. Wilkins, D.A.Notional Syllabus.

9. Little word, W.T. Communicative Language Teaching.

SIXTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11262

INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

Learning objective:

1. To expose students to a wide range of Indian Writing in English.

2. To help students learn the meaning of ―Indianness‖ through representative works.

BLOCK I: POETRY

Unit - I

Sir Aurobindo

: The Fear of Life and Death

Unit - II

Rabindranath Tagore

: Where the Mind is Without Fear

Unit - III

Sarojini Naidu

: Love and  Death

Unit - IV

Toru Dutt

: Lakshman

Unit - V

Nissim Ezekiel

: Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa. T.S

Unit - VI

Kamala Das

: A Hot Noon in Malabar

BLOCK II: PROSE

Unit - VII

Mahatma Gandhi

: Tolstoy and   the Youth

Unit - VIII

Sir C.V. Raman

: Water the Elixir of Life

Unit - IX

Jawaharlal Nehru

: Kamala Nehru

BLOCK III: DRAMA

Unit – X

Mahesh Dattani

: Seven   Steps Around Fire

Unit - XI

Vijay Tendulkar

: Silence the Court is in Session

Unit - XII

Chetan Bhagat

: The Three Mistakes of my Life.

BLOCK IV: FICTION

Unit - XIII

R.K.Narayan

: Sweets for Angels

Unit - XIV

Raja Rao

: Kanthapura

References:

1. Hoskote, Ranjit. Reasons for Belonging: Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets. Viking Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 2002.

2. King, Bruce Alvin. Modern Indian Poetry in English: Revised Edition. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.

3. Srikanth, Rajini. The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America'. Asian American History and Culture. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 2004.

4. Silence the Court is in Session- Vijay Tendulkar (Macmillan).

5. Indian Verse in English by Srinath (Macmillan).

6. Coolie by Mulk Raj Anand (any edition).

SIXTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11263

WOMEN’S WRITING IN  ENGLISH

Learning objective:

1. To acquaint the students with the works of select women‗s writers in English.

BLOCK

I:

PROSE

Unit - I

Unit - II

Virginia Woolf

Elaine Showalter

- A Room of One‗s Own

- Towards a Feminist Poetics

BLOCK II: POETRY

Unit - III

Kamala Das

- A Hot   Noon in Malabar

Unit - IV

Sarojini Naidu

- The Soul‗s Prayer

Unit - V

E.B. Browning

- How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

Unit - VI

Sylvia Plath

- Daddy

Unit - VII

Maya Angelo

- Still   I Rise

BLOCK III: DRAMA

Unit - VIII

Manjula Padmanapan

- Harvest

Unit - IX

Lorraine Hansberry

- A Raisin in the Sun

BLOCK IV: FICTION

Unit - X Margaret Atwood - The Surfacing

Unit - XI

Alice Walker

- The Colour Purple

Unit - XII

Katherine Mansfield

- A Cup   of Tea

Unit - XIII

Geetha Goswami

- The Lost Shore

Unit - XIV

Alice Munro

- Silence

References:

1. Blain, Virginia, Isobel Grundy, and Patricia Clements, Eds. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990.

2. Todd, Janet, ed. British Women Writers: a critical reference guide. London: Rutledge, 1989.

3. Lonsdale, Roger ed. Eighteenth-Century Women Poets. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

4. Blain et al. Todd xv; Spender, Dale, and Janet Todd. Anthology of British Women Writers. Harper Collins, 1989.

5. Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day: Biographical Sketches Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1893.

SIXTH SEMESTER

Course Code

Title of   the Course

11264

REMEDIAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Learning objectives:

1. To enable to understand the basic of grammar.

2. To help learners write effective paragraphs and essays.

3. To help students understand how grammatical structures are systematically related to meaning.

4. To give practice in clause analysis.

5. To enable students write correct English.

Unit – I The Sentence- Parts of Speech- Nouns.

Unit – II Adjectives- Comparison of Adjectives- Articles- Pronouns.

Unit – III Verbs- Mood and Tense –Non-finite Verbs – Strong and Weak Verbs.

Unit – IV Auxiliaries- Anomalous Finites- Adverbs. Unit – V Prepositions – Conjunction- Interjections. BLOCK II: SENTENCE PATTERN

Unit – VI Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound Complex Sentences – Analysis

of Simple Sentences- Clauses- Analysis of Sentences- Synthesis of Sentences – Transformation of Sentences.

Unit – VII Direct and Indirect Speech- Punctuation and Capitals.

Unit – VIII Verb Patterns – Structures- Word – Formation.

Unit – IX The Use of Prefixes, the Use of Suffixes, Compound Words- Synonyms and Antonyms – Words often Confused – Words with Appropriate Prepositions.

Unit – X Paragraph Writing – Letter Writing.

Unit - XI Précis Writing – Expansion of Passages.

Unit – XII Essay Writing- Writing Stories from Outlines.

Unit – XIII Writing Stories from Outlines.

Unit – XIV Concord, Tag Questions.

References:

1. Modern English – A book of Grammar Usage and Composition by N.Krishnaswamy.

2. A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students – F.T.Wood – Macmillan India Ltd.

3. Barbara Strong- Modern English Structure.

4. Grammar – Palmer.