B.S. COMPULSORY ENGLISH-I [300.1(E)] SYLLABUS

A. LISTENING / SPEAKING SKILLS:
To develop the ability to
a. Comprehend spoken English inside and outside the classroom.
b. Express ideas / opinions on topics related to student's lives and experiences.

B. READING (COMPREHENSION) SKILLS:
To enable the students to read a text
a. To identify main idea / topic sentences.
b. To find specific information.
c. To distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information.
d. Prediction
e. Recognizing and interpreting cohesive devices (link words).
f. Recognizing and interpreting the tone and attitude of the author.
g. Interpreting charts and diagrams.
h. Recognizing and interpreting the rhetorical organization of a text.
i. Distinguishing between facts and opinions.

C. VOCABULARY BUILDING SKILLS:
(a) To guess the meaning of unfamiliar words through:
i) Context clues
ii) Prefixes and suffixes
iii) Idioms and phrasal verbs
iv) Logical connectors

(b) To develop the ability to use a dictionary to:
i) Find out meaning of different words.
ii) Check spellings
iii) Check / find pronunciation of unfamiliar words.

D. WRITING SKILLS:
To be able to write to
a. Formal and informal letters.
b. Job applications and curriculum vitae
c. Summaries
d. Paragraphs and Essays
e. Punctuation

E. LANGUAGE STRUCTURE / GRAMMAR:
a. Tenses
b. Prepositions
c. WH Questions and Yes / No Questions
d. Voice (Active & Passive)
e. Direct to Indirect / Reported Speech
f. Articles
g. Conditionals

Reading Text:

Howe, D.H. Kirkpatrick, T.A. and Kirkpatrick, D.L. Oxford English for Undergraduates, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Grammar and Composition:

Eastwood, John. Oxford Practice Grammar, New Edition with Tests and Answers, Oxford University Press, 2004.