I st B.Sc Agriculture-Eng 101-Comprehension and Communication Skills in English- syllabus

ENG 101 Comprehension and Communication Skills in English (1+1)
Theory

War Minus Shooting- The Sporting Spirit. A Dilemma- A layman looks at science Raymond B. Fosdick.

You and Your English – Spoken English and broken English G.B. Shaw.

Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary-Antonym, Synonym, Homophones, Homonyms, often confused words. Exercises to Help the students in the enrichment of vocabulary based on TOEFL and other competitive examinations.

Functional grammar: Articles, Prepositions, Verb, Subject verb Agreement, Transformation, Synthesis,

Direct and Indirect Narration. Written Skills: Paragraph writing, Precise writing, Report writing and Proposal writing.

The Style: Importance of professional writing. Preparation of Curriculum Vitae and Job applications.

Synopsis Writing. Interviews: kinds, Importance and process.
Practical
Listening Comprehension: Listening to short talks lectures, speeches (scientific, commercial and general in nature). Oral Communication: Phonetics, stress and intonation, Conversation practice. Conversation: rate of speech, clarity of voice, speaking and Listening, politeness & Reading skills: reading dialogues, rapid reading, intensive reading, improving reading skills. Mock Interviews: testing initiative, team spirit, leadership, intellectual ability. Group Discussions.
Lecture Schedule:

1. War Minus Shooting (A lesson from the Text Book, “The Sporting Spirit” by George Orwell) textual grammar pertaining to factual comprehension and inferential comprehension & referential comprehension.

2. War Minus Shooting (A lesson from the Text Book, “The Sporting Spirit” by George Orwell) textual grammar pertaining to global comprehension and attitudinal comprehension

3. War Minus Shooting (A lesson from the Text Book, “The Sporting Spirit” by George Orwell) textual grammar on synonyms – antonyms – prefix – suffix – homonyms - homophones – TOEFL & IELTS vocabulary

4. War Minus Shooting (A lesson from the Text Book, “The Sporting Spirit” by George Orwell) textual grammar – English articles – preposition – conjunctions and its types

5. A Dilemma (A lesson from the Text Book, Layman looks at Science by Raymond Fosdick) textural grammar – verbs – auxiliary verbs - modals and basic tense forms

6. A Dilemma (A lesson from the Text Book, Layman looks at Science by Raymond Fosdick) textural grammar – sentence pattern and sentence forms (simple, compound and complex sentences)

7. A Dilemma (A lesson from the Text Book, Layman looks at Science by Raymond Fosdick) textural grammar – subject – verb – agreement

8. A Dilemma (A lesson from the Text Book, Layman looks at Science by Raymond Fosdick) textural grammar – transformation of sentences
9. Mid Semester Examination

10. You and Your English (A lesson from the Text Book, Spoken English and Broken English by G.B. Shaw) textural grammar – synthesis of sentences – reported speech (direct and indirect speech)

11. You and Your English (A lesson from the Text Book, Spoken English and Broken English by G.B. Shaw) textural grammar – paragraph writing (thesis sentences, supporting statements, inferential statements)

12. You and Your English (A lesson from the Text Book, Spoken English and Broken English by G.B. Shaw) textural grammar – four principles of writing

13. You and Your English (A lesson from the Text Book, Spoken English and Broken English by G.B. Shaw) textural grammar - professional writing – summary writing and paraphrasing, synopsis writing and citation

14. Graham’s flow chart on writing skills

15. Letter writing – personal and social correspondence – job application

16. precise writing – report writing and proposal writing

17. Interview skills - kinds – importance and process

Practical Schedule:

1. Listening - Introduction - Listening vs Hearing - listening modes - types of listening - Intensive and Extensive Listening – practice

2. Process of Listening - methods of enhancing listening - barriers to listening and ways to overcome them – practice

3. Oral communication - organs of speech – English phonemes (consonant table, vowel table) - practice

4. English Stress & Intonation - exercises.

5. Conversation techniques and practice

6. Rate of speech (slow pace, medium pace, rhetoric)

7. Reading - types - skimming and scanning - SQ4R - critical reading - analytical reading – exercises

8. Principles and practice of presentation skills - PowerPoint preparation and presentation

9. Handout preparation - lecture notes preparation - practice and evaluation

10. Writing skills - note taking – precise writing – abstract writing – practice

11. Mind-mapping and article writing

12. Letter writing and rejoinder writing

13. Text writing - practice on table to text conversion

14. Interview skills – types of interview (group interview – panel interview – telephone interview – behavioural interview – video-conferencing interview – mock interview)

15. Practice on speaking skills – welcome address - vote of thanks - short extemporal speech

16. Group discussion – techniques – types and practice

17. Final Practical Examination

References

Goodale, Malcolm, Professional Presentations, Cambridge University, 2005. 

Greenbaum Sidney, Oxford English Grammar, New Delhi, Oxford University Press. Peregoy, 2009. Jones Daniel, English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge University Press,2006. Lynch, Tony and Kenneth Anderson, Study Speaking, Cambridge University, 1992. Martin Cutts, Oxford Guide to Plain English, Oxford University Press, 2004. Sahaneya Wandy, et.al., IELTS, Preparation and Practice, Oxford University, 2005. Sundararajan, N, Attentive Listening: How it Matters, University News, March 19-25, 2005.
E-references:

1. www.orwell.ru/library/articles/spirit/english/e_spirit

2. www.essays.com

3. www.onestopenglish.com

4. www.bogglesworld.com

5. www.eltweb.com

6. www.reportingskills.com

7. www.writing-skills.com

8. www.negotiation.com

9. www.teachersdesk.com

10. www.flexbilelearning.net.an

Organs of speech (Eng-101)

 
Organs of speech

•     Speech organs, or articulators, produce the sounds of language. 

•       The primary function of the speech organs is biological: we do not have unique speech organs (organs developed for speech only).

•       Organs used for speech include the lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), uvula, glottis, and various parts of the tongue. 

The Lungs

•       Biological function: to exchange CO2, oxygen

•       Speech function: to supply air for speech

•       LUNGS: the source of moving air

Larynx

•       It is popularly called as Adam's apple

•       Biological function: protecting the lungs by preventing food particles and fluids from entering from the trachea (=windpipe).

•       Speech function: it produces a voice for speech sounds

•       LARYNX: the sound source

 Vocal Tract:

•       the air passages above the larynx

•       oral cavity or oral tract

•       nasal cavity or nasal tract

Glottal States

a.. VOICELESSNESS: the vocal folds are pulled apart.

    Examples: see, head, flag etc.

b. VOICING: the air vibrates the vocal folds that are brought close together.

      Examples: zip, veal, jug etc.

Lips

labial sounds

a. bilabials (the articulation involves both lips)  

    Examples: bit, pot, man

b. labiodentals (the articulation involves the lower lip and upper teeth)

    Examples:  five, van

Teeth

•       Dental sounds: the tongue is placed against or near the teeth.

•       Interdentally sounds :(the tongue is placed between the teeth): think, this

Tongue

The tongue divided into four parts

•       1. The tip

•       2. The blade

•       3. The Front

•       4. The back

 Alveolar Ridge

   Alveolar sounds (the tongue is placed near the

•       alveolar ridge or touches it):

•       see, top, life, dip, 

Jaw

•       It moves a lot of time when we speak

•       It is not an articulator

•       It making a contract with another articulator

Uvula

•       Uvular sounds (the tongue is on or near the uvula):

•       Inuit aiviq ‘walrus’

•       There are no uvular sounds in English.

•       (Uvula: the soft fleshy tip of the soft palate)

Nasal Cavity

•       The sounds produced with the nose are called nasal sounds

•       Eg. /m/ , /n/

•       Try pinch your nose