Thursday, 26 September 2024

ENG 103 - DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION – (0+1) SYLLABUS

ENG 103 - DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION – (0+1)  SYLLABUS

Practical

       Basic principles of learning- Taxonomy of educational objectives -Multiple intelligence-Career development-Success story of entrepreneurs-Group learning-Brainstorming, Simulation, Role play, Ice breakers- Transactional communication- Types of ego- Interpersonal communication- Writing- Fax and e-mail, applying for a job, interviews, project report- Strategies and skills- Basic principles of scientific article editing.

Lecture Schedule

1.  Basic principles of learning. Binary terms viz – growth and development, education – for – life and life – long education, motivation and morale –

2.  Occupation and profession, training and education, lateral thinking and conventional thinking, teaching and learning – discussion.

3.  Bloom’s classification of educational objectives – Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor domain(s) – discussion

4.  Career development – opportunity for graduates of agriculture and allied sciences – discussion

5.  Success story of a farmer / entrepreneur  – factors involved – role – play

6.  Brainstorming – Demonstration

7.   Simulation – Education simulation – interactive Teaching – Business Simulation – Company’s annual report for analysis.

8. Interpersonal communication –Transactional communication – ice breaker

9. Mid Semester Examination

10. The conduct of a symposium

11.Conferencing – the concept and presentation of a paper

12.  Scientific article writing and editing

13.   Popular article writing and editing

14.  Project proposal 

15. Project Report – writing

16. Entrepreneur – intrapreneur – managing an intrapreneur – motivation and entrepreneurship development – planning, monitoring and evaluation.

17.     Practical Examination 

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Parts of Speech (Eng 101)

 Parts of Speech


Precise Writing (Eng 101)

 Precise Writing


Direct and Indirect speech (Eng 101)

 Direct and Indirect speech

Interview Skills (Eng 101)

 Interview Skills

Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences (Eng 101)

 Simple, Compound, Complex  and Compound-Complex Sentences


Article Writing (Eng 101)

 Article Writing


Abstract Writing ( Eng 101)

 Abstract Writing ( Eng 101)


Handout Preparation (Eng 101)

 Handout Preparation


Monday, 18 December 2023

Eng 101-Mid Semester Portion

Mid Semester Portion

 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.

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

ELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC

 ELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC


Simple Compound Complex sentence

 Simple Compound Complex Sentence


Subject-Verb Agreement

 Subject- Verb Agreement


Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Eng 101-Comprehension and Communication Skills in English (1+1)--Mid Semester Examination Model Question Paper-2023 B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture Degree Programme

TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture / B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture Degree Programmes

Mid Semester Examination 2023

(2017 Syllabus)

Year         

:

I

 

Time

:

1 hour

Semester  

:

I

 

Marks

:

20

COMPREHENSION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH (1+1)

                                                       (Answer All questions)

Multiple Choice Questions (Bold the Correct Answer)

[40 x 0.5 = 20]

 

 

1.

 When Einstein wrote his famous transformation equation

 

A)

1905

B)

1906

 

C)

1907

D)

1908

 

 

2.

The school_______ came in to the room.

 

A)

Principle

B)

Principal

 

C)

Principale

D)

Principaal

 

 

3.

Abbreviation for ‘TOEFL

 

A)

Test Of Eggs, Flour, and Lard

B)

Test of Effective Foreign Language

 

C)

Test of English as a Foreign Language

D)

Test of English Foreigners Language

 

 

4.

Who is the gentle spirit?

 

A)

David Aaron

B)

Susan Cain

 

C)

Jean adamson

D)

Williard and Gibbis

 

 

5.

 A four little girl sat______ a tree

 

A)

on

B)

under

 

C)

Into

D)

up

 

 

6.

When atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima?

 

A)

6 August 1945

B)

5 August 1945

 

C)

7 August 1945

D)

8 August 1945

 

 

7.

I just can‟t believe it! The story is________ believable.

 

A)

Dis….

B)

In….

 

C)

Un…..

D)

Mis…

 

 

8.

I..... tennis right now.

 

A)

play

B)

Plays

 

C)

am playing

D)

played

 

 

9.

Identify the following sentence:  She winds up ten times, and then she lets it fly.

 

A)

simple

B)

complex

 

C)

compound

D)

relative pronoun

 

 

10.

Identify the pattern of the following sentence. “Jane bought fruit.

 

A)

SV

B)

SVC

 

C)

SVO

D)

SVOA


 

 

 


11.

It is this opinion which brought the existence of a more decent word

 

 

A)

rivalry

B)

sports

 

 

C)

nationalism

D)

victory

 

 

 

 

12.

The controversy was witnessed over bodyline bowling and over the rough tactics

of Australian team that visited England………..

 

 

A)

1947

B)

1954

 

 

C)

1986

D)

1921

 

 

 

 

13.

“All of us who worked on the atomic bomb” who said?

 

 

A)

Dr Allison

B)

Willard Gibbs

 

 

C)

Einstein

D)

Dr.Arnold

 

 

 

 

14.

Football is…..most popular sport in the world

 

 

A)

a

B)

An

 

 

C)

the

D)

None of the above

 

 

 

 

15.

Science is the search for………

 

 

A)

lie

B)

information

 

 

C)

truth.

D)

technology

 

 

 

 

16.

The Sporting Spirit first appeared in the Tribune, in……..

 

 

A)

1945

B)

1946

 

 

C)

1948

D)

1949

 

 

 

 

17.

The doctor gave me a prescription ……my cough

 

 

A)

for

B)

with

 

 

C)

at

D)

to

 

 

 

 

18.

Questions based on indirect meaning are called ……….

 

 

A)

Factual comprehension

B)

Inferential comprehension

 

 

C)

Referential comprehension

D)

Global comprehension

 

 

 

 

19.

You can see the doctor ……8 am and 12 noon

 

 

A)

at

B)

In

 

 

C)

between

D)

on

 

 

 

 

20.

They wanted to hear ……end of the story

 

 

A)

a

B)

an

 

 

C)

the

D)

None of the above

 

 

 

 

21.

He was late for school, …….he took a shortcut.

 

 

A)

so

B)

because

 

 

C)

and

D)

for

 

 

 

 

22.

The author says that………. is based on truth and should spring from the noblest attribute of the human spirit

 

 

A)

technology

B)

mankind

 

 

C)

science

D)

medicine

 

 

 

 

23.

She will ___________ you a new pair of jeans on your birthday.

 

 

A)

get

B)

got

 

 

C)

gotten

D)

getting

 

 

 

 

24.

George Orwell was born on ……… in Bengal

 

A)

1901

B)

1902

 

C)

1903

D)

1904

 

 

25.

Choose the correct suffix of the word “infant”

 

A)

…dom

B)

…..ry

 

C)

……..cy

D)

……..is

 

 

26.

It is a refreshingly frank expression of Orwell’s views on …………

 

A)

competitive games

B)

nationalism

 

C)

rivalry

D)

science

 

 

27.

……a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners, is far worse.

 

A)

Football

B)

boxing

 

C)

Cricket

D)

fishing

 

 

28.

what is homophones?

 

A)

sound same ,different spelt, same mean                

B)

Sound same, different spelt, different mean

 

C)

sound differ, same spelt, same mean                   

D)

same sound , same mean, same spelt

 

 

29.

Her favorite colors were purple …..red.

 

A)

so

B)

because

 

C)

and

D)

but

 

 

30.

‘A scientist cannot hold back progress because of fears of what the world will do with his discoveries’.  Who said?

 

A)

newspaperman

B)

One of the scientist

 

C)

Dr.Arnold

D)

Willard Gibbs

 

 

31.

Identify the sentence pattern “They  made David Chairman of the Rotary club”

 

A)

SVOA

B)

SVIO

 

C)

SVIODO

D)

SVOC

 

 

32.

It is on the basis of this ………..that serious questions are forming in the public mind.

 

A)

science

B)

dilemma

 

C)

goodwill

D)

nationalism

 

 

33.

Ramesh ____ Hiran have passed.

 

A.

But

B.

and

 

C.

So

D.

for

 

 

34.

Which article had appeared his views about war minus shooting?

 

A)

Indian Magazines

B)

Chronicle

 

C)

Tribune

D)

Time in India

 

 

35.

When there is peace, science is ………… and when there is war, science is prevented to destructive ends.

 

A)

Find truth

B)

constructive

 

C)

art

D)

formula


 

 

36.

Which is the last work of George Orwell?

 

A)

Sporting spirit

B)

Coming Up for Air

 

C)

Animal form

D)

Nineteen Eighty-four

 

 

37.

when I hear people saying that sport creates …….between the nations,

 

A)

goodwill

B)

hatred

 

C)

rivalry

D)

nationalism

 

 

38.

I felt……..secure talking to a stranger and so called the police

 

A)

dis-

B)

un-

 

C)

de-

D)

in-

 

 

39.

Which comprehension questions are based on words?

 

A)

Factual comprehension

B)

Inferential comprehension

 

C)

Referential comprehension

D)

Global comprehension

 

 

40.

…………..milk is good for health

 

A)

drink

B)

drinking

 

C)

drunk

D)

drinks

 

Stress and Intonation (Eng101)

 Stress and Intonation