This course is based on developing the language abilities of Students through an integrated approach that provides opportunities to develop their English language skills instead of teaching them grammar in isolation and only at sentence level. With a focus on social interaction, the course draws specific attention to the accurate use of structures, improvement of pronunciation, and development of active vocabulary in professional settings.This course is based on developing the language abilities of Students through an integrated approach that provides opportunities to develop their English language skills instead of teaching them grammar in isolation and only at sentence level. With a focus on social interaction, the course draws specific attention to the accurate use of structures, improvement of pronunciation, and development of active vocabulary in professional settings.
Goal 1: Students should be able to understand the basics of grammar
Objective 1: What is functional grammar?
Objective 2: Difference between prescriptive & descriptive grammar
Objective 3: Functions of different parts of speech and usage of the articles
Goal 2: Students should be able to understand the syntactic formation of the sentence keeping in view their structure and function
Objective 1: What are functional type of sentences & structural type of sentences?
Objective 2: Change of narration Active to Passive voice
Goal 3: Students should be able to understand the importance of punctuation, spellings and capital rules
Objective 1: Punctuation its definition and its role in forming a sensible syntactical structure
Objective 2: Role of spellings in word formation
Objective 3: Use of capital letters and their principles
Goal 4: Students would be able to understand about a phrase
Objective 1: Difference between a phrase and a clause
Objective 2: Function of different phrases
Objective 3: Students would differentiate adjectives, noun and adverbs, and to change them in to phrases
Goal 5: Students should be able to understand clauses
Objective 1: Definition of clause and its functions
Objective 2: would recognize different clauses in a sentence
Goal 6: Students should be able to understand the basics of paragraph
Objective 1: Parts of a paragraph qualities and functions
Objective 2: would differentiate types of a paragraph
Goal 7: Students should be able to make out the paragraphs and larger texts
Objective 1: skimming and scanning
Goal 8: Students should be able to deliver a professional like presentation
Objective 1: definition and kinds of presentation
Objective 2: different strategies to be used for effective presentation
Objective 3: Role of AV Aids in presentation
Assessment Strategies:
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Assignment/presentation |
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Final Term |
Total |
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Max marks |
10% |
30% |
60% |
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40 |
4 |
12 |
24 |
40 |
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Equal opportunity
Intellectual honesty
Regularity and punctuality
Adherence to deadlines
Fairness
Conformity to discipline
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Theory |
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1 |
Introduction to course and course objective |
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2 |
Basics of Grammar: What is functional grammar? |
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3 |
Prescriptive vs Descriptive grammar |
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4 |
Parts of speech |
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5 |
Use of articles |
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Sentence structure: Functional type of sentences vs structural type of sentences |
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7 |
Active and passive voice |
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8 |
Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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9 |
Punctuation Rules & capital letters |
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10 |
Spelling Rules |
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11 |
Phrase: definition of phrase |
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Adjective phrase |
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Adverb phrase |
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Noun phrase |
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Clause: Definition of a clause & Adverb clause |
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Adjective clause |
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Noun clause |
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Introduction to Paragraph writing, Parts of a paragraph |
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Dos and Don’ts of paragraph writing & Types of paragraph |
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Practice in a unified and symmetric paragraph |
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21 |
Translation skills, Urdu to English (Selected paragraphs) |
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22 |
Reading Comprehension: Answers to questions on a given text |
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Reading Skills: Intensive And Extensive reading |
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24 |
Presentation Skills: Definition & kinds of oral presentation |
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Strategies for Successful Speaking, Strategies for using an effective oral delivery |
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Strategies for effective non-verbal delivery |
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Steps for preparing effective oral delivery |
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Three M’s |
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Using Visual Aids |
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Mock Presentation session |
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Presentation Session I |
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32 |
Presentation Session II |