JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I Year B.Tech.    L T/P/D C
                         2 -/-/- 4
ENGLISH 

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1. INTRODUCTION:

In view of the growing importance of English as a tool for global communication and the consequent emphasis on training students to acquire communicative competence, the syllabus has been designed to develop linguistic and communicative competence of Engineering students. The prescribed books and the exercises are meant to serve broadly as students’ handbooks. 

In the English classes, the focus should be on the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking and for this the teachers should use the text prescribed for detailed study. For example, the students should be encouraged to read the texts/selected paragraphs silently. The teachers can ask comprehension questions to stimulate discussion and based on the discussions students can be made to write short paragraphs/essays etc.

The text for non-detailed study is for extensive reading/reading for pleasure by the students. Hence, it is suggested that they read it on their own with topics selected for discussion in the class. The time should be utilized for working out the exercises given after each section , as also for supplementing the exercises with authentic materials of a similar kind for example, from newspaper articles, advertisements, promotional material etc.. However, the stress in this syllabus is on skill development and practice of language skills.

2. OBJECTIVES:

1. To improve the language proficiency of the students in English with emphasis on LSRW skills.
2. To equip the students to study academic subjects with greater facility through the theoretical and practical components of the English syllabus. 
3. To develop the study skills and communication skills in formal and informal situations. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Usage of English Language, written and spoken.
2. Enrichment of comprehension and fluency
3. Gaining confidence in using language in verbal situations.

SYLLABUS:

Listening Skills:

Objectives

1. To enable students to develop their listening skill so that they may appreciate its role in the LSRW skills approach to language and improve their pronunciation
2. To equip students with necessary training in listening so that can comprehend the speech of people of different backgrounds and regions 

Students should be given practice in listening to the sounds of the language to be able to recognise them, to distinguish between them to mark stress and recognise and use the right intonation in sentences.

• Listening for general content
• Listening to fill up information 
• Intensive listening
• Listening for specific information

Speaking Skills:

Objectives

1. To make students aware of the role of speaking in English and its contribution to their success. 
2. To enable students to express themselves fluently and appropriately in social and professional contexts.

• Oral practice
• Describing objects/situations/people
• Role play – Individual/Group activities (Using exercises from all the nine units of the prescribed text: Learning English : A Communicative Approach.)
• Just A Minute(JAM) Sessions.

Reading Skills:

Objectives

1. To develop an awareness in the students about the significance of silent reading and comprehension.
2. To develop the ability of students to guess the meanings of words from context and grasp the overall message of the text, draw inferences etc.

• Skimming the text
• Understanding the gist of an argument
• Identifying the topic sentence
• Inferring lexical and contextual meaning
• Understanding discourse features
• Recognizing coherence/sequencing of sentences

NOTE : The students will be trained in reading skills using the prescribed text for detailed study. They will be examined in reading and answering questions using ‘unseen’ passages which may be taken from the non-detailed text or other authentic texts, such as magazines/newspaper articles.

Writing Skills :

Objectives

1. To develop an awareness in the students about writing as an exact and formal skill
2. To equip them with the components of different forms of writing, beginning with the lower order ones. 

• Writing sentences
• Use of appropriate vocabulary
• Paragraph writing
• Coherence and cohesiveness
• Narration / description
• Note Making
• Formal and informal letter writing
• Editing a passage

4. TEXTBOOKS PRESCRIBED:

In order to improve the proficiency of the student in the acquisition of the four skills mentioned above, the following texts and course content, divided into Eight Units, are prescribed:

For Detailed study

1. First Text book entitled “Enjoying Everyday English”, Published by Sangam Books, Hyderabad

For Non-detailed study

1. Second text book “Inspiring Speeches and Lives”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Guntur

​The course content and study material is divided into Five Units.

Unit –I:

1. Chapter entitled ‘Wit and Humour’ from ‘Skills Annexe’ -Functional English for Success, Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled ‘Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad.

L - Listening For Sounds, Stress and Intonation
S - Greeting and Taking Leave, Introducing Oneself and Others (Formal and Informal Situations)
R - Reading for Subject/ Theme
W - Writing Paragraphs
G - Types of Nouns and Pronouns
V - Homonyms, homophones synonyms, antonyms

Unit –II

1. Chapter entitled “Cyber Age” from “Skills Annexe -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad.
2. Chapter entitled ‘Three Days To See’ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad.

L – Listening for themes and facts
S – Apologizing, interrupting, requesting and making polite conversation
R - for theme and gist
W - Describing people, places, objects, events
G - Verb forms
V - noun, verb, adjective and adverb

Unit –III

1. Chapter entitled ‘Risk Management’ from “Skills Annexe -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled ‘Leela’s Friend’ by R.K. Narayan from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad

L – for main points and sub-points for note taking
S – giving instructions and directions; Speaking of hypothetical situations
R – reading for details
W – note-making, information transfer, punctuation
G – present tense
V – synonyms and antonyms

Unit –IV

1. Chapter entitled ‘Human Values and Professional Ethics’ from “Skills Annexe -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled ‘The Last Leaf’ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad 

L - Listening for specific details and information
S - narrating, expressing opinions and telephone interactions
R - Reading for specific details and information
W - Writing formal letters and CVs
G - Past and future tenses
V - Vocabulary - idioms and Phrasal verbs

Unit –V

1. Chapter entitled ‘Sports and Health’ from “Skills Annexe -Functional English for Success” Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2. Chapter entitled ‘The Convocation Speech’ by N.R. Narayanmurthy’ from “Epitome of Wisdom”, Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad

L - Critical Listening and Listening for speaker’s tone/ attitude
S - Group discussion and Making presentations
R - Critical reading, reading for reference
W - Project proposals; Technical reports, Project Reports and Research Papers
G - Adjectives, prepositions and concord
V - Collocations and Technical vocabulary
Using words appropriately
* Exercises from the texts not prescribed shall also be used for classroom tasks.

REFERENCES :

1. Contemporary English Grammar Structures and Composition by David Green, MacMillan Publishers, New Delhi. 2010.
2. Innovate with English: A Course in English for Engineering Students, edited by T Samson, Foundation Books.
3. English Grammar Practice, Raj N Bakshi, Orient Longman.
4. Technical Communication by Daniel Riordan. 2011. Cengage Publications. New Delhi.
5. Effective English, edited by E Suresh Kumar, A RamaKrishna Rao, P Sreehari, Published by Pearson
6. Handbook of English Grammar& Usage, Mark Lester and Larry Beason, Tata Mc Graw –Hill.
7. Spoken English, R.K. Bansal & JB Harrison, Orient Longman.
8. Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman, Oxford University Press
9. Objective English Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education
10. Grammar Games, Renuvolcuri Mario, Cambridge University Press.
11. Murphy’s English Grammar with CD, Murphy, Cambridge University Press.
12. Everyday Dialogues in English, Robert J. Dixson, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd.,
13. ABC of Common Errors Nigel D Turton, Mac Millan Publishers.
14. Basic Vocabulary Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education
15. Effective Technical Communication, M Ashraf Rizvi, Tata Mc Graw –Hill.
16. An Interactive Grammar of Modern English, Shivendra K. Verma and Hemlatha Nagarajan , Frank Bros & CO
17. A Communicative Grammar of English, Geoffrey Leech, Jan Svartvik, Pearson Education
18. Enrich your English, Thakur K B P Sinha, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt Ltd.,
19. A Grammar Book for You And I, C. Edward Good, MacMillan Publishers

Outcomes:

• Usage of English Language, written and spoken.
• Enrichment of comprehension and fluency.
• Gaining confidence in using language in verbal situations.