ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY :: RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM

B.A. /B.Sc./B.Com/BCA/BBM,etc.
PROGRAM (4 years Honors)
Draft proforma for Syllabus framing
2020-21
SUBJECT
ENGLISH

S.NO Semester Title of the Paper

1 Semester-I:English Praxis Course-I A Course in Communication and Soft Skills
2 Semester-II:English Praxis Course-II A Course in Reading & Writing Skills
3 Semester-III:English Praxis Course-III A Course in Conversational Skills

English Syllabus-Semester-I
English Praxis Course-I
A COURSE IN COMMUNICATION AND SOFT SKILLS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the learner will be able to :
 Use grammar effectively in writing and speaking.
 Demonstrate the use of good vocabulary
 Demonstrate an understating of writing skills
 Acquire ability to use Soft Skills in professional and daily life.
 Confidently use the tools of communication skills

I. UNIT: Listening Skills

i. Importance of Listening
ii. Types of Listening
iii. Barriers to Listening
iv. Effective Listening

II. UNIT: Speaking Skills

a. Sounds of English: Vowels and Consonants
b. Word Accent
c. Intonation

III. UNIT: Grammar

a) Concord
b) Modals
c) Tenses (Present/Past/Future)
d) Articles
e) Prepositions
f) Question Tags
g) Sentence Transformation (Voice, Reported Speech & Degrees of Comparison)
h) Error Correction

IV. UNIT: Writing

i. Punctuation
ii. Spelling
iii. Paragraph Writing

V. UNIT: Soft Skills

a. SWOC
b. Attitude
c. Emotional Intelligence
d. Telephone Etiquette
e. Interpersonal Skills
 English Syllabus-Semester-II
English Praxis Course-II
A COURSE IN READING & WRITING SKILLS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the learner will be able to :
 Use reading skills effectively
 Comprehend different texts
 Interpret different types of texts
 Analyse what is being read
 Build up a repository of active vocabulary
 Use good writing strategies
 Write well for any purpose
 Improve writing skills independently for future needs

I. UNIT
Prose : 1. How to Avoid Foolish Opinions Bertrand Russell
Skills : 2. Vocabulary: Conversion of Words
: 3. One Word Substitutes
: 4. Collocations
II. UNIT
Prose : 1. The Doll's House Katherine Mansfield
Poetry : 2. Ode to the West Wind P B Shelley
Non-Detailed Text : 3. Florence Nightingale Abrar Mohsin
Skills : 4. Skimming and Scanning
III. UNIT
Prose : 1. The Night Train at Deoli Ruskin Bond
Poetry : 2. Upagupta Rabindranath Tagore
Skills : 3. Reading Comprehension
: 4. Note Making/Taking
IV. UNIT
Poetry : 1. Coromandel Fishers Sarojini Naidu
Skills : 2. Expansion of Ideas
: 3. Notices, Agendas and Minutes
V.UNIT
Non-Detailed Text : 1. An Astrologer's Day R K Narayan
Skills : 2. Curriculum Vitae and Resume
: 3. Letters
: 4. E-Correspondence
 English Syllabus-Semester-III
English Praxis Course-III
A COURSE IN CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the learner will be able to :
 Speak fluently in English
 Participate confidently in any social interaction
 Face any professional discourse
 Demonstrate critical thinking
 Enhance conversational skills by observing the professional interviews

I. UNIT
Speech : 1. Tryst with Destiny Jawaharlal Nehru
Skills : 2. Greetings
: 3. Introductions
II. UNIT
Speech : 1. Yes, We Can Barack Obama
Interview : 2. A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam/ India
Knowledge at Wharton
Skills : 3. Requests
III. UNIT
Interview : 1. Nelson Mandela's Interview With Larry King
Skills : 2. Asking and Giving Information
: 3. Agreeing and Disagreeing
IV. UNIT
Interview : 1. JRD Tata's Interview With T.N.Ninan
Skills : 2. Dialogue Building
: 3. Giving Instructions/Directions
V. UNIT
1. Speech : 1. You've Got to Find What You Love Steve Jobs

Skills : 2. Debates
: 3. Descriptions
: 4. Role Play
 ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY
RAJAHMAHENDRAVARAM, A.P., INDIA
UG- BLUE PRINT (2020-21 onwards)
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Semester: I
Paper: A Course in Communication and Soft Skills
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 75
SECTION – A
Answer any 5 questions. Each question carries 5 marks (5 X 5M = 25M)

1. What is the importance of listening?

2. Write a note on accent in the connected speech.

3. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:

1. I came here _________ train.
2. John has been working in this office ________ 2005.
3. What is so great _______ the news.
4. The teacher explained ________ the students the value of time.
5. It is important to make a distinction _______ prose and poetry.

4. Insert punctuation marks in the given sentence wherever necessary

there was a villager. he didnt know how to read and write

5. What is positive thinking and its advantages?

6. What are the barriers to effective listening?

7. B) Match the following sentences under Column “A” with their correct “Question Tags”
under Column “B”
A B
1. He is an engineer [ ] a) Are you?
2. We are Indians [ ] b) Will you?
3. She has been to London [ ] c) Isn’t he?
4. You are not paying attentions [ ] d) hasn’t she?
5. Don’t waste your time [ ] e) Aren’t we?

8. Write a note on Telephone etiquette

SECTION – B
Answer all the questions. Each question carries 10 marks (5 X 10M = 50M)

9. Write a note on the types of listening?

(OR)
10. List out various strategies we can adopt for effective listening?

11. Write an essay on sounds of English

(OR)
12. What is an intonation? Illustrate with suitable examples
13. A. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable Form of the Verb given in the
brackets.
a) Dolphins ________ (live) in water.
b) Srilatha __________ (work) in Hyderabad Publin School for the last ten years.
c) The train __________ (leave), when we reached the station yesterday.
d) The men ____________ (repair) the telephone cables. Do not disturb them.
e) Health _______ (be) wealth.
B. Correct the following sentences wherever necessary
a) I and Gopal went to the exhibition
b) The population of Chennai is greater than Hyderabad.
c) My uncle lives in United Kingdom
d) Being a hot day, the old man did not go out.
e) This book will not only be liked by men but also women
(OR)
14. Change the following sentences as instructed
i) Children like chocolates (Change the voice)
ii) Sasi is playing tennis (Change the voice)
iii) Krupa wrote a novel (Change the voice)
iv) Malli has bought a new car (Change the voice)
v) He said “I am busy now” (Change into indirect speech)
vi) She said to me “I will meet you tomorrow” (Change into indirect speech)
vii) He said, “Do you speak English?” (Change into indirect speech)
viii) Tea is as popular as coffee (Into Comparative Degree)
ix) Imaginary fear is more dangerous the real experience (Into Positive Degree)
x) Very few sights in nature are as beautiful as a rainbow (Into Superlative Degree)

15. What are the features of a good paragraph? Mention different types of paragraphs

(OR)
16. Correct the spelling in the following words
1) Tution 2) Commite 3) Athlet 4) Adventrous 5) Costli
6) Comunication 7) Planing 8) Reciept 9) Disire 10) Campain

17. Discus the importance of SWOT/SWOC analysis for individuals.

(OR)
18. What is emotional intelligence and its importance?
 ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY
RAJAHMAHENDRAVARAM, A.P., INDIA
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Semester: II--English Praxis Course-II
A Course in Reading & Writing Skills

Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 75

SECTION – A
Answer any 5 questions. Each question carries 5 marks (5 X 5M = 25M)

1. Write one word substitutes for the following

1. The scientific study of skin diseases.
2. One who collects stamps
3. One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God
4. Speech given without any previous thought or preparation
5. One who looks at the bright side of things

2. Write a note on skimming

3. Read the following paragraph and make notes on the topic and main ideas.
There are different forms of environmental pollution. Air pollution is caused by the burning of coal and oil.
It can damage the earth’s vegetation and cause respiratory problems in humans. A second type of pollution
is noise pollution. It is the result of the noise of aircraft and heavy traffic. Further, loud music is also a cause
of noise pollution, which has been seen to affect people’s hearing and give them severe headaches and high
blood pressure. Another source of pollution is radioactivity, which occurs when there is a leak from a
nuclear power station. Radioactivity is a deadly pollutant, which kills and causes irreparable harm to those
exposed to it. Land and water pollution is caused by the careless disposal of huge quantities of rubbish,
sewage and chemical wastes. Pollution of rivers and seas kills fishes and other marine life and also becomes
the cause of water-borne diseases. Land pollution, on the other hand, poisons the soil, making the food
grown in it unfit for consumption.

4.Write a neat paragraph on ‘Healthy Diet’

5.Write a note on E-Correspondence

6.Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow
The two dominant features of our age are science and democracy. They have come to stay. We cannot ask
educated people to accept the deliverances of faith without rational evidence. Whatever we are called upon
to accept must be justified and supported by reason. Otherwise our religious beliefs will be reduced to
wishful thinking. Modern man must learn to live with a religion which commends itself to his intellectual
and spiritual development of every human being irrespective of his caste, creed, community or race. Any
religion which divides man from man or supports privileges, exploitation, wars, cannot commend itself to as
today.
1. In the passage it is said that democracy should………….
2. The writer of the passage stresses the importance of………….
3. What according to the writer is the role of religion in the present age?
4. What according to the writer, a good religion should support……….
5. Writer says that faith without _____ may not be accepted to the educated people.
7. Write a note on Florence Nightingale

8. Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, highlighting the sanitation problems of
your area.
 SECTION – B
Answer all the questions. Each question carries 10 marks (5 X 10M = 50M)

9. Bring out the message of the lesson “How to Avoid Foolish Opinions’.

(OR)
10. Write definition, meaning and types of collocations

11.What does Katherine Mansfield want to convey through the story ‘The Doll’s House?’
(OR)
12.Trace the evolution of thoughts in Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”

13. Summarize the essay ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ by Ruskin bond
(OR)
14.Write central idea of the poem ‘Upagupta’

15.Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem ‘Coromandel Fishers’

(OR)
16.Write a note on Agendas and Minutes

17. Retell the story ‘An Astrologer’s Day’ from the point of view of Guru Nayak
(OR)
18. A reputed cement factory requires a C.E.O. for their factory. Apply with a Curriculum
Vitae to the address given below. Rajahmundry Cement Factory, Danavaipet,
Rajahmundry, E.G.dt.