:Course Contents
:The course aims to cover the following
1. Introduction:
A. What is Literature?
B. Why Read Literature? Why Study It?
C. Literary and non-literary writing
D. Denotation and connotation
E. Major literary types(novel, drama, and poetry).
2. Figures of speech and figurative language.
3. A historical survey of English literature from Anglo-Saxon period to
Modern time. (Medieval, Elizabethan, Edwardian, Jacobean, Renaissance,
Romantic, Victorian and 20th Century).
4. The study of selected works of major writers who were representative of
their
ages like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth, Tennyson,
Hardy, Eliot etc.: to be chosen by the lecturer
.
:Course Book
1. Handouts.
2. Booth, A.; Hunter, P. & Mays, K. 2005. The Norton Introduction to
Literature. W. Norton & Company
:Course Content
The course will cover the following:
1. Morphology: The words of Language
Open and closed classes of words
Word sets
Morphemes: The minimal units of meaning
Bound and free morphemes
Morphological rules of word formation
Derivational morphemes
Word coinage – Compounds – Acronyms – Blends – Back-formations –
Extending word formation rules – Abbreviations – Words from names
Morphology and syntax: Inflectional morphology
The pronunciation of morphemes
Morphophonemic's
2. Grammar
Syntax, inflection and morphology
Grammaticality, productivity and arbitraries
Parts of speech, form – classes and grammatical categories
Additional grammatical concepts
Constituent structure
Generative grammar (transformational)
Phrase structure rules
Transformational rules
Ambiguity
3. Semantics
The diversity of meaning
Lexical meaning: homonymy, polysemy, synonymy
Lexical meaning: sense and denotation
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Semantics and grammar
Sentence-meaning and utterance-meaning
Formal sentences
4. Language-change
Historical linguistics
Language families
The Comparative method
Analogy and borrowing
The cause of language change
:Course Books
1. Lyons, J. 2002. Language and Linguistics. Cambridge University Press.
2. Pool, S. 2000. An Introduction to Linguistics. MacMillan.
3. Yule, G. 1985. The Study of Language. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University
Press.
4. Radford, A. M. et al . 2000. Linguistics. An Introduction
Topics / Contents: The tutor should choose the teaching items that
:contain
1. Talking about future plans (I <want <t o<become<a<doct or <
What <do<you<want <t o<become<et c )
2.Vocabulary items related to different professions (doct or z<
engi neer z< busi nessmanz< t eacher z< pol i ceman z<
sol di er z<et c J)
3.Requests and questions to ask for favour (Woul d< you<mi nd<
…Coul d<you<pl ease<…<et c JE<
4.Inviting others for a meal, party, get-together, etc. (Shal l < we<
have< a< cup< of < cof f ee<Woul d< you< pl ease< j oi n<
our <New<Year <par t y <et c J)
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5.Accepting and refusing invitations (Ohz<sur e=<I ’m<af r ai d<I ’ve<
a<cl ass <now<Thank <you<f or <i nvi t i ng<me<I <wi sh<
I <had<t i me<t o<j oi n<you<et c J)
6.Vocabulary items related to different activities, games, hobbies,
interests,
etc. (phot ogr aphy z< pai nt i ng z< wr i t i ngz< danci ngz<
f oot bal l z<snacks z<cooki ngz<et c J)
7.Vocabulary items related to different professions (Far mi ngz<
bui l di ng< houses z< maki ng< wooden< t oys z< t he<
wor ks <of <a<car pent er z<bl acksmi t hz<gol dsmi t hz<
et c J)
References:
BBC English Conversation Practice
Doff, Adrian and Christopher Jones. Language<i n<UseJ<Cambridge:
C. U. P., 2004. Headway English Course
Student's Book: Craven, M. Real Listening & Speaking 1. "without answers"
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Taylor, Grant. Engl i sh<Conver sat i on<Pr act i ceJ< New
Delhi: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Teacher's Book: Craven, M. Real Listening & Speaking 1. "with answers"
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
:Course Content
1. Achieving Coherence
A) Coherence through Order
1) Space order
2) Time order
3) Order of importance
B) Coherence through Related Sentences
1) Repeating important words
2) Persistent Pronouns
3) Synonyms and substitutions
4) Transitional Expressions
2. Writing and Revising the Paragraph
a) Revising
b) Proofreading and Editing
c) Writing the Final Draft
d) Finished Paragraph format
1) Handwritten Format
2) Typed Format
3. Patterns of Paragraph Writing
1) Description
2) Process
3) Example
4) Opinion
5) Narration
6) Comparison/Contrast
7) Problem/Solution
:Course Book
1. Handouts
2. Savage & Shafiei. 2007. Effective Academic Writing 1 The Paragraph.
Oxford University Press.
3. Zemach & Rumisek. 2003. Academic Writing. From paragraph to essay.
Macmillan.
4. Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. 2006. Writing Academic English. 4th Ed.
Pearson Longman
Course Readers (Extensive Reading):
Fiction for learners of English at different levels from elementary to
advanced is the content of our extensive reading program. The series are
published by Oxford, Longman, Macmillan and Cambridge. These series
are specially written for learners of English as a second or foreign
language. They combine the highest quality of writing and storytelling with
great sensitivity to learners' linguistic needs. This combination ensures a
successful, enjoyable reading. They aims to:
1. Motivate learners to read in English.
2. Make reading a pleasure through positive language control and
information control.
3. Improve students' grammar.
4. Improve student's listening skills when they use the audio CDs.
5. Improve students' self expression.
Students' understanding of the readers is going to be examined by their
lecturer. In writing they are going to write a summary of the story or write
about their attitudes and points of view. In speaking they are going to
discuss certain points which will be decided by the lecturer. Whereas in
reading they are going to answer some comprehensive questions that
assess their understanding.
Students choose ONE<of the titles from one of the publishers decided by
the department. Each semester students are introduced to a publishers'
catalogue and allowed to choose a title according to their preferences. The
publishers are:
1. Oxford Readers
2. Cambridge Readers
3. Longman Readers
4. MacMillan Readers
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:Course Book
Ray, R. R. & Yamanaka, J. 2007. Cover to Cover 2. Oxford University
Press.
1. Teacher's Book.
2. Student's Book.
3. Test Generator with customizable tests.
4. Audio CDs
:Course Content
1. Adjectives:
i. Derivation of Adjectives
ii. Order of Adjectives
iii. Adjectives as heads of noun phrases
2. The Future
i. Review
ii. Other ways of expressing the future
a) 'going to'. B) 'Will be doing', 'will have done'.
3. Passive Voice
4. Adverbs:
i. Derivation of Adverbs
ii. Adverbs and word order
iii. Some more adverbs
a) Adverbs of Degree (very, quite)
b) Quite & rather
c) Too & enough
5. Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
:Course Books
1. Eastwood, J. 2006. Oxford Practice Grammar. Intermediate. Oxford
University Press.
2. Murphy, R. 2000. Essential Grammar in Use. Elementary to preintermediate.
Cambridge University Press.
3. S. Clarke. Macmillan English Grammar in Context. Essential. Macmillan.