English Theory - B.Tech 1st Year 2013

ENGLISH Theory

B.Tech 1st Year

Course Code: 13HE 1101                                                                 L         T         P          C

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Reading and Writing Skills

SYLLABUS

UNIT I:          (13 Periods)

1.      Story of Insects  (English Today)

2.      Bringing up Boys & Girls (Academic Encounters)

3.      The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet (The Siren’s Song)

4.      Vocabulary Building:  Prefixes, Suffixes, One-Word Substitutes etc.

UNIT II:         (14 Periods)

1.      Unity of Minds by Dr. A.P.J. Kalam (English Today)

2.      On His Blindness (The Siren’s Song)

3.      Cultural Variation & Change (Academic Encounters)

4.      Grammar: Tenses & Concord

UNIT III:       (11 Periods)

1.      Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower (The Siren’s Song)

2.      Advertising in the Media (Academic Encounters)

3.      Grammar: Articles & Prepositions

4.      Paragraph Writing; Technical Description-Process, Object

UNIT IV:       (14 Periods)

1.      A Special Kind of Blessing (English Today)

2.      Techniques of Solving Crimes (Academic Encounters)

3.      La Belle Dame Sans Merci (The Siren’s Song)

4.      Précis writing &Letter Writing

UNIT V:         (12 Periods)

1.      I Have A Dream  (English Today)

2.      Because I Could not Stop for Death (The Siren’s Song)

3.      Writing: Note Taking & Note Making ,Essay writing

4.      Grammar: Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

Prescribed Textbooks:

1.      Kristine Brown & Susan Hood, Academic Encounters: Life in Society Reading, Study Skills, Writing, London, Cambridge University Press/ Foundation Books, 2006.

2.      K Durga Bhavani, G. K.   Subbarayuydu, C. Vijayasree, D. Prema Kumari & Y. L. Srinivas, English Today: A Course in Reading and Writing, Foundation Books, 2005.
3. David Murdoch, The Siren’s Song: An Anthology of British and American Verse, Madras, Orient Longman, 1993.

Reference Books:

1.      Alec Fisher, Critical Thinking An Introduction; New Delhi: CUP, First South Asian edition, 2011.

2.      Bikram K. Das, Kalyani Samantray, Rath Nayak, Susmita Pani & Saveeta Mohanty,An Introduction to Professional English and Soft Skills, New Delhi, Foundation Books, 2009.

3.      Regional Institute of English, English for Engineers, New Delhi, Foundation Books, 2006.

4.      Sharon J.Gerson, Steven M.Gerson, Technical writing, New Delhi, Pearson education, 2007.       

 Suggested Reading:  Stories of humour, adventure, mystery and autobiographies of eminent scientists