BA Programme in Functional English - CUCBCSS UG - 2014 Admission - Scheme and Syllabus -
ORAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICE
Code Contact Hrs/week Credit Semester
FEN1B01 6 4 1
Aims
• To develop confidence to respond in English during situation where the use of English is imperative
• To develop fluency in actual conversation in the English language.
• To develop the speech skills necessary for confident and intelligent participation in group discussion and to make formal, perhaps extempore speeches in English.
• To develop the skills related to teamwork and to take up team leader roles in society as well as in future workplace.
Objectives
On completion of the course:
The students should have better speaking and listening skills. They shall be intelligible in their own speech and shall have acquired the listening skills to comprehend and adequately respond to the English spoken in different parts of the world.
Course Outline
Module I: Communication- theory
Communication- Brief History of Human Communication-Meaning- Importance and Process- Characteristics of Communication-Objectives –Types of Communication-Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication- Models of Communication and Modelling: Linear Model & Transactional Model- Communication Competence.
Module II: Situational Conversation Practice
(Written Assignments should be given from this module)
Organizing Activities in the Class as a planned programme involving students in compering, anchoring, event management etc. Team leaders and teams to be allotted specific duties in organising each activity as a full fledged programme with proper compering, a welcome speech, vote of thanks.
Module III: Communication for Specific Purposes (Formal)
Specific Activities
1. Seminar
a) Pair presentation.
b) Single presentation.
c) Question answer sessions- feed back after each seminar. (Duration- 5 minutes)
2. Read aloud sessions
a) Mock TV news Reading.
b) Recitation of a poem/ Introducing a writer/ Reading a story or article with expression.
c) Enacting of different scenes from any of the Shakespearean Plays
d) Preparing and presenting short skits of social relevance.
3. Delivery of Formal prepared Speech
a) Extempore
b) Debates
Module IV: Developing Discussion Skills
Specific Activities
1. Peer Teaching
2. Mock Press Conference (Mock Interview with one student as a famous personality, being interviewed by the whole class as members of the press
3. Group Discussion- Theory and Practice
4. (Controlled, guided, free)
5. Cookery Demonstration/ Sports Commentary
(The reports and feedback on each activity and duty performed in module III & IV, is to be filed for presentation during the external viva voce at the end of the VI Semester)
Books for reference
Thomson, Neil. Communication and Language: A Handbook of Theory and
Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 (PP 1-34)
Taylor,Grant. Situational Conversational Practise. New Delhi: Tata Macgraw Hill, 1975.
Sunitha K.S, Annie Pothan & Sumitha Joy. Communication Skills English Conversation Practice: A Practice Guide to Improve Conversation Skills. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers 2006.
Steinberg’s. Introduction to Communication Course book I. New Delhi: Juta &Company,2006.
Kennedy, Chris and Rod Bolitho. English for Specific Purpose. London : Macmillan, 1984 (PP 1-24) Gaber,Don.How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. New Delhi: Sudha Publication. 1994. Rogers, Natalie.How To Speak Without Fear. London:Wardrock Ltd.1984)
Evaluation
Internal Assessment
Item Marks
Assignment 4
Test papers (2) 8 (4+4)
Programmes Organised 4
Attendance 4
Total 20
End Semester Examination: Question Paper Pattern
No Question type No. of Questions Marks per
Ques Marks Time (minutes)
I Objective type 3 bunches of 4 questions each 1 12 15
II Short Answer 9 out of 12 2 18 45
III. Short Essay(100 words) 6 out of 10 5 30 60
IV Long Essay(300 words) 2 out of 4 10 20 60
Total 80 180 mins
Note: There will be no internal viva voce.
ORAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICE
Code Contact Hrs/week Credit Semester
FEN1B01 6 4 1
Aims
• To develop confidence to respond in English during situation where the use of English is imperative
• To develop fluency in actual conversation in the English language.
• To develop the speech skills necessary for confident and intelligent participation in group discussion and to make formal, perhaps extempore speeches in English.
• To develop the skills related to teamwork and to take up team leader roles in society as well as in future workplace.
Objectives
On completion of the course:
The students should have better speaking and listening skills. They shall be intelligible in their own speech and shall have acquired the listening skills to comprehend and adequately respond to the English spoken in different parts of the world.
Course Outline
Module I: Communication- theory
Communication- Brief History of Human Communication-Meaning- Importance and Process- Characteristics of Communication-Objectives –Types of Communication-Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication- Models of Communication and Modelling: Linear Model & Transactional Model- Communication Competence.
Module II: Situational Conversation Practice
(Written Assignments should be given from this module)
Organizing Activities in the Class as a planned programme involving students in compering, anchoring, event management etc. Team leaders and teams to be allotted specific duties in organising each activity as a full fledged programme with proper compering, a welcome speech, vote of thanks.
Module III: Communication for Specific Purposes (Formal)
Specific Activities
1. Seminar
a) Pair presentation.
b) Single presentation.
c) Question answer sessions- feed back after each seminar. (Duration- 5 minutes)
2. Read aloud sessions
a) Mock TV news Reading.
b) Recitation of a poem/ Introducing a writer/ Reading a story or article with expression.
c) Enacting of different scenes from any of the Shakespearean Plays
d) Preparing and presenting short skits of social relevance.
3. Delivery of Formal prepared Speech
a) Extempore
b) Debates
Module IV: Developing Discussion Skills
Specific Activities
1. Peer Teaching
2. Mock Press Conference (Mock Interview with one student as a famous personality, being interviewed by the whole class as members of the press
3. Group Discussion- Theory and Practice
4. (Controlled, guided, free)
5. Cookery Demonstration/ Sports Commentary
(The reports and feedback on each activity and duty performed in module III & IV, is to be filed for presentation during the external viva voce at the end of the VI Semester)
Books for reference
Thomson, Neil. Communication and Language: A Handbook of Theory and
Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 (PP 1-34)
Taylor,Grant. Situational Conversational Practise. New Delhi: Tata Macgraw Hill, 1975.
Sunitha K.S, Annie Pothan & Sumitha Joy. Communication Skills English Conversation Practice: A Practice Guide to Improve Conversation Skills. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers 2006.
Steinberg’s. Introduction to Communication Course book I. New Delhi: Juta &Company,2006.
Kennedy, Chris and Rod Bolitho. English for Specific Purpose. London : Macmillan, 1984 (PP 1-24) Gaber,Don.How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. New Delhi: Sudha Publication. 1994. Rogers, Natalie.How To Speak Without Fear. London:Wardrock Ltd.1984)
Evaluation
Internal Assessment
Item Marks
Assignment 4
Test papers (2) 8 (4+4)
Programmes Organised 4
Attendance 4
Total 20
End Semester Examination: Question Paper Pattern
No Question type No. of Questions Marks per
Ques Marks Time (minutes)
I Objective type 3 bunches of 4 questions each 1 12 15
II Short Answer 9 out of 12 2 18 45
III. Short Essay(100 words) 6 out of 10 5 30 60
IV Long Essay(300 words) 2 out of 4 10 20 60
Total 80 180 mins
Note: There will be no internal viva voce.
