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Spoken English Course & Syllabuses

SPOKEN ENGLISH COURSE DETAILS

The Institute teaches Spoken English at five levels – Basic, Junior, Senior, Communicative English 1 and Communicative English 2.


The Spoken English course is designed to help the students in learning English language giving more emphasis to speaking skills. New students may choose Basic or Junior levels at the time of admission. Students from Regional medium must take admission in BASIC level. Students from English medium must take admission in JUNIOR level only. Emphasis is placed on the development of the Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing skills along with a knowledge of grammar. Enthusiastic participation in classroom activities is an indispensable part of the learning process. The textbook supplied by the Institute is designed for that purpose. 40% of the final evaluation is based on the student’s performance in the classroom activities.

SYLLABUS FOR BASIC LEVEL

The Basic level is for those students who are very poor in English. The objective of this level is to gradually develop their LSRW skills through the communicative approach of teaching and learning. The textbook, which contains a large number of passages and dialogues, is especially designed to develop the learner’s confidence and speaking ability through interactive lessons on: Introductions, activity based grammar practice of Simple Tenses, descriptions of people, places, things, processes, and day-to-day conversations. On completion of the Basic level students will be able to participate in conversations and understand instructions which will enable them to join the Junior level of the course.

SYLLABUS FOR JUNIOR LEVEL

Speeches, Group discussion, Story telling, Description, and Conversation practice for certain situations. Reading of passages from the textbook, Punctuation. Parts of speech, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Tenses, Prepositions, Adjectives, Articles, Construction of sentences, Types of sentences, Types of questions, Framing questions, Common mistakes in English.

SYLLABUS FOR SENIOR LEVEL

Debates, Role play, Group discussions, Arguments, Story telling, Picture description. Tenses (revision), Transitive, Intransitive verbs, Active/Passive voice, Direct/Indirect Speech, Degrees of comparison, Transformation of sentences, Common mistakes in English. Practice of phonetic transcription – Vowel and Consonant symbols.

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH  1 & 2

Components of the Course
  1. Oral Drilling: Involving the students in Oral Drilling of the Sentences
  2. Sentence Formation Practice: Making the students give their Own Sentences/Examples and  correcting them.
  3. Writing Skills: Making them write their Own Sentences based on the topics of their choice. (Reporting writing, Precis writing)
  4. Vocabulary  : Making the students give their Own Sentences based on Specific Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and synonyms, Antonyms, Vocabulary used in competitive exams.
  5. Sentence Analysis: to make the students see how the words are arranged.
  6. Listening skills: Listening to the Audio Clips, watching videos and speaking about them.
  7. Speaking skills: Conversations. Group Discussions, Interview Skills, Public Speaking Skills
  •  Objectives

  • To develop in the student, the ability to read texts, summarize and comprehend.
  • To enable the student write emails, applications, CVs etc. to handle their professional needs.
  • To enable the student, develop confidence to face interviews, answer all types of questions.