English Language & Communication Skills Lab - JNTU Anantapur First Year Syllabus 2009
Objectives:
1. To train students to use language effectively in everyday conversations, to participate in group discussions, to help them face interviews, and sharpen public speaking skills
2. To expose the students to a varied blend of self-instructional, learner-friendly modes of language learning
3. To enable them to learn better pronunciation through stress on word accent, intonation, and rhythm
4. To initiate them into greater use of the computer in resume preparation, report- writing, format-making etc.
5. To help the students cultivate the habit of reading passages from the computer monitor, thus providing them with the required ability to face computer-based competitive exams such GRE, TOEFL, GMAT etc.
Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Sounds of English- Vowels, Diphthongs & Consonants.
2. Introduction to Stress and Intonation.
3. Situational Dialogues (giving directions etc.)
4. Speaking on the mobiles and telephone conversation
5. Role Play.
6. Oral Presentations- Prepared and Extempore.
7. ‘Just A Minute’ Sessions (JAM).
8. Describing Objects / Situations / People.
9. Information Transfer
10.Debate
REFERENCE
Reference Books
1. English Pronouncing Dictionary, Daniel Jones Current Edition with CD.
2. Spoken English, R. K. Bansal and J. B. Harrison, Orient Longman 2006 Edn.
3. Speaking English Effectively, Krishna Mohan & NP Singh (Macmillan)
4. A Practical Course in English Pronunciation, (with two Audio cassettes) by J. Sethi, Kamlesh
Sadanand & D.V. Jindal, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Body Language- Your Success Mantra , Dr Shalini Verma, S.Chand & Co, 2008
6. English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, ( with CD ) International edn. Macmillan 2009
7. A Handbook for Englsih language Laboratories, E.Sureshkumar, P.Sreehari, Foundation Books, 2009
8. DELTA’s key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test, 6 audio CDS, New Age International Publishers, 2007