English Grammar and Composition

Course Title: English Grammar and Composition

Course No: CSIT.111

Nature of the Course: THEORY

Semester: 1

Full Marks: 40 + 60

Pass Marks: 20 + 24

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

This is a compulsory English course for B.Ed. students irrespective of their major subjects. The course exposes the students to the basic grammar that they require in their day-to-day academic settings at the undergraduate level. The grammar is introduced in context through the texts and further practice is provisioned through exercises. The course also helps students sharpen their reading and writing skills through various texts and composition exercises. Additionally, the course will also introduce critical thinking skills and they will be given opportunities to practice those skills in class through a variety of texts and tasks.

Course Objectives

Help students produce grammatically correct English. Develop writing skills for the academic work at undergraduate level. Expose them to the variety of reading texts. Give them practice in writing exercises. Introduce them to the academic vocabulary items used in academic settings. Develop in students the ability to think critically.

Course Contents

1. Grammar

20 hrs

1.1. Tenses

1.2. Modals

1.3. Determiners pronouns and noun phrases

1.4. Prepositions, adjectives and adverbs

1.5. Verb structures

1.6. Word formation

1.7. Conditionals, clauses, questions, indirect speech

1.8. Sentences and varieties of English

2. Reading

10 hrs

2.1. Prediction and previewing skill

2.2. Skimming skill

2.3. Reading for comprehension

2.4. Reading for details

2.5. Scanning skill

2.6. Reading strategies

2.7. Reading sources

3. Writing

10 hrs

3.1. Paragraph writing

3.2. Preparing outlines

3.3. Process writing: plan, draft, revise, edit

3.4. Summary writing

3.5. Responding to texts

3.6. Writing letters

3.7. Writing essays

4. Vocabulary

10 hrs

4.1. Using a mono-lingual dictionary

4.2. Differentiate literal meaning and idiomatic meaning

4.3. Learning selected words from the Academic Word List (AWL)

4.4. Guessing meaning in contexts

4.5. Learning phrasal verbs

4.6. Understanding the composition of words and phrases

5. Critical Thinking

5 hrs

5.1. Comprehension skills

5.2. Reflection on the ideas in the texts

5.3. Connecting ideas across texts or readings

5.4. Relating personal experience to the topic

5.5. Synthesizing skills

5.6. Evaluating experiences and events

5.7. Considering social responsibility on various levels

Reference Books

1.Gramer, M.F. and Ward, C. S. (2011). Q: Skills for Success (Reading and Writing) – 3. New York. Oxford University Press.
2.Lloyd, M. and Day, J. (2011). Active Grammar, Level 3. Cambridge University Press.
3.Hornby. A.S. (2010). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Eighth Edition. Oxford University Press.

Notes:

This syllabus follows the official CSIT curriculum of Far Western University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university's published syllabus shall be considered authoritative. https://cdc.fwu.edu.np/syllabus

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Course Description

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