SAURASHTRA
UNIVERSITY
SYLLABUS
FOR
ENGLISH
(Choice Based Credit
System)
Semester 3
Foundation Course in
English 3 (FCE 3)
Total credits: = 03
Total teaching time: = 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester end exam: 70
Internal assessment 30
Internal marks break up:
assignment/presentation = 10, assignment/written test = 10,
MCQ = 10
Text: Pathways to
English: A Course for Intermediate Learners, By Board of
Editors, Cambridge University Press
Text: 45 marks
Skills and Proficiency in
English: 55 marks
_______
100 marks
Communication Skills:
Teaching time: 07 hrs
Topic:
Narrating/Describing an Object, Experience, Details regarding
Visit to a Place or
Industry, TV Show or Movie
Reading and Writing
Skills: Teaching time: 18 hrs
15
Text: „„Pathways to
English: A Course for Intermediate Learners', By Board of
Editors; Cambridge University Press chapters
1 to 5
Proficiency in Language
Teaching time: 20 hrs
Grammar: Types of
Sentences
Active and Passive Voices
Creative Writing – writing
a paragraph
Structure
of Questions and Distribution of Marks:
Internal Assessment 30
marks
Distribution of Marks
· Assignment
10 marks
Creative Writing -
paragraph
· MCQ 10
marks
Grammar
Types of sentences, Voices
· Seminar
10 marks
Narrating/Describing an
Object, Experience, Details regarding
Visit to a Place or an Industry,
a TV Show or a Movie
70 marks
External exam:
Section 1 20 marks
MCQ (Twenty sentences of
one mark each)
Grammar – 10 marks
Types of sentences, voices
Text 10 marks
Section 2 50 marks
Q. 1 Descriptive questions
– answers 2/4 15 marks
(Based on the prescribed
text)
Q. 2 Brief questions –
answers 2/4 10 marks
(Based on the prescribed
text)
Q. 3 Short Notes 2/4 10
marks
Based on the text
Q. 4 Creative Writing –
paragraph 2/4 15 marks
Recommended reading:
Murphy’s English Grammar (with CD- Rom). Cambridge
University Press.
16
Thomson and Martinet. A
Practical English Grammar (4th edition). Oxford University
Press.
Redman, Stuart. 1997. English
Vocabulary in Use : Pre-intermediate and
Intermediate.
Cambridge University Press.
Jones Daniel. English
Pronouncing Dictionary (with CD – Rom). Cambridge
University Press.
Ur, Penny. Grammar
Practice Activities Paperback with CD-ROM: A Practical Guide
for
Teachers (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers).
*[1 credit = 1 hour of
teaching per week (1 credit course = 15 hours of lectures per
semester; 3 credits = 3
hours of instruction per week (3 credit course = 45 hours of
lectures per semester)]
Semester: 3
Name of the course: Core
Course in English (CCE 5)
Total credits: Semester 3
= 03 (3 Credit course)
Total teaching time: 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester exam: 70
Internal marks: 30
Internal marks break up:
Assignment 1= 05, Assignment 2= 05, Presentation: 05
Assessment of writing and
speaking skills = 15
Form:
Comedy
Text: Arms
and the Man- G. B. Shaw (Play) Orient Edition First Published
1953.
Edited
with Introduction by A. C. Ward. New Delhi: Orient Longman.
1979.
Unit: 1 Comedy
Form, Origin and Development of Comedy Form, Types of
Comedies, Characteristics
of Comedy, Short notes like Character, Plot,
Setting, Conflict, Theme
etc.
Teaching time: 20 Hours
Unit: 2 Arms
& the Man- G. B. Shaw (Play)
Teaching time: 25 Hours
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Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on text (20 x 1) 20 marks
(15 from the text and 5
from the Comedy Form)
Q. 2 1 out of 2 long
answer question (text) (11 x 1) 11 marks
Q. 3 Short Note (2 out of
4) (Text) (07 x 2) 14 marks
Q. 4 1 out of 2 long
question (Comedy Form) (11 x 1) 11 marks
Q. 5 2 out of 4 short
notes (Comedy Form) (07 x 2) 14 marks
For the Comedy Form:
1. Origin and Development
of Comedy Form
2. Types of Comedies
3. Characteristics of
Comedy
4. Short Notes on Comedy
like: Character, Plot, Setting, Conflict, theme etc.
Recommended reading: Dictionary
of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A.
Cuddon, Revised by C. E.
Preston. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1999.
Semester: 3
Name of the course: Core
Course in English (CCE 6)
Total credits: Semester 3
03 (3 Credit course)
Total teaching time : 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester Exam: 70
Internal Marks: 30
Internal Marks break up:
Assignment 1/presentation = 10, Assignment
2/presentation= 10,
Assessment of writing and speaking skills/MCQ = 10
Texts: 1.
Silas Marner- George Eliot (Novel) Oxford World Classics. New Delhi:
Oxford
University Press. 2004.
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2. Isabella-
John Keats (Poem). From Poetical Works of John Keats. New Delhi:
Oxford
University Press. 1990.
Unit: 1 Silas
Marner- George Eliot (Novel) Teaching time: 22.5 Hours.
Unit: 2 Isabella-
John Keats (Poem) Teaching time: 22.5 Hours
Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on text (20 x 1) 20 marks
Q. 2 1 out of 2 long
answer question (text- 1) (11 x 1) 11 marks
Q. 3 Short Note (2 out of
4) (Text-1) (07 x 2) 14 marks
Q. 4 1 out of 2 long
question (Text-2) (11 x 1) 11 marks
Q. 5 2 out of 4 short
notes (Text-2) (07 x 2) 14 marks
Semester: 3
Name of the course: Core
Course in English (CCE 7)
Total credits: 03 (3
Credit course)
Total teaching time : 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester Exam: 70
Internal Marks: 30
Internal Marks break up:
Assignment 1/presentation = 10, Assignment
2/presentation= 10,
Assessment of writing and speaking skills/MCQ = 10
Text: Introduction
to the Study of English Literature - W.H. Hudson. London:
Macmillan.
1989. Chapter: 1, 2 and 3
Unit 1 Chapter 1
Teaching time: 15 Hours
Unit 2 Chapter 2
Teaching time: 15 Hours
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Unit 3 Chapter 3
(Only from the Sections: 1 to 4)
Teaching time : 15 Hours
Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on Ch.1,2,3) (20 x 1) 20 marks
Q. 2 1 out of 2 long
answer question (Cha- 1) (12 x 1) 12 marks
Q. 3 1 out of 2 long
question (Cha-2) (12 x 1) 12 marks
Q. 4 1 out of 2 long
question (Cha-3) (12 x 1) 12 marks
Q. 5 2 out of 4 short
notes (Cha-1,2,3) (07 x 2) 14 marks
Semester 4
Name of the course:
Foundation Course in English 4 (FCE 4)
Total credits: = 03
Total teaching time: = 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester end exam: 70
25
Internal assessment 30
Internal marks break up:
assignment/presentation = 10, assignment/written test = 10,
MCQ = 10
Text: Pathways to
English: A Course for Intermediate Learners, By Board of
Editors; Cambridge University Press
Text: 45 marks
Skills and Proficiency in
English: 55 marks
_______
100 marks
Communication Skills:
Teaching time: 05 hrs
Topic: Personal Interview
for Job and Admission
Reading and Writing
Skills:
Text: „„Pathways to
English: A Course for Intermediate Learners', Board of
Editors, Cambridge University Press
chapters 6 to 10
Teaching time: 15 hrs
Proficiency in Language
Teaching time: 25 hrs
Grammar: Reported Speech
Preparing Resume and C. V.
Creative Writing – essay
writing
Structure
of Questions and Distribution of Marks:
Internal Assessment 30
marks
Distribution of Marks
· Assignment
10 marks
Preparing c.v. or resume
· MCQ 10
marks
Grammar
Reported speech
· Seminar
10 marks
Interview for job or
admission
External Exam 70 marks
Section 1 20 marks
MCQ (Twenty sentences of
one mark each)
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Grammar – 05 marks
Reported speech
Text 15 marks
Section 2 50 marks
Q. 1 Descriptive questions
– answers 2/4 15 marks
(Based on the prescribed
text)
Q. 2 Brief questions –
answers 3/5 15 marks
(Based on the prescribed
text)
Q. 3 Preparing c. v./
resume 2/4 10 marks
Q. 4 Creative Writing –
essay 1/3 10 marks
Recommended reading:
Murphy’s English Grammar (with CD- Rom). Cambridge
University Press.
Thomson and Martinet. A
Practical English Grammar (4th edition). Oxford University
Press.
Redman, Stuart. 1997. English
Vocabulary in Use : Pre-intermediate and
Intermediate.
Cambridge University Press.
Jones Daniel. English
Pronouncing Dictionary (with CD – Rom). Cambridge
University Press.
Ur, Penny. Grammar
Practice Activities Paperback with CD-ROM: A Practical Guide
for
Teachers (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers).
*[1 credit = 1 hour of
teaching per week (1 credit course = 15 hours of lectures per
semester; 3 credits = 3
hours of instruction per week (3 credit course = 45 hours of
lectures per semester)]
Semester: 4
Name of the course: Core
Course in English 8 (CCE 8)
Total Credits: 03
Total teaching time: 45
hours
Distribution of Marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester Exam: 70
Internal Marks: 30
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Internal Marks break up:
Assignment 1/presentation = 10, Assignment
2/presentation= 10,
Assessment of writing and speaking skills/MCQ = 10
Texts: 1.
Guide - R. K. Narayana (Novel) New Delhi: Penguin Books. 2011.
2. Nag
Mandla (Play) - Girish Karnad. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
2004.
Unit 1 Guide- R.
K. Narayana (Novel) Teaching time: 22.5 hours.
Unit 2 Nag
Mandla (Play) Girish Karnad Teaching time: 22.5 hours
Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on text (20 x 1) 20 marks
Q. 2 1 out of 2 long
answer question (text- 1) (11 x 1) 11marks
Q. 3 Short Note (2 out of
4) (Text-1) (07 x 2) 14marks
Q. 4 1 out of 2 long
question (Text-2) (11 x 1) 11marks
Q. 5 2 out of 4 short
notes (Text-2) (07 x 2) 14marks
Semester: 4
Name of the course: Core
Course in English 9 (CCE 9)
Total credits: 03 (3
Credit course)
Total teaching time : 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester Exam: 70
Internal Marks: 30
Internal Marks break up:
Assignment 1/presentation = 10, Assignment
2/presentation= 10,
Assessment of writing and speaking skills/MCQ = 10
Texts: 1.
Wuthering Heights (Novel) - Emily Bronte. Oxford World Classics.
New
Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2004.
2. Enoch
Arden (Poem) – Tennyson.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1999.
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Unit 1 Wuthering
Heights- Emily Bronte (Novel) Teaching time: 22.5 hours.
Unit 2 Enoch
Arden (Poem) Teaching time: 22.5 hours
Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on text (20 x 1) 20 marks
Q. 2 1 out of 2 long
answer question (text- 1) (11 x 1) 11marks
Q. 3 Short Note (2 out of
4) based on text (07 x 2) 14marks
Q. 4 1 out of 2 long
question (Text-2) (11 x 1) 11marks
Q. 5 2 out of 4 short
notes (Text-2) (07 x 2) 14marks
Semester: 4
Name of the course: Core
Course in English 10 (CCE 10)
Total credits: 03 (3
Credit course)
Total teaching time: 45
hours
Distribution of marks:
Total Marks per semester:
100
Semester end exam: 70
Internal marks: 30
Internal Marks break up:
Assignment 1/presentation = 10, Assignment
2/presentation= 10,
Assessment of writing and speaking skills/MCQ = 10
Text: Introduction
to the Study of English Literature - W. H. Hudson. New
Delhi:
Macmillan. 1989 (Chapters: 4, 5 and 6)
Unit1 Chapter:
4 Teaching time: 15 hours
Unit 2 Chapter:
5 Teaching time: 15 hours
Unit 3 Chapter:
6 Teaching time: 15 hours
Structure
of questions and allotment of Marks:
Q. 1 Objective type
questions based on (Ch.4,5,6) (20 x 1) 20 marks
Q. 2 Long questions-
answers (Cha- 4) 1/2 (12 x 1) 12 marks
Q. 3 Long questions-
answers (Cha-5) 1/2 (12 x 1) 12 marks
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Q. 4 Long questions-
answers (Cha-6) 1/2 (12 x 1) 12 marks
Q. 5 Short notes
(Cha-4,5,6) 2/4 (07 x 2) 14 marks
