Syllabus

Course Code: MENL-544    Course Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE (PART-II)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Study of Clauses: Nature and composition of Clauses vis-à-vis Phrases and
compound sentences, subordinate and coordinate clauses and their formation by
subordinate and coordinating conjunctions, composition, uses and function of
Relative clauses, Noun clauses and Adverbial clauses.
2 (a) Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, Symbolism, Foregrounding, Style as
Deviance, Personification, Alliteration, Metre, Imagery, Parallelism, Metonymy;
Synecdoche. (b) Critical Appreciation: (i) Critical analysis of a short poem/ stanza (ii) Critical analysis of a prose text.
3 ELT in India: A brief history, Role of English, Nature and approaches of Methods, Problems and Perspectives
4 Methods and Materials: Grammar-Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio
-Lingual Method, Communicative Language Teaching, Devising Pedagogic exercises
according to the principles and methods.
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