English – II Aurora’ Degree College

SYLLABUS

With effect from the academic year 2003-2004

1) PROSE

"Selections from English Prose" Ravindra

The following lessons are prescribed for study:

1. In London M.K. Gandhi

2. Three Days to see Helen Keller
3. Knowledge Society A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
4. Man's Peril Bertrand Russell
5. Shooting an Elephant George Orwell

2) POETRY

"The Silent Song" Macmillan

An Anthology of verse
The following Poems are prescribed for study:

1. Ode to a Nightingale John Keats

2. Ulysses Alfred Lord
Tennyson
3. The Last Ride Together Robert
Browning
4. Mending Wall Robert Frost
5. The Gift of India Sarojini Naidu

3) A Collection of short stories

Vignettes of Life Macmillan

The following stories are prescribed for study

1. The Lottery Ticket Anton Chekov

2. Subha Rabindranth Tagore
3. Luck Mark Twain

4) Language Study
English – II Aurora’ Degree College

Enriching your competence in English Orient

Longman
The following chapters are prescribed for study

1. Phrasal Verbs and Idioms

2. Reference Skills
3. Information Transfer
4. Summarising, Note-making and Note -taking
5. Essay writing
6. Dialogue Writing
7. Presentation Skills(for class room practice only)
8. Interview

5) Practicals

1. Computer based testing – listening skills

2. Viva Voce speaking skills