LANGUAGE LAB STUDY MATERIALS

(Total- 60 Hours)
Beginner Level

LISTENING AND PHONETICS

(5 Hours)
 Phonetics.
 Introduction to International Phonetic Alphabet.
 Listening to phonemic sounds: Consonants and Vowels- Repetition step by step.
 Phonetic transcription.
 Consonant clusters.
 Schwa Sound.
 Syllable.
 Word stress.
 Homophones.

SPEAKING
(5 Hours)
 Elements of speaking – Greetings- Introduction– booking a room at a hotel-
telephone conversation- at the hospital- at a party.
 English in formal and informal situations.

READING
(5 Hours)
 Include activities to improve the students’ ability to read and comprehend- to
increase the students’ average reading speed.

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

(5 Hours)
 Noun Patterns- Adjective Patterns-Adverbials- Declarative, interrogative,
imperative and exclamatory sentences
 Vocabulary- terms and usages.
 Mechanics of writing: spelling rules-punctuation- apostrophes- italics-parenthesis-
quotation marks- capitalization.
 Story Making with the help of different Exercises or Images or video clips.
Intermediate Level

LISTENING AND PHONETICS

(5 Hours)
 Weak and strong forms.
 Sentence stress.
 Morphology
 Past tense morphemes (-d or –ed)
 Plural morpheme (-s or –es)
 Epigrammatic Speech with examples
 Listening for facts- for opinions-for information.

SPEAKING
(5 Hours)
 Making Enquiries – Asking for time and directions- Giving Information – Giving
directions – Asking for clarifications and permission.
 Extending Invitations – Accepting and declining invitations – Making Complaints
and Suggestions – Apologizing – Offering Excuses.
 Making, Granting requests – Thanking- Expressing Condolence, disapproval and
displeasure.
 Describing People, places, objects – narrating events.

READING
(5 Hours)
 Recognition of registers (formal, informal and colloquial speech).
 Close Reading Comprehension- Analysis and Interpretation- Evaluating the
strength of different views in the argument- Summary Paraphrasing

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

(5 Hours)
 Tenses.
 Simple, compound and complex sentences- Question tags- Subject-verb
agreement.
 Tips for letter writing
 Factual and informative writing: Technical writing-Writing circulars, memos,
notices, agendas, minutes.
Advanced Level

LISTENING AND PHONETICS

(5 Hours)
 Introduction to Suprasegments: Pitch- Rhythm- Intonation- Juncture- Elision-
Liaison- Assimilation.
 Listening to audio: conversations and speeches- short stories- poems.
 Effective Expressions with different examples (Audio, Video & Script).

SPEAKING
(5 Hours)

 Principles of effective speaking which include brevity, coherence & Clarity (Audio,
Video & Script).
 Public Speech- Role Play/Extempore Presentations (Audio, Video & Script)
 Manners in Business Speaking (Audio, Video & Script)
 Telephone conversations with examples.
 Negotiation Skills (Audio, Video & Script)
 Interview Skills with examples (Audio, Video & Script)
 Importance of Body Language with examples (Audio, Video & Script)
 Group discussions with examples- Interview skills- Sample questions frequently
asked during Interview.

READING
(5 Hours)
 Recognition of the tone of the passage.
 Simple comprehension texts of description, narration, information, explanation
and persuasion based on higher order thinking skills.

GRAMMAR AND WRITING

(5 Hours)
 Reported speech- Active and passive voice.
 Writing advertisements for newspapers and magazines.
 Expression of ideas: Argumentative/Persuasive Writing- Report Writing- Types of
essays- (descriptive, argumentative, narrative, expository).
 Correspondence in different registers: Application letters and CV- Handling mail-
Emergency communication through print & Electronic media (Video & Scripts).