THE BROOKS LAW COLLEGE BAHAWALPUR

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
Bs LL.B (4 years) Semester 1st
program
Maryam Imtiaz Timing Morning
Instructor
M.phll English Literature Session 2017-2021
Visiting Lecturer
Lectures per week 03

Nature of Course Compulsory

Course title Functional English (Engllsh-1) Room no.

Class Timings Monday, 11:00-1:00 Tuesday, 12:00-1:00

Course Description:
Functional English polishes the student's skills in the learning of target language. It enables them
to communicate internationally. This course develops the ability to focus on outcome as the
individual and team success depends upon the ability of individual to communicate with others
face to face as well as virtually. It focuses upon listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
which are the four pillars of English Language learning. This course includes basics of grammar to
give students idea about rules of English as language.

Aims & objectives:

To enhance language skills

To develop an ability to read, write and speak.

To maintain a balance of receptive (reading, listening) and productive (speaking, writing) skills
through communication classes and self-study.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to communicate in the target language. They could be able to write
coherently. They would have learnt the art of various types of sentences in their writings. They
would have understood grammar and its basics, They would have conducted the critical reading
of various passages in order to seek and compile coherent answers.

Teaching Methodologies: GTM/DM(l)Lectures (II) Group/individual activities (lii)Reading

(Iv)Listening (v)presentations (vi) writing
 Functional English 1: Course Outline
Sr # Contents Topics
1 Introduction 1) Introduction to English language , importance and concept of first
and second language
2) Introduction to sentence writing, basic structure of sentence, kinds based
on its meaning and structure.
2 Basics Of 1) Parts of speech ( Noon, Pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition ,
Grammar conjunction ,interjection, Adjective (Examples)
2) Use Of Article ( A, The )
3) Active voice , Pass voice ( Examples )
4) Concept Of Phrase ( Examples ) , Concept of clause ( Examples )
5) Concept of Transitive and intransitive verb with explanation and
Examples
6) Punctuation and Spellings concept of spelling , concept syllables
7) All Punctuation marks Their Definition and usage ( Hyphen ,
exclamation mark, Ellipsis,
period,parenthesis,Apostrophe,bracket,colon,semicolon,slash,dash,
Quotation mark.
3 COMPREHENSI 1) Practice for suggesting title answer questions.
ON
SKILLS

4 TRANSLATION Urdu to English

SKILLS 1) Explaining rules and skills of translation.
2)use of Dictionary
5 PARA GRAPH 1)Rules for writing unified word, sentence, paragraph ,and essay structure
WRITING 2)Topic sentence ,supporting sentence and concluding sentence.
 The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Department of Law
0092-62-92502961 law@iub.edu.pk
Tentative Course Outline (2017-18)
Recommended Readings:

Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet Exercises 1. Third edition. Qxford
University Press. 1997. ISBN 01943134922.

Practical English Grammar by A. J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet. Exercises 2. Third edition. Oxford
University Press. 1997. ISBN 0194313506

1.Writing. Intermediate by Marie-Christine Boutin, Suzanne Brinand and Francoise Grellet. Oxford
Supplementary Skills. Fourth lmpression 1993. ISBN 0 19 435405 7 Pages 20-27 and 35- 41.

Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992. ISBN 0 19
453402.

English for Undergraduates by D.H.Howe, T. A. Kirkpatrick, and D. L. Kirkpatrick. University of

Karachi Edition; 2004.

Wren & Martin High School English Grammar & Composition by Paramount Publishing