AGURCHAND MANMULL JAIN COLLEGE

(A Unit of Sri. S.S. Jain Educational Society)

Meenambakkam, Chennai – 600 114

OBE PRACTICES
<LZ12A> - <COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH-II>

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2022-2023 DEPARTMENT: English

PROGRAMME: SEMESTER: II

COURSE TITLE: Communicative English - II COURSE CODE: LZ12A

TOTAL DURATION (HRS): 90 CREDITS: 3

INSTRUCTOR

<Faculty Name: KIRUBAKARAN AMALRAJ>

<Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR>
<Department: ENGLISH>
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63 (A Unit of Sri. S.S. Jain Educational Society)
Meenambakkam, Chennai – 600 114

VISION, MISSION OF THE INSTITUTION

Vision

To ensure and disseminate quality higher education that is affordable among all learners in
general and among Jain students in particular.

Mission
 To combine innovation in teaching and zest for learning and usher in academic excellence in
every student
 To create and sustain conductive teaching and learning ambience for realization of full potential
in the teacher and taught.
 To ignite and endow young minds with a deep sense of justice and fairplay, truth and non-
violence, patriotism and service.

VISION, MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT

<English>

Vision

 The vision of the Department of English is to help students develop good

communication skills and prepare them to face the professional world with
confidence for career growth and remain component.

Mission

 The department has the mission of working towards, developing the communicative
skills of the students, by imparting the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
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(A Unit of Sri. S.S. Jain Educational Society)
Meenambakkam, Chennai – 600 114

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PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES (PEO) –

(to be achieved by the graduate after 4 to 5 years of graduation)

PEO1.

PEO2.

PEO3.
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PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

Domain Knowledge: Apply the knowledge in the relevant areas of arts, science and
PO1
Management fields.

Problem Analysis: Identify and analyze the complex problems using the knowledge acquired
PO2
in various domains

Design/Development of solutions: Define solutions for complex problems with appropriate

PO3 consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental
considerations

Conduct investigations of complex problems: Develop competency to carry out the research
PO4
with their ability to design and execute the experiment

Society and ethics: Apply contextual knowledge for societal welfare and commit to
PO5
professional ethics

Environment and sustainability: Understand the Environmental factors and focus towards
PO6
sustainable development

Project management and team work: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding the
PO7
principles of Project management in various domains to lead effectively and work as team

Communication: Demonstrate the effective communication skills for interaction with

PO8
personnel as well as presentation in appropriate forums

Inculcate innovative thinking: To identify the sources of business opportunity and develop
PO9
entrepreneurial skills for entrepreneurship development

PO10 Lifelong learning: Recognize the needs to engage in lifelong learning with moral values

PSO1

PSO2
 Syllabus
Communicative English -Semester-II [part-II -English]
Weightage: 3 Credits Duration: 90 hrs

Unit I (18 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Listening and responding to complaints (formal situation)
b. Listening to problems and offering solutions (informal)
2. Reading and writing
a. Reading aloud (brief motivational anecdotes)
b. Writing a paragraph on a proverbial expression/motivational idea.
3. Word Power/Vocabulary
a. Synonyms & Antonyms
4. Grammar in Context
a. Adverbs
b. Prepositions

Unit II(20 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Listening to famous speeches and poems
b. Making short speeches- Formal: welcome speech and vote of thanks.
Informal occasions- Farewell party, graduation speech

2. Reading and Writing

a. Writing opinion pieces (could be on travel, food, film / book reviews or on
any contemporary topic)
b. Reading poetry
b.i. Reading aloud: (Intonation and Voice Modulation)
b.ii. Identifying and using figures of speech - simile, metaphor,
personification etc.
3. Word Power
a. Idioms & Phrases
4. Grammar in Context
a. Conjunctions and Interjections

Unit III (18 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Listening to Ted talks
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b. Making short presentations – Formal presentation with PPT, analytical

presentation of graphs and reports of multiple kinds
c. Interactions during and after the presentations

2. Reading and writing

a. Writing emails of complaint
b. Reading aloud famous speeches
3. Word Power
a. One Word Substitution
4. Grammar in Context
a. Sentence Patterns
Unit IV (16 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Participating in a meeting: face to face and online
b. Listening with courtesy and adding ideas and giving opinions during the
meeting and making concluding remarks.
2. Reading and Writing
a. Reading visual texts – advertisements
b. Preparing first drafts of short assignments
3. Word Power
a. Denotation and Connotation
4. Grammar in Context:
a. Sentence Types

Unit V (18 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Informal interview for feature writing
b. Listening and responding to questions at a formal interview
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing letters of application
b. Readers’ Theatre (Script Reading)
c. Dramatizing everyday situations/social issues through skits.
(writing scripts and performing)
3. Word Power
a. Collocation
4. Grammar in Context
a. Working With Clauses
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Table of contents
Unit Pages
Unit I (18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening and responding to complaints (formal
situation)
b. Listening to problems and offering solutions
(informal)
2. Reading and writing
a. Reading aloud (brief motivational anecdotes)
b. Writing a paragraph on a proverbial
expression/motivational idea.
3. Word Power/Vocabulary
a. Synonyms & Antonyms
4. Grammar in Context
● Adverbs
Prepositions

Unit II(20 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking

a. Listening to famous speeches and poems
b. Making short speeches- Formal: welcome speech
and vote of thanks.
Informal occasions- Farewell party, graduation
speech
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing opinion pieces (could be on travel, food,
film / book reviews or on any contemporary topic)

b. Reading poetry
b.i. Reading aloud: (Intonation and Voice
Modulation)
b.ii. Identifying and using figures of speech -
simile, metaphor, personification etc.
3. Word Power
a. Idioms & Phrases
4. Grammar in Context
Conjunctions and Interjections

Unit III (18 hours)

1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to Ted talks
b. Making short presentations – Formal presentation
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with PPT, analytical presentation of graphs and
reports of multiple kinds
c. Interactions during and after the presentations
2. Reading and writing
a. Writing emails of complaint
b. Reading aloud famous speeches
3. Word Power
a. One Word Substitution
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Patterns

Unit IV (16
hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Participating in a meeting: face to face and online
b. Listening with courtesy and adding ideas and
giving opinions during the meeting and making
concluding remarks.
2. Reading and Writing
a. Reading visual texts – advertisements
b. Writing a Brochure
3. Word Power
a. Denotation and Connotation
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Types

Unit V
(18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Informal interview for feature writing
b. Listening and responding to questions at a formal
interview
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing letters of application
b. Readers’ Theatre (Script Reading)
c. Dramatizing everyday situations/social issues
through skits. (writing scripts and performing)
3. Word Power
a. Collocation
4. Grammar in Context: Working With Clauses
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COURSE DELIVERY PLAN

The Bloom’s Taxonomy is to be followed in curriculum development, courseware development, planning and
delivery of contents, Assessment, Mapping, Data Analysis and CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement)

COURSE OUTCOMES (CO)

CO – 1 Enhance the effective writing practices.

CO – 2 Incorporate strong reading skills.

CO – 3 Demonstrate efficient listening skills.

CO – 4 Learn different styles of speaking.

CO - 5

MAPPING OF COs TO Pos

PO1
  PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 0 PSO1 PSO2
CO1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3
CO2 2 2 3 3 3 3
CO3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
CO4 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
CO5

3 – Strong Contribution, 2 – Moderate Contribution, 1 – Weak Contribution

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COURSE DELIVERY PLAN

Pertaining Instructional Assessment

Hours Topic / Session CO/CLOs Topic Learning
Methods / Method for
# topic Outcome (TLO)
Activities TLO

Listening- to
problems,
complaints
Speaking -provide
solutions
To understand, Show video
Reading-
apply rules of clips, writing
motivational
grammar, speak assignments, Quick test
12 anecdotes &
CO1, CO3 motivationally lectures for 10 min
HRS
Writing - and (including in class
motivational paras communicate real life
on appropriately issues)
proverbs/expression
s/ideas
Grammar -
Adverbs &
Prepositions
Listening- to
famous
speeches,poems,
Speaking -at a
farewell party,
Suggest blogs,
graduation speech
Write vlogs,Youtube
Reading- books and travelogues, videos of
articles, poetry, reviews, give famous
Short
identify figures of opinions about speakers,
HRS CO3, CO2 Presentatio
speech & contemporary make students
ns
issues, read poem,
Writing - opinion
communicate write about
pieces/travelogues/f
interestingly interesting
ood/film/contempor
trips
ary issue/topic
Grammar - idioms
& phrases,
conjunctions,
interjections
12 Listening-TED CO1, CO3 Present an Show best Quiz for
HRS Talks effective PPT, methods of grammar
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Speaking -Short
presentations/ppt/
analyse graph& preparing
( Kahoot),
reports PPT, use
assume
newspaper
Reading- Famous roles like
reports to
speeches& write Emails performing
analyse news
without mistakes during
Writing - Emails of pertaining to
Shipwreck,
complaint specific
give one
industry,
Grammar - one min talk
reading loud
word substitution
Sentence pattern
Listening-with
courtesy
Speaking -give
opinions, add ideas
during and after
Test
meeting/ concluding
listening
remarks of the Speak boldly, Conduct
skills and
meeting write reports, demo
12 make them
CO2, CO3 make drafts, meetings and
HRS Reading- visual write
grasp ad allow
texts (ads) & opinions/
contents. participation
solutions or
Writing - first draft
ideas
of assignments
Grammar -
Denotation,
connotation,
sentence types
12 Listening- informal CO1, To attend Show short Dramatical
HRS interview for CO2,CO3 interview films, dramas representat
feature writing, without fear, and teach ion,
questions in a listen and answer script writing creative
formal interview to the point, without skits, GD,
emote as per grammatical Short mock
Speaking -answer
situation while errors Interview
in a formal
speaking
interview
Reading- Theatre
Scripts, dramatize
everyday situations
&
Writing - letters of
application, writing
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scripts for skits
Grammar -
collocation, clauses

Faculty Facilitator Dean IQAC Co-ordinator

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TIME TABLE
TIME
DAY ORDER 1 2 3 4 5
I I-BBA-B I-VC-A
II I-VC-A I-BBA-B
III I-BBA-B I-VC-A
IV I-BBA-B I-VC-A
V I-BBA-B I-VC-A
VI I-VC-A I-BBA-B
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ASSESSMENT PLAN

Assessment
Assess Pertaini Rubrics Corrective
Learning Outcome for Assessment Method / Duration
ment # ng COs Followed Action
Activity

1
2
3

Faculty Facilitator

RUBRICS ASSESSMENT

Total
Assessment # Criteria Weightage in % Max Marks
Marks