Osmania University UG Course Structure & Syllabus
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Osmania UG Syllabus
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UG English Syllabus
Semester-I :
Unit I:
SHORT FICTION: “The Curb in the Sky” by James Thurber—PRONUNCIATION: consonant sounds—GRAMMAR: noun—VOCABULARY:roots, prefix and suffix—SPELLING: wrong spellings—PUNCTUATION: capitalization—CONVERSATION: introducing oneself in formal /social contexts—READING: biography of Chindula Yelamma, a Telangana Artisan—WRITING: guided writing & expansion —SOFT SKILLS: motivation and goal setting—VALUES: “Well begun is half done”
Unit II:
PROSE: “Happy People” by W.R. Inge—PRONUNCIATION: vowels-monophthongs—GRAMMAR: pronoun—VOCABULARY:roots, prefix & suffix—SPELLING: ‘un’ and ‘dis’ for antonyms—PUNCTUATION: capitalization—CONVERSATION: starting & controlling a conversation—READING:Million March—An Initiative for Statehood—WRITING: sequencing—SOFT SKILLS: self confidence—VALUES: “Doubt is the beginning of wisdom”
Unit III:
POETRY: “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—PRONUNCIATION: vowels-diphthongs—GRAMMAR: auxiliary verbs—VOCABULARY: homonyms, homographs, homophones—SPELLING: words ending ‘tion’ or ‘sion’—PUNCTUATION: full stop and comma—CONVERSATION: describing your college and course of study—READING: Batukamma: Telangana’s Cultural Identity—WRITING: paragraph, descriptive writing—SOFT SKILLS: non-verbal communication/body language—VALUES: “Actions speak louder than words”
Unit IV:
DRAMA: “The Dear Departed” (an extract) by Stanley Houghton—PRONUNCIATION: varied pronunciations of the same letter—GRAMMAR: main verbs and tenses—VOCABULARY: collocation—SPELLING: words ending ‘tion’ or ‘ment’—PUNCTUATION: question and exclamation marks—CONVERSATION: leaving a message on the answering machine, making an appointment on telephone—READING: Husain Sagar Lake: A Well known Tourist Attraction—WRITING: dialogue writing—SOFT SKILLS: interpersonal skills—VALUES: “Faith will move mountains
Unit V:
Language & Soft Skills Lab: Pronunciation, Conversation, Reading, Soft Skills and Values
Semester-II :
Unit I:
SHORT FICTION: “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty—PRONUNCIATION: plosives—GRAMMAR: non-finite verbs—VOCABULARY: simile and metaphor—SPELLING: use of ‘ie’ and ‘ei’—PUNCTUATION: semicolon—CONVERSATION: asking for advice/information—READING: Hyderabad city: the heart of Telangana—WRITING: note taking and note making—SOFT SKILLS: time management—VALUES: “Time and tide wait for no one”
Unit II:
PROSE: “Benaras” by Aldous Huxley—PRONUNCIATION n: fricatives—GRAMMAR: adjective—VOCABULARY: oxymoron and hyperbole—SPELLING: use of ‘able’ and ‘ible’—PUNCTUATION: colon and long dash—CONVERSATION: making/accepting/refusing a request—READING: Burrakatha—WRITING: informal letter—SOFT SKILLS: leadership—VALUES: “The pen is mightier than the sword”
Unit III:
POETRY:“The Sun is Warm” by P.B Shelley—PRONUNCIATION: affricates and nasals—GRAMMAR: articles—VOCABULARY: portmanteau words, loan words—SPELLING: use of ‘-ic’, ‘-ive’, ‘-ity’, ‘-al’ ‘-ance’, ‘-ence’—PUNCTUATION: hyphen and long dash—CONVERSATION: Conducting a meeting/seeking opinion of team members—READING: Cultural identity of Telangana—WRITING: formal letter—SOFT SKILLS: stress management—VALUES: “Practice makes one perfect”
Unit IV:
DRAMA:An extract of Act II, Sc 3 from Julius Caeserby Shakespeare—PRONUNCIATION: Lateral, frictionless continuants, semivowels—GRAMMAR: adverb—VOCABULARY: palindromes—SPELLING: changes of spelling from noun-verb-adjective-adverb—PUNCTUATION: inverted commas—CONVERSATION: Appearing for a job interview/conducting a job interview—READING: Handicrafts of Telangana—WRITING: business letter—SOFT SKILLS: etiquette and grooming—VALUES: “Necessity is the mother of invention”
Unit V:
Language & Soft Skills Lab: Pronunciation, Conversation, Reading, Soft Skills and Values
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