COURSE CONTENT/ SYLLABUS Description | Evaluation Pattern | Topics Teaching, Hours ' Language | 25 Marks Remedial Grammar: 12 Hours Acquisition | Fill inthe blanks’ | Questions. & Negatives; MCQs/ Questions Tags | Comprehension Writing Skills: Tasks Descriptive | Email Writing Questions Activities: Group Discussions Literature: | Alphonse Daudet - The Last Lesson [1 [Persuasive [25 Marks Remedial Grammar: 12 Hours | Skills Fill in the blanks’ | Past Simple & Past Perfect | MCQs! Writing Skills: | Comprehension Report Writing Task Descriptive | Activities: Questions Book & Movie Reviews Literature: | Lord Alfred Tennyson - { Ulysses mm 25 Marks Remedial Grammar: 12 Hours Fill in the blanks’ | Present & Past Passive; MCQs) Conditionals Comprehension Writing Skills: Tasks/ Descriptive | Creative Writing Questions Activities: | | Role Plays, | | Literature: ] O. Henry - The Gift of the | | Magi | ava 25 Marks Remedial Grammar: [12 Hours Fill in the blanks | Reported Speech; Idioms | MCQs Writing Skills: ‘Comprehension Cover Letter & CV Tasks Descriptive | Activities: | } Questions Exchanging Information, | | Literature: | i Saki ~The Open Windowwets ddddé fog f Yop ee eee € PCO OOD ELbhbE ddd db dd 4 we, 1 cod ve vis BRO Unit words a ur Aut ' ome , pb te Be ‘Language Acquisition pate - 4/034! Suby ow Ls wert 1. Remedial Gramatér: “Wh” Questions Framing A Question The subject in sentences generally precedes the verb but in questions the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. If there is no auxiliary verb in the interrogative a dummy auxiliary do/ does/ did is inserted in the question. ‘Sentences ‘Questions We have bought a few computers Have you bought a few computers? The software was already tested Was the software already tested? Tlive in London Where do you live? ‘Where did you buy the computer? Tbought the computers from Korea Question to be classified into two categories J. vr" ov he 1. Yes or No questions a t. We # 2. Wh- questions 3. Subject / Object questions . 4, Wh questions with Prepositions a Negative questions Tag questions L 5. 6 Yes.or No Questions . h auxiliary verbs with the ‘These questions are meant for eliciting information. They begin witl form be or have or a model verb e.g. may, can, wil Auxiliary Verb Subject Main Verb | He happy? ~_|He resigned [Could 1 uuse your phone? [Does - He play cricket? | __ Examples Would you like to attend the party? Yes, | would like May I sit here? Yes, of course Shall we have lunch in this hotel? | ‘Asking problems, | Making suggestions 3— Yes, we will ee Offering | Can F carry your bag? No, it's ok, thanks ee Requesting The Director is busy. Could you wait fro sometime? Don’t worry. I will a SHORT ANSWERS tis rather impolite to answer this type of questions with a simple yes or no. We often use a shoet answer. A positive short answer in the form of yes +a pronount an auxiliary. ‘The negative short answer is no + pronoun + an auxiliary + n't. whose, They are in the form, Question word + an auxiliary verb + subject. ‘The auxiliary verb is to be or have or a modal verb. Is he in the office? Yes, he is Noheisnt Has he brought a computer? | Yes, he has ~[ No, he hasn’t Do you like classical music? | Yes, do No, I don Does the train run late? Yes, it does No, it doesn’t Will T need your help. Yes, you will No, you won't Wh-OUESTION Wh- que: 1s begin with question, words like which what, who, where, when, why, how, and SUBJECT OR OBJECT OUESTIONS The word order is the same as Wh- questions. Question word ‘Auxiliary Subject Where _ Tfind the key’ | When _ he returning? - How you spend your time? | How often ‘You sce movies in a week? ‘What kind of Food Do you eat it night? ‘Who was talking to you? (Someone was talking to you (Someone was (ething to yeu Subject Object Who met you? ‘Who did you meet? ~ (someone met you) (you me re talking (0 someone) The preposition normally follows the verb. Informal English- the preposition occurs before the question word. 1, Who are you looking for? How was the guest lecture? What are you worrying about? weeny Which place is the best © visit during summer’ from whom did you get this instrument? co noneé€6 a éddddddd Jdddd SOULE ITI TELA Ebb dd dd Negatives in Grammar When you want o express the opposite meaning of pricular word or sentence, you ean do by inering a neaton Negtions are words ike oo, nd never. fu Want o expres opposite of lam her, for example, you could say Lam not here Negative words: No No one Neither Not Nobody Nowhere None Nothing Never Negative Adverbs: Hardly Scarcely Barely Negative verbs Doesn't Shouldn't Won't Isn't Wouldn't Can't Wasn't Couldn't Don't Remember, when using negatives, make sure you only use one at a time in reference to any particular idea. Otherwise, you will create a double negative, which is an error in English The negative verb forms are made by putting not after an auxiliary verb, She has invited us. She can knit ‘She has not invited us. (Negative) She cannot knit. (Negative) It was raining. He had to go early It was not raining. (Negative) He didn’t have to go early. (Negative) If there is no auxiliary verb, do is used to make the negative verb forms. 1 like reading. 1 do not like reading. (Negative) She went home. She didn’t go home. (NOT She didn’t to come.) Do is not normally used if there is another auxiliary verb. You should not go. ‘You must not sleep. Change the following into negativ 1. I'm happy 6. He has slept for 14 hours. 2. She went to the market? 7, They had to ask their teac 3. They'll go on holidays. 8. Yesterday we went to the swimming pool 4, She went to the post office 9, He wanted to leave his girl friend 5. We were dining in the garden. (0. Why are you studying now?Question Tags A question tag is a short question tagged on to a statement to make it an apparent question. It is ‘meant to ask the reader or listener to confirm the statement. Its form comprises an auxiliary verb ©F a form be or do followed by a personal pronoun which corresponds to the subject. A positive Statement should have a negative tag and a negative statement, a positive tag Examples Positive statement — Negative tag Negative statement - Positive tag Itis very warm now, isn't it? Itisn’t very warm. Is it? Organ transplants are common, aren't they? ‘Organ transplant wasn't possible earlier, was it? We have seen her just now, haven't we? We haven't seen her, have we? ‘There was a mistake, wasn’t there? The computer wasn’t there, was We can stand for some time, can’t we? We shouldn't wander, should you? In simple present tense we use do/ does and past tense “did” 1. MrShastri teaches electronics, doesn't he? ‘You don’t do what I tell you, do you? awN 1am a fool to believe him, aren't 1? Tam not a member, am 1? yay one. 8. Nobody likes her, do they? John turned out for the meeting, didn’t he? ‘The negative tag for “I ‘am’ is ‘aren't I’ and the positive tag is ‘am I’ They used as corresponding pronoun in question tag for someone, somebody, nobody, no 9. Poor lady, nobody helped her, did they? 10. He hardly finds time to read even newspapers, docs he? I. Frames ble ‘wh’- questions for the following situations 1. You want to know when the local channels will be given functional autonomy. Ask the Director of Mass Communication. Department. ‘You want to find out who will conduct the department terminal exam. Ask the Head of the 3. You want to know how the sea water will be used to flush out the stagnant water in Coolum. Ask the minister. 4. You want to find out what steps the government is taking to prevent the chemical pollution of earth’s surface. 5, You want to know the adverse effects of ultra violet radiation on earth, Ask our classmate. 6. You have heard about global warming. Ask your teacher about its probable consequences. IJ. Frame questions for which the bold ital ized words are the answers, 1. The Greeks developed the art of coin making. 2, Gold ornaments are made by skilled crafts people. 3. We have invited Mr. Joseph to inaugurate the English association AAO OMA MAMOOMMOMMMMOOTOn no nnnn eng re oegonew # Naw qwury te lordn ) ‘ oe wi Khe cormavecslicn be ArelLt ? we waa wOEH wham Rid goueph 9p be the danee Party) 4. Nancy is going to London by train, -Navwouy 7 @ypengs ‘5. The convocation will be held next Twesday, 6, Joseph went to the dance party with Clara, IIL Add question tags to the following statements, 1. Itis very cold today. “ri ch 2 \ 2. He did not compose the poem. Pod he? 3. Children like playing, Dow Huy! 4, My aunt came to see you off. nAnrt Ale | 5, You like her. (200 6. 7. 8. 9. l C _- Saraju will come to meet me, Wot Hig ? | They were very angry. Wier Hang Let us go fora picnic. Sait wr 2 , Have some more rice, Worth ox? 0. Lam late. AA J? 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Although e-mail systems normally provide us with a readymade format, we need to follow standard writing conversations and use the existing formats effectively. instantaneous transmission of your The most important thing to remember while writing an e-mail is to consider its impact on the reader. One should think about the purpose of writing an e-mail and consider the tone of expression, In short ‘e-mail etiquette’ should be observed. An e-mail consists of many lines before the beginning of the actual text. These lines consist of the “header’ of the message, Most of itis record of the path the message took from the sender's computer to the reader's computer. Headers also contain a time and date stamp and an indication whether files are attached to the message ‘The three most important pieces of information in the header are the e-mail addresses of the sender and the recipient, and a subject line that tells what the message is all about. The message should be like any written communication, which requires clarity, accuracy and the effect. of completeness. Drafting an E- Mail a) In the Beginning ‘The Address line: You begin by keying on the "To" line a name or e-mail address. You may add names to the "cc" (carbon copy) and "bce" (blind carbon copy) lines. The difference between th two is that “bcc” recipients are not revealed in the message to your “To” or “ce” recipients, Double check these entries before you press send. Watch that you don’t inadvertently send a message to someone it’s not intended for. Contact List: If you send e mails to a contact list or address book, keep your list current, If you have occasion to email confidential material, be doubly careful. Does your organization have a ts distribution of confidential items? Make sure everyone you send such policy that restric information to is authorized to receive it. Salutation: Start the message with a greeting so as to help create a friendly, yet business-like, The choice of using the other name versus the surmame will depend on the relationship ver, It is always better 10 use the complete name of the receiver tone. between the sender and the rec with the appropriate titles in the first communication. Dear Mr. Sh Kumar, Dear Mr. Kumi Dear Prof. Lee ' ' ‘ ' 1 ie rane neeneenr onereeannnanannneaeeannanna ~~7eee RAE St bd FETE ELE} dl ve ji : Like the headline of a newspay ‘The subject line: ‘ewspaper column, the subj . the subject line should ing a al convey the theme of the message and capture the reader's attention, When sendin, a recipients, make the subject Hine generic enough to appeal tal reader 18 @ message to multiple Indicate if'a message is a priority. Reserve “top Priority” or “urgent” heading fe ess 1 for message that b) The Body of your message: Limit each email message to one subject: If you combine more than one sub message, you make it more cumbersome forthe recipient to separate them out for a in the same \When you put each subject in a separate message it's easier forthe recipient to aoe actions. replies you receive are each confined to one subject, making it quicker and easier fn a the through them. Use polite phrases while guiding or making a request for action to be taken. Could you please send me the list of required statiorary for the upcoming month? I shall be very grateful if you can help me. Use phrases like: Could you, It would be grateful, Please... eB: ' ' i ‘he Top -Down-Approacht When composing ©-maile,-e0-s Step down!-opproachWe-tendtto remember best what we read first and last. So put the most important point inthe frst paragraph In the paragraphs that follow, add detail in descending order of importance at the end, echo the ‘most important point you began with by briefly restating it. Get to the point: Readers want to get to the gist of a message on the frst screen. Preferably, the reader won't have to scroll down more than a second screen. For messages longer than two screens, consider using an attachment. If you refer to days or time frames, be specific. You know what you mean by "Monday" or "next month," but don't assume the recipient does. Which Monday? Add the date: "Monday, 4/25." By “next month" do you mean the new month that starts tomorrow or the month that's next after that? Spell it out so there is no doubt. Keep your communication constructive. Don't put in a business e-mail what you wouldn't write in a letter that went into company files. (In some cases, e-mail messages are retained on an organization's computer files.) Don't put in an e-mail what you wouldn't say in person, Never e~ mail material that's inappropriate in the workplace. ©) Attachments Instead of sending lengthy, multi-screen messages, use the “Attachment” feature. You can also Use it to transmit documents with special formatting or graphics you may not be able to create in the e mail program itself. When you atch a document, your email serves as an “executive summary” Don't repeat in the email message what appears in the attachment and vice versa. {n the message, briefly describe what is attached, Give attachments descriptive file names. _£8: Annual report 2015, 9D) Closing End the messaj after the Closi 'g¢ in a polite way. If comma (,) is not used after the greeting it shouldn't be used ing greeting. ® Signature wi - ‘hen you send an e- mail to someone who may not know how to get in touch with you, add ss information at the end. Include your name, telephone number, extension, fax number and ress. E mail programs make it easy to create and use signatures files that automatically add Contact information to your messages. Sometime the receiver of the e-mail may face problem if the address doesn’t exactly indicate the name of the sender like rkv_pblication@gmail.com, e.g.: Regards ' ‘Nisha S Managing Editor RKV Publication Mob:99xxxxx890 Fax: 0804xxxx348 E-MAIL MESSAGE SPECIMENS: Tom Mark Ruthifald Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 9:18 AM ‘Subject: Marsha - Mark Ruthild hello and favor Ce: Dustin Beaudoin Hi Marsha, | hope als well, Hey, ! heard you ef Elevate and have a new gig. Congrats! There fs no doubt in my mind you wil be success | am wondering if you can help me out era, As you know, | heve the privilege of being the VP of Sales at Yesware. ‘One of our top Sales Consultan here at Yesware, Dustin Beaudoin cc'd here, mentoned to me thet hei looking for an opportunity to discuss the potential business fi regarding how Vesware can increase Sales productivity fr ‘you folks Tm reaching out n hopes thal you can point us inthe nghtcirecton. ’As you may know, Yesware increases sales productivly by enabling sales teams to standardize the best Tretsaging, rack Sales team activity, and inlograte CRM with email, phone and calendar. Customers say Tepe ramp quicker and spend more tie saling while giving leaders accurate insight ito the pipeline, eT eer sen io inroducing Dustin and me to the correct person who heads-up sales enablement slutons wget Catalyt? would be fantasc o share how we are helping firms witn your space such as Jumpstan and wry they adopled our solution. ‘Thank you if possible and hope you and your family have # greet Thanksgiving Marshal ‘with Respect. Mark FORMATTING AN E-MAIL ‘As rushed as most business people are these days, few read any type of correspondence word for ‘cord, Most of us scan the text, Format your message to make it easy forthe reader to quickly pick cout important points + Keep paragraphs short «Use double line spacing between paragraphs. 10 rv anenegnnenr rr annrnnnannnanannannanoocooeeWwelmlmerermlmselrlCUOOUlCUDS «use bullets t0 se apart key points. «ean from using All Caps. sing all Iowercase type. It slows readi ae mat " reading, It can also suggest carelessness (or «Use upper- and lowerease characters, as you would while writing a traditcnal ltt makes text easier to read. er. It «Limit the use of bold type italic type, and underlining » ara clean, waditional typeface like Times Roman or Helvetica, Use a type size nt less than 10 point, preferably 12. aca line length between 40 and 60 characters, Readers can more quickly sean shorter Ins. Because the reader's eye has less distance to travel from left margin to right, line lengt shorter lines also cause ess eye fatigue, a factor when reading off a computer screen acer respond best writing that reflects a conversational style. In email meseages, where the approach is typically les formal than in other types of business wring, a conversational style is not only acceptable, but is also expected. You can develop a conversational style with a few simple steps. > Write in the active voice. Notice the difference between these two sentences. ‘Active: You can use-e-mail-to notify employees of upcoming meetings. Passive: Alerting employees to upcoming meetings can be done using e-mail The active voice places the subject ofthe sentence the doer of the action-first. It adds liveliness to your writing and sounds ess bureaucratic. It also makes it clear who is doing the action > Use action verbs that add strength to a statement. Compare these examples. Let's have a discussion on the matter. Let's discuss the matter. (Stronger) The verb "discuss" replaces the noun “discussion “and makes the statement stronger. > Use contractions. Notice how contractions create a conversational style Ifyou are going to be in town, let us meet Monday morning. I would not ask you if it were not important. (Uncontracted Form) If you're going to be in town, let's meet Monday morning. | wou! weren't important. (Contracted Form) to take the time Jdn't ask you to take the time if it > Afier you write an e-mail message, read through it to "hear" how it sounds. If it reads like an acodemic thesis ora bureaucratic manual, revise it and loosen up the syle. There are many etiquette guides and many different etiquette rules. Some res will a 2cording to the nature of your business and the comporate cute Below we list what we consider a5 the 32 mos i 2 most important email etiquette rules that apply to nearly all companies aEE —_—_ © be e, 32 most i 7 important email etiquette tips: & Reeemetenaaey Goeneoar come « Sr re ml rene fete Add desclaiomers to your emits ; Read the exnasl before you send it @ *¢ Proper spefling. grammar & punctuation Do not oversee Reply 10 All Make i personal : ¢ t Maslings > use the bee: field ov do 2 mul se templates for Seguently ined responses Sooner swnttly Take care with abbreviations and emoticons t De not amach unnecessary files Be careful with formatting. € Use proper sractare & layout Take care with nich text and HTML messages Do net overuse the high prion optice, Do not forward chain fetes 6. Do not write in CAPITALS, Do not request delivery and read receipts Reese oes Do not ask to recall a message: e Don’ send or forward eonits containing Do not copy a message or attachment without ; defamatory. oflcmsve rai or chosen pouuene ¢. De * Use a meaningful subject. Do pot ec em oda cof eva ¢. nee Use active instead of passive oe ee ee ee, Avoid using URGENT and IMPORTANT. ¢. Keep your language gender neutral Use ce: field sparingly, 6. Write the following e-mails. inventing suitable Id°s. . 1 Imagine yourself to be the instructor of a course in which 75 students have registered. Draft ©. an e-mail to be sent to all these students asking them to select a topic of their choice and prepare for a professional presentation of 10 minutes’ duration. € 2 Suppose you want to take an education loan from AXIS Bank. Write an e-mail to the Cred’ ‘ Manager of AXIS Bank, Bangalore requesting him to send you details reganiing educational loan offered by the bank. © 3. Write an e-mail to your friend in London, requesting him to send a few books on “Techrical English’. which are not available in your country. ‘ 4. Draft an email to your School Director, requesting him to grant permission to go on an € industrial visit. 5 Write an email to a new customer who has written to your company asking for information « about your products'services. Ideas: thank them for writing: give some general ‘ information: highlight a few selling points; say that you are attaching detailed informatior in another document; say that they can contact you again if they have any queries. . 6 Draft an email to an existing customer giving them some news about improvements to one ‘ of your products services. Ideas: choose one particular product service and think about an improvement in terms of quality, or variety, or speed etc. How will the customer benetit from this improvement” > Write an email to a language school (or university) asking about details arrangements of. course. Ideas. ask about cost, dates, accommodation etc Draft an email to a hotel asking for more information. Ideas: how you found out about the ions about their prices; tell them the dates you want; tell them the kind of room hotel, quest ask about other facilines that you needéé¢éd +P dd ddé eee de sed bbdddddd f du from another country who is ¢o a colleague oe ae ee ae them some goodsnd news shout some : you cout ing with them; you Hens at they bring something that they ming to visit your office, ect of the trip; you could lp while they are in your request country. 3. A room activities) iscussions (Class Group Discuss B4. Literature The Last Lesson an © (dike Alphonse Daudet | & yew » bea A ) | died Dec. 16, 1897, Paris) French short-story writer and ye south of France. The story were capured by Germans. Alphonse Daudet, (born May 131840, Nimes, Erance novelist, now remembered chiefly the aythar of sentimental tales of provincial life in th {is set in the days of the Franco-Prassiam war. The French district of Alsace and Lorre The new master ina schoo! in Alsace to teach German in place of French. The story tells cas come the next d the effect ofthis news on the life ata school in Alsace and how miserably the French people felt when their enemies banned French language in their schools I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles, and I did not know the first word about them, For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field back of the saw-mill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the strength to resist, and hurried off to school. When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin-board. For the last two years all our bad news had come from there-the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer--and I thought to myself, without stopping: "What can be the matter now?" Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me: "Don't go so fast, bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time!” I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel's little garden all out of breath Usually, when school began, there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the street, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison, very loud, with our hands over our ears to understand better, and the teacher's great ruler rapping on the table, But now it was all so stllt Thad counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning. Through the window I saw my classmates, already in their places, and M. Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm, [had to open the door and go in before everybody. You can imagine how I blushed and how frightened I was. But nothing happened, M. Hamel saw me and said very kindly: "Go to your place quickly. little Franz. We were beginning without you.” sch and sat down at my desk. Not till then, when I had got a little over my ur teacher had on his beautiful green coat, his frilled shirt, and the little black se never wore except on inspection and prize days. Besides. the ‘and solemn. But the thing that urprised me most Was to see, on 1 jumped over the be fright, did I see that 0 silk cap, all embroidered. that hi whole school seemed so strange the back benches that were always empty. the vi ‘wath his three-comnered hat, the former mayor, the former postmaster. and several others ‘oked sad: and Hauser had brought an old primer, thumbed at the edges, and s great spectacles lying across the pages M, Hamel mounted his chair, and, in the same grave and gentle Hauser, besides. Everybody lo he held it open on his knees with hi While I was wondering about it all, tone which he had used to me, said: “ lage people sitting quietly like ourselves: old