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Course Code Course Title L T M/CL C

TLAW181L General English 4 1 0 4
Pre-requisite NIL Syllabus version
1.0
Course Objectives
1. To explore and use a wide range of Listening, Speaking, reading and writing
materials which include those in practical use in the world of law
2. To acquire proficiency levels in LSRW skills in diverse social situations
3. To practice grammar and vocabulary effectively

Course Outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to
1. To develop competence in the use of language accurately in social as well
as legal
contexts
2. To promote in students a sense of language appropriateness for legal
vocation
3. Enhances the grammar and vocabulary efficiency

Module:1 Language in Use 7 hours

Synonyms and Antonyms - One Word – Substitutions - Words often confused or
misused - Idioms and Phrases – Proverbs

Module:2 Vocabulary Enhancement 6 hours

Active & Passive Vocabulary, Prefix and Suffix, homophones and homonyms

Module:3 Basic Grammar 7 hours

Tense and Tense Consistency - Concord - Conditional Clauses

Module:4 Sentence transformation 7 hours

Speech (Direct and Indirect Narration) – Active and Passive Voice

Module:5 Communication Skills 5 hours

Reading Comprehension of a General Text- Reading Comprehension of a Legal
Text

Module:6 Business Correspondence 6 hours

Etiquettes and Manners for Law Professionals - Communication Skills

Module:7 Legal Writing Skills 7 hours

Paragraph Writing General Topics -Paragraph Writing on Legal Topics- Writing of
Reports- Legal Maxims- Legal Terms

Module:8 Excerpts from Literature 5 hours

1. The Story of My Experiments with Truth – M. K. Gandhi
2. The Benefit of the Doubt – Jack London
3. A Jury of Her Peers – Glaspell
4. Before the Law – Franz Kafka

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5. A Time to Kill – John Grisham

Module:9 Excerpts from Classic Movies 5 hours

1. Primal Fear (1996) – Gregory Hoblit
2. Inherit the Wind (1960) – Stanley Kramer
3. Amistad (1997) – Steven Spielberg
4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) – Billy Wilder
5. The Conspirator (2010) – Robert Redford

Module:10 Contemporary Issues 5 hours

Total Lecture hours: 60 hours

Text Book(s)
1. Greenbaum, Sidney (1996), The Oxford English Grammar, London: Oxford
University Press
2. Murphy, Raymond and Smalzer, William (2000), Grammar in Use: Intermediate,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Reference Books
1. Mohan, Krishna and Banerji, Meera (2009), Developing
Communication Skills, New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers India Ltd.
2. Gupta, Seema (2011), Correct Manners and Etiquette: Developing a Pleasing
Personality / Behaviour, New Delhi: V & S Publishers
3. Wydick,Richard C (2005), Plain English for Lawyers, Durham N.C: Carolina
Academic Press.
Mode of Evaluation: Class test, assignments, Quiz, and FAT
Flipped Class Room, Discussions, worksheets , exercises and Lectures
Recommended by Board of Studies 18-04-2022
Approved by Academic Council No. 68 Date 19-12-2022

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