Common Courses in English

Common Course 1).  1A 01 ENG - CRITICAL REASONING AND ACADEMIC PRESENTATION SKILLS

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COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE – 1 (15 HOURS): INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING

A. Introduction to Critical Thinking: Benefits of Critical Thinking - Barriers to Critical Thinking

B. Arguments: What is and what is not of argument - Recognizing Argument – Evaluation of

Arguments - Deductive and Inductive argument -

C. What are fallacies: Fallacies of relevance – appeal to emotion – the appeal to pity – the

appeal to force – the argument against the person – irrelevant conclusion

D. Critical thinking and evaluation of sources – social influence and critical thinking –

Persuasion, conformity and Critical Thinking – Critical thinking and Prejudices.

MODULE – 2 (15 HOURS): THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY

Characteristics of Critical and Analytical Thinking – language of critical thinking – strategies

and steps for critical thinking – Sense of audience – Precision and Clarity, Selection of

Relevance – Sequencing of arguments - Sign posting, Conventions in Critical Thinking -

Evaluating Critical Writing

MODULE - III (20 HOURS): THE PROCESS OF WRITING:

Researching Resources for writing: collection of Data – Print resources - Library, Net sources,

Individuals

A. Reading for writing: Strategies for active writing – Dictionary use – Annotate

B. Mechanics of Writing: Develop a plan from title – Evaluating a text - note-making and

Note taking, paraphrasing, summary-writing – Planning a text: organizing paragraphs,

main body, introduction, conclusion, rewriting, proof reading – Elements of writing:

cause and effect, cohesion, comparison, definition, discussion, examples, generalization,

statistical data, references, quotations, style-synonyms, visual information: Charts,

tables etc

C. Accuracy in writing: Abbreviation, Articles: singular and Plural, determiners and nouns,

Irregular plurals - propositions – phrasal verbs – Modal verbs – Conveying ability,

necessity, advisability, possibility, probability etc - Tenses – Voice – adverbs and

adjectives, conjunctions, formality in verbs, - nationality-language, time words nouns

and adjectives, prefixes, suffixes.

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MODULE IV: (15 HOURS)Writing models

 Formal letters , Informal Letters

Curriculum Vitae

Job application

Reports - Designing and Reporting Surveys, Seminar Reports - Project reports,

Documentation

MODULE – V: Presentation Skills (25 HOURS)

Soft Skills for Academic Presentations:

Theory - The audience - primary and secondary and their knowledge and expectations - the objective of the presentation - choosing the appropriate medium for presentation - techniques of effective presentation – Structuring  the presentation - visual presentation aids, handouts, Power point presentation, L.C.D - Clarity and persuasion - Non verbal communication - Opening and Closing – Time Management.

Common Course 2).  1A 02 ENG - Communication Skills in English

Common Course 3).  2A 03 ENG - Readings on Indian Constitution, Secularism and Environment

Common Course 3).  2A 04 ENG - Reading Literatures in English



Common Course 3).  3A 05 ENG - Literature and Contemporary Issues

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