DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
NALGONDA
CBCS GENERAL ENGLISH SYLLABUS STRUCTURE FOR U.G. I YEAR
Prescribed General English Text Book for I Year (Sem -I & Sem -II) for B.A /B. Sc /B.Com
and all other U.G. Courses
Title: English for Enhanced Competence Published by Orient Black swan
Editors: Prof. Sumita Roy, Prof. A. Karunakar and K. Aruna Priya
SEMESTER - I
UNIT - I(SHORT TEXT The Eyes are not Here - by Ruskin
FICTION) Bond
Pronunciation Consonant Sounds
Grammar Nouns
Vocabulary Roots
Spelling Pick out the words which are wrongly
spelt and correct them.
Punctuation Capitalization
Conversation + Role Introducing yourself in a formal or
Play social context to the strangers
Reading Passage Historical place:
Chayasomeshwaralayam (Nalgonda)
Writing Guided writing/expansion
Soft Skills Motivation and goal setting
Value Orientation Well begun is half done
Text “Work Brings Solace” -Wings Of Fire
UNIT - II (PROSE) - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Pronunciation Vowel :Monophthongs
Grammar Pronoun
Vocabulary Prefix and suffix
Spelling Use ‘Un’ or ‘dis’ to complete the
antonyms
Punctuation Capitalization
Conversation + Role Starting a conversation/controlling a
play conversation
Reading Passage An important event of Telangana
1
history: Telangana Formation Day
Writing Sequencing
Soft skills Self confidence
Value Orientation Doubt is the beginning of wisdom
UNIT - III (POETRY) Text Bangle Sellers – Sarojini Naidu
Pronunciation Vowel Diphthongs
Grammar Helping verbs
Vocabulary Homophones, homonyms, homographs
Spelling Complete the words using ‘tion’ on
‘sion’
Punctuation Comma and full stop
Conversation + role Describing your college and course of
play study
Reading passage A popular Telangana festival:
Bathukamma Festival
Writing Paragraph/descriptive writing
Soft skills Body language/nonverbal
communication
Value orientation Actions speak louder than words
UNIT - IV (DRAMA) Text Merchant of Venice Act IV Scene –I
William Shakespeare
Pronunciation Varied pronunciation of some letters of
the Alphabet
Grammar Main verbs and tenses
Vocabulary Collocation
Spelling Complete the following spellings using
‘tion’ or ‘ment’
Punctuation Question mark and exclamation mark
Conversation + Role Leaving a message on the answering
play maechine/ making an appointment on
telephone
Reading Passage A famous tourist attraction in Nalgonda
:Nagarjunsagar, Nalgonda
Writing Dialogue
Soft skills Inter personal skills
Value Orientation Faith will move mountains
UNIT -V- LAB Language and Soft Pronunciation, Conversation, Reading,
Skills - LAB Soft Skills and Values
SEMESTER - II
UNIT - I (FICTION AND Text The Open Window – H.H.Munro
2
SHORT FICTION) (saki)
Pronunciation Plosives
Grammar Nonfinite verbs
Vocabulary Simile and metaphor
Spelling Complete the following using ‘ei’ or ‘ie’
Punctuation Semi colon
Conversation + Role Asking for advice/ asking for
play information
Reading Passage Yagagirigutta: famous pilgrim place in
Nalgonda
Writing Note Taking and Note Making
Soft skills Time Management
Value Orientation Time and tide wait for no one
UNIT - II (PROSE) Text The voice of Humanity –
Rabindranath Tagore
Pronunciation Fricatives
Grammar Adjectives
Vocabulary Oxymoron and Hyperbole
Spelling Complete the following with ‘able’ or
‘ible’
Punctuation Colon and Long dash
Conversation + Role Making a request/ accepting or refusing
play the request
Reading Passage Rural Telangana: Devarakonda Fort
history
Writing Informal letter
Soft skills Leadership skills
Value Orientation ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’
UNIT - III (POETRY) Text If- by Rudyard Kipling
Pronunciation Affricates and Nasals
Grammar Articles
Vocabulary Portmanteau words and loan words
Spelling Complete the following spellings using
one of the following suffixes: ‘-ic’, ‘-
ive’, ‘-ity’, ‘-al’, ‘-ance’, ‘-ence’
Punctuation Hyphen and Long dash
Conversation + Role Conducting a meeting/seeking opinion
play of the team members
Reading Passage Cultural Identity of Telangana:
Telangana Ballads
Writing Formal letter
Soft skills Stress management
3
Value Orientation Practice makes one perfect
UNIT - IV (DRAMA) Text Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
Pronunciation Lateral, frictionless continuants, semi
vowels
Grammar Adverbs
Vocabulary palindromes
Spelling Complete the spellings in the following
table
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
Punctuation Inverted commas
Conversation + Role Appearing for a job
play interview/conducting a job interview
Reading Passage Handicrafts of Telangana : Pochampally
Writing Business letter
Soft skills Etiquette and Grooming
Value Orientation Necessarily is the Mother of invention
UNIT - V LAB Language and Soft Pronunciation, Conversation, Reading,
Skills - LAB Soft Skills and Values
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MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
NALGONDA
CBCS GENERAL ENGLISH SYLLABUS STRUCTURE FOR U.G. II YEAR - 2017
Prescribed General English Text Book for II Year (Semester -III & Semester-IV) for B.A
/B. Sc /B.Com and all other U.G. Courses
Title: English for Enhanced Competence-II Published by Orient
Black Swan
Editors: Prof. A. Karunakar and K. Aruna Priya
SEMESTER III
UNIT I (SHORT Text The Man Who Saved Pumpelsdrop by W.J.
FICTION) Turner
Pronunciation plural endings and past tense endings
Grammar Preposition
Vocabulary Anagrams
Spelling difficult words
Punctuation Capitalization
Conversation An argument between two/three people about the
right way to approach life
Reading Kasoj Srikanta Chary – Telangana Martyr
Writing narrative writing/narrative essay
Soft Skills Negotiation
Value Education Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst
UNIT II Text On the Pleasures of No Longer Being Very
(PROSE) Young by G.K. Chesterton
Pronunciation Syllable
Grammar conjunction
Vocabulary phrasal verbs
Spelling irregular verbs
Punctuation Comma
Conversation Friends sharing the experience of being caught in
embarrassing situations
Reading Raavi Narayana Reddy - Freedom Fighter-
Son of Nalgonda
Writing Debate writing/ argumentative essay
Soft Skills Decision making
Value Education Better late than never
UNIT III Text An Irish Airman Foresees his Death by W.B
(POETRY) Yeats
Pronunciation consonant cluster
Grammar active and passive voice
Vocabulary Idioms
Spelling irregular verbs past tense
Punctuation Full stop
Conversation Learning to open an account in a bank and net
banking
Reading Munagala Kondala Rao - "Deverakonda
Gandhi"
Writing Rhyming couplets
Soft Skills Problem solving
Value Education Early bird catches the worm
UNIT IV (DRAMA) Text With the Photographer by Stephen Leacock
Pronunciation word stress—prefix
Grammar direct and indirect speech
Vocabulary Eponyms
Spelling words commonly used in cinema, TV, media
Punctuation 15 lines of drama/dialogue for punctuation
Conversation 5 friends discussing their unique hobbies
Reading Aarutla Kamala Devi –Women Freedom
fighter
Writing Personal Diary/journal writing
Soft Skills Team work
Value Education God helps those who help themselves
UNIT V (letter) Text
Letter from a Father to a Daughter by
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pronunciation word stress—suffix
Grammar change of degrees of comparison
Vocabulary words often confused
Spelling silent letter words
Punctuation Short fiction passage with mistakes in
punctuation for correction/editing
Conversation How people behave when
unexpected/unwelcome guests arrive
Reading Uppala Malsoor – A Man of Soil
Writing Expository essay
Soft Skills emotional intelligence
Value Education Actions speak louder than words
SEMESTER IV
UNIT I (SHORT Text How Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay by
FICTION) G.B. Shaw
Pronunciation Contractions
Grammar 7 types/ structures of sentences
Vocabulary alliteration, rhyming words
Spelling doubling of consonants
Punctuation Short prose passage with mistakes in punctuation
for correction/editing
Conversation A group of students share the experience of
visiting different places during their vacation
Reading Fluorosis – A curse to Nalgonda
Writing Article for a magazine/newspaper
Soft Skills critical thinking
Value Education There is no time like the present
UNIT II (PROSE) Text Playing the English Gentleman by M.K
Gandhi
Pronunciation strong and weak forms
Grammar Simple, compound and complex sentences
Vocabulary subject specific vocabulary—science, technology,
medicine etc
Spelling commonly misspelt words
Punctuation Short poetry passage with mistakes in
punctuation for correction/editing
Conversation The members of the Ecological Club of the
college plan how to save plants
Reading Bhoodanpochampally – its nomenclature history
Writing Process writing
Soft Skills Recitation/presentation skills
Value Education A penny saved is a penny earned (Implications in
other fields too – saving natural resources)
UUNIT III Text Work by D. H. Lawrence
(POETRY)
Pronunciation intonation and rhythm
Grammar transformation of sentences (revision)
Vocabulary Picture vocabulary
Spelling academic words
Punctuation Short dialogue with mistakes in punctuation for
correction/editing
Conversation Tell each other how you felt when you lost
something precious
Reading Mellachervu – Place of cultural Richness
Writing Script writing/editing
Soft Skills Social Intelligence/People skills/ interview skills
Value Education You can’t judge a book by its cover
UNIT IV (DRAMA) Text Before Breakfast by Eugene O Neil
Pronunciation Assimilation
Grammar Conditionals – If clauses
Vocabulary Situational Vocabulary
Spelling Abbreviations
Punctuation Exclamatory
Conversation Sharing their best moments
Reading Lateef Saheb Dargah – Unity in Diversity
Writing CV writing
Soft Skills Interpersonal Skills
Value Education Good things come to those who wait
UNIT V Text India Through a Traveller’s Eye by Pearl
(Travelogue) Buck
Pronunciation Elision
Grammar Common Errors
Vocabulary Acronyms
Spelling British & American Spelling
Punctuation Question mark
Conversation Sharing on the importance of English
Reading Pedhagattu Jathara – Lingamanthula jathara
Writing Report Writing
Soft Skills Time Management
Value Education No man is an island
