[PDF] HS8151 Communicative English 2017 Regulation Syllabus, Notes and Question Banks/Important Questions for Anna University Students

Reading- short comprehension passages, practice in skimming-scanning and predicting- Writing completing sentences- - developing hints. Listening- short texts- short formal and informal conversations. Speaking- introducing oneself - exchanging personal information- Language development- Wh- Questions- asking and answering-yes or no questions- parts of speech. Vocabulary development-- prefixes- suffixes- articles.- count/ uncount nouns.

Reading - comprehension-pre-reading-post reading- comprehension questions (multiple choice questions and /or short questions/ open-ended questions)-inductive reading- short narratives and descriptions from newspapers including dialogues and conversations (also used as short Listening texts)- register- Writing – paragraph writing- topic sentence- main ideas- free writing, short narrative descriptions using some suggested vocabulary and structures – Listening- telephonic conversations. Speaking – sharing information of a personal kind—greeting – taking leave - Language development – prepositions, conjunctions Vocabulary development- guessing meanings of words in context.

Reading- short texts and longer passages (close reading) Writing- understanding text structure use of reference words and discourse markers-coherence-jumbled sentences Listening – listening to longer texts and filling up the table- product description- narratives from different sources. Speaking- asking about routine actions and expressing opinions. Language development degrees of comparison- pronouns- direct vs indirect questions- Vocabulary development – single word substitutes- adverbs

Reading- comprehension-reading longer texts- reading different types of texts- magazines Writing- letter writing, informal or personal letters-e-mails-conventions of personal email Listening- listening to dialogues or conversations and completing exercises based on them. Speaking- speaking about oneself- speaking about one’s friend- Language development Tenses- simple present-simple past- present continuous and past continuous- Vocabulary development- synonyms-antonyms- phrasal verbs

Reading- longer texts- close reading – Writing- brainstorming -writing short essays – developing an outline- identifying main and subordinate ideas- dialogue writing- Listening – listening to talks conversations- Speaking – participating in conversations- short group conversations- Language development-modal verbs- present/ past perfect tense - Vocabulary development-collocations fixed and semi-fixed expressions.