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B A Functional English (Revised syllabus 2014)

Oral Communication PracticeI  Choose the correct answer.

1. Which among the following is not a part of communication process.

(A.Feedback,B. Sender, C. Channel, D. Physical Fitness)  

2.Instruction given by the superior to subordinate is ...........

(A.Grape wine,B.Upward communication,C.Downward Communication,D.Extra Personal Communication)

3.Meditation is an example for ..............Communication

(A.Inter Personal,B.Intra Personal,C. Extra Personal,D. Mass )

4.Which among the following is not a barrier to communication

(A. Noice,B.Lack of attentive listening,C.Use of jargons, D.Social media )

5. Study of body language is known as .............

(A.Kinesis, B.Proximics, C.Performance, D.None of these )

6. Communication starts with :

(A. Message B. Sender C. Channel D. Feedback)

7. The two broad areas of communication are :

(a) Oral and written communication,b) Verbal and written communication

c) Verbal and non­verbal communication,d) Oral and non­verbal communication)

8. Which of the following are examples of oral communication?

a) Meetings, memos and presentations

b) Meetings, memos and performance reviews

c) Meetings, presentations and performance reviews

d) Reports, presentations and performance reviews

9.Which of the following are examples of written communication?

a) Letters and voicemail

b) Reports and email

c) Circulars and voicemail

d) Presentations and email

10. All the following are advantages of oral communication, except :

a) Control over receiver’s attention b) Immediate feedback c) Personal quality d)Conveying complex information

II. Answer in a sentence or two.

1. What do you mean by  non verbal communication?

2. Give an example for verbal communication

3.Write any four uses of communication

4.Barriers of communication

5.What is grape wine communication?

6. Explain communication process.

7. Proximics

8. Advantages of written communication

9. Define communication

10.Upward communication

11.Informal communication

12.mass communication

13.Inter personal communication

14. intra personal communication

15.Formal communication

16.Feedback

III. Write short essay 

1. Conversational Practice: Complete the discussion

Mother: Geetha wants to join western dance classes in the evening at RAACK academy. What do you think?

Father:

Mother: What timing shall we opt for?

Father:

Mother:

Father:

Mother:

2. Write a conversation between a client and a marketing executive

3.  Draft a cookery demonstration

4. Review a film you recently watched

5. Write a conversation with your friend after attending the international film fest

6. Instruct a stranger on mobile how to get from the super market to your house.

7. Narrate one of your fondest childhood memories.

8 Describe a memorable birthday celebration.

9. If you won a million dollars, what might you change about your life?

10. If you learned you only had six months to live, how would you spend your time?

IV. Long essay

1. Draft an interview with a celebrity2. Prepare a paper on Impact of media on youth3. Write an essay on communication its nature, process , types and significance4. Prepare a sport commentary of the last five minutes of a football/cricket match5. Prepare an extempore on the representation of women in the new generation Malayalam films

Prepared by 

Athira  Prakash

Assistant Professor

Dept of English

NSS College Manjeri

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FEN6B12 FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1.Which code was used to send messages across the telegraph?

2 Who became the first person to send radio signals over long distances ?

3 Which period came to be known as the golden age of Radio?

4 What are the four key elements in speaking?

5 Why are direct quotes not used in a radio copy?

6 Name the greatest advantage of the television.

7 What is OB van?

8 What is HDTV?

9 Name two channels  that depend on features alone.

10 What is PSA?

11. What is an e­journal?

12.What is DTH?

13 . What is Internet?

14 . What is FM and AM?

15. What is IPTV?

16. “ Dead Air” refers to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.

17. Radio commercials are known by the name of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.

18.  What is an E­Book?

19. What is a story­board?

20. How is a long shot different from a middle shot?

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21. What is OS or Over the Shoulder Shot?

22. What is dubbing?

23. ISDN stands for _________________.

24. What is Voice over?

25. What is a lead?

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1 Radio as a mass medium.

2 Explain the three kinds of radio interviews.

3 What are the strengths of television?

4. The greatest strength of the radio.

5.What is a bulletin?

6.What is the first duty of a reporter?

7.Name some characteristics of the radio.

8.Name some of the popular programmes on radio.

9. Who invented the television?

10. What is flash news?

11. What is spot reporting?

12. What is meant by convergent media?

13. The term ‘blog’ is derived from the word ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.

14.What is meant by ‘Domain’?

15. Give an example of Public Service Announcement.

16. Name an e­Reader hardware.

17.What are electronic magazines known as?

18.What are blogs?

19. What is HDTV?

20.The advantages of an e­book.

21.Silence on the radio is called ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.

22. Mention one or two characteristics of Television features.

23. What are  called ‘briefs’?

24.What are the advantages of studio interviews?

25. Mention some of the guidelines for good radio news writing.

PARAGRAPH QUESTIONS

1 Explain the basics of TV scripting.

2.The different types of interviews on radio.

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3.Radio Jockeys.

4.Features of IPTV.

5.The basic features of an E­Journal.

6.How does one access an e­book?

7.The popularity of e­books.

8. What is blogging?

9.The structure of news on TV.

10. The basic features of web writing.

11. Radio Features.

12. Social networking.

13. Music programmes on radio and TV.

14. Live programmes on TV.

15. What is a ‘promo’?

Essay questions

1 FM Radio: Its popularity.

2 How do phone­in programmes  on radio help the general public?

3 “Reading maketh a man”. In the context of e­books, journals in the digital world, how far is this true?

4. The role of phone­in­programmes on the general public.

5.Write an essay on radio as a mass medium.

6. How are documentaries different from features?

7. The new trends in television viewing.

8. Write an essay on social networking.

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Model Question Paper

Second Sem BA Functional English (Core)

FEN2B02 Communicative Grammar

Time 3 hrs marks 80

I Choose the correct answer (answer all the questions) (12x1=12)                      

A1. He is accused __________ theft.

( A. In, B. Of, C.by, D.with )

2. Muhammed Rafi is a famous singer.’singer’ is an example of

( A.proper noun, B. Common Noum, C. Abstract noun, D. Collective Noun )

3. None of them scored above 90%,________?

(A.did they, B.didn’t they, C.are they, D.aren’t they)

4.I like ---------------- piano (play)

(A. play, B. Playing ,C,played, D.have been playing)

B5.There is ____________ milk left in the fridge. It should be enough for our coffee.

(A. little, B. A little, C. Few, D. A few)

6. It ______ ( rain ) since nine o’ clock.

(A.is raining, B. rains, C.has been raining, D.Have been raining)

7. Switzerland is ________ European city.

( A. a, B. an, C. The, D. all of these)

8. She runs very quickly. Here ’very’ is an example of ____________

(A.adjective, B.adverb. C.Verb. D.None of these)

C 9. When will you arrive _______ the airport?

(A. At, B. on, C. Over, D. Up)

10. My boss __________________sends a lot of greeting cards at Christmas.

(A. often, B. seldom, C. always, D. All of these)

11. Which among the following is not an auxiliary verb?

(A. an, B. are, C. may, D.shall )

12. Which among the following is a a personal pronoun?

(A.he, B. my, C. and, D.that )

II Answer any nine of the following: (9x2=18)

13 .What do you mean by ‘indenting a passage’?

14. NP and VP

15. She says that she ______ ( send ) the letter a month ago; but, so far, she ______ ( not receive ) any reply. She ______ ( think ) that her letter ______ ( be ) lost in the post.

16. He neither smiled spoke nor looked at me (put appropriate punctuation marks)

17.Hyphen

18. Nouns

19. What are the details required while writing the bibliography of a printed text?

20. The priest said, “don’t smoke”(convert into indirect)

21 Rose said to Jack, “I could swim when I was six”(convert in to indirect speech)

22. A gang of terrorists frightened the villagers. (Convert in to passive voice)

23. Semi colon

24. Abstract noun

II Write short essay on any of six the following: (6x 5=30)

25. Prepositions

26. Auxiliary Verbs

27. Bibliography

28. Indefinite Articles

29. Sentence Structure

30. Footnotes and end notes

31. Question Tag

32. Adverbs

33. Pronouns

34. Simple past and Past participle

IV Write essays on any two of the following (2x10=20)

35. Punctuation Marks

36. Articles

37. Tenses

38.What are the things to remember while preparing a research paper

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Model Question Paper

Second Sem BA Functional English

FEN2CO2 INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

Time 3 hrs Marks 80

I choose the correct answer (answer al! the questions) lL2xL=LZl

A l. Indian poetry written by the Indians in English can be divided into three phases: the

imitative,theassimilativeand _.(experimental,expressionistic)2. Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati.

Who translated it into English?

(Maganlal Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Pyarelalji, Sushila Nayyar)

3. Rhyme and stanzaic forms were replaced by _ in modern Indian English poetry.

(blank verse, free verse,)

4. Who wrote ' Latter- Day Psalms'

( Shashi Deshpande , Tagore, Vikram Seth, Nissim Ezekiel)

B 5. Angoori in 'The Weed' thinks that the weed was mixed with..

0. Who asked Gandhiji to eat meat in order to become strong?

z' Which word did Gandhiji spell wrong as a child when the school inspector gave

dictation to the class?

8. Who wrote preface to Tagore's Gitanjali?

C.' Match the following writer to the year they have received Sahitya Academy Award

9. Amrita Pritam

10. kamala das

1 I . Shashi Deshpande Award

I 990

1 983

1956

ofi1'6q' c) u

I 2. N issim Ezekiel 1984

II Answer any nine of the following: (9x2:18)

l3 Which are the different periods which categorize the writings of Mahatma Gandhi?

I4. How do girls fall in love accordingto Angoori?

15. Why has the refrain been used in Tagore's poem'The Palanquin Bearers' ? What does it

convey?

16. What does the poet in 'Of mothers, among other things' smell upon the blackbone tree?

1 7. Why is Saroj ini Naidu called 'the Nightingale of India'?

18. What is the speaker's attitudes towards books in 'A Diff,erent History"?.

19. Which are the various facets of love highlighted in Naidu's poetry?

20. How does Bhatt use words and phrases to convey how sacred trees and books are?

21 Which goddesses narnes are mentioned in ' A Different History' ?

22. What does the poet in 'Of mothers, among other things' mean by 'the handful of

needles'?

23, Name three post - independence poets who are preoccupied with the problem of roots.

24.How does the poet describe the movements of the bride in 'The Palanquin Bearers' ?

III Write short essay on any of six the following:

25. The Poetic Techniques used in 'A Different History' .

(6x 5:30)

26. Gandhi's account of his school days in 'My Experiments with Truth'.

27. Give an account of Tagore's poetic style.

28. Attempt a character- sketch of Angoori highlighting her innocence and simplicity

29. What are the various aspects of the rural Indian society that Amrita Pritam presents

through the story?

30. Elements of Indianness in Good bye Party for Miss Pushpa T S.

31, The Image of Woman in 'The Binding Vine'

32. Mysticism in Tagore's 'Leave This'

33. What were the pre - independence themes of Indian English poetry?

34. Comment on the title of the poem 'A Different History'

IV Write essays on any two of the following (2x10:20)

35. 'A Different History' explores the relationship between cultural identity and language.

Discuss.

36. Give a detailed study of man- woman relationship in Shashi Deshpande's 'The Binding

Vine'

37. Write an essay on the growth and development of Indian English verse.

38. Discuss Social Realism presented by Indian women writers in English