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CURRICULUM & SYLLABUS

SEMESTER - I

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THEORY

1. GE401 Teaching Methodology 4 1 0 5

2. EG401 Research Methodology in English 4 1 0 5

3. EG402 Critical Approaches to Literature 4 1 0 5

TOTAL 12 3 0 15


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GE401 TEACHING METHODOLOGY 4 1 0 5

OBJECTIVES1. To understand the concepts and Practices of Teaching Methodology in Higher Education2. To understand the Concept and Practices of Educational Psychology3. To develop the awareness in modern teaching practices and evaluation4. To provide systematic knowledge about motivation and emotion

UNIT - I 15Higher Education - Teaching Technology: Objectives and Role of Higher Education-Learningand Learning Hierarchy - Information Processing – Learning Events and Outcomes. TeachingTechnology - Meaning, concept and scope – Instructional Designs: Objectives based, Skillbased, Competency based, Learning style based and Model based Large Group Techniques:Lecture, Modified Lecture, Panel Discussion, Team Teaching, Project Approach and Workshop– Simulation, Role Playing, Brain Storming, Case formulation, analysis and Discussion.Concept of Micro – teaching - Steps - Micro-teaching Cycle - Rationale of Micro-teachingProcedure - Phase of Micro-teaching.

UNIT – II 10Educational Evaluation: Methods of Evaluation -Self Evaluation – Analysis of Teaching-Identification of Teaching Skills - Core Teaching Skills-Teaching Skills and their Specification-Teacher Evaluation- Methods. The measurement and evaluation process - concept - scope andneed - Basics - characteristics of good measuring instruments - validity - Objectivity - reliabilityusability and norms. Models in educational evaluation - 3d model - total reflection model andindividual judgment model. - scores and methods of feed back to students - new trends inevaluation.

UNIT –III 10Educational Psychology : Meaning and Definition - modern psychology - Study of psychology:Structuralism, Functionalism, and Behaviorism. - Branches of Psychology - EducationalPsychology -Concepts, Nature and Scope - Importance of Educational Psychology for theTeacher. Key perspectives in psychology: The facets of behavior - New trends in psychology -Research methods in psychology: Observation, Correlation and the Experimental method -Ethical issues in psychological research. Group Dynamics- Competition and Co-operation –Group Behaviour- Leadership Traits – Classroom Climate.

UNIT – IV 15Motivation and Emotion : Motivation and Learning - Functions of Motives - Kinds of Motives -Theories of Motivation - Hull's Drive education, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Achievement -Motivation - Carl Rogers: self theory – McClelland: Achievement Motivation - Components -Fear of Failure and Hope of Success - Motivation in the classroom context - Praise and Blame,Rewards and Punishments - Feedback / Knowledge of Results - Level of Aspiration -Achievement Motivation - Emotions, Expression and Impact - Relationship between emotionand cognition. - Levels of aspiration and its psychological implications.

UNIT – V 10ICT Enabled Teaching – Meaning and Scope. Electronic Media in Education: Concept,Selection, Use and Variety-e-Learning Resources: e-Learning, e-books, e-journals etc-Web-


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based Learning: Access and Teaching Issues. Conducting lessons using interactive whiteboards /Electronic Board – conducting an online class / online discussion - virtual Classroom – Videoconferencing – Building Animation Tools

TOTAL HOURS: 60REFERENCE BOOKS:1. Aggarwal.J.C. (2008) Essentials of Educational Psychology (2nd Edition) Vikas Publishing

House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.2. Baron A. Robert (2000) Psychology. Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.3. Chauhan. S. S. (2007) Advanced Educational Psychology (7th Edition), Vikas Publishing

House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.4. Dennis Child (1973) Psychology and the Teacher. Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York.5. Hurlock B. Elizabeth (1980) Adolescent Development. Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.6. Hurlock B.Elizabeth (1980) Developmental Psychology. Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.7. John.W.Santrock (2006) Educational Psychology, Mc graw-hill Higher Education,

New Delhi.8. Mangal. S. K (2007) Advanced Educational Psychology (2nd Edition), Prentice-Hall of

India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi9. Vedanayagam, E.G. (1989) Teaching Technology for College Teachers. New Delhi: Sterling

Publishers (p) Ltd.10. Rajasekar, S. (2005) Computer Education and Educational Computing, Hyderabad:

Neelkamal Publications.11. Kumar, K. L. (1997) Educational Technology, New Delhi: New Age International (p) Ltd.12 SampathKumar, K. Paneerselvam, A and Santhanam, S. (1990) Introduction to Educational

Technology, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers (Pvt) Ltd.13. Tony Bates, A.W. (2005) Technology, e-Learning and Distance Education, New York:

Routlede.

EG401 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN ENGLISH 4 1 0 5

Unit –I Research and Writing1. The Research Paper as a form of Exploration2. The Research Paper as a form of Communication3. Selecting a Topic4. Conducting Research5. Compiling a working Bibliography6. Evaluating Sources7. Taking notes8. Outlining9. Writing Drafts10. Language and Style

Unit – II Plagiarism and Academic Integrity1. Definition of plagiarism2. Consequence of Plagiarism3. Information Sharing Today


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4. Unintentional Plagiarism5. Forms of Plagiarism6. When Document is not Needed7. Related IssuesThe Format of Research Paper1. Margins2. Text Formatting3. Heading and Title4. Page Numbers5. Tables and Illustrations6. Paper and Printing7. Corrections and Insertions8. Binding9. Electronic Submission

Unit – III The Mechanics of Writing1. Spelling2. Punctuation3. Italics4. Name of the Persons5. Numbers6. Title of works in the Research Paper7. Quotations8. Capitalization and Personal Names in Languages

Unit – IV I Documentation : Preparing the List of Works Cited1. Documenting Sources2. MLA Style3. The List of Works Cited4. Citing Periodical Print Publications5. Citing Non-periodical Print Publications6. Citing Web Publications7. Citing Additional Common Sources8. A Work in More Than One Publication Medium

II Documentation : Citing Sources in the Text1. Parenthetical Documentation and the List of Works Cited2. Information Required In Parenthetical Documentation3. Readability4. Sample References5. Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation

Unit – V Abbreviations1. Introduction


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2. Time Designations3. Geographic Names4. Common Scholarly Abbreviations and reference Words5. Publishers’ name6. Symbols And Abbreviations used in proofreading and

Correction7. Title of Works

Appendix A : Guides to writing1. Introduction2. Dictionaries of Usage3. Guides to Nondiscriminatory Language4. Books on style

Appendix B : Specialized Style Manuals

TEXT : Gibaldi, Joseph (7th Edn.), MLA Hand Book for Writers of ResearchPapers. New Delhi: EWP, 2003.

EG402 CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE 4 1 0 5

Unit –I Introduction : M.H. Abrams : Orientation of Critical TheoriesMythological Approach : Northrop Frye : The Archetypes of Literature

Unit –II Sociological Approach : Edmund Wilson : Marxism and LiteratureFormalistic Approach : Roland Barthes : Criticism as Language

Unit –III Psychological Approach : Sigmund Freud : Creative Writers and DayDreaming

Structuralism : Gerard Genette : Structuralism and Literary

Criticism

Unit –IV Post- Structuralism : Jacques Derrida : Structure and Deconstruction:Structure,Sign and Play in the Discourse of the HumanSciencesElaine Showalter : Feminist Criticism in the

Wilderness

Unit –V Cultural Studies : Stuart Hall : The Rediscovery of Ideology

Postcolonialism : Edward W. Said :Orientalism (Chapter 3 - OrientalismNow)

Text: Lodge, David. 20th Century Literary Criticism, London: Longman, 1972


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SEMESTER - II

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SUBJECTCODE

SUBJECT L T P C

THEORY

1. XxEx1 ELECTIVE – 1 4 1 0 5

PROJECT

2. EG4P1 Dissertation 0 0 30 15TOTAL 4 1 30 20


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LIST OF ELECTIVES

SL.No.

SUBJECTCODE SUBJECT L T P C

THEORY

1. EG4A1 English Language Teaching 4 1 0 5

2. EG4A2 Indian Writing in English 4 1 0 5

3. EG4A3 Canadian Literature 4 1 0 5

4. EG4A4 Afro-American Literature 4 1 0 5

5. EG4A5 New Literature 4 1 0 5

6. EG4A6 Mordern British Literature 4 1 0 5


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EG4A1 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHINGUnit – I1. History of English Language till the present day:

1. Indo- European Family of Languages – Language Family Tree2. English as a Germanic Language3. Master Contributors in the making of English4. General Considerations in the Making of Modern English5. Contribution of the Bible in the growth and development of English6. Shakespeare and Milton in the making of English7. Loan words – Greek, Latin, Scandinavian and French Influences8. Standard English

Unit –II

1. Five Methods of ELTGrammar Translation Method: Characteristics and principles- PedagogicalAssumptions – Teaching Methodology- Merits and DemeritsDirect Method: Characteristics and Principles-Teaching Methodology- Merits andDemeritsAudio Lingual Method: Characteristics and Principles-Teaching Methodology-Merits and DemeritsCognitive Method: Cognitive Anti-method - Cognitive Code method - PedagogicalAssumptions -Teaching Methodology- Merits and DemeritsNaturalistic Method: Monitor Model Hypothesis- Pedagogical Assumptions -Merits and Demerits

Unit –III1. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT): Situational Approach –Teaching

through existing situations and by creating new situations - Group Discussion andRole Play

2. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL):Three Phases: 1.Behaviouristic CALL 2. Communicative CALL 3. IntegrativeCALL–Multimedia and the Internet

Unit –IVTeaching English as a Second Language – TESOL 1. Teaching language skills of

LSRW2. Skill-based Teaching 3. Mother Tongue Influence (MTI)

Unit –V1. Sounds - Syllable and Syntax - Word and Sentence Stress – Phonetic Symbols2. Phonetic Transcription - (A Passage of five lines will be given for Phonetic

Transcription)

Reference: Wood F.T., An Outline History of the English Language, Macmillan, 1969


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Mukalel, Joseph C.,Approaches to ELT, Discovery Publishing House, NewDelhi:2007

Jones, Daniel, English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge, Reprint , 2008

EG4A2 INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH 4 1 0 5

Unit –I Poetry

Rabindranath Tagore : Gitanjali

A.K. Ramanujan : Love for a Wife , Obituary

Unit –II Prose

Nirad.C. Chaudry - The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

Jawaharlal Nehru - Discovery of India

Unit –III Fiction

Anita Desai : In Custody

Aravind Adiga : The White Tiger

Unit –IV Drama

Mahesh Dattani : Final Solutions

Girish Karnad : Nagamandala

Unit – V Short Stories

Kushwant Singh : Black JasmineKarma

R.K. Narayan : From ‘A Horse & Two Goats andOther Stories’

1. Nithya 2. A Horse & Two Goats3. Four Rupees 4. A Hero

Reference: Robert T. Robertson, Anthology of Commonwealth Literature, VPI Printing Dept.,1966, Pennsylvania State University

EG4A3 CANADIAN LITERATURE 4 1 0 5

Unit- I Novels


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Beatrice Culleton - In Search of April Rain TreeLee Maracle - Ravensong

Unit -II Aboriginal Studies

Robertson Davies - The Rebel AngelsJeannette Armstrong - Whispering in Shadows

Unit -III Prose

Margaret Atwood - Second WordsA.J.M. Smith - The Book of Canadian Prose

Unit -IV Drama

Maria Campbell - FlightSharon Pollock - Doc

Unit -V Poetry

Lee Maracle - Bent BoxA.J. Pratt - Towards the Last Spike

Reference: Toye, William. The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature , OxfordUniversity Press, Canada

EG4A4 AFRO-AMERICAN LITERATURE 4 1 0 5

Unit –I Poetry

1. Hughes Langston - Brass SpittoonsAs I Grew Older

2. Michel Harper - Nightmare Begins ResponsibilityHealing Song for the Inner Ear

Unit –II Prose

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self- reliance2. Eugene Collier - Sweet Potato Pie

Unit –III Novel

1. Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye2. Alice Walker - The Colour Purple

Unit –IV Drama


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Pearl Cleage - Flyin’ WestBlues for an Alabama Sky

Unit –V Short Stories

Alice Munro - Carried AwayA Real LifeThe Albanian VirginPostcardRoyal Beatings

Reference : Chapman, Abraham. Black Voices; An Anthology of Afro-AmericanLiterature. NY: New American Library, 1968. PS508 .N3 C5

EG4A5 NEW LITERATURE 4 1 0 5

Unit –I AUSTRALIAN

Peter Carey - Chemistry of Tears

John O’Brien – Leaving Las Vegas

Unit –II NEWZLAND

Katherine Mansfield - The Man with the Wooden Leg

Patricia Grace - Baby No- Eyes ( Novel)

Unit –III AFRICAN

Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart

Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Decolonizing the Mind : The Politicsof Language in Africa (Prose)

Unit –IV WEST INDIES

V.S. Naipaul - Half a Life (Novel)Derek Walcott - A Far Cry From Africa (Poem)

Unit –V SRI LANKA & PAKISTAN

Kamila Shamshi - On Seeing a White Flag Across aBy-Road (poem)


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Ahmad Ali - On the Tenth Night of the TenthMoon

Reference: M. Drabble (ed.), The Oxford companion to EnglishLliterature. 6th Edn.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

EG4A6 MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE 4 1 0 5

Unit – I Poetry

Ted Hughes – Thought FoxTom Gunn – Highway ManDylan Thomas – Poem in October

Unit – II Prose

Virginia Wolf – Women in the AtticA.G. Gardiner – On the Rule of the Road

Unit – III Novel

Pearl S. Buck – The PearlA.J. Cronin – Citadel

Unit – IV Drama

Harold Pinter – The CaretakerJohn Osborne – The Entertainer

Unit – V Short Stories

Somerset Maugham - Ant and the GrasshopperJeffrey Archer – Twist in the Tale (One story from the collection)

Reference : Ruth Z. Temple; Martin Tucker, ed. Modern British Literature, Ungar, 1981

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