R13 B.Tech I Year ENGLISH syllabus (JNTUH)

Unit -I:
1.Chapter entitled ‘
Wit and Humour
’
from ‘Skills Annex’
-
Functional English to Success Published by Orient
Black Swan, Hyderabad
2.Chapter entitled
‘
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’
from
“Epitome of Wisdom”,
Published
by Maruthi
Publications, Hyderabad.
and
L
-
Listening For Sounds, Stress and Intonation
S
-
Greeting and Taking Leave, Introducing Oneself and Others (Formal and Informal Situations)
R
-
Reading for Subject/ Theme
W
-
Writing Paragraphs
G
-
Types of Nouns and Pro
nouns
V
-
Homonyms, homophones synonyms, antonyms
Unit II
1. Chapter entitled “
Cyber Age”
from
“
Skills Annex
-
Functional English for Success
” Published by Orient Black
Swan, Hyderabad.
2 Chapter entitled
‘
Three days To See’
from
“Epitome of Wisdom”,
Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad.
and
L
–
Listening for themes and facts
S
–
Apologizing, interrupting, requesting and making polite conversation
R
-
for theme and gist
W
-
Describing people, places, objects, events
G
-
Verb forms
V
-
noun, verb, ad
jective and adverb
Unit–III
1.Chapter entitled
‘Risk Management’
from
“
Skills Annex
-
Functional English for Success
”
Published by
Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2.Chapter entitled
‘Leela’s Friend’
by R.K. Narayan from
“Epitome of Wisdom”,
Published by Maruthi
Publications, Hyderabad
and
L
–
for main points and sub
-
points for note taking
S
–
giving instructions and directions; Speaking of hypothetical situations
R
–
reading for details
W
–
note
-
making, information transfer, punctuation


present tense
V–
synonyms and antonyms
Unit–IV
1.Chapter entitled ‘
Human Values and Professional Ethics’
from “
Skills Annex
-
Functional English for
Success”
Published by Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2.Chapter entitled
‘The Last Leaf’from“Epitome of Wisdom”
,
Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad
and
L
-
Listening for specific details and information
S
-
narrating, expressing opinions and telephone interactions
R
-
Reading for specific details and information
W
-
Writing formal letters and CVs
G
-
Past
and future tenses
V
-
Vocabulary
-
idioms and Phrasal verbs
Unit–V
1.Chapter entitled ‘
Sports and Health’
from“Skills Annex
-
Functional English for Success
” Published by
Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad
2.Chapter entitled
‘The Convocation Speech’
by N.R. Narayanmurthy’ from
“Epitome of Wisdom”,
Published by Maruthi Publications, Hyderabad
and
L
-
Critical Listening and Listening for speaker’s tone/ attitude
S
-
Group discussion and Making presentations
R
-
Critical reading, reading for reference
W
-
Project pr
oposals; Technical reports, Project Reports and Research Papers
G
-
Adjectives, prepositions and concord
V
-
Collocations and Technical vocabulary
Using words appropriately
* Exercises from the texts not prescribed shall also be used for classroom tasks.
REFERENCES :
1.
Contemporary English Grammar Structures and Composition by David Green, MacMillan Publishers, New D
elhi.
2010.
2.
Innovate with English: A Course in English for Engineering Students,
edited by T Samson, Foundation Books.
3.
English Grammar Practi
ce, Raj N Bakshi, Orient Longman.
4.
Technical Communication by Daniel Riordan. 2011. Cengage Publications. New Delhi.
5.
Effective English, edited
by E Suresh Kumar,
A RamaKrishna Rao
,
P Sreehari, Published by Pearson
6.
Handbook of English Grammar& Usag
e, Mark Lester and Larry Beason, Tata Mc Graw
–
Hill.
7.
Spoken English, R.K. Bansal & JB Harrison, Orient Longman.
8.
Technical Communication, Meenakshi Raman, Oxford University Press
9.
Objective English Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education
10.
Grammar G
ames, Renuvolcuri Mario, Cambridge University Press.
11.
Murphy’s English Grammar with CD, Murphy, Cambridge University Press.
12.
Everyday Dialogues in English, Robert J. Dixson, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd.,
13.
ABC of Common Errors Nigel D Turton, Mac Millan Pub
lishers.
14.
Basic Vocabulary Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe, Pearson Education
15.
Effective Technical Communication, M Ashraf Rizvi, Tata Mc Graw
–
Hill.
16.
An Interactive Grammar of Modern English, Shivendra K. Verma and Hemlatha Nagarajan , Frank Bros & C
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17.
A Comm
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18.
Enrich your English, Thakur K B P Sinha, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt Ltd.,
19.
A Grammar Book for You And I, C. Edward Good, MacMillan Publishers