Objectives: 

This course offers the students basic concepts of grammar to to students. Main Oobjective of this course is to develop grammatical competence of the learners to become proficient writers and speaker of English.

Course pre requisites (if any):

No

Learning outcomes:

On the successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • The students should become proficient writers and speaker of English

Textbooks:

1. Swan, Micheal (2005). Practical English Usage (3rd Ed.). Oxford University Press.

2. Betty SchrampferAzar (2005). Fundamental of English Grammar: With Answer Key (3rd Ed.). Publisher: Parson PTR Interactive.

3. English-II For BS-4 Years Students of Semester-II (M. Athar Ansari/ Muhammad Saleem)

 

Description of system of Evaluation (Exam, assignments etc.):

Mid Term: 30 marks

Sessional: 20 marks

  • Project: 40%
  • Presentation: 30%
  • Participation: 30%

Final Exam: 50 marks

Course Material

Weeks Contents
Week 1 William Wordsworth :  My Heart Leaps up  , Westminster Bridge
                                          To a Butterfly
Essay:                             Seeing Life  (Arnold Bennet)
Week 2 William Blake:        Ah! Sunflower; Divine Image
Essay:            Quaid e Azam's Address
Week 3 Richard Middleton:        On a Dead Child
J.J.Coleridge:               The Pains of Sleep
Week 4 Paragraph Writing
Week 5 Essay Writing
Week 6 Short Story:        The New Constitution (Saadat Hassan Manto)
Week 7 Short Story:        Breakfast ( John Steinbeck)
Week 8 Mid-term Exam
   
Week 9 C.V. Writing
Week 10 Essay  : Visit to a Sawat Valley (H.P.Stewart)
Week 11 Short Story: A Man with a Scar (S. Maugham)
Week 12 Essay: Unconscious Artist (Gilber Hight)
Week 13 P.B.Shelley:    To Wordsworth, Love's Philosopy, Fragmet When Soft
Composition
Week 14 James Manager:     Siberia
Application Writing
Week 15 Tomas Moor:   After the battle;    She is far from the Land
Letter Writing
Week 16 Final Term Exam

 

 

Course Material