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:

  • Road to Makkah   (Muhammad Asad)
  • Rethinking Traditions ( Danial Brown)
  • Covering Islam    (E. Said)
  • Thomson A.J, Martinet A. V (1986). A Practical English Grammar: for foreign students (4th Ed). Oxford University Press (OUP)

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 Tenses:            Present and Past
Week 2 Direct Speech & Indirect Speech
Week 3 Active Voice and Passive Voice
Week 4 Future Tense and Exceptions
Week 5 Passages from "Road to Makkah" 
Week 6 Passages "Re-Thinking Traditions"
Week 7 Passages "When the Moon ….."
Week 8 Mid-term Exam
   
Week 9 Synonyms
Week 10 Translation of Present Tenses
Week 11 Translation of Past Tenses
Week 12 Translation of Future Tenses
Week 13 Translation And Exceptions
Week 14 Passages "Covering Islam"
Week 15 Passages " Islam & West"
Week 16 Final Term Exam

 

Course Material