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COMMUNICATIVE
ENGLISH
SEMESTER-II
Tamil Nadu State Council For Higher Education
(TANSCHE)
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CONTENTS
Unit Pages
Unit I (18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening and responding to complaints (formal
situation)
b. Listening to problems and offering solutions
(informal)
2. Reading and writing
a. Reading aloud (brief motivational anecdotes)
b. Writing a paragraph on a proverbial
expression/motivational idea.
3. Word Power/Vocabulary
a. Synonyms & Antonyms
4. Grammar in Context
● Adverbs
Prepositions
Unit II(20 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to famous speeches and poems
b. Making short speeches- Formal: welcome speech
and vote of thanks.
Informal occasions- Farewell party, graduation
speech
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing opinion pieces (could be on travel, food,
film / book reviews or on any contemporary topic)
b. Reading poetry
b.i. Reading aloud: (Intonation and Voice
Modulation)
b.ii. Identifying and using figures of speech -
simile, metaphor, personification etc.
3. Word Power
a. Idioms & Phrases
4. Grammar in Context
Conjunctions and Interjections
Unit III (18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to Ted talks
b. Making short presentations – Formal presentation
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with PPT, analytical presentation of graphs and
reports of multiple kinds
c. Interactions during and after the presentations
2. Reading and writing
a. Writing emails of complaint
b. Reading aloud famous speeches
3. Word Power
a. One Word Substitution
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Patterns
Unit IV (16
hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Participating in a meeting: face to face and online
b. Listening with courtesy and adding ideas and
giving opinions during the meeting and making
concluding remarks.
2. Reading and Writing
a. Reading visual texts – advertisements
b. Writing a Brochure
3. Word Power
a. Denotation and Connotation
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Types
Unit V
(18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Informal interview for feature writing
b. Listening and responding to questions at a formal
interview
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing letters of application
b. Readers’ Theatre (Script Reading)
c. Dramatizing everyday situations/social issues
through skits. (writing scripts and performing)
3. Word Power
a. Collocation
4. Grammar in Context: Working With Clauses
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PREFACE
This textbook on Communicative English envisioned under the
leadership of the Hon. Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Thiru. Edappadi
K.Palaniswami, by the Honorable Minister for Higher Education Thiru. K.P.
Anbalagan, and Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Higher
Education, Selvi. Apoorva, I.A.S., is a pioneering venture and strategic
intervention in higher education in Tamil Nadu. It has been prepared with
the unstinted support of Thiru. Vivekanandan, I.A.S. Member Secretary,
TANSCHE (Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education)
Having achieved the highest GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio), of 50%
in higher education in the country, a key indicator of horizontal
growth/access to higher education, Tamil Nadu endeavours to fortify this
achievement with vertical growth, i.e. by focusing on quality/excellence in
higher education. Given the fact that language proficiency is integral to
the learning process, the Communicative English courses for Semester 1
and II have been designed to address the competencies that every
student needs to acquire in the first year of the undergraduate
programme itself.
Communicative English(Semester II) has built on the competencies
developed in Semester 1 and has much to offer the progressive student
and the committed teacher.
COMMUNICATIVE
ENGLISH
SEMESTER-II
Tamil Nadu State Council For Higher Education
(TANSCHE)
, 2
CONTENTS
Unit Pages
Unit I (18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening and responding to complaints (formal
situation)
b. Listening to problems and offering solutions
(informal)
2. Reading and writing
a. Reading aloud (brief motivational anecdotes)
b. Writing a paragraph on a proverbial
expression/motivational idea.
3. Word Power/Vocabulary
a. Synonyms & Antonyms
4. Grammar in Context
● Adverbs
Prepositions
Unit II(20 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to famous speeches and poems
b. Making short speeches- Formal: welcome speech
and vote of thanks.
Informal occasions- Farewell party, graduation
speech
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing opinion pieces (could be on travel, food,
film / book reviews or on any contemporary topic)
b. Reading poetry
b.i. Reading aloud: (Intonation and Voice
Modulation)
b.ii. Identifying and using figures of speech -
simile, metaphor, personification etc.
3. Word Power
a. Idioms & Phrases
4. Grammar in Context
Conjunctions and Interjections
Unit III (18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Listening to Ted talks
b. Making short presentations – Formal presentation
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with PPT, analytical presentation of graphs and
reports of multiple kinds
c. Interactions during and after the presentations
2. Reading and writing
a. Writing emails of complaint
b. Reading aloud famous speeches
3. Word Power
a. One Word Substitution
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Patterns
Unit IV (16
hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Participating in a meeting: face to face and online
b. Listening with courtesy and adding ideas and
giving opinions during the meeting and making
concluding remarks.
2. Reading and Writing
a. Reading visual texts – advertisements
b. Writing a Brochure
3. Word Power
a. Denotation and Connotation
4. Grammar in Context: Sentence Types
Unit V
(18 hours)
1. Listening and Speaking
a. Informal interview for feature writing
b. Listening and responding to questions at a formal
interview
2. Reading and Writing
a. Writing letters of application
b. Readers’ Theatre (Script Reading)
c. Dramatizing everyday situations/social issues
through skits. (writing scripts and performing)
3. Word Power
a. Collocation
4. Grammar in Context: Working With Clauses
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PREFACE
This textbook on Communicative English envisioned under the
leadership of the Hon. Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Thiru. Edappadi
K.Palaniswami, by the Honorable Minister for Higher Education Thiru. K.P.
Anbalagan, and Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Higher
Education, Selvi. Apoorva, I.A.S., is a pioneering venture and strategic
intervention in higher education in Tamil Nadu. It has been prepared with
the unstinted support of Thiru. Vivekanandan, I.A.S. Member Secretary,
TANSCHE (Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education)
Having achieved the highest GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio), of 50%
in higher education in the country, a key indicator of horizontal
growth/access to higher education, Tamil Nadu endeavours to fortify this
achievement with vertical growth, i.e. by focusing on quality/excellence in
higher education. Given the fact that language proficiency is integral to
the learning process, the Communicative English courses for Semester 1
and II have been designed to address the competencies that every
student needs to acquire in the first year of the undergraduate
programme itself.
Communicative English(Semester II) has built on the competencies
developed in Semester 1 and has much to offer the progressive student
and the committed teacher.
