English - Syllabus - Paper Ii

English – II

Aurora’ Degree College

SYLLABUS With effect from the academic year 2003-2004 1)

PROSE "Selections from English Prose" Ravindra The following lessons are prescribed for study: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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In London Three Days to see Knowledge Society Man's Peril Shooting an Elephant

M.K. Gandhi Helen Keller A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Bertrand Russell George Orwell

POETRY "The Silent Song" Macmillan An Anthology of verse The following Poems are prescribed for study: 1. Ode to a Nightingale 2. Ulysses Tennyson 3. The Last Ride Together Browning 4. Mending Wall 5. The Gift of India

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John Keats Alfred Lord Robert Robert Frost Sarojini Naidu

A Collection of short stories Vignettes of Life Macmillan The following stories are prescribed for study 1. The Lottery Ticket 2. Subha 3. Luck

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Language Study

Anton Chekov Rabindranth Tagore Mark Twain

English – II

Aurora’ Degree College

Enriching your competence in English Longman The following chapters are prescribed for study 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 5)

Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Reference Skills Information Transfer Summarising, Note-making and Note -taking Essay writing Dialogue Writing Presentation Skills(for class room practice only) Interview

Practicals 1. Computer based testing – listening skills 2. Viva Voce speaking

skills

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