TELANGANA UNIVERSITY
Dichpally, Nizamabad
SYLLABUS STRUCTURE FOR UG 1 YEAR
SEMESTER I
LESSON ONE
(SHORT FICTION)
Text
The Thief – Ruskin Bond
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Consonant Sounds
Noun
Roots
Pick out the words which have been wrongly
spelt and correct them
Introducing yourself in a formal or social
context to strangers
Nizamabad: Folk Element
Guided Writing / Expansion
Know Thyself / Self Discovery
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
LESSON TWO
(PROSE)
LESSON THREE
(POETRY)
Text
A fellow Traveller - Alfred George gardiner
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
Vowel: monophthongs
Pronoun
Prefix and suffix
Use ‘un’ or ‘dis’ to complete the antonyms
Starting a conversation/controlling a
conversation
Historic Temple: Basara
Sequencing
Hard work never goes in Vain
Text
An Irish Airman foresees His Death –
W. B. Yeats
Vowel Diphthongs
Helping verbs
Homophones, homonyms, homographs
Complete the words using ‘tion’ or ‘sion’
Describing your college and course of study
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
Nizamabad: Historic Monument (Quila
Ramalayam
Paragraph/descriptive writing
Developing Positive Attitude
TELANGANA UNIVERSITY
Dichpally, Nizamabad
SYLLABUS STRUCTURE FOR UG 1 YEAR
LESSON FOUR
(DRAMA)
Text
The Death Trap – H. H. Munro
Pronunciation
Varied pronunciation of some letters of the
Alphabet
Main verbs and tenses
Collocation
Complete the following spellings using ‘tion’
or ‘ment’
Leaving a message on the answering
machine/making an appointment on telephone
Nizamabad: Natural Resources (Sugar
Factory)
Dialogue
First Deserve then Desire
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
SEMESTER II
LESSON FIVE
(SHORT FICTION)
LESSON SIX
(PROSE)
Text
The Gift of the Magi – O Henry
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
Plosives
Non finite Verbs
Simile and Metaphor
Complete the following using ‘ei’ or ‘ie’
Asking for advice/ asking for information
Text
A Vision for 2020 – APJ Abdul Kalam
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Fricatives
Adjectives
Oxymoron and hyperbole
Complete the following with ‘able’ or ‘ible’
Making a request/ accepting or refusing a
request
Nizamabad: Famous Village (Ankapur)
Informal Letter
Telangana: Projects (Pochampadu)
Note taking & Note making
Improving Perception
TELANGANA UNIVERSITY
Dichpally, Nizamabad
SYLLABUS STRUCTURE FOR UG 1 YEAR
LESSON SEVEN
(POETRY)
Soft Skills + Value
Education
A Stitch in Time saves Nine
Text
Success is Counted Sweetest – Emily
Dickinson
Affricates and nasals
Articles
Portmanteau words
Loan words
Complete the following spellings using one of
the following suffixes:‘-ic’, ‘-ive’, ‘-ity’, ‘-al’
‘-ance’, ‘-ence’
Conducting a meeting/seeking opinion of team
members
Hyderabad Cuisine: Famous Dishes
Formal Letter
Body Language
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
LESSON EIGHT
(DRAMA)
Text
Pronunciation
Grammar
Vocabulary
Spelling
Conversation + role
play
Reading passage
Writing
Soft Skills + Value
Education
Merchant of Venice Act IV, Scene 1 William Shakespeare
Lateral, frictionless continuants, semi vowels
Adverbs
Palindromes
Complete the spellings in the following table
Noun
Verb
Adjective Adverb
Appearing for a job interview/conducting a job
interview
Telangana Crops
Business letter
Failures are Stepping Stones to Success
Prescribed General English Text Book for I Year (Sem-I & Sem-II) for
B.A/B.Sc/B.Com
Title: English for Us Published by Orient Blackswan
Editors : Prof.Sumita Roy, Dr.P.Samata and Dr.K.V.Ramana Chary