Transcript APPLIED COURSES FOR SEMESTER – 3,4,5 & 6

Syllabus of courses offered by Dept. of English
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
THE FOUR YEAR APPLIED COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO
• equip students with professional skills to supplement the knowledge
acquired through DC- I and II.
• to foster certain practical skills
• to engage them actively with precise tasks and goals, within a
workshop – like environment
•those students who will begin their third semester in July2014 can
opt for these courses.
•students who have a flare for reading and wish to explore the
different offshoots of writing in English, say, academic writing, media
writing (creating ads and jingles, script writing, editing articles and so
on),theories of drama and structures and teaching of English language
and literature should take up these courses.
•these papers are offered under FYUP in semesters 3, 4, 5 and 6 only.
•the shuffling in courses can be done in the next semester alone and
no request for change will be entertained within the same semester.
•the selection of suitable students will be based on your first semester
results.
•Paper 1 / Semester 3: Academic Writing and Composition
•Paper 2 / Semester 4: Media and Communication Skills
•Paper 3 / Semester 5: Texts and Performance
•Paper 4 / Semester 6: English Language Teaching
The students will be marked on various aspects, wherein Continuous
classroom assessment will be divided into
•Class interaction : 25 marks
•Projects and Viva Voce ( Individual / Group based) : 25 marks
•and End semester assessment of 50 marks will be a written group
work in the form of research work.
This paper will introduce the students to the process of Writing in
English which gives them a scope to play with the language. They not
only liberate from the clutches of controlled-to-guided writing, but
also cement their feet in the open arena of free writing. Also they are
exposed to the given below fields:
•Unit 2: Introduction to the Conventions of Academic Writing
•Unit 3: Writing in one's own words: Summarizing and Paraphrasing
•Unit 4: Critical Thinking: Syntheses , Analyses and Evaluation
•Unit 5: Structuring an Argument: Introduction, Interjection and
Conclusion
•Unit 6: Citing Resources, Editing and Peer Review
This particular paper will focus on inculcating a love for and deeper
understanding of the media studies to the focus group, through case
studies on current issues in Indian journalism, performing street
plays, writing pamphlets and posters and so on.
•Unit 1: Introduction to Mass Communication
•Unit 2: Advertisement -- wherein students will get a knowhow of
creating ads / visualization by enacting them in a group and creating
jingles and taglines.
• Unit 3: Media Writing -- scriptwriting for TV and Radio, editing for
print and online media.
•Unit 4: Introduction to Cyber Media and Social Media -- types and the
impact of Social Media and Cyber Media.
•Unit 5: Media Ethics -- code of conduct for Print and Electronic Media
and Ethics of 'Sting Operations'.
• Unit 6: Corporate Communications / Media Management
This paper attempts to make the students develop an analogy
between the written text and the demonstrations of the performance
on the stage. All the practical and theoretical aspects of a theatre
performance are critically studied under various processes.
Unit 1: Introduction to theories of Performance with an overview of
Western and Indian theatre.
Unit 2: Theatrical Forms and Practices -- types of theatre, voice,
speech, body movement, gestures and techniques, floor exercises and
so on.
Unit 3: Theories of Drama -- acting short solo / group performances
followed by discussion and analysis.
Unit 4: Theatrical Production -- all aspects of production and
performance; recording, archiving and data collection.
Unit 5: Reading Performance -- reviews of live performances
Unit 6: Writing Plays and Adaptations -- script writing, adapting prose
and poetry for performance, and examining multiple performance
possibilities for the same texts.
The paper will surely appeal to those students who wish to be the
future teachers and know their students better. It deals with not just
the pedagogical issues but also the emotional connect between the
learner and the teacher through a language learning module.
Unit 1: Knowing the Learner
Unit 2: Structures of English Language
Unit 3: Methods of teaching English Language and Literature
Unit 4: Materials for Language Teaching
Unit 5: Assessing Language Skills
Unit 6: Using Technology in Language Teaching