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ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR 1 Syllabus Mumbai University by munotes
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University of Mumbai
Certificate Course in Advanced English Grammar
Syllabus (with effect from the academic year 2020 -21)
(Choice Based Credit System)
Board of Studies in English
Dr. Sudhir Nikam (Chairperson)
Dr. Rajesh Karankal (Member) Dr. Santosh Rathod (Member)
Dr. Bhagyashree Varma (Member) Dr. Deepa Mishra (Member)
Dr. B. N. Gaikwad (Member) Dr. Dattaguru Joshi (Member)
Dr. Satyawan Hanegave (Member) Dr. Deepa Murdeshwar -Katre (Member)
Syllabus Sub -Committee
Dr. Deepa Murdeshwar -Katre (Convener): Department of English, Vartak College,
Vasai Road, Dist. Palghar
Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Member): Department of English, Vaze -Kelkar College, Mulund,
Mumbai
Dr. Lakshmi Muthukumar (Member): Department of English, S. I. E. S. College, Sion,
Mumbai
Dr. Shashikant Mhalunkar (Member): Department of English, B. N. N. College,
Bhiwandi
Dr Pramod B. Patil (Member): Department of English, S. G. A. S. & G. P. C. College,
Shivale
Ms Gayatri Gadgil (Member): Department of English, D. G. Ruparel College, Matunga,
Mumbai
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Syllabus
1 Title of the Course Certificate Course in Advanced English Grammar
2 Eligibility for Admission Candidate who passed 10+2 examination in Arts /
Science / Commerce or equivalent examination
3 Intake Capacity 40 Students per batch
4
Passing Marks The candidate must obtain 40 % of the total marks
in external and internal examination to pass the
course
5 Selection First Come First Served Basis
6 Credits 02 Credits
7 Duration of the Course 6 Months (July -December / January -June)
8 Number of Lectures 30 Hours
9
Fee Structure Rs. 2000/ - (The fee covers tuition fee, remuneration
of teacher, infrastructural expenses, books,
stationery, examination fee etc .)
10 Teaching Faculty Qualification As per UGC Guidelines
11 Remuneration of Teacher As per University / Government Guidelines
12 Centre Any College/Department/Institution under the
purview of the University of Mumbai
13 Level P.G. / U.G. / Diploma / Certificate
(Strike out which is not applicable)
14 Pattern Yearly / Semester
(Strike out which is not applicable)
15 Status To be implemented from the
Academic Year 2020 -2021
Date:
Signature:
Board of Studies in English
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3 Certificate Course in Advanced English Grammar
Preamble:
It has been observed that many of our student -learners lack a good command over the English
language which has been, for quite some time, not just an international language of
communication, but also the most dominant language of the huge variety of social media
platforms. Keeping this in mind, under the guidance of the Board of Studies (English), we have
designed this course on Advanced English Grammar for those learners having a fair knowledge
of Basic English grammar. It intends to guide them to improve their English grammar levels
further using the tools prescribed in the syllabus of the course. We understand that it is not
possible to include all that comes under the purview of Advanced Grammar in just 30 hours.
We hope that students will dive deeper in to the fascinating and vast semantic and syntactic sea
of language even after finishing the course.
Necessity of the Course:
There is an urgent need to introduce a Certificate Course in Advanced Grammar to ensure
that the learner gets an opportunity to revise items such as vocabulary building, knowledge
of collocations, homonyms, homophones, grammar, editing and awareness of collocations
in English before he/ she graduates from an institution. There are no compulsory courses
training the learners current ly in Communication Skills in English (henceforth referred to
in this note as CSE) in the last four semesters of graduation thus making the learner a
diffident user of English. Introducing a Certificate Course in Advanced Grammar will
ensure that the skill s relevant to English pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, grammar,
listening, speaking, reading and writing are revised, reinforced and tested by giving the
learners enough opportunities to practice these within the language classroom. The
success of such a certificate course is automatically assured by the urgency felt by the
motivated learners to polish these skills that they are going to require for higher studies
and employment. The learner outcomes will definitely be better than they were in school
and in junior college because the motivation levels are naturally, and logically high. They
will be more attentive and focused in class. The language classroom will become far more
dynamic, powered by the determination in the learners, who will make every at tempt to
succeed by involving themselves in the learning process actively because they are aware
that, whatever the professional career they may choose, English will be the medium of
communication. The Certificate Course in Advanced Grammar will address th e gap
caused by the major time lag between the first year of graduation when the learners are
taught CSE skills and when they end up actually using them in a productive manner.
Objectives:
1. To give guidelines to student -learners on Advanced English Grammar
2. To help learners improve their vocabulary and express themselves better in the
English language
3. To assess their understanding of the course through a variety of testing methods
4. To equip the learners to better their prospects in the competitive world of jobs.
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4 Learning Outcomes: After the completion of the course, students will be equipped
1. To improve their linguistic skills in English
2. To be confident in expressing themselves in English
3. To have better job opportunities
4. To be able to increase their vocabul ary.
5. To be able to use fairly complex grammatical structures correctly.
Unit I: Vocabulary building : (07 lectures)
1. Transformation of nouns to verbs, adjectives, adverbs
2. synonyms, antonyms
3. root words (free and bound stems)
4. Affixes -prefixes, suffixes (derivational and inflectional )
5. homonyms, homophones
Unit II: Phrases and Clauses: (08 lectures)
1. Modifiers & heads in phrases
2. Clauses with subordination and co -ordination, Adverbial clauses
3. Conditionals
Unit III: Errors in usage & how to avoid them: (06 lectures)
1. Common grammatical errors; collocation errors
2. Importance of punctuation
3. Subject - verb concord, errors in word order
4. Redundancy & other errors
Unit IV: Writing better: (09 lectures)
Usage of
1. idioms
2. phrasal verbs
3. sentence adverbials
4. markers of cohesion and linkers
5. logical tools to organize information such as general statement, specific statement,
listing, classification, exemplification, comparison and contrast, cause and effect,
process, analysis, amplification, case studies, statistical da ta and argumentation.
6. language and gender -sensitivity
Evaluation Pattern:
A) Internal Assessment (40 marks)
Sr. No. Particulars Marks
1. One assignment (using fill in the blanks, MCQs, True/ False,
Match the following questions on Unit I&II ) 10 marks
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5 2. One assignment (using fill in the blanks, MCQs, True/ False,
Match the following questions on Unit III ) 10 marks
3. One presentation of a role play involving 3 -4 students using the
elements they have learnt in the course 20 marks
B) Semester End Examination Pattern: (60 marks)
Question 1: On Unit I 15 marks
Question 2: On Unit II 15 marks
Question 3: On Unit III 15 marks
Question 4: On Unit IV 15 marks
Note: The paper -setter is expected to use discretion in framing the questions. They may use
objective -type questions or passages to test the learners. There can be internal choices in each
question.
Reading List:
Hoge, A J. Effortless English , LLC, 2014
Kumar, Sanjay et al. Communication Skills , OUP
Murphy, Raymond. Essential English Grammar, London, Cambridge University Press,
2018 Murphy, Raymond. Intermediate English Grammar , London, Cambridge University
Press, 1999
Navneet. Navneet Speakwell English , Navneet Publications, 2017
Oxenden, Clive et al. New English File Advanced Workboo k, OUP, 2012
Dr. Prasada Rao, N. D. V. Wren & Martin: English Grammar and Composition, New Delhi,
Blackie ELT Books, 2017
Quirk, Randolph et al. A University Grammar of English , London, Longman, 1973
Swan, Michael et al. Oxford English Grammar Course, Oxford, 2012
Swan, Michael et al. Oxford English Grammar Course – Advanced , OUP, 2012
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage, Oxford University Press, 2017
Taylor, Grant. English Conversation Practice, MacGraw Hill Education, 2016
YouTube Video URL List:
https://youtu.be/veTo6eWJQrM
https://youtu.be/TesbMy Uq8
https://youtu.be/O3fBvxRNBkE
https://youtu.be/LfJPA8GwTdk
https://youtu.be/Ll23cChDSKE
https://youtu.be/GFzoY9lJVPc
https://youtu.be/IsDR3XEv50E
https://youtu.be/XnrAM9QZ90U
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https://youtu.be/53SIKuCuHv0
https://youtu.be/z5eNjLBneiA
https://youtu.be/GQQEadxgIy0
https://youtu.be/bZVsaWP4WvU
https://youtu.be/zoiSln5n4g0
Web Resources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/upper -intermediate -grammar -guide
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate -to-upper -intermediate
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british -grammar/nouns -forming -nouns -from -other -
words
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british -grammar/nouns -forming -nouns -from -other -
words
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/subjectverbagreement#s -lg-box-
19852453
https://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/acl/
https:// www.thoughtco.com/collocation -examples -1210325
https:// www.englishmaven.org/Pages/Synonyms%20and%20Antonyms.htm
https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/homonyms -exercises.html
https:// www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/08/12/cohesive -devices/
https:// www.thoughtco.com/sentence -adverb -1692084
https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/grammar/prefixes -and-suffixes/
N.B.:
1. At the end of the course, the Centre (College/Institute/Department) should ensure that
the university rules and regulations have been duly followed.
2. On the basis of examination results and credits earned by the student, the Centre will
issue the jo int certificate with the name of University and College/Institute/
Department.
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Submission on Feasibility of Starting New Courses as per the Provision of
Maharashtra Public University Act 2016
Ac - 23/7/2020, Resolution No. 4.34
CERT IFICATE COURSE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR
1. Necessity of Starting this course:
There is an urgent need to introduce a Certificate Course in Advanced
Grammar to ensure that the learner gets an opportunity to revise items such as
vocabulary building, knowledge of collocations, homonyms, homophones,
grammar, editing and awareness of col locations in English before he/ she
graduates from an institution. There are no compulsory courses training the
learners currently in Communication Skills in English (henceforth referred to in
this note as CSE) in the last four semesters of graduation thus making the
learner a diffident user of English. Introducing a Certificate Course in
Advanced Grammar will ensure that the skills relevant to English
pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading and
writing are revised, reinfo rced and tested by giving the learners enough
opportunities to practice these within the language classroom. The success of
such a certificate course is automatically assured by the urgency felt by the
motivated learners to polish these skills that they ar e going to require for higher
studies and employment. The learner outcomes will definitely be better than
they were in school and in junior college because the motivation levels are
naturally, and logically high. They will be more attentive and focused in class.
The language classroom will become far more dynamic, powered by the
determination in the learners, who will make every attempt to succeed by
involving themselves in the learning process actively because they are aware
that, whatever the professional career they may choose, English will be the
medium of communication. The Certificate Course in Advanced Grammar will
address the gap caused by the major time lag between the first year of
graduation when the learners are taught CSE skills and when they end up
actually using them in a productive manner.
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2. Whether UGC has recommended to start the said Courses?
UGC has given guidelines for introduction of career orie nted courses
( https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/xiplanpdf/revisedcareerorientedcourses.pdf ).
Universities are allowed to run the diploma / certificate courses and with due
approval of its governing councils/ stat utory council wherever required
(Ref: https://www.ugc.ac.in/faq.aspx ). However, u/s 5(16) under Maharashtr a
Public Universities Act, 2016 (Mah. Act No. VI of 2017), Universities are
empowered to start to prescribe the courses of instruction and studies in choice
based credit system for the various examinations leading to specific degrees,
diplomas or certifica tes in a stand -alone format or joint format with other State
or national or global universities.
3. Whether all the courses have commenced from academic year 2019 -20?
The above certificate course recommended by the BoS in English, and further
approved by the statutory bodies is to be introduced from the Academic Year
2020 -2021 .
4. The courses started by the University are self -financed, whether adequate
number of eligible permanent Faculties are available?
The certificate course is purely self -financed. The department/affiliated
colleges interested in its affiliation need to comply with the norms laid down as
above.
5. To give details regarding duration of the course and is it possible to
compress the course ?
The duration of the course is maximum 6 month {6 Months (July -December /
January -June) } with total 30 contact hours consist of maximum 2 Credits on
completion of total 30 hours.
6. The intake capacity of each course and no. of admissions given in the
current academic year (2019 -20)
The intake capacity is set to maximum 40 students per batch.
7. Opportunities of employability/employment available a fter undertaking
these courses:
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The learners who have successfully completed the Certificate Course in
Advanc ed Grammar will be more confident users of the language having had
the opportunity to refine and practice existing skills in the English Language. It
will enable them to intern in various organizations and after having a first -hand
experience of working as content writers, editors, teachers, technical writers, or
working in NGOs or private organizations in HR, PR or Management oriented
posts, they can decide on the type of career they want to pursue. This certificate
course will boost their confidence and e nable them to practice and rehearse
language skills closer to the year of their graduation in the absence of any
compulsory CSE paper in the final four semesters of their graduation program .
It is suggested that the teachers of the certificate course activ ely encourage the
learners to take up internships before they graduate so that they get an
opportunity to apply the skill sets learnt during the Certificate course in a real
setting.
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