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Syllabus for English II

Semester 4 · Second Year · 4 credits

Module I

Law & Literature: Texts
1.1 Justice – John Galsworthy
1.2 St. Joan – George B. Shaw
1.3 A Passage to India – E.M. Forster
1.4 Counselor-at-Law – Elmer Rice
1.5 Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell

Module II

Law & Literature: Speeches & Essays
2.1 Susan B. Anthony – U.S. Vs Susan Anthony
2.2 U. S. Supreme Court – Brown Vs Board of Education
2.3 We Should All Be Feminist – Chimamanda Adichie - Nigerian Writer Ted Talk
2.4 Child Marriage – M.K. Gandhi
2.5 Gender Equality Speech at the United Nations by Emma Watson

Module III

Literature for Analytical Study
3.1 The Greek Interpreter – Arthur Conan Doyle
3.2 A Jury of Her Peers – Susan Glaspell
3.3 The Judgement – Franz Kafka
3.4 Benefit of Doubt – Jack London
3.5 The Case for Defense – Grahame Greene

Module IV

Language Enhancement
4.1 Writing Skills
4.1.1 Paragraph Writing & Note Writing – Activity*
4.1.2 Summary Writing, Report/ Article Writing* Note: Students should be given exercises to improve the respective skills.
4.2 Communication Skills
4.2.1 Oral Communication – *Barriers to Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication, Tips for effective communication – Activity*
4.2.2 Listening Skills – Definition and tips for improvement – Activity*
4.2.3 Effective Public Speaking – Tips for improvement, Interview Tips – Activity* Note: * Emphasis should be given to on various barriers of communication and tips for effective communication. * Students should be given exercises/assignment to understand and improve their respective skills
4.3 Grammar [Marks Allotted 5]
4.3.1 Homophones – Activity*
4.3.2 Stress (pronunciation) – Activity*
4.3.3 Transformation of Sentences – Simple, Compound & Complex – Activity* Note: *Students should be given exercises to be solved, regarding respective topics.

Recommended Resources

1 Law & Literature – By Shakuntala Bharvani (Himalaya Publication)
2 The Judgement – By Franz Kafka https://www.kafka-online.info/-the-judgement.html
3 Benefit of Doubt – By Jack London http://vnsgulibrary.org.in/Free_Ebooks/0632%20The%20Benefit%20of%20th e%20Doubt.pdf
4 The Case for Defense – Grahame Greene https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/englishfile/dyslexicfriendlytexts/ef_int_reading_ 10b.pdf?cc=us
5 ―Child Marriage‖ – M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth – An Autobiography, by M.K. Gandhi https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/autobiography/chapter-3.php
6 Chimamanda Adichie - Nigerian Writer - We Should All Be Feminist – Ted Talk Speechhttps://people.unica.it/aideesu/files/2019/11/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie_We_ Sho uld_All_Be_Feminiz-lib.org_.epub_.pdf
7 Emma Watson - Gender Equality Speech at the United Nations https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/9/emma-watson-gender-equality- is-your-issue-too
8 Gopalswami Ramesh, Mahadevan Ramesh, ―The Ace of Soft Skills‖ http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2010/ace-ss.pdf
9 J.D. O‘Connor, ―Better English Pronunciation‖ https://f.fenglish.ru/books/better-english-pronunciation.pdf
10 David A. McMurrey, Joanne Buckley, ―Handbook for Technical Writing‖
11 Jeff Butter, ―Soft Skills for Everyone‖
12 Wren & Martin, ―High School English Grammar and Composition
13 ―English for Law‖ by M A Yadugiri and Geetha Bhasker, Foundation Books, Online publication date: October 2011, Print publication year:2005, Online ISBN:9788175968660 https://doi.org/10.1017/UPO9788175968660
14 Dr. K Alex, Soft Skills, Know yourself and know the world, S. Chand Publication, 2009
15 Jeremy Comfort, Pamela Rogerson, Trish Stott & Derek Utley, Speaking Effectively, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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