UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
FOUNDATION COURSE: ENGLISH
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024
SECOND YEAR - SEMESTER IV
PAPER II –GENERAL ENGLISH
Subject Category L T P S Credits Inst. Marks
Code Hours CIA External Total
200L4ZU Part II Y Y - - 3 6 25 75 100
Learning Objectives
LO1 To help learners imbibe goal-setting attitude.
LO2 To enable them to understand the value of integrity.
LO3 To help them deal with emotions.
LO4 To teach the learners to frame sentences using tenses.
LO5 To enhance reporting skills.
Unit No. Unit Title & Text No. of Periods for the
Unit
GOAL SETTING (UNICEF)
I Life Story 20
1.1 From Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
1.2 Why I Write - George Orwell
Short Essay
1.3 On Personal Mastery – Robin Sharma
1.4 On the Love of Life – William Hazlitt
INTEGRITY
II Short Story 20
2.1The Taxi Driver – K.S. Duggal
2.2 Kabuliwala - Rabindranath Tagore
2.3 A Retrieved Reformation – O Henry
Extract from a play
2.4 The Quality of Mercy (Trial Scene from the
Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare)
COPING WITH EMOTIONS
III Poem 20
3.1 Pride – Dahlia Ravikovitch
3.2 Phenomenal Woman – Maya Angelou
Reader’s Theatre
3.3 The Giant’s Wife A Tall Tale of Ireland –
William Carleton
3.4 The Princess and the God : A Tale of Ancient
India
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
FOUNDATION COURSE: ENGLISH
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024
Language Competency Sentences
IV 4.1 Simple Sentences 15
4.2 Compound Sentences
4.3 Complex Sentences
Direct and Indirect Speech
V Report Writing 15
5.1 Narrative Report
5.2 Newspaper Report
Drafting Speeches
5.3 Welcome Address
5.4 Vote of Thanks
Course Outcomes
Course On completion of this course, students will
Outcomes
Determine their goals
CO1 PO1,PO7
CO2 Identify the value of integrity. PO1,PO2,PO10
CO3 Deal with emotions. PO4,PO6,PO9
Frame grammatically correct sentences
CO4 PO4,PO5,PO6
CO5 Write cohesive reports. PO3,PO8
Text Books (Latest Editions)
1 Oxford Practice Grammar , John Eastwood, Oxford University Press
2 Cambridge Grammar of English , Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy
3. George Orwell Essays, Penguin Classics
Web Resources
1 http:/www.gradesaver.com/George-orwell-essays/study/summary
2 O’ Henry. A Retrieved Reformation.
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/a-retrieved-
reformation.pdf
3 Maya Angelou. Phenomenal Woman.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48985/phenomenal-woman
4 The Quality of Mercy, https://poemana1ysis.com
5 https://www'.oxfordscho1ar1yeditions.coin/disp1ay/10.1093/actrade/9780199235
742.book.1/actrade-9780199235742-div1-106- William Hazilitt
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
FOUNDATION COURSE: ENGLISH
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024
Mapping with Programme Outcomes:
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10
CO1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
CO2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2
CO3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2
CO4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
CO5 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3
3 – Strong, 2 – Medium , 1 – Low
Mapping with Programme Specific Outcomes:
CO /PO PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4
CO1 3 3 3 3
CO2 3 3 3 3
CO3 3 3 3 3
CO4 3 3 3 3
CO5 3 3 3 3
Weightage 15 15 15 15
Weighted percentage of
3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Course Contribution to Pos
