SYLLABUS (As per NEP-2020)
Common Paper for B.C.A. / B.B.A. / B.A. / B.Com. / B.Sc.

UNIT-I

Introduction to Phonetics:

• The role of sounds in communication and Phonetic Symbols of English language (as in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
• Classification and description of speech sounds
• Distinction between consonants and vowels
• Semivowels and Diphthongs
• Transcription (of commonly used one or two syllable words)

UNIT-II

Part of Speech – noun, pronoun, verb, article, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction and interjection Punctuation

UNIT-III

• Subject-Verb agreement
• Active/passive
• Narration

UNIT-IV

• Basics of Reading Skills and Reading Strategies: Skimming, Scanning.
• Intensive Reading, Extensive Reading.
• Barriers to Effective Reading and steps to overcome them.