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introduction :
This new package of English Course being introduced in the academic year 2012-
13, has been conceived and designed broadly on the Principles and guidance spelt
Not to be republished
out in the ‘National Curriculum Framework for School Education-2005’ as also on
relevant specifications made in the subsequent documents of the Karnataka State
Text Book Committee.
The objectives :
The main objective of the course material is to enable the student to use English
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for effective communication, academic improvement and acquisition of linguistic,
socio-cultural and Strategic competencies.
The Principles :
The Package is designed on the basic Principles of Second language learning,
namely,
♦ learning language through use, that is, the ability to listen and to read with
comprehension, to speak with fluency, to write with accuracy and effetiveness,
and also to use it for study purpose.
♦ learning language through communication suited to the requirement,
audience and situation.
♦ learning mainly through interaction in Pairs and in groups while dealing
with the text in most of its aspects in the class.
♦ learing being most effective with teaching and testing going hand-in-hand.
♦ self-learning, and learning how to learn, being the ultimate goal of all
Pedagogical acrivities.
The Package :
The course package consists of:

I. The Main Course Book
i The Main course Book
The Main Course book has two units.
1. Detailed Text
2. Supplementary Reader
1. detailed Text
This part of the Detailed Text has 8 Units, each unit having a Prose piece(or a play) and
a poem. The Prose piece and the Poem in a Unit are in a way thematically related. The selection
of these Pieces is made not just on their lingustic potentialities, but also on the values they
reflect, and in turn, motivate the learners to imbibe those values in their roles in
actual life.
The Poems are drawn from different genres. They are supposed to be read mainly
for enjoyment through appreciation of such aspects as rhythm, imagery and figures
of speech.

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