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Reading – Primitive Reading: Reading stories. Skimming: browse through a book or a long passage,
understand the gist of a text. Writing: Free writing – writing about oneself/ family/ native/ hobbies/ festivals,
etc. Grammar: Sentence Structure.

UNIT II SCANNING AND EXPOSITORY WRITING 6
Reading - Scanning: Guessing meaning from the context, surveying the text. Writing – Narrative Writing:
Narrating a story, incident or past events. Grammar – Imperative Sentences.

UNIT III INTENSIVE READING AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Intensive Reading: Drawing inferences from the text, responding critically to the text. Writing –
Descriptive Writing: an incident, place, person, process, etc. Grammar – Different kinds of adjectives.

UNIT IV EXTENSIVE READING AND COMPARATIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Extensive Reading: Reading wide range of articles for better understanding, etc. Writing –
Compare and Contrast: two things/ places/ persons/ ideas, etc. Grammar – Connectives.

UNIT V INFERENTIAL WRITING AND ARGUMENTATIVE/ PERSUASIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Inferential Reading: draw upon prior knowledge, draw conclusions and make inferences. Writing
– Argumentative and Persuasive Writing: establishing facts, forming and stating conclusions. Grammar –
Conjunctions, Cohesive Devices.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Skim through columns and magazines and write on simple topics with proper sentence structures.
 Read comprehensively and understand the thoughts of the writer and report clearly in detail about
the happenings around.
 Comprehend and answer questions based on the texts/passages given and write descriptive
essays.
 Read different genres of texts and comprehend the materials to improve their vocabulary and are
familiar with new words, phrases, sentence structures and ideas.
 Read between lines, draw conclusions with their prior knowledge on the subject and persuade
their readers with their flawless writing skills.

REFERENCES
1. “Bridge to College Success – Intensive Academic Preparation for Advanced Students” –
Robertson.
2. “Source Work – Academic Writing from Sources” Second Edition - Dellahite, Haun, Heinle /
Cengage Learning, 2012.
3. Aebersold, Jo Ann and Field M. L. 1997, “From Reader to Reading teacher,” Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, Anderson, R. C. 1996.
4. Bamford, Julian and Day, R. R. 1997, “Extensive Reading: What is it? Why Bother?” Language
Teacher Online.

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