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15 Latest Group Discussion topics for Students

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1. Article 370 Abrogation
2. Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019
3. Delhi Air Pollution - Man made crisis or fall out of industrialization?
4. Swachh Bharat Mission - Success or failure
5. Death penalties for perpetrators of crime against women. Is it justified?
6.Single use plastic ban is successful.
7. Chadrayan -2 : A failed mission or a stepping stone for future glory?
8. Will India become a Superpower in coming decades.
9. Demonetisation: Success or Failure.
10. Corruption is the price we pay for democracy.
11. Knowledge is the biggest asset you can accumulate.
12. Poverty in India: Facts, causes, effects and solutions.
13. EVMs vs Paper Ballots: which one is better to use?
14. Self-discipline is the key to better and safer traffic.
15. Should celebrities be allowed to join politics. 

Osmania University Admission Notification 2019-2020 Advanced PG Diploma Courses in Health Care

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Syllabus for the post of Junior Lecturers of English in TS Residential Educational Institutions Societies

Gurukul Recruitment Board

Syllabus for the post of Junior Lecturers of English in TS Residential Educational Institutions Societies 

Scheme of Examination 

Written Examination (Objective Type)                              No. of Questions Duration (Minutes) Marks 

Paper-I General Studies,General Abilities and 

             Basic Proficiency in English                                 100                      120                           100 

Paper-II Pedagogy Across the Curriculum 

              (Common Syllabus)                                             100                       120                           100 

Paper-III Concerned Subject (PG Level)                           100                       120                           100 

                                                                      Demonstration                                                              25 

                                                                                                                                       Total           325

Syllabus Paper-I 

General Studies, General Abilities and Basic Proficiency in English 

Section-I: General Studies 

1. Current Affairs – Regional, National & International. 

2. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy. 

3. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive policies. 

4. Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and Telangana 

5. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology 

6. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies and Sustainable Development. 

7. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana. 

8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state. 

Section-II: General Abilities 

9. Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation. 

10. Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education. 

11. Teaching Aptitude 

Section – III: Basic Proficiency in English

i) School Level English Grammar: Articles; Tense; Noun & Pronouns; Adjectives; Adverbs; Verbs; Modals; SubjectVerb Agreement; Non-Finites; Reported Speech; Degrees of Comparison; Active and Passive Voice; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Conditionals. 

ii) Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms; Phrasal Verbs; Related Pair of Words; Idioms and Phrases; Proverbs. 

iii) Words and Sentences: Use of Words; Choosing Appropriate words and Words often Confused; Sentence Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and Improvement; Transformation of Sentences; Comprehension; Punctuation; Spelling Test; Spotting of Errors.

Syllabus Paper-II Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (Common Syllabus) 

I. The History and Nature of liberal disciplines of knowledge. Importance of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive areas in Education. 

II. Values, Aims and Objectives of Teaching Liberal and Creative Disciplines of Knowledge including Vocational subjects, Crafts, Performance and Fine arts etc. 

III. Psychology of Human Development; Psychology of Teaching and Learning. 

IV. Curriculum: Construction, Organization and Development 

V. Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching Disciplines of Knowledge 

VI. Planning for Effective Instruction: Different Plans and Designing Learning Experiences. 

VII. Learning Resources and Designing Instructional Material; Labs; Teaching Aids; Textbooks; ICT integration; OERs (Open Educational Resources). 

VIII. Measurement and Evaluation: Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE); Tools and Techniques of Evaluation; Achievement and Diagnostic Tests. Critical approach to assessment and evaluation. 

IX. Learning Disabilities; Learning Difficulties and Education of Exceptional and Disabled Children 

X. Disciplines of Knowledge and Everyday Life; Non-formal Education in the Institutions of Learning. 

XI. Pedagogical Concerns: Quality and Academic Standards; Teaching and Its relationship with Learning and Learner, Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the Socio-Political and Cultural Context ; Managing Behavior problems, Guidance & Counseling, Punishment and Its legal implications, Rights of a Child, Time Management, Distinction between Assessment for Learning and Assessment of Learning, School Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation; Understanding Teaching and Learning in the context of NCF and Right to Education Act.

Paper – III: English 

I. Genres, Movements, Schools, Concepts. 

• Renaissance-Reformation, Metaphysical poetry, Neo-classicism, Puritanism, Restoration, Romanticism, Victorian Age, Realism-Naturalism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Modernism, Postmodernism. 

• Structuralism, Post structuralism, Feminism, Post colonialism, Diaspora, Race Gender and Caste. 

• English Literary Criticism from Philip Sydney to Matthew Arnold 

• New Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal criticism, New Historicism, Psychoanalytical criticism, Reader response criticism. 

• Literary Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Prose, Drama (origins and development, elements, forms, types) 

II. Writers and Texts 

• Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus 

• William Shakespeare Hamlet 

• John Milton Paradise Lost-Book 1 

• William Wordsworth “Immortality Ode”, Tintern Abbey 

• Robert Browning “My Last Duchess”, “Andrea del Sarto” 

• Thomas Hardy Tess of the d’ Urbervilles 

• TS Eliot The Waste Land 

• G.B. Shaw Saint Joan 

• Virginia Woolf “A Room of One’s Own” 

• William Golding Lord of the Flies 

• Walt Whitman “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd”,”Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” 

• Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman 

• Toni Morrison Beloved 

• Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable 

• Kamala Das “An Introduction”, “The Old Playhouse” 

• Girish Karnad Hayavadana 

• Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children 

• Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart 

• Margaret Atwood Edible Woman 

• Derek Walcott Dream on Monkey Mountain 

III English Language Teaching 

1. ELT in India: (History and status of English in India; English as Second Language, English as Foreign Language, and English as Global Language). 

2. Methods and Approaches: (Grammar Translation method, Direct method, Audio-Lingual method; Structural approach, Communicative language teaching) 

3. Teaching of Language Skills: (Teaching of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills; Teaching of Grammar and Functional English; Teaching of Vocabulary; Classroom techniques; Use of authentic materials) Teaching literature.

4. Testing and Evaluation: (Principles, Types, Objectives of testing and evaluation) 

5. Phonetics and Phonology; Syntax and Structure. 

IV. Literary comprehension - (Excerpts from poetry and prose for comprehension

Syllabus for the post of Degree College Lecturers of English in TS Residential Educational Institutions Societies

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANATELANGANA RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RECRUITMENT BOARD (TREI-RB)

Syllabus for the post of Degree College Lecturers of English in TS Residential Educational Institutions Societies 

Scheme of examination for the post of Degree College Lecturers in Residential Educational Institutions Societies 

Scheme of Examination  Examination (Objective Type)   No. of Questions Duration (Minutes) Marks Paper-I General Studies, General Abilities and 

Basic Proficiency in English                                                 100                      120                           100 

Paper-II Subject Discipline Knowledge 

/ Concerned Subject (P.G.Level)                                           100                      120                           100 

                                                                                     Demonstration                                                 25 

                                                                                                                                                   Total 225 

Written Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree College Lecturers in Residential Educational Institutions Societies 

Syllabus Paper - I 

Section-I: General Studies 

1. Current Affairs – Regional, National & International. 

2. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy. 

3. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive policies. 

4. Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and Telangana 

5. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology 

6. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies and Sustainable Development. 

7. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana. 

8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state. 

Section-II: General Abilities 

9. Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation. 

10. Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education. 

11. Teaching Aptitude 

Section – III: Basic Proficiency in English

 i) School Level English Grammar: Articles; Tense; Noun & Pronouns; Adjectives; Adverbs; Verbs; Modals; SubjectVerb Agreement; Non-Finites; Reported Speech; Degrees of Comparison; Active and Passive Voice; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Conditionals. 

ii) Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms; Phrasal Verbs; Related Pair of Words; Idioms and Phrases; Proverbs. 

iii) Words and Sentences: Use of Words; Choosing Appropriate words and Words often Confused; Sentence Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and Improvement; Transformation of Sentences; Comprehension; Punctuation; Spelling Test; Spotting of Errors.

Paper – II: English 

I. Genres, Movements, Schools, Concepts: 

 Renaissance-Reformation, Metaphysical poetry, Neo-classicism, Puritanism, Restoration, Romanticism,Victorian Age, Realism-Naturalism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Modernism, Postmodernism. 

 Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Diaspora, Race Gender and Caste.  English Literary Criticism from Philip Sydney to Matthew Arnold 

 New Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal criticism, New Historicism, Psychoanalytical criticism,Reader response criticism. 

 Literary Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Prose, Drama (origins and development, elements, forms, types) 

II. Writers and Texts: 

 Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus 

 William Shakespeare Hamlet 

 John Milton Paradise Lost-Book 1

 William Wordsworth “Immortality Ode”, Tintern Abbey 

 Robert Browning “My Last Duchess”, “Andrea del Sarto” 

 Thomas Hardy Tess of the d’ Urbervilles 

 TS Eliot The Waste Land 

 G.B. Shaw Saint Joan 

 Virginia Woolf “A Room of One’s Own” 

 William Golding Lord of the Flies 

 Walt Whitman “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd”,”Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” 

 Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman 

 Toni Morrison Beloved 

 Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable 

 Kamala Das “An Introduction”, “The Old Playhouse” 

 Girish Karnad Hayavadana 

 Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children 

 Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart 

 Margaret Atwood Edible Woman 

 Derek Walcott Dream on Monkey Mountain 

III. English Language Teaching: 

1. ELT in India : (History and status of English in India; English as Second Language, English asForeign Language, and English as Global Language). 

2. Methods and Approaches: (Grammar Translation method, Direct method, Audio-Lingual method;Structural approach, Communicative language teaching) 

3. Teaching of Language Skills : (Teaching of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills;Teaching of Grammar and Functional English; Teaching of Vocabulary; Classroom techniques; Useof authentic materials) Teaching literature. 

4. Testing and Evaluation: (Principles, Types, Objectives of testing and evaluation) 

5. Phonetics and Phonology; Syntax and Structure. 

IV. Literary comprehension - (Excerpts from poetry and prose for comprehension) 

Nurturing the Skill of Paraphrasing to Undergraduate Students

Nurturing the Skill of Paraphrasing to Undergraduate Students

Dr. V. Durga Prasad & Mr. Bonala Kondal

JNTUH I Year B.Tech English Syllabus for 2018-19

JNTUH I Year B.Tech English Syllabus for 2018-19

R18 JNTUH B.Tech I year English Syllabus

B.Tech. I Year Syllabus JNTU HYDERABAD 

ENGLISH B.Tech. I Year II Sem. L T P C 2 0 0 2 

INTRODUCTION
In view of the growing importance of English as a tool for global communication and the consequent emphasis on training students to acquire language skills, the syllabus of English has been designed to develop linguistic, communicative and critical thinking competencies of Engineering students.
In English classes, the focus should be on the skills development in the areas of vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing. For this, the teachers should use the prescribed text for detailed study. The students should be encouraged to read the texts leading to reading comprehension and different passages may be given for practice in the class. The time should be utilized for working out the exercises given after each excerpt, and also for supplementing the exercises with authentic materials of a similar kind, for example, newspaper articles, advertisements, promotional material etc. The focus in this syllabus is on skill development, fostering ideas and practice of language skills in various contexts and cultures.

Learning Objectives: The course will help to
a. Improve the language proficiency of students in English with an emphasis on Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading and Writing skills.
b. Equip students to study academic subjects more effectively and critically using the theoretical and practical components of English syllabus.
c. Develop study skills and communication skills in formal and informal situations.

Course Outcomes: Students should be able to
1. Use English Language effectively in spoken and written forms.
2. Comprehend the given texts and respond appropriately.
3. Communicate confidently in various contexts and different cultures.
4. Acquire basic proficiency in English including reading and listening comprehension, writing and speaking skills.

SYLLABUS

UNIT –I ‘The Raman Effect’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.
Vocabulary Building: The Concept of Word Formation --The Use of Prefixes and Suffixes.
Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Articles and Prepositions.
Reading: Reading and Its Importance- Techniques for Effective Reading.
Basic Writing Skills: Sentence Structures -Use of Phrases and Clauses in Sentences
Importance of Proper Punctuation- Techniques for writing precisely – Paragraph writing – Types, Structures and Features of a Paragraph - Creating Coherence-Organizing Principles of Paragraphs in Documents.

UNIT –II ‘Ancient Architecture in India’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.
Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms.
Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Noun-pronoun Agreement and Subject-verb Agreement.
Reading: Improving Comprehension Skills – Techniques for Good Comprehension
Writing: Format of a Formal Letter-Writing Formal Letters E.g.., Letter of Complaint, Letter of Requisition, Job Application with Resume.

UNIT –III ‘Blue Jeans’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.
Vocabulary: Acquaintance with Prefixes and Suffixes from Foreign Languages in English to form Derivatives-Words from Foreign Languages and their Use in English.
Grammar: Identifying Common Errors in Writing with Reference to Misplaced Modifiers and Tenses.
Reading: Sub-skills of Reading- Skimming and Scanning
Writing: Nature and Style of Sensible Writing- Defining- Describing Objects, Places and Events – Classifying- Providing Examples or Evidence

UNIT –IV ‘What Should You Be Eating’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.
Vocabulary: Standard Abbreviations in English
Grammar: Redundancies and Clichés in Oral and Written Communication.
Reading: Comprehension- Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading
Writing: Writing Practices--Writing Introduction and Conclusion - Essay Writing-Précis Writing.

UNIT –V ‘How a Chinese Billionaire Built Her Fortune’ from the prescribed textbook ‘English for Engineers’ published by Cambridge University Press.
Vocabulary: Technical Vocabulary and their usage
Grammar: Common Errors in English
Reading: Reading Comprehension-Exercises for Practice
Writing: Technical Reports- Introduction – Characteristics of a Report – Categories of Reports Formats- Structure of Reports (Manuscript Format) -Types of Reports - Writing a Report.

Prescribed Textbook: 

1. Sudarshana, N.P. and Savitha, C. (2018). English for Engineers. Cambridge University Press.

References: 

1. Swan, M. (2016). Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press.
2. Kumar, S and Lata, P.(2018). Communication Skills. Oxford University Press.
3. Wood, F.T. (2007). Remedial English Grammar. Macmillan.
4. Zinsser, William. (2001). On Writing Well. Harper Resource Book.
5. Hamp-Lyons, L. (2006). Study Writing. Cambridge University Press.
6. Exercises in Spoken English. Parts I –III. CIEFL, Hyderabad. Oxford University Press.

Logo Design Contest for CyberDost 2018

Last Date- May 11,2018 17:00 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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The Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in order to check ever growing menace of cybercrime particularly against women and children. Raising awareness on prevention of cybercrimes is a major component of the scheme. For raising awareness, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook will be extensively used along with print media and other communication channels. CyberDost has been selected as the brand name for use in all the communication and awareness material across different communication platforms.

We invite you to design visual identity/logo for CyberDost

The selected entry for Logo will be awarded a prize of Rs. 1,00,000 (Rupees One Lakh Only)

Last date of submission is 11th May, 2018, at 5:00PM

Click here to read the Terms and Conditions

For any contest-related queries, please write to:
Mr. Sidharth Dutta
IEC Consultant, CIS II
pmuiec.cis-mha@nic.in

BHARATNET Logo Design Contest 2018

Last Date- May 15,2018 23:00 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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BharatNet is the World’s largest rural broadband connectivity project to connect 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) by Optical Fibre Cable (OFC), Radio and Satellite. It aims to bridge the connectivity gap in rural areas and forms the first pillar of Digital India Programme in rural India. The project is being implemented by the Government of India through Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL).

BharatNet provides broadband connectivity from Block to Gram Panchayats (GPs) to various Service Providers like Telecom Service providers, Internet Service Providers, Cable Operators etc. using which they can deliver their services like Internet, mobile telephony, cable TV etc to the people in rural areas. Government agencies will also use this network to deliver their e-Governance and other services such as Tele-medicine, e-Education etc to the people in Rural areas. BharatNet has already reached to 1 lakh Gram Panchayats and aims to cover all the 2.5 lakh GPs in the country by December-2018. The network will also provide Wi-Fi Hot-spots in all GPs by 2019.

“BharatNet Logo” Design Contest is an initiative of the Department of Telecommunication/ BBNL to make the citizens participate in this development process by giving them an opportunity to design a logo for BharatNet. The selected Logo may be used by BBNL on its official stationery, website, social media etc. Through this contest, the participants are encouraged to design and upload the image of BharatNet logo (having minimum resolution of 300 dpi) on MyGov Platform. The images can be captured using any digital device, including smartphones and should be submitted in jpg or jpeg file format. The participant must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of the submitted logo. After submission, the copyright of the logo will be with BBNL. Please read the terms and conditions of the contest carefully.

The selected winner will be given a cash award of Rs 50,000/-. Five consolation prizes, Rs 10,000/ each will also be given.

Last date of submission of entries is 15th May, 2018 by 11:00 P.M.

Click here to read the Terms and Conditions.

For any contest-related queries, please write to:
Mr Deepak Sharma,
Sr GM (Services & Marketing), BBNL
Email: marketing.bbnl@gmail.com