DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

CONVENING ORDER - BOARD OF STUDIES

The Board of Studies is the basic constituent of the academic system of an autonomous college. Its
functions will include framing the syllabi for various courses, reviewing and updating syllabi from time to
time, introducing new courses of study, determining details of continuous assessment, recommending
panels. of examiners under the semester system, etc. The Board of studies is constituted with the
following members:

[Link] Name of the Member Designation/occupation category

1 Mrs. K G B Gowri Head of the Department Chairman

Professor, English
Department,
2 Dr. P Hari Padma Rani School of Social Sciences, Sri University Nominee
Padmavathi Mahila
Visvavidhyalayam, Tirupathi
Professor, Adi Kavi Nannayya
3 Dr. Kotti Sree Ramesh
University
Subject experts outside
Professor, Sasi Institute of parent university
4 Dr. M Chandramouli Technology and Engineering,
Tadepalligudem
Sr. Software Engineering,
5 Mr. V Bhaskar Reddy Industrialist
Capgemini

6 Dr. G Bhaskar Reddy H & S HoD

7 Mr.M V Rama Rao Asst. Professor Faculty Members

8 Mrs. P Usha Rani Asst. Professor

Software Developer
9 Mr. M Bhargav Alumni Member
Informatics Software Solution

P.T.O.
Term: The term of the nominated members shall be three years.

Meetings: The Board of Studies shall meet at least twice a year.

Functions:

The Board of Studies of a Department in the college shall:

 Prepare syllabi for various courses keeping in view the objectives of the college, interest of
the stakeholders and national requirement for consideration and approval of the Academic
Council;
 Suggest methodologies for innovative teaching and evaluation techniques;
 Suggest panel of names to the Academic Council for appointment of examiners;
 Coordinate research, teaching, extension and other academic activities in the Department!
College.

HoD
Dept. Of English
Copy to:
1. Principal.
2. IQAC
AMR/Eng/BOS/2024-25/Circular/1 Date: 22/09/2024

Meeting Notice
Greetings from A.M. Reddy Memorial College of Engineering and Technology
We request you to participate in ENGLISH Department Board of Study meeting scheduled on 24th
September 2024 at 11:45 AM through online (Zoom Meeting)

[Link] Name of the Member Designation/occupation category

1 Mrs. K G B Gowri Head of the Department Chairman

Professor, English
Department,
2 Dr. P Hari Padma Rani School of Social Sciences, Sri University Nominee
Padmavathi Mahila
Visvavidhyalayam, Tirupathi
Professor, Adi Kavi Nannayya
3 Dr. Kotti Sree Ramesh
University Subject experts
outside parent
Professor, Sasi Institute of university
4 Dr. M Chandramouli Technology and Engineering,
Tadepalligudem

Sr. Software Engineering,

5 Mr. V Bhaskar Reddy Industrialist
Capgemini

6 Dr. G Bhaskar Reddy H & S HoD

7 Mr.M V Rama Rao Asst. Professor Faculty Members

8 Mrs. P Usha Rani Asst. Professor

Software Developer
9 Mr. M Bhargav Alumni Member
Informatics Software Solution

P.T.O.
Agenda of the meeting–
 Introducing the members of Board of Studies.
 Finalization of AMR- 24 CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) – Syllabus for I year I & II
Sem which are related to ENGLISH Department.
 Course structure modifications (If any)
 Discuss on Communicative English (T), Communicative English Lab (L) for I year – I
Sem & II sem
 Text books and Reference Books finalization.
 Any other matters.

HoD
Dept. Of English
Copy to:
1. Principal
2. IQAC
 AMR/Eng/BOS/2024-25/MOM/1 Date : 24-09-2024
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MINUTES OF MEETING - BOARD OF STUDIES (BOS)
The Meeting of the Board of Studies of ENGLISH was held on 24rd September 2024 at 11.45 AM
through online (Zoom Meeting Platform). The following members were attended the online meeting.

[Link] Name of the Member Designation/occupation category Signature

1 Mrs. K G B Gowri Head of the Department Chairman

Professor, English Department, Online

School of Social Sciences, Sri University (Approval by
2 Dr. P Hari Padma Rani
Padmavathi Mahila Nominee Mail –dated -
Visvavidhyalayam, Tirupathi 25.09.2024)
Online
Professor, Adi Kavi Nannayya (Approval by
3 Dr. Kotti Sree Ramesh
University Subject Mail –dated -
experts 25.09.2024)
outside parent Online
Professor, Sasi Institute of
university (Approval by
4 Dr. M Chandramouli Technology and Engineering,
Mail –dated -
Tadepalligudem
25.09.2024)

Sr. Software Engineering,

5 Mr. V Bhaskar Reddy Industrialist
Capgemini

6 Dr. G Bhaskar Reddy H & S HoD

Faculty
7 Mr.M V Rama Rao Asst. Professor Members

8 Mrs. P Usha Rani Asst. Professor

Software Developer Alumni

9 Mr. M Bhargav Online
Informatics Software Solution Member

The Meeting began with chairman, Board of studies extending a warm welcome to all the members of
participating in the meeting.
 The following points were discussed and approved during the meeting
1. The following proposed AMR 24 Course Structure and the detailed syllabi of English related subjects
of I-I, I-II were presented, discussed and approved.

1. For Group – A (CSE , EEE)

GROUP –A – COURSES (CSE ,EEE)

I Year – I SEM

[Link]. Title Credits S. No. Title Credits

1 Communicative English 2 6 Communicative English Lab 1

Engineering Engineering Chemistry/

2 Chemistry/Chemistry/Fundament 3 7 Chemistry/Fundamental 1
al Chemistry Chemistry Lab

3 Linear Algebra & Calculus 3 8 Engineering Workshop 1.5

Basic Civil & Mechanical
4 3 9 Computer Programming Lab 1.5
Engineering
Health and wellness, Yoga and
5 Introduction to Programming 3 10 0.5
Sports
I SEM - TOTAL CREDITS 20.5
I Year – II SEM
1 Engineering Physics 3 6 IT Workshop 1

Differential Equations & Vector

2 3 7 Engineering Physics Lab 1
Calculus
Basic Electrical and Electronics Electrical and Electronics
3 3 8 1.5
Engineering Engineering Workshop
Data Structures Lab /
4 Engineering Graphics 3 9 1.5
Electrical Circuits Lab
Data Structures / Electrical
5 Circuit Analysis – I (Branch 10 NSS/NCC/Scouts &
3 0.5
specific) Guides/Community Service

II SEM - TOTAL CREDIT 19.5

2. For Group –B (ECE, CE, AGE, Cyber Security)

GROUP –B – COURSES (Cyber Security ,ECE,MECH,CE, AGE)

I Year – I SEM

S. No. Title Credits S. No. Title Credits

1 Engineering Physics 3 6 IT Workshop 1
2 Linear Algebra & Calculus 3 7 Engineering Physics Lab 1
Basic Electrical & Electronics Electrical & Electronics
3 3 8 1.5
Engineering Engineering Workshop
4 Engineering Graphics 3 9 Computer Programming Lab 1.5
NSS/NCC/Scouts &
5 Introduction to Programming 3 10 0.5
Guides/Community Service
I SEM - TOTAL CREDITS 20.5

I Year – II SEM

Communicative English
1 Communicative English 2 6 1
Lab
Engineering Chemistry / Engineering Chemistry /
2 Chemistry / Fundamental 3 7 Chemistry /Fundamental 1
Chemistry Chemistry Lab
Differential Equations & Vector
3 3 8 Engineering Workshop 1.5
Calculus
Engineering Mechanics &
Building Practices Lab
Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Lab /
4 3 9
Engineering Network Analysis and 1.5
Simulation Lab / Data
structures Lab
Engineering Mechanics/
Health and wellness, Yoga
5 Network Analysis/ Data 3 10 0.5
and Sports
structures (Branch specific)
II SEM - TOTAL CREDITS 19.5
2. Detailed Syllabus of Linear Communicative English (T) (Annexure -1 ) , Communicative
English Lab (T) (Annexure -2)
The following points were suggested for future possible implementations:
1. Suggested to prepare the course structure for all 4 years of [Link].
2. Suggested to make use of autonomy of changing the syllabus upto 20% by the next BoS.
3. Suggested o take feedback from stake holders on change of syllabus and Prepare the same
for next BoS Meeting.

Chairman
BoS – Dept. of English
Copy to:
1. Principal
2. IQAC
 ANNEXURE – 1
AMR – 24
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
(Common to All branches of Engineering)
L T P C
2 0 0 2

Course Objectives
The main objective of introducing this course, Communicative English, is to facilitate effective
listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing skills among the students. It enhances the same in
their comprehending abilities, oral presentations, reporting useful information and providing
knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary. This course helps the students to make
them effective in speaking and writing skills and to make them industry ready.

Course Outcomes:
CO1: Understand the context, topic, and pieces of specific information from social or
Transactional dialogues.
CO2: Apply grammatical structures to formulate sentences and correct word forms.
CO3: Analyze discourse markers to speak clearly on a specific topic in informal
discussions.
CO4: Evaluate reading / listening texts and to write summaries based on global
comprehension of these texts.
CO5: Create a coherent paragraph, essay, and resume.
UNIT - I
Lesson: HUMAN VALUES: Gift of Magi (Short Story)

Listening: Identifying the topic, the context and specific pieces of information by listening
to short audio texts and answering a series of questions.
Speaking: Asking and answering general questions on familiar topics such as home,
family, work, studies and interests; introducing oneself and others.
Reading: Skimming to get the main idea of a text; scanning to look for specific pieces of
information.
Writing: Mechanics of Writing-Capitalization, Spellings, Punctuation-Parts of Sentences.
Grammar: Parts of Speech, Basic Sentence Structures-forming questions
Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms, Affixes (Prefixes/Suffixes), Root words.
UNIT - II
Lesson: NATURE: The Brook by Alfred Tennyson (Poem)

Listening: Answering a series of questions about main ideas and supporting ideas after
listening to audio texts.
Speaking: Discussion in pairs/small groups on specific topics followed by short structure
talks.
Reading: Identifying sequence of ideas; recognizing verbal techniques that help to link
the ideas in a paragraph together.
Writing: Structure of a paragraph - Paragraph writing (specific topics)
Grammar: Cohesive devices - linkers, use of articles and zero article; prepositions.
Vocabulary: Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs.

UNIT - III
Lesson: BIOGRAPHY: Elon Musk

Listening: Listening for global comprehension and summarizing what is listened to.
Speaking: Discussing specific topics in pairs or small groups and reporting what is
discussed
Reading: Readinga text in detail by making basic inferences -recognizing and interpreting
specific context clues; strategies to use text clues for comprehension.
Writing: Summarizing, Note-making, paraphrasing
Grammar: Verbs - tenses; subject-verb agreement; Compound words, Collocations
Vocabulary: Compound words, Collocations

UNIT IV

Lesson: INSPIRATION: The Toys of Peace by Saki

Listening: Making predictions while listening to conversations/ transactional dialogues

without video; listening with video.
Speaking: Role plays for practice of conversational English in academic contexts (formal
and informal) - asking for and giving information/directions.
Reading: Studying the use of graphic elements in texts to convey information, reveal
trends/patterns/relationships, communicate processes or display complicated
data.
Writing: Letter Writing: Official Letters, Resumes

Grammar: Reporting verbs, Direct & Indirect speech, Active & Passive Voice
Vocabulary: Words often confused, Jargons

UNIT - V
Lesson: MOTIVATION: The Power of Intrapersonal Communication (An Essay)

Listening: Identifying key terms, understanding concepts and answering a series of

relevant questions that test comprehension.
Speaking: Formal oral presentations on topics from academic contexts
Reading: Reading comprehension.

Writing: Writing structured essays on specific topics.

Grammar: Editing short texts –identifying and correcting common errors in grammar and
usage (articles, prepositions, tenses, subject verb agreement)
Vocabulary: Technical Jargons

Textbooks:
1. Pathfinder: Communicative English for Undergraduate Students, 1st Edition, Orient
Black Swan, 2023 (Units 1,2 & 3)
2. Empowering with Language by Cengage Publications, 2023 (Units 4 & 5)

Reference Books:
1. Dubey, Sham Ji & Co. English for Engineers, Vikas Publishers, 2020
2. Bailey, Stephen. Academic writing: A Handbook for International Students. Routledge,
2014.
3. Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use, Fourth Edition, Cambridge University
Press, 2019.
4. Lewis, Norman. Word Power Made Easy- The Complete Handbook for Building a
Superior Vocabulary. Anchor, 2014.
Web Resources:

GRAMMAR:

1. [Link]/learningenglish
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VOCABULARY

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 ANNEXURE – 2
AMR – 24
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH LAB
(Common to All branches of Engineering)
L T P C
0 0 2 1

Course Objectives
The main objective of introducing this course, Communicative English Laboratory, is to expose
the students to a variety of self-instructional, learner friendly modes of language learning. The
students will get trained in basic communication skills and also make them ready to face job
interviews.

Course Outcomes:
CO1: Understand the different aspects of the English language proficiency with emphasis
on LSRW skills.
CO2: Apply communication skills through various language learning activities.
CO3: Analyze the English speech sounds, stress, rhythm, intonation and syllable division
for better listening and speaking comprehension.
CO4: Evaluate and exhibit professionalism in participating in debates and group discussions.

List of Topics:
1. Vowels & Consonants
2. Neutralization/Accent Rules
3. Communication Skills & JAM
4. Role Play or Conversational Practice
5. E-mail Writing
6. Resume Writing, Cover letter, SOP
7. Group Discussions-methods & practice
8. Debates - Methods & Practice
9. PPT Presentations/ Poster Presentation
10. Interviews Skills
Suggested Software:
 Walden Infotech
 Young India Films
 Reference Books:
1. Raman Meenakshi, Sangeeta-Sharma. Technical Communication. Oxford Press.2018.
2. Taylor Grant: English Conversation Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill Education India,
2016
3. Hewing’s, Martin. Cambridge Academic English (B2). CUP, 2012.
4. J. Sethi & P.V. Dhamija. A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, (2nd Ed),Kindle,
2013

Web Resources:
Spoken English:

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Voice & Accent:

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