This course helps students improve their use of English by developing their ability to listen, speak, read, and write in English in personal, professional, and social settings.
The course attempts to encourage and motivate students to learn English, improve their levels of proficiency in English, and use English in academic and real-world situations by providing lessons, activities, tasks, techniques, and strategies for understanding, communicating, and interacting in English.
By the end of the course, students would have not only improved their proficiency in the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, but also gained familiarity with 21st century communication practices such as digital reading and writing, and speaking using digital tools.
Acknowledging that digital literacy – speaking, reading, and writing using digital tools is an essential 21st century skill, the course attempts to help students engage with digital tools in order to learn, communicate, and create.
Secondly, to maintain a strong focus on facilitating students’ use of English for academic purposes, to their meet social needs, and to cater to their future professional needs, the course has as its target user the Indian undergraduate. A third significant learning gain is that the course uses, recommends, and promotes use of Indian English.
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to
| Course Status : | Ongoing |
| Course Type : | Not Applicable |
| Duration : | 10 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 2 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 15 Jan 2024 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2024 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Exam Date : | 25 May 2024 IST |
| Exam Shift : | Shift - II (15:00 - 18:00) |
Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
Week-1: Introductory lectures
Week-2: Speaking and Listening I
Week-3: Speaking and Listening II
Week-4: Reading
Week-5: Writing
Week-6: Digital Literacy
Kshema Jose is a teacher educator, language teacher, and English language education researcher working in the Department for Training and Development, School of English Language Education at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. She received her PhD in reading comprehension of hypertexts from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
As a teacher educator, she conducts teacher training and trainer training programmes on integrating digital literacy into English language instruction. Courses she teaches at her university include, ‘Digital Literacy: Fundamental Concepts,’ ‘Evaluating Online Language Learning,’ ‘E-learning Instruction Design,’ ‘English Language Arts’ ‘AI in the ESL Classroom’ and ‘Use of Web 2.0 Tools in the ESL classroom’.
As a language teacher, she teaches courses that facilitate students’ English language proficiency by linking development of presentation skills with multimodal writing skills.
As an English language education researcher, she guides research in digital literacies. Her areas of research interest are multiliteracies, collaborative virtual learning environments, multimodal pedagogies, and autonomy in language learning.
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