English

   Introduction 

The department of English was established in the year 1983 with an off shoot of the existence of JSS College for Women, Kollegal under the noble  visions of the Founder President His Holiness Jagadguru Dr. Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji.  Since then the department  is striving hard  to impart  the basic skills of the Language viz, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, especially to the first generation of learners belonging to the  rural population in general and women in particular. Since English is taught as a Foreign language, the  students often exhibit fear in grappling with the problems while they encounter this non-native tongue in learning in real situations. Keeping this challenge  in mind the department tries to  approach with a pragmatic stance  in dealing  to address  and to find  solutions to help students in the acquisition of the  language skills to have  a good mastery over the acquisition of its skills to be fruitful to lead a successful life .  

Course Outcomes

 I SEMESTER 

1. To visit prose to sensitize social issues in relation with society
2. Helps to analyze the significance and the role of myths in the lives of the people of the Present and past generation.

3. Student will cultivate the habit of imbibing the basic skills of the language and to use it  for day to day communication

4. Helps in picking up communicative skills which are grammatically correct and impressive in daily discourse

5. Understanding the poetic sensibility in  relation with social context through literature

  II SEMESTER

1. Locating the global cultures, values, traditions and lifestyle in various walks through  reading  short stories and Travelogues

2. Analyzing prose pieces  and to know how people struggle in day to day lives,  to get  freedom of press, profession and dignity of labor  and struggling to reach their goals of  life

3. Students develop their ability in communicating skills like writing paragraphs, framing questions, punctuation and analyzing paragraph.

III SEMESTER 

1. The literary text provide powerful contexts to understand human situations in our world and show how they are expressed in English language.

2. Understanding the disturbing anti-social practices prevalent in society like discrimination on the basis of class, creed, race, gender, language, religion and Nationality..

3. Awareness of the socially neglected yet powerful literary genres like Dalit Literature
4. Develop the sensitivity towards the Social issues like caste, race and color issues with the help of author like, MULKRAJ ANAND.

   IV SEMESTER

3. Introducing them to the different genre of literature by introducing to drama
4. Practical knowledge of how to face interviews, writing letters, reports, reviews, poetry, acknowledgements and references
5. Develop sensitivity with regard to great themes like Friendship and enmity   the help of Plays
6. Critically appreciate and analyze the drama

Programme B.Com / BBA

Course Outcomes 

I SEMESTER 

• Analyzing poetry to understand social issue through literature
•  Identify and overcome the prejudices in society with help of short stories
•  Improving reading, listening and speaking skill along with basic sentence formation lessons
•  Differentiating the genres of literature
•  Developing aesthetic, realistic and metaphorical views and importance of water through the poetry and short stories

II SEMESTER 

• Analyzing topics based on contemporary pragmatism and how to deal with it.
• Explaining the struggle of freedom and struggle to survive with the freedom.
• Applying the mind to reciprocate with the modern values and age old traditions through short stories.

• Differentiating and appreciating the village culture and urban lifestyle and to explore people, culture and literature.
• Students develop ability to communicate confidently with the help of exercises like writing paragraphs, framing question and analyzing paragraph

III SEMESTER 

• Incepting moral values ,cultures, traditions and lifestyle through the novel like, THE FINANCIAL EXPERT

• Develop the sensitivity towards the Social issues with the help of author  like, R K NARAYAN.

• Analyzing prose to understand peculiarities and patterns of human behavior
• Students develop their ability in communicating skills like, framing Sentences,  identifying adverbs and analyzing paragraph 

IV SEMESTER 

• Practical knowledge of how to face interviews, writing different kind of  letters, reports, reviews, poetry, acknowledgements and references

• Introducing them to the different genre of literature by introducing one act play like, REFUND

• Introducing them to critically examine the problems in society