Syllabus BG1st Semester Englsh Communication Skills Kashmir University

Syllabus BG1st Semester

Englsh Communication Skills 

 

    (FOR BATCHES ADMITTED IN 2020 & ONWARDS)

ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY COURSE-I

ECS120: ENGLISH

 COMMUNICATION SKILLS Credits: 4

Unit 1: Essays:

1. How Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay: George Bernard Shaw

2. Whatever I Learned I Learned in the Forest: Vandana Shiva

3. Better Health For Everyone: Health Care in Two Worlds : (Extract from Making 

Connections: A Strategic Approach to Academic Writing, Edition: 3)

Unit II: Short Story

1. The New Constitution: Saadat Hasan Manto

2. The Garden Party: Katherine Mansfield

Unit III: Poetry

1. Ecology : A K Ramanujan

2. Mending Wall: Robert Frost

3. The Unknown Citizen: W H Auden

Unit IV: Science Fiction (Extracts)

1. The Last Question: Isaac Asimov

2. There Will Come Soft Rains: Ray Bradbury

TITLE OF ANTHOLOGY: AECC: ENGLISH 

ISBN: 9781108714464

PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

[Note: Since AECC (English) is a foundation course for General English therefore the concerned teachers are advised to expose 

students first to the textbook: AECC-English followed by the textbook: English-1, This will be effective for students enrolled for 

the academic session 2020 and onwards. As such, all the concerned teachers are requested to ensure that teaching of the General 

English–I Course is taken up only after completing the English Communication Skill AECC (English) Course for the BA 1st

Semester students]