DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU JAMMU SELF-LEARNING MATERIAL B.A./B.COM SEMESTER IV SUBJECT : GENERAL ENGLISH UNIT : I - V COURSE : AA 401 LESSON NO. : 1 - 15 Dr. Hina S. Abrol Ms. Rohini Gupta Suri B.A. Course Co-ordinator B. Com. Co-ordinator http:/www.distanceeducationju.in Printed and Published on behalf of the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu by the Director, DDE, University of Jammu, Jammu. ESSAYS, POEMS, ONE ACT PLAY, GRAMMAR, READING, WRITING & SPEAKING SKILLS Course Contributors Compilation, Editing • Dr. Kiran Kalra and Proof Reading • Prof. Ruth K Masehi Dr. Anupama Vohra • Dr. Sadaf Shah • Ms. Himanshi Chandervanshi • Dr. Geetanjli Rajput • Dr. Sumit Sharma • Dr. Rabia Iqbal Mir • Mr. Stanzin Shakya • Dr. Neena Gupta • Dr. Anupama Vohra • Dr. Sudhir Singh © Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, 2021 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permisison in writing from the DDE, University of Jammu. The script writer shall be responsible for the lesson / script submitted to the DDE and any plagiarism shall be his / her entire responsibility. Printed at : Sushil Printers / 2021 / 700 WELCOME MESSAGE Dear Learners, Wish you a very happy and academically enriching 2020-2021. Welcome to UG Semester IV. Through a collection of poetry, prose, one act plays and grammer our endeavour in this semester is to expose you to all four communications skills : listening, speaking, read- ing, and writing. The study material has been prepared by experts keeping in view your learning requirements. Do read the contents carefully after going through the prescribed text “Collage”. Do visit the library and consult relevant books in the concerned subject. In case of any difficulty you are most welcome to meet Co-ordinator PG English and/or Teacher Incharge PG English. Wish you grand success in Semester IV ! Dr. Anupama Vohra PG English Coordinator 1 GENERAL ENGLISH SEMESTER-IV Course No. AA 401 (Theory) Title - General English Duration of Exam: 3 hrs. Total Marks: 100 Semester End Examination: 80 Internal Assessment: 20 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to develop the comprehension, reading, writing skills of the students through a study of literature and language. This would also stimulate and sharpen their aesthetic sensibility by a study of the selected English prose, poems and one act plays. UNIT-I: ESSAYS i) Our muddled Generation Dinesh Kumar ii) On Exercise of Fans Joseph Addison iii) Position of Women in Ancient India Padmini Sen Gupta iv) Why I Write Mulk Raj Anand UNIT-II: POEMS i) The Crutches Bertolt Brecht ii) The Diameter of the Bomb Yehuda Amichai iii) An Abandoned Dusk Yash Sharma iv) Daffodils, The New Version David Cram UNIT-III: ONE ACT PLAY Augustus Does His Bit G.B. Shaw 2 UNIT-IV: GRAMMAR i) Direct/ Indirect Speech ii) The infinitive and the -ing form UNIT-V: READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS i) Speech Patterns ii) Letter Writing, Job Application, CV MODE OF EXAMINATION SECTION-A This section will cover units I to III and will have three long answer type questions for 10 marks each with internal choice. The prescribed word limit will be 250-300 words. SECTION-B This section will cover units I to III and will have five short answer questions. The candidates will be required to attempt any three. Each question will be of 6 marks and the prescribed word limit will be 60-80 words. SECTION-C This section will have two questions of 16 marks each. The first question will have two parts based on direct/indirect and the infinitive and -ing form respectively and each part will carry eight marks. In each part twelve questions will be set out of which the candidate would be required to attempt eight. 3 The second question will have two parts of eight marks each with internal choice and will test the candidate on (i) speech patterns and (ii) Letter Writing, Job Application, CV. The questions will be set from the prescribed text book. SUGGESTED READING : 1) The Spectator : With Notes, and a General Index by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. Google Books. 2) Women in India by Padmini Sen Gupta. Google Books. 3) Indian Writing in English by K.R. Srinivasa lyengar. Sterling Publisher. 4) The Selected poetry of Yehuda Amichai by Yehuda Amichai, C.K. Williams. University of California Press. 5) The Collected Plays of G.B. Shaw (Illustrated) by G.B. Shaw E-artnow Publishers. 6) Oxford Guide to English Grammar. John Eastwood. OUP. 7) English Grammar in Steps. David Bolton and Noel Goodey. Richmond Publishing. 8) The Literacy Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speak- ing, and Listening Instruction by Sarah Tantillo. Jossey Bass Publishers. 9) Collage - A Textbook of Language and Literature. Board of Editors. University of Jammu. 4 B.A./B.COM SEMESTER-IV : GENERAL ENGLISH AA401 (Theory) SEMESTER -IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. UNIT - I ESSAYS Lesson-1 Our Muddled Generation 8-16 Lesson Writer : Dr. Kiran Kalra Lesson-2 On Exercise of Fans 17-28 Lesson Writer : Prof. Ruth K Masehi Lesson-3 The Position of Women in 29-47 Ancient India Lesson Writer : Dr. Sadaf Shah Lesson-4 Why I Write 48-72 Lesson Writer : Ms. Himanshi Chandervanshi 5 UNIT - II POEMS Lesson-5 The Crutches 73-94 Lesson Writer : Dr. Geetanjli Rajput Lesson-6 The Diameter of a Bomb 95-110 Lesson Writer : Dr. Sumit Sharma Lesson-7 An Abandoned Dusk 111-124 Lesson Writer : Dr. Rabia Iqbal Mir Lesson-8 Daffodils, The New Version 125-140 Lesson Writer : Mr. Stanzin Shakya UNIT - III One Act Play Lesson-9 Augustus His Bit 141-152 Lesson Writer : Dr. Neena Gupta Lesson-10 Augustus His Bit 153-163 Lesson Writer : Dr. Neena Gupta Lesson-11 Augustus His Bit 164-185 Lesson Writer : Dr. Neena Gupta 6 UNIT - IV GRAMMAR Lesson-12 Direct/Indirect Speech 186-211 Lesson Writer : Dr. Anupama Vohra Lesson-13 The Infinitive and -ing form 212-234 Lesson Writer : Dr. Sudhir Singh UNIT - V READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS Lesson-14 Speech Patterns 235-264 Lesson Writer : Dr. Sudhir Singh Lesson-15 Letter Writing , Job Application, CV 265-288 Lesson Writer : Dr. Sudhir Singh 7 B.A./B.COM SEMESTER-IV : GENERAL ENGLISH COURSE CODE : AA-401 (THEORY) LESSON NO- 1 SEMESTER - IV ESSAYS UNIT - I OUR MUDDLED GENERATION STRUCTURE 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Objectives 1.3 The Essay 1.3.1 Paragraph I 1.3.2 Paragraph II 1.3.3 Paragraph III 1.4 Summary 1.5 Glossary 1.6 Self-Assessment Questions 1.7 Multiple Choice Questions 1.8 Examination Oriented Questions 1.9 Suggested Reading 1.1 INTRODUCTION "Our Muddled Generation" by Dinesh Kumar was first published in a newspaper The Hindu on March 26, 2012.This essay presents author views about the present generation which according to him is a confused one. The youngsters want to earn a lot of 8 money but refrain from hard work; they want to show off their knowledge but don't want to learn; they are in tune with new fashions but cut off from their roots. In other words it is a highly materialistic generation which has forgotten that there is no gain without pain and looks for substitutes for toil and scholarship. Dinesh Kumar is a researcher, trainer and writer. He develops learning programmes which offer solutions to the problems of complex lives of today's younger generation. His philosophies are based on his understanding of ancient Hindu scriptures like Bhagwad Gita, Vedas and Upanishads. Kumar is a visiting faculty in various multinational companies of India. He organizes workshops for motivating professionals, academicians and entrepreneurs. He lectures upon various facets of self-development. He emphasizes that one should have meaningful objective in one's life in order to realize one's true potential. In his book Destiny Re scripted he says that "You can become even a co-creator of this universe... an assurance coming from the Ancient Wisdom; provided you bear an appropriate WILL... ."According to him enthusiasm and will power are two things with which one can even write one's destiny. But unfortunately the present generation lacks these two important aspects of human behaviour. Dinesh Kumar has authored several books dealing with various aspects of self- development. Destiny Re scripted (Desire2 Will), The Connected Consumer, Corporate Capers and An Insider's View of Emotional Traumas, Fractals: Applications in Biological Signalling and Image Processing are some of his most popularly read books. 1.2 OBJECTIVES This essay has been included in the syllabus to sensitize the students, who are representatives of today's youth, to the importance of fostering good moral values such as non-materialism, hard work, responsibility and purposefulness. The essay focuses on the problem of lacking moral values and materialistic aims of the young generation of the present times. Unfortunately our education system has failed to inculcate these values in the students. After graduating from colleges students come out with degrees but no ability and proficiency. Introducing this essay in the syllabus will provide a platform to the teacher to 9 discuss the relevance of moral values in present times. It will also provide an opportunity to the teacher to make the students goal oriented and to provide a direction to the otherwise motiveless lives of the students. 1.3 THE ESSAY The article presents author, Dinesh Kumar's views on the present generation. Kumar opines that the young generation is a confused generation which mistakes bad manners for confidence. The article is divided into three parts wherein the author describes today's youth as "evasive", "irresponsible" and as "rolling stones." The author begins the article by quoting an example of a candidate whom he and his colleague have interviewed for a job in their company.
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