Undergraduate programmes

The Foreign Languages division offer courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish from zero-level to PhD. The thrust areas covered in the postgraduate and research courses are language, literature, linguistics, methodology, culture and civilisation, and translation. The programmes are of two kinds: full time and part time. Details about the courses and academic schedules find a place in the respective sections in the prospectus. (p.nos.)

B.A. (Hons) English

Areas of Study

• Literary Studies

• English Language Proficiency

• English Language Education

• Linguistics and Phonetics

Structure

The BA English programme is for six semesters. There are four courses in each semester. Three courses in each semester are core courses. The fourth course is an optional course. In the first two semesters, the optional course is a foreign language of your choice or Hindi or Sanskrit. The foreign languages that you can choose from are Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. In the third and fourth semesters you can either continue doing courses in the foreign language you have chosen or choose a course in Psychology and Gender studies respectively. In the fifth and sixth semesters, you will do two optional courses choosing from one of the following areas: Cultural studies, Media studies, English Language Education, Linguistics and Discourse analysis.

B.Ed. English

Areas of Study

• Philosophical Foundations of Education

• Sociological foundations of Education

• Psychological Foundations of education

• Language Pedagogy

• School Administration and Management

Structure

The programme is designed with applied disciplinary and practicum based courses. Students shall study five applied disciplinary courses and one practicum based course in each semester. All the courses are designed on the basis of cooperative and collaborative learning principles. Students will be provided with project based learning experiences. Besides this they will be involved in a variety of activities such as participation in cultural activities, co-curricular activities, and developing teaching aids. All the courses would be transacted through participatory approach including group discussions, self-study, seminar/presentations by students etc.

Postgraduate programmes

M.A. English

Degrees in the MA English Programme

There are eleven degrees that you can choose from and these are divided into three types,a specialized MA, a bracketed MA or a general MA.

A: Specialized MA

1. MA in Linguistics

2. MA in English Literature

3. MA in Literary and Cultural Studies

4. MA in Teaching of English as Second Language

5. MA in Media and Communication

B: Bracketed MA (2-year)

1. MA in English (Linguistics)

2. MA in English (English Literature, Commonwealth Literature,American Literature etc.)

3. MA in English (Literary and Cultural Studies)

4. MA in English (TESL)

5. MA in English (Media and Communication)

C: General MA (2-year)

Programme outline

Courses for the MA English programme are offered by five schools

School of English Language Education (ELE)

School of Communication Studies (CS)

School of Language Sciences (LS)

School of English Literary Studies (ELS)

School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS)

Courses are offered in five areas of specialisation

i) Teaching of English as Second Language (TESL)

ii) Media and Communication (M&C)

iii) Linguistics (Ling.)

iv) English Literature (Eng. Lit.)

v) Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS)

MA (JMC)

Areas of Study

• Print & Web Journalism

• Audio and Video Production

• Advertising & Marketing Communications

• Communication Studies

Structure

To qualify for an MA degree in EFLU, the student has to earn a total of 80 credits by the end of four semesters. The student has to earn a minimum of 15 credits every semester and a maximum of 25 credits to be promoted to the next semester. Of these, there are four core courses that are to be taken compulsorily by all the students of MA MCJ over the two years period which gives 20 credits. The additional (10) core credits shall be earned from the areas of study mentioned above to complete 30 core credits. The rest of the credits can also be earned from the areas listed (courses opted should be from a minimum of three areas) when offered by the Department/School. An internship in any media organisation is compulsory to complete the course.

M.A. (Computational Linguistics)

Areas of Study

• Computational logic and programming

• Theoretical linguistics

• NLP and applications

Structure

Master of Computational Linguistics is a two year post graduate programme with four semesters. A total of 80 credits have to be earned by the end of four semesters, with a minimum of 20 credits to be earned by the end of each semester. Successful completion of 70 credit hours of courses from three separate modules, a, b and c (see table below), 5 credit hours from a course from any of the three modules or from outside the School of Language Sciences, and project work and/or internship of 5 credit hours will result in the award of a Master of Computational Linguistics degree. Table below provides the details on the credit hours in each separate module.

Course modules Number of credit hours

a. Computational logic and programming 20

b. Theoretical linguistics 20

c. NLP and applications 30

One course from the above modules or any course from another school 5 Project work/Internship 5 Students will be expected to complete the program within two years (four academic semesters). 75 credit hours of taught courses will be completed within four semesters, in addition, at the end of the fourth semester, students will complete 5 credit hours of project work and/or an internship. A faculty advisor will help the student complete a project in a timely fashion and provide both intellectual and academic support.

Ph.D. programmes

Ph.D. English Language Education

Programme outline

The aim of the three-year PhD programme in English Language Education is to provide students with the necessary content-area knowledge and research skills to prepare them for independent research and positions of leadership in a variety of settings where in-depth knowledge of issues related to ELE is required. The eight courses that the scholars do in the first two semesters of their academic programme will form the nucleus of the domain knowledge necessary for any language educator/researcher.

Structure

Semester I (August - January): 4 courses

During the first semester, all students must complete the following two core courses:

1. Academic Reading and Writing (ARW)

2. Research Methodology (RM)

In addition, they must take two of the following three core elective courses on offer:

1. Curriculum, Syllabus and Instructional Materials (CSIM)

2. Foundations of Language Pedagogy (FLP)

3. Language Testing and Assessment (LTA)

Semester II (February - July): 4 courses

Students must register for four courses from the 10-15 on offer. The number of courses that students can choose from may vary year to year. The likely courses are:

1. Curriculum Evaluation

2. Teacher Development

3. Pedagogy and its (Dis)Contents

4. Early Literacy Materials in the ESL Context

5. Designing Materials for Adult ESL Learners

6. Teaching English to Adults

7. Second Language Acquisition

8. The Role of the First Language in ESL Classrooms

9. Materials Development in Multilingual Contexts

10. Reference Materials in the ELT Classroom

Semester III (August-January): 50-page research proposal

Students are required to prepare a fifty-page research proposal in the third semester, which they will defend at the end of the semester. A typical dissertation proposal will contain the following components:

• A rationale of and need for the study

• A review of the literature”key concepts and theories to be used in designing the study

• Questions to be addressed by the research

• Methodology

Modes of Assessment: term papers, critical summaries, critical responses, syllabus design, materials production, tests/quizzes, and oral presentations