English For Mass Communication(Eng. Ed. 423)- B.Ed. Second Year, TU

 

 

Specification Chart

Question types	Total questions	Number of questions to be answered and marks
MCQs	14	14×1=14
Short questions	6+3 extra	6×7=42
Long questions	2+1 extra	2×12=24
Total Marks		80

 

Unit I: Introduction (10)

v What is communication?

ü The term 'communication' refers to the process of exchanging a message between the participants.

ü It is the process of exchanging ideas, thoughts, facts, feelings, emotions, and experiences between people.

ü It is used to express our inner purposes, attitudes, feelings, and to describe events. The message is transmitted from the communicator (sender) to the receiver in communication.

ü "Communication is the act of transmitting information." –Amber

ü  There are mainly two types of communication: personal communication and mass communication.

ü One the basis of the way of communication, there are two types of communication: verbal communication and non-verbal communication.

Verbal communication	Non-verbal communication
Communication done through language or speech  tool is called verbal communication.	Communication done through non-verbal tools such as gestures, postures, facial expressions, touch, smell, etc. is called non-verbal communication.

 

ü Five sensory moods of human communication:

Sense organs	Functions	Media
eye	seeing	visual
ear	hearing	aural
nose	smelling	olfactory
tongue	tasting	gustatory
skin	touching	tactile

 

1.1Functions of language

The purposes for which language is used

1.2Grammatical and communicative functions

1.3Form – function relations

·        Form: It refers to the linguistic structure or the grammatical system that describes the ways in which linguistics items can be combined. The overall linguistic organization or structure of speech and writing is called form. It refers to the various meaningful units of a language. It is the language structure or a grammatical pattern. For example, ‘Good morning’ is a form.

·        Function: It refers to the purpose in which an utterance is used as a means of communication. It is the purpose for which language is used. Every linguistic form/item has contained function to serve. For example, function of ‘Good morning’ is greeting.

·        Relationship between Form and Function: The relationship between form and function is too complex because sometimes one form may have many functions and several forms may have one function conversely. So, the relationship between form and function is not clear cut. It means that there is no one-to-one correspondence between them. The relationship between them can be shown in the following ways.

a.     One form -one function:

Form	Function
Let me carry your bag.	Offering
I will bring money tomorrow.	Promising
Come to my wedding party.	Inviting

b.    One form- many functions:

Form	Function
Open the door.	Ordering
Open the door, please.	Requesting
Come to my home Saturday.	Inviting
Turn left from that junction.	Instructing

In the above examples, the sentences have the same form, i.e. imperative form, but they serve different functions.

c.      Many forms-one function:

Function	Forms
Requesting	Open the window please. (Imperative form)
	Would you open the window? (Interrogative form)
	I request you to open the window. (Declarative form)

Here, all examples serve the function of ‘requesting’ but they have different forms as indicated in the brackets.

1.4Communicative functions and their exponents

1.5Written and oral communication

 

 

Unit II: Language Functions: About Information (10)

2.1 Asking for information 2.2 Asking if someone knows about something 2.3 Saying you know/do not know about something 2.4 Reminding 2.5 Asking about remembering 2.6 Saying you remember 2.7 Saying you have forgotten 2.8 Asking if someone is correct 2.9 Saying someone is correct/not correct 2.10 Correcting someone

Unit III: Language Functions: About Attitudes (30) 3.1 Asking if someone is sure about something 3.2 Saying you are sure/not sure 3.3 Saying what you think is possible or impossible 3.4 Talking about what might happen 3.5 Asking how someone feels before/after something happens 3.6 Saying you are curious 3.7 Saying what you hope will happen 3.8 Saying what you want 3.9 Saying you are looking forward to something 3.10 Saying you are optimistic/pessimistic 3.11 Saying you are worried or afraid 3.12 Expressing surprise 3.13 Saying you are pleased/displeased/relieved 3.14 Saying you approve/do not approve 3.15 Saying you are excited/disappointed/bored 3.16 Asking about/ expressing likes/dislikes 3.17 Asking about preference 3.18 Saying what you prefer 3.19 Asking if someone approves 3.20 Comparing 3.22 Saying something is not important 3.23 Asking someone’s opinion 3.24 Giving your opinion 3.25 Saying you have no opinion/Avoiding giving opinion 3.26 Trying to change someone’s opinion 3.27 Asking if someone is interested 3.28 Saying you are interested/not interested 3.29 Giving reasons 3.30 Agreeing/disagreeing 3.31 Saying you are wrong and someone else is right 3.32 Saying you have reached agreement

 

Unit IV: Language Functions: About action (20) 4.1 Offering to do something for someone 4.2 Accepting/refusing an offer or help 4.3 Saying what you think you ought to do/not to do 4.4 Saying you intend/do not intend to do something 4.5 Asking if someone is able to do something 4.6 Saying you are able/not able to do something 4.7 Asking for permission 4.8 Giving/refusing permission 4.9 Asking if you are obliged to do something 4.10 Saying someone is obliged to do something 4.11 Saying someone must/need not do something 4.12 Telling someone to do something 4.13 Telling someone how to do something 4.14 Advising, Warning, Suggesting, Requesting, Encouraging, Persuading, Complaining, Threatening 4.15 Saying you are willing/unwilling to do something 4.16 Refusing to do something

 

Unit V: Language Functions: Social formulas (25) 5.1 Starting a conversation with a stranger 5.2 Introducing yourself/someone 5.3 Answering an introduction 5.4 Attracting someone’s attention 5.5 Greeting 5.6 Asking how someone is 5.7 Saying how you are 5.8 Giving good wishes/responding to good wishes 5.9 Proposing a toast 5.10 Inviting someone 5.11 Accepting/declining an invitation 5.12 Offering something 5.13 Accepting/declining an offer 5.14 Giving something to someone 5.15 Thanking 5.16 Responding to thanks 5.17 Congratulating/complimenting 5.18 Responding to congratulations/compliments 5.19 Saying sorry 5.20 Accepting an apology 5.21 Showing sympathy 5.22 Expressing condolence 5.23 Leaving someone politely for a short time 5.24 Ending a conversation 5.25 Saying goodbye 5.26 Welcoming 5.27 Addressing 5.28 Announcing

 

Unit VI: Language Functions: Making communication work(10) 6.1 Asking someone to say something again 6.2 Checking that you have/someone has understood 6.3 Saying something again 6.4 Saying something in another way 6.5 Giving an example 6.6 Showing you are listening 6.7 Taking up a point 6.8 Giving yourself time to think 6.9 Changing the subject 6.10 Summing up

Unit VII: Language Functions: Imparting Factual Information (10) 7.1 Identifying persons/objects 7.2 Describing objects/persons/actions/ processes 7.3 Describing uses and purposes 7.4 Narrating actions/events/experiences 7.5 Reporting/quoting 7.6 Correcting oneself/others 7.7 Illustrating things 7.8 Expressing intentions/plans

Unit VIII: Language Functions: Finding out about language(5) 8.1 Finding out about punctuation 8.2 Finding out about spelling 8.3 Finding out about correctness 8.4 Finding out about meaning 8.5 Finding out about appropriateness

Unit IX: Written Communication (30) 9.1 Communing in everyday life a. Business letter b. Job application c. Greeting card and invitation, d. Email and SMS e. Notice and Minute f. Report g. Narrative, Description, Exposition and Argument, h. Presentation 9.2 Getting the message across a. Audience b. Subject c. Purpose d. Time and place 9.3 The writing process a. Planning and research b. Writing, drafting and revising

 

 

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