Osmania University Degree 1st Year 2nd Sem English Study Material
- A Visit of Charity by Eudora Welty
- Benaras by Aldous Huxley
- Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples by PB Shelley
- Shakespeare Retold Julius Caeser by William Shakespeare
OU Degree 2nd Sem English Syllabus
Unit-I
SHORT FICTION: “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty— PRONUNCIATION: plosives— GRAMMAR: non-finite verbs—VOCABULARY: simile and metaphor— SPELLING: use of ‘ie’ and ‘ei’— PUNCTUATION: semicolon— CONVERSATION: asking for advice/information— READING: Hyderabad city: the heart of Telangana— WRITING: note taking and note making— SOFT SKILLS: time management— VALUES: “Time and tide wait for no one”
Unit-II
PROSE: “Benaras” by Aldous Huxley— PRONUNCIATION n: fricatives— GRAMMAR: adjective— VOCABULARY: oxymoron and hyperbole— SPELLING: use of ‘able’ and ‘ible’— PUNCTUATION: colon and long dash— CONVERSATION: making/accepting/refusing a request— READING: Burrakatha— WRITING: informal letter— SOFT SKILLS: leadership— VALUES: “The pen is mightier than the sword”
Unit-III
POETRY: “The Sun is Warm” by PB Shelley— PRONUNCIATION: affricates and nasals— GRAMMAR: articles— VOCABULARY: portmanteau words, loan words— SPELLING: use of ‘-ic’, ‘-ive’, ‘-ity’, ‘-al’ ‘-ance’, ‘-ence’— PUNCTUATION: hyphen and long dash— CONVERSATION: Conducting a meeting/seeking opinion of team members— READING: Cultural identity of Telangana— WRITING: formal letter— SOFT SKILLS: stress management— VALUES: “Practice makes one perfect”
Unit-IV
DRAMA: An extract of Act III, Sc 2 from Julius Caeser by Shakespeare— PRONUNCIATION: Lateral, frictionless continuants, semi vowels— GRAMMAR: adverb— VOCABULARY: palindromes— SPELLING: changes of spelling from noun-verb-adjective-adverb— PUNCTUATION: inverted commas— CONVERSATION: Appearing for a job interview/conducting a job interview—READING: Handicrafts of Telangana—WRITING: business letter— SOFT SKILLS: etiquette and grooming— VALUES: “Necessity is the mother of invention”