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SYLLABUS 2016
Estd. 1951

FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL
F3 - Business English
Weightage
Part-A English Grammar and Usage 45%
Part-C
Part-A Part-B Reading Comprehension & Writing
Part-B Skills 30%

Part-C Introduction to Business

Correspondence 25%

Syllabus Overview: l Construct all sentence types

This course is designed to help the students to develop
reading and writing skills for Business English.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
l Demonstrate usage of correct English grammar
l Employ pre-reading, skimming, and prewriting
techniques
l Exhibit effective unity, support, coherence, and
mechanics in paragraphs
l Evaluate their own and others' writing
l Write basic business letters and reports

Detailed Contents Weightage Level of

in % Study Required
PART-A: ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND USAGE
1. English Grammar l The parts of speech A
– Nouns (including Genders: Masculine and
Feminine; Numbers: Singulars and plurals)
– Pronouns
– Adjectives (Including comparatives
and superlatives)
– Verbs: Main and Auxiliary Verbs; Modals;
Finite and Non-Finite Verbs; Regular and
Irregular verbs
– Adverbs
– Prepositions (including the correct use of
prepositions)
– Conjunctions
– Interjections
l Articles: kinds of article; the correct use of articles A
l Verb Tenses: A
– Present, past, and future
– Present, Past & Future perfect, progressive 45
and perfect progressive forms
l The Basic Structure of a Sentence U
– Subject and Predicate
l Sentence Types (on the basis of Function) U
– Declarative
– Interrogative
– Imperative
– Exclamatory
– Optative sentences

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SYLLABUS 2016
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l Sentence Types (on the basis of Structure) A

– Simple
– Compound
– Complex
– Compound Complex Sentences
l Commonly used Phrases and idioms U
l Punctuation A
l Active and Passive Voice A
l Direct and Indirect Narration A

Part-B: READING COMPREHENSION & WRITING SKILLS

2 Reading l Importance of Learning Reading Comprehension U
Comprehension l Guidelines for improving Reading Comprehension U
l Practice of Reading Comprehension A
l Cloze Passages U
3. Writing Skills l Stages of Writing 30 U
– Instruction
– Description
– Narrative
l Reading and comprehension of paragraphs A
l Writing essays and précis A

Part-C: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

4. Introduction to l Writing effective business messages A
Business l When to prefer written communication over oral A
Correspondence communication
l Difference between a formal and informal message 25 A
5. Business Letters l Parts of a Business Letter A
l Letter formats: block, modified block, and semi-block A
l Consumer enquiry, complain and its response A
l Letter to the editor A
l Short reports A

TOTAL WEIGHTAGE 100

NOTE:-
U = Understanding
A = Application
D = Decision

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