GIFT UNIVERSITY 1

COURSE OUTLINE
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ENG-110
Composition I

Fall Semester 2018

Faculty: Department of English, School of Arts and Social Sciences

Credit hours: 3
Course level: Undergraduate
Campus/Location/Instruction Mode: GIFT University/On Campus/In Person
Course Instructors: Adeel Anjum, Anna Ali, Javed Iqbal, Malik Hassan Raza,
Maryam Sana Ullah Aolakh, Muhammad Saeed, Naeem Ullah,
Rizwan Ullah Ejaz, Sadia Qayyum, Saima Aziz, Saiqa Andleeb,
Sikandar-E-Azam, Usman Asim
Pre-requisite: None
This document was last updated: Fall 2018

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Composition-I has been designed for the undergraduate students from various departments of
GIFT University, Gujranwala. Composition-I is primarily designed to provide the students
with a detailed introduction to the standard and variant usage of English language. This is a
core course having 3 Credit Hours which will be taught across the board to all the students of
semester-I in graduate degree programs.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
After the completion of this course, the students will
 have thorough knowledge of standard English grammar rules
 be able to identify the words from the selected vocabulary pool and the grammatical
category that these words belong to
 be able to convert words into different grammatical categories
 be able to construct standard English sentences by employing the learned vocabulary
and grammatical knowledge
 be able to differentiate between standard English and emerging varieties of English

COURSE CONTENTS
1. Parts of Speech
2. The Sentence
3. Mechanics of English
 Punctuation
 Common Errors
4. Idioms, Advanced Word Analysis
5. Use of Dictionary
6. Language
 Neutral, Emotive and Technical Language
 Rhetoric
 Slang
 Language used in SMS, Email and Cellular Devices

Readings
BEFORE MID-TERM
 Poetry
o All the World’s a Stage by William Shakespeare
o Tartary by Walter de la Mare
o I Like to See it Lap the Miles by Emily Dickinson
 Short Story
o The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams

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 One Act Play

o The Bear by Anton Chekhov
AFTER MID-TERM
 Poetry
o The Snare by James Stephens
o The Tyger by William Blake
o The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
 Short Story
o Charles by Shirley Jackson
 Reading for Reflection and Emulation
o Three Days to See by Helen Keller

ASSESSMENT

Item Assessment Task Number Weightage

1 Quizzes 2-3 15%

2 Assignments 1-2 15%
3 Class Participations 2-3 10%
3 Mid Term 1 20%
4 Final Examination 1 40%
All components of the above instruments are compulsory and must be completed in order to
obtain a passing grade.

TEXTBOOK

 Course Pack: Composition I (ENG-110)

 A Book of Readings and Writings by Dr. Surriya Shaffi Mir

SUGGESTED READINGS

 Reading Literary Texts (Legends, Myths and Short Stories & Vocabulary
Development – I by Dr. Surriya Shaffi Mir (Compiler and Editor)
 Cambridge English Vocabulary List (KET)
 High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin.
 Oxford Practice Grammar by John Eastwood
 Learn Correct English: Grammar, Usage and Composition by Shiv. K. Kumar and
Hemalatha Nagarajan
 An Introduction to Logic by Irving. M. Copi

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