COURSE MODULE

COURSE NAME: English I (Communication)

COURSE CODE: 2BL131

SEMESTER- I

COURSE: B.A., LLB (Hons.), B.Com LLB (Hons.)

August 2021 to December 2021

Course Coordinator:
Dr. Bini B.S.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Law, Nirma University

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 INDEX
S.No. CONTENTS Pg. No.
A Course Title / Course Code / Teaching and Examination Schemes 2
B Course Learning Outcomes 2
C Syllabus 3-4
D List of Books / Reference books / E-books 4
E Course related Important Web-links 5
F Video Lectures, if available (like NPTEL, MOOC, and YouTube Lectures.) 5
G Lesson Planning format 6-8
H Structured Tutorial / Seminar/ Clinical planning format (Clinical planning for the clinical 9-10
course, seminar planning for the advanced courses, tutorial / practical work planning for
the core courses)
I Formative Assessment Scheme (As per Format) 11

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 A. INTRODUCTION:

The objective of the course is to equip the students with essential communication skills
through continuous learning and practice. Language, the tool for human perception and
communication, shapes and shares our ideas, thoughts and feelings. Since communication
happens in the verbal as well as the non-verbal modes, one be mindful of the significance of
spoken and written communication skills and body language. Considering the overt and subtle
aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication in the personal and professional domains,
strategies and capacities need to be mastered and nurtured. The course comprises modules
designed for accomplishing expertise in language, communication, emotional intelligence and
oratory.

Teaching & Examination Scheme:

Course Course Title Teaching Credit Evaluation Scheme

Code Scheme Examination Component
(hrs/week) Hours Weightage
English I L T PW C SEE CE SEE PW
2BL131 (Communication) 3 1 NA 4 3hrs 0.6 0.4 NA

B. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO):

1. Demonstrate the art of persuasion and the ability to handle disagreements

2. Demonstrate their oral and written communication skills, with focus on comprehension
(reading and listening), speaking, and writing.
3. Construct sentences appropriate and correct in terms of syntax and punctuation
4. Use English idioms and phrasal verbs effectively.
5. Construct legal documents with apt phraseology and style
6. Develop professional communication and soft skills – especially emotional intelligence

Teaching Methodology
The course will utilize lectures, audio visual aids, group discussions, Role Play/ performance
and presentations to accomplish its objectives. 

Assessment
Evaluation will be based on the course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with
Nirma University policy. This course will include multiple methods of evaluation including
quizzes, presentations, written assignments and written exams. 

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C. SYLLABUS
L T P C
3 1 - 4

Course Code 2BL131

Course Title English I (Communication)
Teaching Hours: 60

I. Strategies of Communication (12 Hours)

1.1 Persuasion
Text for Discussion: Chapter 2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
1.2 Avoiding the Perils of Miscommunication
Text for Discussion: “I Only Came to Use the Phone” by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
1.3 Surmounting the Cultural Barriers
Text for Discussion: “A Horse and Two Goats” by R.K. Narayan
1.4 Handling Disagreements:
Text for Discussion: “The Proposal” by Anton Chekhov

II. Skills of Communication: Listening and Speaking (12 Hours)

“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln

“Tryst with Destiny” by Jawaharlal Nehru
“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King
“A Pale Blue Dot” by Carl Sagan
Speech from “The Great Dictator” by Charlie Chaplin
Practice Exercises in Skills of Speaking:
 2.1 Public Speaking,
 2.2 Debate
 2.3 Group Discussion
 2.4 Presentation Skills

III. Reading and Comprehension (12 Hours)

3.1 Comprehension of Inferential and Factual Passages
3.2 Reading and Enriching Vocabulary: Words, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs

IV. Legal Writing (12 Hours)

4.1 Legal Briefs: Language and Style
4.2 Essay Writing

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 4.3 Formal Letters and Emails

V. Grammar and Usage (12 Hours)

5.1 Parts of Speech
5.2 Types of Sentences
5.3 Punctuation
5.4 Tenses
5.5 Active and Passive Voice
5.6 Subject-Verb Agreement
L=Lecture, T=Tutorial, P=Practical,
C=Credit 

D. LIST OF BOOKS/REFERENCE BOOKS/E-BOOKS

 Safire, W. (2004). Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History. London: WW

Norton.
 Asprey, Michele M. (2011). Plain Language for Lawyers. Delhi: Universal Law
Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
 Booher, Dianna. (2008). E-Writing: 21st Century Tools for Effective Communication.
Delhi: Macmillan
 Thomson, A J & Martinet, A V. (1997). A Practical English Grammar (3rd ed). OUP
 Swan, Michael (2017). Practical English Usage (4th ed). OUP.
 Workman, Graham (1997). Making Headway: Phrasal Verbs and Idioms (Advanced).
 Gairns, Ruth and Stuart Redman (1986). Working with Words: A Guide to Teaching
and Learning Vocabulary. Cambridge University Press.
 McCarthy, Michael and Felicity O’Dell (2018). English Vocabulary in Use
(Advanced). Cambridge University Press
 Kaul, Asha. (2006). Business Communication. New Delhi: PHI.
 Templeton, Melody (2010). Public Speaking and Presentations Demystified.
McGraw-Hill Education
 Amin A. and Eravelly R. and Ibrahim F. J. (2004). Grammar Builder. Cambridge
University Press.
 Hewings M. (1999). Advanced English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
 Barker, Alan. (2007). Improve Your Communication Skills. New Delhi: Kogan Page.
 Sen, Leena. (2009). Communication Skills. New Delhi: PHI.

Legal Writing
 Bast, Carol, M. and Margie Hawkins (5th ed., 2012). Functions of Legal Research and
Writing. New York: Delamar Cengage Learning.
 Garner, Bryan A (2001). Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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  Johns, Margaret Z. & Clayton S. Tanaka (2nd ed., 2014). Professional Writing for
Lawyers: Skills and Responsibilities. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.

Secondary Reading:
 Excerpts from The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle

Additional Reference
 https://www.ted.com/
 Dale Carnegie
 Les Giblin
 Barbara & Allan Pease
 Bryan A Garner
 Richard C Wydick
 Linda H. Edwards
 David Crystal
 Joe Navarro

E. COURSE RELATED IMPORTANT WEB-LINKS:

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/MTA4MzI1NzEwODg4

F. VIDEO LECTURES:
1 Julian Treasure- How https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIho2S0ZahI
to speak so that people
want to listen
2. Think Fast, Talk Smart Stanford Lecture Series-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA
3. The Power of Non- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRl0dvPRkSI
verbal
Communication-Joe
Navarro
4. Mark Bowden- Body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_SMBIW1mg
Language Expert
5. “The Gettysburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvA0J_2ZpIQ&t=67s
Address” by Abraham
Lincoln
6. “Tryst with Destiny” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEkYscgbqE
by Jawaharlal Nehru
7. “I Have a Dream” by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Martin Luther King,
Jr.

8. “Pale Blue Dot” by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g&t=18s

Carl Sagan
9. Charlie Chaplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HA8kSdsf_M
Speech from “The

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 Great Dictator”

G. Lesson-Plan

Micro-Teaching Plan

Pedagogy/ Learning Weightage % Specific Mode Description Allocated

Units
Core Teaching 80% Lecture with Explanation of I,II III.1, IV, V
PPT and Tasks concepts in
on Moodle communication
and tasks to
illustrate them and
facilitate the
mastery of the
skill
Expert Lecture 10% Expert Lecture Lectures and Unit I.3
discussion
Professor Sanjay
Mukherjee, Culture and
Head of the Communication
Department of Respect to
English, Diversity and
Saurashtra Sensitivity to
University, Cultural
Rajkot Differences

Professor
Lajwanti
Chatani,
Department of
Political
Science, The Culture and
Maharaja Communication
Sayajirao Stereotyping,
University of Inequality and
Baroda Discrimination
Vadodara
Self-Study 10% Mastering Developing a Unit III.2
English mastery of English
Vocabulary words, idioms and
through phrasal verbs in
general and legal
Exercises
vocabulary in
particular by

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 utilizing the texts
and workbooks
provided

Detailed Lesson Plan

Lecture Mode of Mapp
Number Unit Topic Teaching ed Pre-Reading Material
CLO
1 &2 Strategies of Lecture on WebEx
1 Communication: and discussion 1 ERM (Folder 1)
Introduction
3&4 Lecture on WebEx
to discuss the
1.1 Persuasion 1 ERM (Folder 1)
literary text & Task
on Moodle
5 &6 Perils of Lecture on WebEx
1.2 Miscommunicat about the literary 1 ERM (Folder 1)
ion text and Discussion
7&8 Surmounting Lecture on WebEx
1.3 Miscommunicat about the literary 1 ERM (Folder 1)
ion text and Discussion
9 Handling Lecture on WebEx
1.4 & Discussion 1 ERM (Folder 1)
Disagreements
10&11 Skills of Lecture on Webex,
Communication: discussion and self- ERM
2 2&6
Listening and study (Folder 2)
Speaking
12,13& 14 Lecture on WebEx,
task on WebEx, ERM
2.1 Public Speaking 2 &6
discussion and self- (Folder 2)
study
15,16&17 Task on WebEx and ERM
2.2 Debate self-study 2&6
(Folder 2)
18&19 Group Task on WebEx and ERM
2.3 self-study 2&6
Discussion (Folder 2)
20&21 Presentation Task on WebEx and ERM
2.4 2 &6
Skills self-study (Folder 2)
22&23 Reading Lecture on WebEx
Comprehension and Task on
Comprehension Moodle
ERM
3.1 of Inferential 2, 3, 4
(Folder 3)
and Factual
Passages

24, 25& 26 3.2 Reading and Lecture on WebEx, 2,3,4 ERM

Enriching task on Moodle and (Folder 3)
Vocabulary: self-study
Words, Idioms,
Phrasal Verbs

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27 Legal Writing Lecture on WebEx
2,3,4,5 ERM
4 General with PPT and
,6 (Folder 4)
Principles assignments
28&29 Legal Briefs: Lecture on WebEx,
Style of with PPT and 2,3,4,5 ERM
4.1
Expression assignments on ,6 (Folder 4)
Moodle
30& 31 Lecture on WebEx
with PPT and 2,3,4,5 ERM
4.2
Essay Writing assignments ,6 (Folder 4)
on Moodle
32& 33 Formal Letters Lecture on WebEx
2,3,4,5 ERM
4.3 and Emails and assignments on
,6 (Folder 4)
Moodle
34 Grammar and Lecture on WebEx, ERM
5 Usage: task on Moodle and 3&6 (Folder 5)
Introduction discussion
35 &36 Lecture on WebEx,
ERM
5.1 Parts of Speech task on Moodle and 3&6
(Folder 5)
discussion
37& 38 Types of Lecture on WebEx,
ERM
5.2 Sentences task on Moodle and 3&6
(Folder 5)
discussion
39& 40 Lecture on WebEx,
ERM
5.3 task on Moodle and 3&6
(Folder 5)
Punctuation discussion
41& 42 Lecture on WebEx,
ERM
5.4 task on Moodle and 3&6
(Folder 5)
Tenses discussion
43&44 Lecture on WebEx,
ERM
5.5 Active and task on Moodle and 3&6
(Folder 5)
Passive Voice discussion
45 Subject-Verb Lecture on WebEx, ERM
5.6 3&6
Agreement task and discussion (Folder 5)

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 H. TUTORIAL

No: Topic Preparation Method of Outcome Mapped

Conducting the (facilitating the CLO
Exercise (in brief) habits for efficient
communication )
1 Public Speaking Handouts and Audio- WebEx sessions for Fluency, spontaneity 1, 2 & 6
Embedded PPT live-speaking tasks/ and confidence
submission of videos
by students; Analysis
and feedback

2 Group Discussion Handouts and Audio- Group Discussion Team-work and 1, 2 & 6
Embedded PPT Demonstration/ handling of
Sample Videos of Feedback disagreements
Group Discussion
3 Debate Handouts and Audio- WebEx sessions for Team-work and 1, 2 & 6
Embedded PPT live debate handling of
Sample Videos of Feedback disagreements
Debate
4 Presentation Handouts and Audio- Focus on the content Originality, 1, 2 & 6
Skills Embedded PPT and style of Innovativeness,
presentation and gathering and
Team-Work; organizing ideas,
WebEx sessions for voice modulation
live group and body language
presentation
(Assignment)
5 Vocabulary Handouts with Assignments, puzzles Learning new words 4 & 6
Exercises and quizzes followed and mastering the
Audio-Embedded by discussion on art of enriching
PPT and videos WebEx. one’s vocabulary
6 Words Handouts with Assignments, puzzles Learning new words 4 & 6
Exercises and quizzes followed and making them
Audio-Embedded by discussion on part of one’s active
PPT and videos WebEx. vocabulary
7 Phrasal verbs Handouts and Pre- Assignments, puzzles Learn the formation 4 & 6
recorded videos and quizzes followed of phrasal verbs &
by discussion on practice using them
WebEx.

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8 Idioms Handouts and Pre- Assignments, puzzles Learn the sayings 4&6
recorded videos and quizzes followed and idioms
by discussion on contextually and
WebEx. understand their
cultural nuances
11 Idioms Handouts and Pre- MCQ and Making the idioms 4 &6
recorded videos assignments, part of the active
followed by vocabulary
discussion on WebEx.
12 Grammar Handouts and Audio- MCQ and Understanding 3
Sentence Embedded PPT assignments, Grammaticality,
Structure followed by correctness and
discussion on WebEx. appropriateness
& developing
mastery over
contemporary
English usage
13 Grammar Handouts and Audio- MCQ and Understanding 3
Punctuation Embedded PPT assignments, Grammaticality,
followed by correctness and
discussion on WebEx. appropriateness &
developing mastery
over contemporary
English usage
14 Grammar Handouts and Audio- MCQ and Understanding 3
Subject-Verb Embedded PPT assignments, Grammaticality,
Agreement followed by correctness and
discussion on WebEx. appropriateness &
developing mastery
over contemporary
English usage
15 Writing MCQ and Mastering effective 3
assignments, written
followed by communication
discussion on WebEx. through constant
practice and analysis
of writing samples

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 I. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT SCHEME

FA Component Details
Formati Description Assessment Marks assigned Date Res Mapped
ve Criteria ult CLO
Assessm
ent
CE I MCQ Knowledge of 20 MCQ I: 1&6
(Grammar and English Usage: 3 tests of 10 marks 29.9.21
Vocabulary) Grammar and each; best 2 out of MCQII:
Vocabulary 3. 27.10.21
Dates: MCQ III
1.12.21

CE II Written Exam (a)Mastery of 40 1-5

linguistic and
communication
skills (b)Knowledge
of English Usage –
Grammar &
Vocabulary (c)
Knowledge of
formal and informal
writing
CE III -1 Reflective article/ Conceptual 20 1-6
Audio/video- Perception: (Submission of
embedded power- Understanding and an article,
point presentation interpreting the presentation,
pre-recorded)/ concept of (gender) posters or
posters (3) or short equality and documentary by
documentary on identifying each student)
SDGs such as inequalities
‘Gender Equality’ including Conceptual
and ‘Reduced inequalities based onClarity and
Inequalities’. gender in texts and interpretation- 10
One submission by social contexts marks
each student Organization and
Language and presentation of
Presentation Skills: ideas-10 marks
Content, organizing
of ideas, style,

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 originality, effective
communication of
ideas, choice of
visuals and
supporting material
CEIII-2 Critical Evaluation The student will be 20 2,3,4,5
of how literary asked to identify
Texts/ Films/ Art/ stereotypes in Submission of a
Advertisements/ various forms of videoclip/ audio
and video
media perspectives media, literature or
embedded power-
that challenge or art. Each student has point presentation
reinforce to prepare a by each student
stereotypes and videoclip/ audio
validate or question embedded power- Identifying and
inequality and point presentation on interpreting the
discrimination how the stereotypes stereotype- 5
are perpetuated or marks
The exercise is also disrupted by a select Identifying the
meant for evaluating text/ media report/ relationship
the analytical/ film/ advertisement. between
inequality,
presentation/ and In the presentation,
discrimination and
oratory skill of each they should also stereotypes-5
student. reflect on how marks
stereotypes facilitate
to inequalities and Suggesting
discrimination. The alternatives-
presentation should suggesting how
also think about how the issue could be
the select text/ media represented
report/ differently in the
advertisement/ film text/ film/
advertisement/
could have changed
media report, etc.-
its content or tone to 5 marks
avoid stereotyping
Presentation and
oratory skills
Organizing ideas,
verbal abilities,
language
proficiency, stage
presence and body
language- 5 marks

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