Semester 4 Syllabus and Content

Subject: English Proficiency and Life Skills -IV

SEMESTER 4

Course	TEXTBOOK: English and Soft Skills (Vol II) by S P Dhanavel (Orient Blackswan)
	• Ch-1 Self Esteem Skills – Legal Alien by Rutangye Crystal Butungi • Ch-3 Customer Relations Skills- The Letter by G.G. Joshi •  Ch-5 Cross -cultural Communication Skills – Changing India by Sudha Murty  • Ch-10 Holistic and Visionary Skills – Ilyas by Leo Tolstoy

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Distribution of Marks for the University Examination as per NEP SOP Q 1. MCQs from Understanding the Story and from Grammar and Vocabulary-5 to be asked from each section - 10 marks Q 2. A. Short answer type questions (2/4) - 04 Marks (To be asked from 'Thinking about Soft Skills and 'Soft Skills at the Workplace') B. Expansion of an idea/ Proverb relating to soft skills-word limit- 04 Marks C. Case Study or Real-Life Experience-word limit 150 words (1/2) 07 Marks Total 25 Marks

Synonyms- Word Meaning  1.          Sneak Do something unexpectedly 2.         Deprivation Poverty, impoverishment 3.         Sprawl Spread 4.         Beckon Call 5.         Croon Hum in a soft soothing manner 6.         Perturbed Worried 7.         Pink water A form of dangerous waste water 8.        Exile Expulsion from one's own country 9.         Blackout A time of power failure 10.     Weird Strange, unnatural 11.       Crevice A narrow opening or crack in a rock or wall 12.      Serenity Peace  13.      Relic A holy object, building or tradition surviving from the past 14.      Sacred  Holy 15.      Precincts  Boundaries 16.      Declaim  Speak loudly or forcefully 17.      Perplexed Confused 18.      Deftly Skilfully and quickly  19.      Reproach  Blame 20.     Remorse  Regret 21.      Huge Enormous 22.     Vestige Sad 23.     Immigration Moving to another country 24.     Stopover A break in a journey 25.     Stern Strict 26.     Dejected Sad 27.     Zenith Heights 28.     Synonymous Having a similar meaning to 29.     Outsourcing Hiring a service from another company or an individual, usually located in 30.     Customs The place at an airport that checks incoming travellers or goods for illegal items 31.      Abundance Plenty 32.     Diminish Decrease 33.     Acquaintance Someone you know 34.     Argued about Disputed 35.     Cease Stop 36.     Jest Joke 37.     Overlie Lie on top of 38.     Fodder Cattle food 39.     Disputed Argued about 40.     Consolation Comfort                                 Phrasal verbs 1.          Pull off To succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected 2.         Pull away To move away backwards 3.         Push off To go away 4.         Look down on To think of someone as inferior 5.         Laugh at To think of someone as stupid 6.         Figure out To finally understand 7.         Break into To suddenly say something 8.        Stand up To prove to be true, to support 9.         Burst out To suddenly begin something 10.     Spark off Activate, initiate 11.       Ring out Sound loudly and clearly 12.      Read out Read something loudly 13.      Call out Ask someone to come 14.      Accustom to Make familiar with 15.      Go off Leave a place 16.      Get up Stand after sitting, kneeling; to rise 17.      Come out Appear 18.      Snatch at Try to take hold of abruptly 19.      Find out Get information 20.     Break in Interrupt 21.      Marry off Find a wife or a husband for one's son or daughter 22.     Ask for Request that somebody does something 23.     Hand over Pass on something to another person 24.     Call on To visit someone 25.     Look at See 26.     Give back Return 27.     Wave at Raise your hand to say hello or goodbye 28.     Point Identify 29.     Out Become alert and ready 30.     Wake Return to a place 31.      Set up   To establish 32.     Look after Take care of 33.     Break out Start suddenly 34.     Dwindle away Become gradually smaller 35.     Send in Hand in 36.     Pass by Go past 37.     Make up To be composed of 38.     Part with Give away or get rid of something 39.     Put down Keep something on the floor 40.     spring up Appear quickly                                 Idioms  1.          The best of both worlds Enjoy the benefits of two different things at the same time. 2.         See eye to eye Agree with someone. 3.         Once in a blue moon An event that happens rarely. 4.         Cost an arm and a leg Is very expensive. 5.         Piece of cake Is very easy. 6.         Kill two birds with one stone Solve two problems at once. 7.         Add insult to injury Make a situation worse. 8.        Let the cat out of the bag Accidentally reveal a secret. 9.         Hit the nail on the head Describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem. 10.     A hot potato An issue which many people are talking about and is very disputed. 11.       Pull wool over people’s eyes To deceive someone. 12.      Sit on the fence Someone who does not want to choose or make a decision. 13.      Take with a grain of salt   To not take what someone says too seriously. 14.      Whole nine yards   Everything; all of it. 15.      Bite off more than you can chew   To take on a task that is too much for you to handle. 16.      Scratch someone's back   To help someone out with the assumption that they will return the favour in the future. 17.      A short fuse   To have a quick temper. 18.      A taste of your own medicine   Bad treatment deservedly received. 19.      Butterflies in my stomach   To be nervous. 20.     Hit the books   To study. 21.      In the fast lane Living a life filled with excitement 22.     Lose your marbles   To go crazy 23.     Plain as day   Very clear 24.     In the nick of time   Just in time 25.     Play second fiddle   To be less important than someone or something else 26.     Step up your game    To start performing better 27.     Straight from the horse's mouth    Hear something directly from the person involved 28.     Take it easy Relax 29.     Tip of the iceberg   A small easily visible part of a larger problem. 30.     Up a creek without a paddle   In an unlucky/bad situation with no help 31.      Band aid solution   A temporary solution to a problem. 32.     Dress up to the nines   Wear one's best clothes. 33.     Foot the bill   Pay up the bill. 34.     Give someone the cold shoulder   Ignore or reject someone. 35.     Horse sense   Common sense. 36.     Know one's onions   Be skilled and informed. 37.     Long face   Look sad. 38.     Pink slip   Job termination letter. 39.     Neck and neck   A very close race. 40.     Once bitten twice shy   Learning from a bad experience.