1st Year of Pharm D (Written)
Part: A (Functional English)
Objectives:
Enhance language skills and develop critical thinking.
Content of course:
Basics of Grammar:
Parts of speech and use of articles, Sentence structure, active and passive voice; Practice in unified sentence, Analysis of phrase, Clause and sentence structure, Transitive and intransitive verbs; Punctuation and spelling.
Comprehension:
Answers to questions on a given text.
Discussion:
General topics and every-day conversation (topics for discussion to be at the discretion of the teacher keeping in view the level of students).
Listening:
To be improved by showing documentaries/films carefully selected by subject teachers.
Translation skills:
Urdu to English.
Paragraph writing:
Topics to be chosen at the discretion of the teacher
Presentation skills:
Introduction & practice to improve presentation skills.