COURSES OFFERED BY PNG LANGUAGE LABORATORY

	Basic Course in English   Basic Course in German   Advanced Course in English   Basic Course in Spanish   Basic Course in French   Basic Course in Japanese

The duration of the Basic and Advanced Course in English is one and half months, the duration for BEC is two and half months and for all other courses it is three months.

For further details / counseling contact Prof. Madhuri Gokhale or Prof. Shweta Joshi in the Language Laboratory between 10.30 - 11.30a.m.

Telephone No.	:	+91 20 2567 6253
Prof. Joshi   +91 99600 05525

Basic Course in English

	Pronunciation     Basic sounds in English   Word Stress   Intonation Patterns   Vocabulary     Synonyms and Antonyms   Lexical Sets   Guessing the Meaning of words   Word Games           Grammar     Parts of Speech   Basic Sentence Structure   Tenses   Active ¨C Passive voice   Indirect Speech   Prepositions   Conversational Skill     Greetings and Responding to Greetings   Requesting   Introducing Yourself   Introducing Others   Inviting someone, Accepting and Declining Invitations   Role-playing (At the post/office/bank/shop/college/canteen/airport etc.)   Writing Skill     Writing Short Paragraphs   Writing Messages   Informal Letters

Advanced Course in English

	Aspects of Phonology     Sentence Stress   Listening and Speaking Practice   Vocabulary Building and Vocabulary usages in specific contexts. Jargon/ Register related to Economics and Business and its usages. Word exercises and Word Games to enhance articulateness of the participants.   Grammar     Tenses   Compound and Complex Sentences   Articles   Active-Passive Voice   Indirect Speech       Advanced Reading Skills     Increase ability to negotiate through text of complex or technical nature. The Skill of Summarization is developed.   Conversation practice   Role Playing   Group Discussions   Presentation Skills   Interview Techniques   Public Speaking   Written Communication     Writing an essay   Formal Letters   Report Writing

Basic Course in French

	Communicative Objectives     -To greet -Introductions   -This is -These are -Ask & to give identity of someone   ¨C Situations at school -Different situations on the phone   ¨CTime -Fixing an appointment telephonically -Narration of the day¡¯s events   Grammar     -Verb <> -Subject Pronouns   -Definite & Indefinite article -To be (negative form also) -<> verbs   ¨CVerb<>(with negation) -<>verbs Interrogation(est-ceque,qu¡¯estce que & inversion)   ¨CSome irregular verbs - <>verbs -Le pronoun <> -Prepositions   Lexique     -Numbers 0 ¨C 69 -Vocabulary of classroom   -Nationalities -Professions -Days & months   -Numbers from 70 to infinity -Mode of transports   -The face & the parts of the body   Phonetics     -French phonetics -Numbers   -Nasal vowels   -The numbers -Songs   -Useful phrases   Written     -Alphabet   -Make a visiting card -A short message   -Read & write a postcard -Form a telegraphic message   -Fixing an appointment -To tell the time   Culture and Civilization     -France -Tu or vous?(You ¨C formal & informal)   -Paris -Europe   -Regions in France   -Cheese le wine,perfumes & TGV   Exercises     -Present oneself in class -Ask someone their name   -Conjugation exercises -Exercises based on articles   -A telephonic conversation   -To tell the time -Conjugation exercises -A telephonic conversation -Exercises based on prepositions

Basic Course in French

	Geography     Alphabets   Numbers   Professions   Greeting   Food and eating habits   Living   Information about cities   Time   German Language and German Culture   Months,Weekdays,Seasons   Grammar     Conjugations   Wh-questions   Imperative   Articles(definite and indefinite)   Negation   Possessive and personal pronouns   Accusative and Dative cases and prepositions in both the cases   Separable and auxiliary verbs   Present perfect tense   Changing prepositions(Wechselprapositions)   Situations     Introduce yourself and others   Calculations   To make phone calls   To place an order in a restaurant   How to describe a house   Describe any event or any activity   Describe a route or ask for a route   Books     Themen Aktuell 1   Moment Mal 1   Tangram 1

Basic Course in Spanish

	The various communicative skills developed during this course will be     Introduce a person, greet people, ask and tell name   Ask and give personal information. Talk of nationality,profession etc.   Giving directions to a place, describing a city, house etc.   Expressing likes, dislikes, preferences   Time, date and day   Give instructions   Visiting restaurant, buying cloths, purchasing food items etc.   Invite or propose a meeting   Telephonic conversation   Grammatical contents     Alphabets, pronounciation, articles   Noun ¨C adjective concordance   Verbs ar,ir   Present tense   Irregular verbs   Demonstratives,possessives   Adverbs   Imperative   Present continuous tense   Verbs like gustar   Vocabulary     Numbers   Food items,clothing   Transport,cities and countries   Days,months   Professions, Nationalities   Colour   Relatives

Basic Course in Japanese

	Introduction     About Japan   Japanese Culture       Basic greetings   Scripts     Hiragana   Katakana   Introduction to Kanji   Numbers     Small numbers   Large numbers   Time   The months and the days   Counters       Basic Grammar     Particles   Basic forms of Verbs   Basic forms of Adjectives   Question formation   Compound Sentences       Vocabulary     Pronouns   Demonstratives   Body parts   Kinship   Colors   Space ¨C time   Animals   Vegetables and fruits   Seasons