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ACHARYA FIRST GRADE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
HEARTY WELCOME TO NAAC PEER TEAM
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The Department of English was established in the year
1982. The college started with B.A. and B.com courses. Language
English is compulsory for both these courses. Keeping in pace
with new trends in education and job opportunities, plans are
there to introduce new subjects and combination of Journalism,
Optional English and Political science.
The Department of English aims for the Holistic
development of the students. The remarkable achievement of
our department is in terms of successful graduates who are now
serving the society in diverse capacities in various central, state
and private organization.
3. NAME: Dr. V. ILANGO
DESIGNATION: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
EXPERIENCE: 29 years
RESEARCH AREA specialization: Indian Writing in English
Indian life in R.K. Narayan’s novels
ARTICLE PUBLISHED : Language of Poetry
ARTICLE PRESENTED: Teaching English in Rural Areas
MEMBER of B.O.E: Bangalore University
PAPER SETTER: Bangalore University
AS RESEARCH GUIDE TO: 1. Chandrashekara. C. R.
Humanism in Mulk Raj Anand’s novels
M.Phil., Periyar University, Salem.
2. Sushma. C. R.
Indianess in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura
M.Phil., Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. 3
4. • The first women’s college in the district with
well-equipped library to cater the students needs.
• The department has rare collection of books on
English literature from Geoffrey Chaucer, the
father of English literature to present day
modern literature.
• Provides extra reading material to students to
make them experience the pleasure of reading
the works of great authors.
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5. VISION
To empower the students with holistic knowledge
and improve communication skills.
MISSION
• To guide them to march towards their goals by
upholding the values of social progress and
commitment.
• To cater to the need of the students hailing from the
rural, marginalized and weaker section.
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6. • To provide a platform to the students to exhibit their talents and creativity.
• To raise the standards of our students to global levels and make them
employable.
• To encourage the students to commit themselves to moral and ethical
language.
• To make the students competent and develop positive attitude.
• To inculcate social awareness, leadership qualities and patriotism among
students.
• To impart employability skills.
• The Department motivates the students to display their articles related to
the subjects.
• The Department makes constant efforts to modify and enrich curriculum
to cater to the needs of dynamic employment market.
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7. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 29 30 8 72 1 140
II B A 20 18 4 67 3 112
III B A 17 14 7 57 5 100
Total 66 62 19 196 9 352
I B Com 9 9 5 87 10 120
II B Com 9 8 6 62 5 90
III B Com 4 5 6 63 5 83
Total 22 22 17 212 20 293
B A Total 66 62 19 196 9 352
B Com 22 22 17 212 20 293
Grand Total 88 84 36 408 29 645
8. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 29 29 9 71 1 139
II B A 20 18 4 67 3 112
III B A 17 14 7 57 5 100
Total 66 61 20 195 9 351
I B Com 16 13 9 58 4 100
II B Com 9 8 6 62 5 90
III B Com 4 5 6 63 5 83
Total 29 26 21 183 14 273
B A Total 66 61 20 195 9 351
B Com Total 29 26 21 183 14 273
Grand Total 95 87 41 378 23 624
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9. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 35 30 6 43 1 115
II B A 23 20 6 62 1 112
III B A 22 20 5 62 2 111
Total 80 70 17 167 4 338
I B Com 16 12 9 71 4 112
II B Com 15 12 8 50 3 88
III B Com 8 6 6 69 11 100
Total 39 30 23 190 18 300
B A Total 80 70 17 167 4 338
B Com 39 30 23 190 18 300
Grand Total 119 100 40 357 22 638
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10. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 28 23 4 45 5 105
II B A 30 25 6 38 1 100
III B A 20 22 6 60 1 109
Total 78 70 16 143 7 314
I B Com 16 16 5 69 4 110
II B Com 11 14 8 63 3 99
III B Com 14 12 8 47 3 84
Total 41 42 21 179 10 293
B A Total 78 70 16 143 7 314
B Com 41 42 21 179 10 293
Grand Total 119 112 37 322 17 607
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11. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 21 16 4 36 1 78
II B A 25 18 4 32 4 83
III B A 26 25 4 34 1 90
Total 72 59 12 102 6 251
I B Com 5 9 4 29 1 48
II B Com 13 14 6 64 4 101
III B Com 13 9 6 59 3 90
Total 31 32 16 152 8 239
B A Total 72 59 12 102 6 251
B Com 31 32 16 152 8 239
Grand Total 103 91 28 254 14 490
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12. CLASS SC ST Cat-I OBC GM TOTAL
I B A 25 14 4 33 2 78
II B A 19 15 4 35 1 74
III B A 23 16 4 32 3 78
Total 67 45 12 100 6 230
I B Com 11 4 1 31 2 49
II B Com 5 9 3 24 1 42
III B Com 11 13 3 59 5 91
Total 27 26 7 114 8 182
B A Total 67 45 12 100 6 230
B Com 27 26 7 114 8 182
Grand Total 94 71 19 214 14 412
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13. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.A
I Sem English-1 136 104 76
II Sem English-2 127 75 59
III Sem English-3 108 48 44
IV Sem English-4 104 22 21
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.Com
I Sem English-1 117 92 79
II Sem English-2 114 95 83
III Sem English-3 93 69 74
IV Sem English-4 90 76 84
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14. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.A
I Sem English-1 132 40 30
II Sem English-2 126 64 51
III Sem English-3 120 48 40
IV Sem English-4 115 61 53
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.Com
I Sem English-1 95 68 72
II Sem English-2 92 50 54
III Sem English-3 105 76 72
IV Sem English-4 104 88 85
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15. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.A
I Sem English-1 112 55 49
II Sem English-2 107 65 61
III Sem English-3 113 51 45
IV Sem English-4 110 53 48
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.Com
I Sem English-1 108 71 66
II Sem English-2 100 68 68
III Sem English-3 87 64 74
IV Sem English-4 84 58 69
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16. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.A
I Sem English-1 104 60 58
II Sem English-2 93 37 40
III Sem English-3 96 47 49
IV Sem English-4 94 38 40
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.Com
I Sem English-1 106 69 65
II Sem English-2 103 61 59
III Sem English-3 97 54 56
IV Sem English-4 77 57 74
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17. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.A
I Sem English-1 77 31 40
II Sem English-2 77 48 62
III Sem English-3 83 38 46
IV Sem English-4 79 36 46
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT APPEAR PASS PERCENTAGE
B.Com
I Sem English-1 47 41 87
II Sem English-2 47 40 85
III Sem English-3 97 20 21
IV Sem English-4 96 58 60
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18. CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT PASS%
B.Com I Sem English-1 84%
III Sem English-3 99%
CLASS SEMESTER SUBJECT PASS%
B.A I Sem English-1 87%
III Sem English-3 76%
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2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
II Sem
40%
76%
59%
III Sem
44%
40%
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
IV Sem
40%
46%
I Sem
76%
30%
49%
58%
40%
87%
51%
61%
45%
49%
46%
76%
21%
53%
48%
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2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
II Sem
59%
85%83%
III Sem
74% 72%
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
IV Sem
74%
60%
I Sem
79%
72%
66% 65%
87%
84%
54%
68%
74%
56%
21%
99%
84% 85%
69%
21. • Kavya –III sem B.A has scored 82 marks in language
English (2015-16).
• Nikitha –I sem B.A., has scored 81 marks in English
(2015-16).
• Few students from B.A., B.Com., scored 70 and above
marks.
• 87% pass in English (I sem B.A., in 2015-16).
• 84% pass in English (I sem B.Com., in 2015-16).
• 76% pass in English (III sem B.A., in 2015-16).
• 99% pass in English (III sem B.Com., in 2015-16).
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22. • The department conducted the following activities.
• A pick and speak contest was held on 15th April 2013. Several students participated.
• An essay writing competition was conducted on 17th April 2013.
• The topic given was “Importance of English language in today’s world” students
participated in large number and prizes were awarded for the winners of the
competition.
• Workshop on Communicative English was conducted by John D’cruz Gomes.
The Dept. has conducted various activities to impart knowledge and skill to rural students.
• Pick and speak contest was held on 8th April 2013.
• An essay writing competition was held on 12th April 2013 to improve the writing skill of the
students.
• Puzzles and games like word building and jumbled words were conducted on
06.01.2014
• Guest lecture by Prof. B. Gangadharamurthy, National College Gauribidanur was
• arranged. Topic: Teaching English for rural students.
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• Pick and speak contest was conducted on 04.09.2014.
• An essay writing competition was held on 24.01.2014 to improve the
writing skill of students.
• Topic: Dress codes in college/ Reservation: Ban or Boon
• A special guest lecture was arranged on 21.10.2014 to improve the listening
skills of the students.
• Resource person: Prof. Ananda Rao – Topic “Pleasure of reading”.
• Another special guest lecture was arranged on 18.03.2015
• Resource person Prof. Raghothamachar B.S. -Topic “The Role of
literature in the present scenario”.
• Debate was conducted. Topic: Should cell phones be allowed in College/
• Women empowerment: A myth or a reality?
• Work shop on communication skill was conducted by Mr. Navin and team
on 06-09-2014.
• Article writing and advertisement competition were also conducted.
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24. • Donating books to library.
• Distributing English magazines to the students.
• Providing counseling to the students.
– Psychological counseling.
– Academic counseling.
– Career counseling.
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25. • English grammar-R.S Joseph
• Group Communication- Peter
Harteley
• Idioms and Phrases
• Latest Essays
• Word power made easy-Nirman
Lewis
• Applied Grammar –Bhatia
• Dictionary of Common English –
Royal’s
• Common errors in English –Bharathi
Bhawan
• English conversation practice –Grant
Taylor
• Everyday letter –Sharma
• Indian Writing in English
• Basic communication skills –P.
Kiranmaidatt
• The Indian Epic Retold –R.K.
Narayan
• A Glory of English essayists –M.G.
Nayar
• Business English
• Roget’s Thesaurus
• An Anthology of English literature
Criticism
• A history of English literature –A.C.
Rickett
• The pronunciation of English –M.A.
Yadagiri
• Introduction to study of literature –
Hudsun
• Wings of fire –A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• Civil service planner
• Spoken English –Jayasree Balan
• Modern Linguistics –S.K. Varma
• Tughalaq –Girish Karnad
• A tale of two cities –Charles Dickens
• Julius Caesar –Shakespeare
• An Essay of Dramatic poesy –Dryden
• The Guide –R.K. Narayan
• The razors edge –Somerset
Maugham
• Know your English –S.Upendra
• The complete story of Oscar Wilde
• Selected essays –M.P. Bhatia
• Things fall apart –Achebe
• The care book of Sherlock Homes
• Intelligence and aptitude test
• Short stories –Chekhov
• All about words –Numberg &
Roreeblem
• Am I studentship English
• Four great tragedies –Shakespeare
• The Golden Quill –P.K. Seshadri
• Remembered Glory –Melville
• Romeo & Juliet –Shakespeare
• General Knowledge
• Intermediate English grammar
• English Grammar –R. Gupta
• Answer to Tough interviews
question –Hodgran
• Conversation skills –S.C. Gupta
• Murder in the Cathedral –T.S. Eliot
• Swami and friends –R.K. Narayan
• English Teacher - R.K. Narayan
• Mr. Sampath - R.K. Narayan
• The Man-Eater of Malgudi - R.K.
Narayan
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26. • Pre-reading activities and exercises.
• Brain storming.
• Peer assisted learning.
• Students seminars.
• Group discussions
• Motivating comprehensive reading.
• Group learning.
• Identifying slow learners / performers and provide
extra guidance and study material through
remedial coaching.
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27. • Developing the language lab to improve the
communication skills among rural students.
• Setting up separate placement cell for the
department of English to guide students regarding
Job opportunities.
• MOU (memorandum of understanding) with
RIE(Regional Institute of English) and sending rural
students for special training and exposure.
• Conducting add-on courses and certificate courses
in interview skills, writing skills and communicative
skills.
• To organize UGC sponsored workshop.
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28. • Experienced and dedicated staff.
• Department conducts bridge course and remedial classes.
• Good collection of books in the library.
• Most of the students are from rural background with poor communication skills
• The students do not have basic knowledge of English.
• Most of them are 1st generation learners.
• Lack of feeder colleges with quality English output.
• Scope for employeement in every sector.
• Compulsory in competitive exam.
• Knowledge of English is a must to pass NET and SLET examinations.
• To teach communication skills for First generation learners.
• To improve the rural students and bring them to the main stream.
• To cater to the needs of slow learners and convert them into advanced learners.
• Heterogeneity of the students in the same class.
• Handling huge class, unmanageable student teacher ratio.
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