Syllabus for 11th Class-XI jkbose.co.in : Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education

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JK BOSE Class-XI Syllabus

Syllabi & Courses Of Study For Class-XI

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General English :
I. General aims of Teaching English
II. Domains
1. To develop student’s ability to use English accurately, appropriately, effectively and fluently for communication in various situations.
2. To develop student’s ability to read and understand texts in English on different subjects and topics with minimal help from teachers.

3. To develop student’s ability to use English appropriately for effective written communication for some of the common communicative functions.
4. To hone their ability to listen to and understand English when used in academic and social situations.

5. To enable students to become self reliant for learning many aspects of language and also to learn other content subjects.
6. To enrich their knowledge of grammar for accurate and precise communication.

7. To enrich their vocabulary and to enable them to use words most appropriate to situations.
8. To develop their skills to read and appreciate literature and develop a liking towards English language.

The major domains of teaching English are:
1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing
5. Communication
6. Grammar
7. Vocabulary
8. Study Skills
9. Literary skills

1. To develop students’ ability to listen to and understand instructions.
2. To develop their ability to listen to lectures, talks, interviews on familiar topics and get specific items of information.
3. To develop their ability to listen to and get an overall idea of the content of lectures, talks, discussions etc.
4. To develop their ability to gather almost full information by listening to live discussions, talks, lectures and also by listening to radio and television.

1. To enable students to pronounce words and phrases accurately.
2. To use pauses meaningfully in long utterances.
3. To use the right intonation to communicate the intended meaning.
4. To read prose passages, dialogues and poems aloud with correct pronunciation, stress and intonation.

1. To enable students to use English in day to day situations for common communicative functions.
2. To enable students to use English appropriately in academic and social situations.
3. To enable students to speak reasonably fluently, with minimal hesitations.

1. To enable students to read and understand prose and poems on a variety of academic and general topics from textbooks, reference sources and other common sources such as newspapers and magazines.

III. Specific Objectives of Teaching English as a Second language in Class XI
A. Listening
B. Speaking:
C. Communication:
D. Reading:

2. To enable students to employ the right reading strategies to suit the purpose of reading.
3. To develop students’ ability to read and gather specific items of information from a variety of sources.

4. To develop their ability to read for an overall idea of the content of texts.
5. To develop their ability to read texts for full understanding.
6. To develop their ability to read fluently with reasonable degree of comprehension.
7. To develop in students an interest towards English Literature.

1. To familiarize students with qualities of good and effective writing.
2. To develop their ability to write coherently and cohesively.
3. To develop their ability to write accurately and appropriately using language appropriate to the audience, situation and purpose of writing.
4. To develop their ability to write short paragraphs and essays on variety of topics.
5. To develop their ability to use English for writing letters for a variety of purposes.
6. To develop their ability to use English for e-mail communication.

1. To sharpen their ability to use dictionary as a reference tool.
2. To develop their ability to read and make notes for study purposes.
3. To develop their ability to transcend information from verbal to visual format and vice-versa.
4. To develop their ability to make summaries of long prose passages.

1. To enhance their understanding of grammatical concepts.
2. To develop their ability to apply grammar rules in communicative situations.
3. To develop their ability to monitor their own language behavior.

E. Writing:
F. Study Skills:
G. Grammar:
4. To develop their ability to use the knowledge of grammar while listening, speaking, reading and writing.

1. To enrich their vocabulary.
2. To familiarize them with the concepts of synonyms, antonyms, collocations etc.
3. To develop their ability to use words most appropriate to the communicative situation.
4. To equip them with the strategies to cope up with unfamiliar words while reading texts in English.

1. Chinar I– An Anthology of Prose and Poetry for class XI – Published by Foundation Books in cooperation with Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.
2. A Course in English Grammar and Composition – for classes XI and XII, Published by Foundation Books in cooperation with Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.
1. Chinar I – Units 1 to 9

2. Grammar and Composition:
2.1 Grammar: Units 1 to 9
2.2 Composition: Units 35, 36 and 37 on Paragraph Writing
H. Vocabulary:
IV Course Books Prescribed:

Term-Wise Syllabus

Overall Term breakup
Term I
Term II:
Detailed breakup of syllabus
Term I:
Term II
1. Chinar I – Units 10 to 18
2. Grammar and Composition
2.1 Grammar: Units 10 to 17
2.2 Composition: Units 38, 39 and 40 on Letters and Forms
1. Unit Test 1 will cover the following lessons:
a. Chinar I – Units 1 to 6
b. Grammar – Units 1 to 6, covering
l Compound and Complex Sentences, and
l The Simple Present Tense
l The Simple Past Tense
l The Progressive
c. Composition: Unit 35 & 36 (Paragraph Writing)
2. Term Test will cover the following
a. Chinar I – Units 1 to 9

b. Grammar – Units 1 to 9, covering
l The Compound and Complex Sentences.
l The Progressive: Present/Past.
l The Perfect: Present/Past

c. Composition: Unit 35, 36 and 37 on Paragraph Writing
1. Unit Test II will cover the following lessons:
a. Chinar I – Units 10 to 15.
b. Grammar – Units 10 to 12 covering
l The Future tense (Simple)
l Auxiliaries
l Relative clauses

c. Composition: Unit 38 & 39 (Letters and Forms I & II)
2. Term Test will cover the following
a. Chinar I – Units 10 to 18
b. Grammar – Units 10 to 17, covering
l The future: Progressive/Perfect
l Auxiliaries
l Relative clauses
l Conditional clauses

c. Composition: Unit 38, 39 and 40 on Letters and Forms I, II, and III
The learning outcome and learner performance will be assessed as per the following scheme.
1. Unit Test 1 (U1) – 15 marks
2. Terminal Test (T1) – 35 marks Total Marks= 50
1. Unit Test 2 (U2) – 15 marks
2. Terminal Test (T2) – 35 marks Total Marks = 50
Grand Total = 100 marks

1. Unit Tests will test the following skills to the specifications given below:
Scheme of Testing and Evaluation:
Term I:
Term II:
Design of Unit Test
Total marks: 15

1. Reading 6 marks
2. Vocabulary 3 marks
3. Grammar 3 marks
4. Writing & Study Skills 3 marks
Design of Terminal Test
Total Marks: 35 Time:2:30hrs

Reading Comprehension :
1.1 Seen comprehension 3 marks
Questions should be based on passages and poems from the Chinar I. They should be largely of inferential comprehension level. Questions on poems should be based on stanza given from the prescribed poems.

1.2 Unseen comprehension
Questions should be based on a short passage of not more than 300 words (Questions should have a variety of both factual and inferential comprehension to the proportion of 20:80. There should be a good variety of different types of comprehension questions: like questions of multiple choice, true/false, yes/no etc. 3 marks

2.1 Word meaning 1 mark
2.2 Pronunciation ½ mark
2.3 Collocation 1 mark
2.4 Spelling ½ mark
Contextualized exercises to test the student’s ability to apply the knowledge of grammar in these areas.
4.1 Writing a short paragraph of about 200 words describing an object, a place or person 2 marks
4.2 Completing notes on a given passage of about 300 words 1 mark Total eight questions based on the prescribed units for the Term from Chinar I,

1.1 Comprehension on seen passage/stanza of a poem 8 marks of which nine to be based on prose units and three based on poems. Questions should be largely of inferential comprehension level. 5 marks
Two stanzas from poems prescribed for the term from Chinar I will be given and students are required to attempt only one stanza. 5 marks

Questions should be based on a short descriptive or narrative passage of not more than 250 words. Questions on unseen passage should have a mixture of both factual and inferential comprehension to the proportion of 20:80. There should be a good mixture of different types of comprehension questions: multiple choice, true/false, yes/no etc.

2.1 Word meanings 1 mark
2.2 Pronunciation 1 mark
2.3 Collocation 1 mark
2.4 Spelling 1 mark
2.5 Usage 1 mark

Contextualized exercises to test the student’s ability to apply the knowledge of grammar. There will be one exercise for 2 marks which will ask students to identify errors in a given set of sentences or a short paragraph and rewrite them/it after making necessary corrections.

4.1 Writing a short paragraph of about 100 words on familiar topics.
OR
Writing an essay of about 200 words on a familiar topic. 3 marks

4.2 Writing a formal letter performing one of the common communicative functions
1.2 Reference to context (Poems)
1.3 Comprehension on unseen passage
2. Vocabulary 5 marks
3. Grammar 06 marks
4. Writing and Study Skills 06 marks
OR
Writing a personal letter performing one of the common communicative functions 3 marks
1. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry for class XI – Published by Foundation Books in cooperation with Jammu and Kasmir State Board of School Education.

2. A Course in English Grammar and Composition – for classes XI and XII, Published by Foundation Books in cooperation with Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.