CBSE Class 10 English-Communicative Syllabus 2011

ENGLISH-COMMUNICATIVE
       CODE NO. 101

This is a two-year syllabus for classes IX and X. The CBSE has prepared a package for this syllabus called Interact in English. It includes the following:

For Students

1. Main Course book
2. Literature Reader
3. Work book

Interact in English has been designed to develop the student’s communicative competence in English. Therefore,
content selection is determined by the student’s present and future academic, social and professional needs.

The overall aims of the course are:

 (a) to enable the learner to communicate effectively and appropriately in real-life situations.
(b) to use English effectively for study purposes across the curriculum.
(c) to develop and integrate the use of the four language skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing.
(d) to develop interest in and appreciation of literature.
(e) to revise and reinforce structures already learnt.
(f) to develop interest in the appreciation of literature.

  Teachers may kindly keep the following in mind to develop these competencies:

Creativity : Students should be encouraged to think on their own and express their ideas using their experience, knowledge and imagination, rather than being text or teacher
dependent.

Self-monitoring : Students should be encouraged to monitor their progress, space out their learning, so students should be encouraged to see language not just as a functional tool, but as an important part of personal development and inculcation of values.

Teaching/Testing Objectives
READING
By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. read silently at varying speeds depending on the purpose of reading;,
2. adopt different strategies for different types of text, both literary and non-literary;
3. recognise the organization of a text;
4. identify the main points of a text;
5. understand relations between different parts of a text through lexical and grammatical cohesion devices.
 Objectives which will not be tested in a formal examination
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6. anticipate and predict what will come next in a text;,
7. deduce the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items in a given context;
8. consult a dictionary to obtain information on the meaning and use of lexical items;,
9. analyse, interpret, infer (and evaluate*) the ideas in the text;
10. select and extract from a text information required for a specific purpose (and record it in note form,)
11. transcode information from verbal to diagrammatic form;
12. retrieve and synthesise information from a range of reference material using study skills such as skimming
and scanning;,
13. interpret texts by relating them to other material on the same theme (and to their own experience and
knowledge,); and
14. read extensively on their own.

WRITING

By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. express ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, using appropriate punctuation and cohesion devices;
2. write in a style appropriate for communicative purposes;
3. plan, organise and present ideas coherently by introducing, developing and concluding a topic;
4. write a clear description (e.g. of a place, a person, an object or a system);
5. write a clear account of events (e.g. a process, a narrative, a trend or a cause-effect relationship);
6. compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions;
7. present an argument, supporting it with appropriate examples;
8. use an appropriate style and format to write letters (formal and informal), postcards, telegrams, notices,
messages, reports, articles and diary entries;
9. monitor, check and revise written work;
10. expand notes into a piece of writing;
11. summarise or make notes from a given text; and
12. recode information from one text type to another (e.g. diary entry to letter,advertisement to report, diagram
to verbal form)

LISTENING:

By the end of the course, the students should be able to :
1. adopt different strategies according to the purpose of listening (e.g. for pleasure, for general interest, for
specific information);
2. use linguistic and non-linguistic features of the context as clues to understanding and interpreting what is
heard (e.g. cohesion devices, key words, intonation, gesture, background noises);
3. listen to a talk or conversation and understand the topic and main points;
4. listen for information required for a specific purpose, e.g. in radio broadcast, commentaries, airport and
5. distinguish main points from supporting details, and relevant from irrelevant information;
6. understand and interpret messages conveyed in person or by telephone;
7. understand and respond appropriately to directive language, e.g. instruction, advice, requests and warning;
and
8. understand and interpret spontaneous spoken discourse in familiar social situations.

SPEAKING

 By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. speak intelligibly using appropriate word stress, sentence stress and intonation patterns;
2. adopt different strategies to convey ideas effectively according to purpose, topic and audience (including
the appropriate use of polite expressions);
3. narrate incidents and events, real or imaginary in a logical sequence;
4. present oral reports or summaries; make announcements clearly and confidently;
5. express and argue a point of view clearly and effectively;
6. take active part in group discussions, showing ability to express agreement or disagreement, to summarise
ideas, to elicit the views of others, and to present own ideas;
7. express and respond to personal feelings, opinions and attitudes;
8. convey messages effectively in person or by telephone;
9. frame questions so as to elicit the desired response, and respond appropriately to questions; and
10. participate in spontaneous spoken discourse in familar social situations.

 GRAMMAR
By the end of the course, students should be able to use the following accurately and appropriately in context

1. Verbs
Tenses:
present/past forms
simple/continuous forms
perfect forms
future time reference
Modals
Active and Passive voice
Subject-verb concord
non-finite verb forms (infintives and participles)

2. Sentence Structure
Connectors
Objective which will not be tested at Class IX level. They will, however, form a part of testing in Class X.

These objectives will not be tested in a formal examination, but will beincludedforContinuous Assessment in Class IX.

Types of sentences:

affirmative/interrogative sentences
negation
exclamations
Types of Phrases and Clauses
finite and non-finite subordinate clauses:
noun clauses and phrases
adjective clauses and phrases
adverb clauses and phrases
Indirect speech
Comparison
Nominalisation

3. Other Areas

Determiners
Pronouns
Prepositions
LITERATURE

By the end of the course, students should be able to understand, interpret, evaluate and respond to the following

features in a literary text :

1. Character, as revealed through
appearance and distinguishing features,
socio-economic background
action/events,
expression of feelings,
speech and dialogues
2. Plot/Story/Theme, emerging through main events,
progression of events and links between them;
sequence of events denoting theme.
3. Setting, as seen through
time and place,
socio-economic and cultural background , people, beliefs and attitudes.
4. Form
rhyme
rhythm
simile
metaphor, alliteration
pun
repetition