Department of English

The DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH has been established at the opening of the college in 21st June, 1999. The Department has well-qualified teachers who are all devoted to academics and students. We have teachers specializing in such varied areas as British Literature, American Literature, Indian Writing in English, Linguistics & Applied Linguistics and Comparative Studies. The Department is proud of starting new and innovative courses like Basic English Grammar, Business Communication. It may also be mentioned that most of the students of the Department come from the underprivileged sections of the rural society not only from the city area but also from all the other parts of Khanapur tehsil

Vision

To become one of the leading departments in the district by setting standards of excellence in innovative curriculum design, teaching, professional development, and cross-cultural understanding.

Mission

To provide quality English language instruction to all individuals who have chosen English as their medium of communication for academic or professional pursuits and to promote international and intercultural understanding

Objectives

The objective of a B.A. in English is a well-rounded humanities education. Graduates of our department have achieved a high level of literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills. Our English degree not only provides the groundwork for graduate studies in English, but also is an excellent preparation for any profession in which communication and critical thinking skills are emphasized.

Learning Outcomes

The following learning outcomes characterize the goals of our programmes as a whole. Specific expressions of these outcomes are developed on a course-by-course basis

Reading

Reading engages, situates, and analyzes a text in order to comprehend and make meaning. Readers learn to understand how texts are culturally and historically situated, to interpret using a range of genres, and to appreciate that there are different ways to approach a text.

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the practice of examining and analyzing something before developing a position or conclusion about it. It involves questioning the assumptions, expectations, values, and beliefs that inform one’s reading of a text. Information Literacy Information literacy includes the ability to undertake research, to find and critically evaluate relevant information and its sources, and to synthesize the information with existing knowledge.

Creative Thinking

Creative thinking occurs when established approaches are recombined or changed through innovation to produce a new way to represent or understand a subject. Creative thinking is characterized by a solid grasp of established practices within a field of study, imagination and synthesis, and risk taking.

Historical Understanding

Historical understanding is the capacity to see how texts, ideas, and events are informed by the past and situated in their own contexts. The ability to trace change or continuity over time extends to the historical basis of disciplines and knowledge, including how these relate to other social and cultural developments. Our courses encourage students to understand the historical background and context of what they are studying. Our Literature and Culture and Literature and Traditions streams cover main periods, movements, and authors in the annals of national literatures and literary history, and they contextualize the study of writing and of literature within cultural and literary historical perspectives. We strive to convey to students traditions in writing and literature, including an examination of rhetorical developments and models, changes in the English language, influences of intellectual and artistic movements, impact of ideologies and worldviews, and changing approaches to critical theory and praxis.

Inquiry and Ways of Knowing

Inquiry is the process of posing questions and trying to methodically answer those questions. Questions arise in relation to past inquiry within a field of study, emerging issues, and individual curiousity. Just as there are different ways of knowing that are historical, cultural, and disciplinary, there are different critical and theoretical approaches to the study of literature and language.

Written Communication

Written communication is the use of writing to organize information and present it in a clear and effective manner. Adept writers are able to negotiate different genres and situations, and they convey a sense of a person behind the words, an individual voice.

Oral Communication

Oral communication is the use of speech to present information in a clear and effective manner. Collaboration is the ability to work productively with others. Independence of Thought Independence of thought begins with the understanding and questioning of orthodoxies and established ways of seeing the world. A foundation for lifelong learning, independence of thought is characterized by self-directed study and the ability to formulate meaningful questions.

Local and Intercultural Knowledge: including indigenous

We teach diverse literatures with an emphasis on Canadian and local B.C. writers, First Nations, and International literature in translation from countries around the world. Our courses involve recognizing, respecting, and accommodating different kinds of knowledge and different ways of knowing, while integrating them into academic discourse.

SWOT Analysis :-

S W O T Analysis of the Department

Strengths

1. Well Qualified and Experienced staff .
2. ICT for staff and Degree students.
3. Language Lab with advanced softwares.
4. Remedial Course for SC, ST, NT, VJNT students.
5. Staff is engaged actively in research.
6. Short Term Course of Basic English Grammar
The Department is currently undertaking or discussing plans for expansion on several levels:
7. Revised curriculum: we have substantively implementing revised curriculum for our first- and second-year curricula; we are currently accepting substantive changes to our third-year courses.
8. Public speaking: We are enhancing the role of public speaking and oral communication in our curricula by way of collaborating with Theatre to offer new courses at the second- and fourth year.
9. Online, blended, and video-conferencing courses: We are expanding our offerings and innovating with teaching and learning approaches.
10. Interdisciplinary Studies courses: We are expanding our collaboration with Media Studies and other departments to create more Interdisciplinary Studies courses.
11. Master of Arts Degree: We are collaborating with Creative Writing to develop an interdisciplinary M.A.
12. Digital Humanities: We are developing a course in Digital Humanities, and faculty members are actively engaged in Digital Humanities research and community initiatives.
13. Professional writing: We are exploring new possibilities for the instruction of professional writing through new upper-level courses and the development of a post-degree diploma in Professional Writing.

Weakness:

1. Less number of enrollment for the department 2. Scarcity of reference books and journals for English literature

Opportunities

1. Implementation of UGC Major/Minor Research Projects.
2. Organization of State, National and International level Conferences.
3. Starting of P.G course.
4. To start a short term certificate course on Translation Studies.
5. Organization of International English Language day.

The skills graduates gain through studying English are marketable in most job sectors. Critical Thinking, Creativity, Interpretation, Studying English prepare graduates for a diverse range of professional fields, including teaching, journalism, law, publishing, medicine, and the fine arts. English majors also pursue careers in tech companies and other startup ventures. The following job opportunities are available for graduates;

Job options

• Digital copywriter
• Editorial assistant
• English as a foreign language teacher
• Lexicographer
• Magazine journalist
• Newspaper journalist
• Publishing copy-editor/proofreader
• Secondary school teacher • Web content manager
• Writer
• Academic librarian
• Advertising copywriter
• Education consultant
• Information officer
• Learning mentor
• Marketing executive
• Media researcher
• PPC specialist
• Primary school teacher
• Private tutor
• Public relations officer
• Records manager
• Social media manager

Facilities:-

1. Spacious, well equipped and well-furnished Language Laboratory.
2. ICT Facility for staff and students with 24 hours power supply through UPS.
3. Departmental Library- No. of books- 958. The Collection of Reference and others books used by Faculty and students. Submitted Project Works for future reference are maintained.
4. LCD projector for PowerPoint presentation.
5. Smart Classroom.
6. Internet Access,
Reading Material/ Study Material
Certificate Courses
Translation Proficiency
Soft Skills & Personality Development
A Course in Spoken English
7. Audio-Visual Aids
The Department has a Computer Video cassette player, 02 Laptops and CDs of Shakespeare’s plays etc.
8. Remedial Coaching

Future Plan

1. The department of English plans to open a certificate course in Communicative English at the earliest for the benefit of all the students.
2. The department propose to start courses required for Competitive Examination preparation for backward class community of society.
3. As far as Language Lab is concern, the institution deems it necessary to renovate it with advanced equipment and updated software for the benefit of all in institution.
4. Modifying and updating teaching methods in keeping with challenges and demands of the teaching of English as a second language
. 5. Designing multimedia, web-based courses and materials for use in language laboratory.
5. Undertaking collaborative efforts with other language centres in the jurisdiction for language studies.
6. Promoting research in emerging areas of ELT, online media and blended learning.
7. The dept Plans to organize a Two Day National Conference on Indian Writings in English Translation