The PELT Course Material
| Session | Instruction Material | Main Lecture Video | Questions | Tutorial/Practice | Assignment and Sample Solutions | Supplementary Material | Teaching Notes |
| 00 (2 Dec) | News and Updates. | Course Introduction. | . | . | . | Module Zero Sessions. (3-30 Dec) | General notes. |
| 2016 | Public, open to all. | Shared with participants. | Public. | ||||
| 1 (1 Jan) | Introduction. | Lesson 1. | Discussion. | Assignment 1 (due on 8 Jan). Solution Samples: A report. A summary. A paraphrase. A critique. |
Class-work practice of composition. Tutorial video (2 Jan 2016). |
Notes. | |
| 2 (8 Jan) | Letters and writing style. Interpretation (Eng2CLL) technique: passage to interpret. |
Lesson 2. | Discussion. | Interpretation (Eng2CLL) practice on continuation passage. | Assignment 2 (due on 15 Jan). A solution. |
Class-work practice of Interpretation. Tutorial video (3 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 3 (15 Jan) | Word families "cat", "car-ball",
"bed-her", "big",
"box", "cup". Expression (CLL2Eng) technique: passage to express. |
Lesson 3. | Discussion. | Expression (CLL2Eng) practice on
continuation passage. Practice of words of the present families. |
Assignment 3 (due on 22 Jan). A solution. |
Practice of words of the present families. Class-work practice of Expression. Tutorial video (a) (9 Jan 2016). Tutorial video (b) (10 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 4 (22 Jan) | End-e effect. Simplest sentences. "go". |
Lesson 4. | Discussion. | Exercise on simple present, past and future with selected words from families "cat", "car-ball", "bed-her", "big", "box", "cup". | Assignment 4 (due on 29 Jan). A solution. |
How to learn so much material?. Exercise on orders/instructions/requests. Exercise on simple present, past and future. Tutorial video (16 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 5 (29 Jan) | Word families "make",
"five",
"gene" & "tube",
"home". "eat". Verbs List 1. |
Lesson 5. | Discussion. | Practice of words of the present families. Exercise on simple present with selected words from old families "cat", "car-ball", "bed-her", "big", "box", "cup". |
Assignment 5 (due on 5 Feb). A solution. |
Exercise on simple present. Practice of words of the present families. Speaking Session. Tutorial video (a) (17 Jan 2016). Tutorial video (b) (23 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 6 (5 Feb) | Mixed Words 1st List Verbs List 2 "play". PPF triplets. Phrases and long sentences. |
Lesson 6. | Discussion. | Exercise on PPF triplets with selected words from families "make", "five", "gene" & "tube", "home". | Assignment 6 (due on 12 Feb). A solution. |
Exercise on PPF triplets. A word game. Tutorial video (24 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 7 (12 Feb) | Word Family "baby-cry" "do": Support. P/N/I triplets. 3 x 3 PPF P/N/I Sets. Objects and phrases: order. |
Lesson 7. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present family. Exercise on 3 x 3 sets with selected words from old families "make", "five", "gene" & "tube", "home". |
Assignment 7 (due on 19 Feb). A solution. |
Practice of words from the present family. Exercise on 3 x 3 sets of sentences. Tutorial video (30 Jan 2016). |
Notes. |
| 8 (19 Feb) | Word families
"report-refer",
"move"&"moon-book" and
"green" Questions: Binary/Query. Wh-words and questions. P/N/I/I-Wh Quadruplets. |
Lesson 8. | Discussion. | Practice of words of the present families. Exercise on P/N/I/I-Wh Quadruplets with selected words from family "baby-cry". |
Assignment 8 (due on 26 Feb). A solution. |
Practice of words of the present families. Exercise on P/N/I/I-Wh Quadruplets. Exercise on predicate expansion with phrases. Etymologically connected words. Teaching practice. Tutorial video (a) (31 Jan 2016). Tutorial video (b) (6 Feb 2016). |
Notes. |
| 9 (26 Feb) | 14 Types, 18 Forms. Why is it necessary to know the meaning and usage of a lot of words? |
Lesson 9. | Discussion. | Exercise on sentences of 14 Types, 18 Forms with old word families "report-refer", "move"&"moon-book" and "green". | Assignment 9 (due on 4 Mar). A solution. |
Exercise on sentences of 14 Types, 18 Forms. Tutorial video (7 Feb 2016). |
Notes. |
| 10 (11 Mar) | Articles, Capitalization, Punctuation. | Lesson 10. | Discussion. | Why do we advise breaking up of sentences during interpretation and expression? | Assignment 10 (due on 18 Mar). A solution. |
Practice of punctuation, capitalization and use of articles. Tutorial video (27 Feb 2016). |
Notes. |
| Submission of assignments 1 to 10 will not be accepted any more. See the sample solutions. | |||||||
| Module 1 ends here. | Thousands of stories free in the net. | Additional exercise for teachers. | |||||
Download the test paper after 4 p.m. on 28 Mar (Mon), prepare your solution and send it in the form of a PDF attachment to an email to epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com positively before 11:00 a.m. on 29 Mar (Tue). |
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| 11 (29 Mar) | Letters and writing style. Summary of Basic Word Families. Summary of "go", "eat", "play" and "do". Interpretation (Eng2CLL) of a small passage. Expression (CLL2Eng) of a small passage. Word family "beat-head-near". |
Lesson 11. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word family: predicate expansion (information enrichment). | Assignment 11 (due on 5 Apr). | Practice of words of the present families. Predicate expansion. Tutorial video (28 Feb 2016). |
Notes. |
| 12 (5 Apr) | Revision of Verbs List 1 and
List 2. Word Families "rain"&"serial". 3rd forms and 5th forms of Verbs. |
Lesson 12. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word family. Revision of 14 Types, 18 Forms with old word family "beat-head-near". |
Assignment 12 (due on 12 Apr). | Practice of words from the present word family. Practice of 3rd and 5th forms. Tutorial video (a) (12 Mar 2016). Tutorial video (b) (13 Mar 2016). |
Notes. |
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| 13 (12 Mar) | Word family "boat". Verbs List 3. Verb "be". |
Lesson 13. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of 3rd and 5th forms with old word family "rain"&"serial". Exercise of verb 'be'. |
Assignment 13 (due on 19 Apr). | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of verb "be". Tutorial video (19 Mar 2016). |
Notes. |
| 14 (22 Apr) | Word Families "pause"&"dual". Adverbs, Nouns looking like verbs. Dummy Subject (through CLL2Eng). |
Lesson 14. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of sentences with dummy subjects and Noun forms of verbs with old word family "boat". |
Assignment 14 (due on 29 Apr). | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of sentences with dummy subjects and Noun forms of verbs. Tutorial video (9 Apr 2016). |
Notes. |
| 15 (29 Apr) | Word Families "law"&"day". Verbs List 4. be + 3rd form. Construction of sentences in passive voice. |
Lesson 15. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of passive voice (be + 3rd form) with old word family "pause"&"dual". |
Assignment 15 (due on 6 May). | Practice of words from the present word family. Exercise of passive voice. Tutorial video (10 Apr 2016). |
Notes. |
| 16 (6 May) | Revision of Mixed Words 1st List. Mixed Words 2nd List. "tell". Active-Passive Conversion. |
Lesson 16. | Discussion. | Exercise of voice (active-passive) conversion with word families "law"&"day". | Assignment 16 (due on 13 May). | Sentence framing in passive voice. Exercise of voice (active-passive) conversion. Tutorial video (30 April 2016). |
Notes. |
| 17 (17 May) | Word families "field-die"&"being". Word families "toe"&"peon" and "euro". be + 5th form. Complements. |
Lesson 17. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word families. Exercise of continuous tense (be + 5th form). |
Assignment 17 (due on 24 May). | Practice of words from the present word families. Exercise of continuous tense (be + 5th form). Tutorial video (7 May 2016). |
Notes. |
| 18 (24 May) | Word family "due-cheque". Word families "new"&"key". "telling". "do" versus "be". |
Lesson 18. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word families. Exercise of active-passive conversion (same meaning) in continuous tense with old word families "field-die"&"being". |
Assignment 18 (due on 31 May). | Practice of present word families. Sentence construction in continuous: active and passive. Tutorial video (8 May 2016). |
Notes. Basic build-up. |
| 19 (3 Jun) | "have". Verbs List 5. "call". 46 types. |
Lesson 19. | Discussion. | Active-Passive conversion on different types of sentences with old word families "due-cheque" and "new"&"key". | Assignment 19 (due on 10 June). | Active-Passive conversion. Tutorial video (14 May 2016). |
Notes. Basic build-up. |
| 20 (20 Jun) | A hundred verbs. Objects: zero, one or two? Alternative meanings? |
Lesson 20. | Discussion. | Reading and summarising. Example: a novel of 232 pages. |
Assignment 20 (due on 27 June). | Practice on verbs. Discussion on summarising and composition plans. Tutorial video (22 May 2016). |
Notes. |
| Module 2 ends here. | Thousands of stories free in the net. | Additional exercise for teachers. | |||||
Download the test paper after 4 p.m. on 27 Jun (Mon), prepare your solution and send it in the form of a PDF attachment to an email to epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com positively before 11:00 a.m. on 28 Jun (Tue). |
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| 21 (30 Jun) | Letters and writing style. Recapitulation: Words and Sentences. Verbs and More verbs Sentences in 46 types. Interpretation and Expression. |
Lesson 21. | Discussion. | Game between two teams on active to passive conversion and vice versa. | Assignment 21 (due on 7 July). | Practice on verbs. Practice on 46 types. Tutorial video (28 May 2016). |
Notes. |
| 22 (8 Jul) | Word families "boil" & "radio-lion". Word families "ruin" & "medium". Two objects. Special structures. |
Lesson 22. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word families, preferably using two objects or "have to"/"used to" structures. |
Assignment 22 (due on 15 July). | Practice of present word families. Exercise on two objects. Exercise of have to / used to. Tutorial video. |
Notes. |
| 23 (15 Jul) | Word Family "cloud-rough-four-group". Even more verbs. have + 3rd form. Phrases. |
Lesson 23. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word families. Exercise of perfect tense with old word families "boil" & "radio-lion" and "ruin" & "medium". |
Assignment 23 (due on 22 July). | Practice of present word families. Exercise of perfect tense with phrases. Tutorial video. |
Notes. |
| 24 (2 Aug) | Word Family "low-down". Word Family "boy" and small word-families. "get". Relation Markers. |
Lesson 24. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present word families. Exercise on using relation markers and phrases with old word family "cloud-rough-four-group". |
Assignment 24 (due on 9 August). | Practice of present word families. Exercise on using relation markers and phrases. Tutorial video. |
Notes. |
| 25 (9 Aug) | Words club "SHUN". Another set of verbs. have been + 3rd form. Connections. |
Lesson 25. | Discussion. | Practice of words from the present words club. Exercise on active-passive conversion in perfect tense with old word families "low-down" and "boy". |
Assignment 25 (due on 16 August). | Practice of "SHUN" club of words. Exercise on passive voice in perfect tense and compound sentences. Tutorial video. |
Notes. |
| 26 (17 Aug) | Vowel-Rich Words. Summary of Vowel Sounds. Connecting Words and Connecting Patterns. |
Lesson 26. | Discussion. | Practice of Vowel-Rich Words. Exercise of connections with words of the SHUN club. |
Assignment 26 (due on 24 August). | Exercises on connectors, compound sentences and complex sentences;
continuity of content across sentences. Tutorial video. |
Notes. |
| 27 (25 Aug) | Compound Words. Yet another set of verbs. have been + 5th form. Halts and Stops. |
Lesson 27. | Discussion. | Practice of compound words. Exercise of perfect continuous tense (have been + 5th form). |
Assignment 27 (due on 1 September). | Practice of compound words and verbs. Exercises on perfect continuous tense. |
Notes. |
| 28 (16 Sep) | Hyphenated Words. Supporting Action of Special Verbs. Subject-Verb Agreement. Short versus Long Sentences. |
Lesson 28. | Discussion. | Practice of hyphenated words. Exercise of changing the subject 'under cover'. |
Assignment 28 (due on 23 September). | Practice of compound/hyphenated/separated words. Caution of 'subject-verb agreement': identifying the subject. |
Notes. |
| 29 (29 Sep) | Summary of Special Verbs. Our final set of verbs. Major Forms of Sentences. |
Lesson 29. | Discussion. | Practice of Major Forms of Sentences. Study of defective verbs. |
Assignment 29 (due on 06 October). | Practice on verbs, in particular special verbs. Exercise with the tense structure. |
Notes. |
| 30 (6 Oct) | EPP teaching scheme: more a teaching guide than a textbook. Quarter (Module) 4 will show further avenues. |
Lesson 30. | Discussion. | A brief history of EPP. | Assignment 30 (due on 13 October). | Composition exercise: Use of C-O-D-E-R. (Refer Lesson 20.) |
Notes. |
| Module 3 ends here. | Some suggestions on good and gripping authors. | Additional exercise for teachers. | |||||
Download the test paper after 4 p.m. on 13 Oct (Thu), prepare your solution and send it in the form of a PDF attachment to an email to epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com positively before 11:00 a.m. on 14 Oct (Fri). |
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| 31 (14 Oct) | Some administrative issues. Revisiting Major Forms of sentences. |
Lesson 31. | Discussion. | Future potentials of EPP. | Assignment 31 (due on 21 October). | Expansion of tense seeds into families of sentences. | Notes. |
| 32 (25 Oct) | A word tree and
its root, branches, fruits in a tub. Surgery on Sentences. |
Lesson 32. | Discussion. | Identification of sentences as simple, compound, complex, mixed etc: Examples. | Assignment 32 (due on 1 November). | Exercise of developing word trees. Exercise on clauses. |
Notes. |
| 33 (2 Nov) | Another word tree. Careful about trees that are misleading. |
Lesson 33. | Discussion. | Practice on Parsing: Classification. Practice on etymologically connected words. |
Assignment 33 (due on 9 November). | Practice on Parsing: Classification. Practice on etymologically connected words. |
Notes. |
| 34 (11 Nov) | Parsing of Simple Sentences. Text-based parsing. |
Lesson 34. | Discussion. | Games: A great contributor to 'learning'. Rules of a game of 5-letter words. |
Assignment 34 (due on 18 November). | Further practice on parsing. Synthesis of sentences. |
Notes. |
| 35 (22 Nov) | Words in multiple roles. Parsing of Compound Sentences. Clauses and Phrases: Interchangeability. |
Lesson 35. | Discussion. | Exercise on Parsing. | Assignment 35 (due on 29 November). | Oral practice on use of words as different parts of speech. Group practice on Parsing. |
Notes. |
| 36 (28 Nov) | Suffixes and
Prefixes. Parsing of Complex Sentences. |
Lesson 36. | Discussion. | Test of English as a Functional Language. | Assignment 36 (due on 5 December). | Use of prefixes and suffixes to build word-tress. Practice on analysis of complex sentences. |
Notes. |
| 37 (5 Dec) | Phrasal Verbs. Parsing of Mixed Sentences. |
Lesson 37. | Discussion. | A discussion on Module Zero. | Assignment 37 (due on 12 December). | Practice on phrasal verbs. Practice on analysis and synthesis of sentences. |
Notes. |
| 38 (11 Dec) | Design and Rephrasing of sentences. Direct and Indirect Narration. |
Lesson 38. | Discussion. | Games in learning. A word-guessing game that involves syntax too! |
Assignment 38 (due on 18 December). | Practice on change of narration. | Notes. |
| 39 (29 Dec) | Paragraph Structure. Vocabulary Building. |
Lesson 39. | Discussion. | A brief update on the history of EPP. | Assignment 39 (due on 5 January). | Practice on organisation of paragraphs. | Notes. |
| 40 (29 Dec) | What was achieved? | Lesson 40. | Discussion. | What next? | Assignment 40 (due on 5 January). | An open discussion with participants on the course. | Notes. |
| Sources of passages. | Additional exercise for teachers. | ||||||
| There will be no comprehensive test on Module 4. Test of English as a Functional Language (ToEFL) on 7 Jan 2017 (Sat) will be taken as the shortlisting test for the final examination. |
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| Final examination carrying 50% weightage (Jan 2017). |
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