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English Proficiency Programme of IIT Kanpur was initiated in 2013 and is perpetually engaged in making an improvement to the English proficiency of

• first, the institute students;
• next, the wider campus community;
• teachers of schools and colleges; and
• finally, the entire educated people of India.

1. A complete Course on Functional English

   that

   • addresses adult audience in double role,

   • yet cruises through the essential elements of the language from the basics,

   • setting irregularities on the way,

   • over FOUR Modules (Quarters) [and a Module Zero for the needy]

   • in a logical structure

   • upto a professional level;

   • with special care for 'Indian' audience.

2. A lecture-demonstration video-illustration of the entire course

   linked with

   • the complete course material, and

   • indicative exercises to facilitate the adoption of the scheme by any instructor.

3. A strong team of academic contributors

   along with a perpetual vigilant mechanism to induct capable volunteers, as old team members move away in the usual pursuit of their careers.

4. A remarkably efficient and effective English Proficiency Test

   the pattern and the mechanism of which ensure that it can make

   • an objective graded assessment

   • of a large number of participants

   • in a systematic and timely manner.

5. A semester course on Language and Style of Scholarly Communication

   that embodies the EPP course on "Practical English" in the first half of its syllabus and facilitates an institute student to improve his/her English as part of an institute course for which he/she gets formal credits.

• EPP History Part II (2015-16): to be recorded soon.
• EPP History Part I (2013-15): recorded in August 2015 as part of Lesson 30 of the NPTEL course "Practical English: Learning and Teaching".
• Outline of English Proficiency Programme: as presented on 9th May 2014
• First formal launch of an EPP event (March 2014): Theme of the Programme (Posted in February 2014)
• Earlier raw events of first 8 months have no fair documentation.

• Contacts:

  0512-259-6695 / 09839148007
  epp@iitk.ac.in / epp.iitkanpur@gmail.com

Events going on

• 5-month Course (Aug-Dec 2016)

• One-Year Course on
  Practical English: Learning and Teaching 2015-16

General information

• Theme of the Programme (Posted in February 2014)

• Contribute: If you want to donate (please do) to this programme, then make your donation electronically through the direct donation link
  

  http://www.iitk.ac.in/dora/donation/English_Proficiency_Programme.htm
  OR, enclose your cheque in favour of "IIT Kanpur Endowment Fund" with your letter mentioning the "purpose of donation" as "English Proficiency Programme", and send by post to
  Prof Bhaskar Dasgupta, Dept of Mech. Engg, IIT Kanpur - 208016. (India)

• Outline of English Proficiency Programme: as presented on 9th May 2014

Events just concluded

Test of English as a Functional Language (ToEFL): Jul-Aug 2016

Recent Events

• English Proficiency Workshop

• Sat, 07 Nov., 2015 and Sun, 08 Nov., 2015.
• Timings : 10:30 Hours to 18:00 Hours      Venue : Lecture Hall Complex, IIT Kanpur.

• ToEFL 2015

  Sun,08 Nov.,2015

Past events

• Online complete course: Modules 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Jul-Sep 2015).

  Complete course material available on the net.

• Modules I and II Combined: 18-30 May, 2015; 10:15-12:45 and 15:15-17:45
• Test of English as a Functional Language: Sat, 11 April, 11:00 a.m. onwards, at L10/L12 at IIT Kanpur.
• Modules I and II Combined: 3 Jan to 12 Apr, 2015
• EPP Module Zero: Mon-Fri, 3-5 p.m.; 10 March to 9 April, 2015.
• Notice and Registration Form of Module 1 (15-31 May 2014)
• English Proficiency Workshop (9-10 May 2014)
  • Workshop Schedule
  • Programme coordinator's presentation:
    English Proficiency Programme: An Outline
• Notice and Registration Form of Module 1 (7-25 April 2014)
• Notice and Registration Form of Module 1 (10-28 March 2014)