The department started functioning in the year 2004 and started an innovative five-year Integrated M. A. English Language and Literature in the academic year 2012-13 (with 35 students). The program offers a comprehensive study of British literature, and opens up opportunities as it includes job-oriented courses like Journalism, English Language Teaching, Creative Writing, Film Studies and Translation Studies as electives. It will give the learners an impeccable command of the English language.
The research work of the department of English, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri, includes paper publications in journal, conferences and others.
The department of English, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri, conducts various events, invited talks...
The department of English, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri, faculty...
The achievements and recognitions of the faculty members and students of the department of English, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri, include...
The Chairperson,
Department of English,
Amrita School of Arts And Sciences,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Amritapuri - 690 525
0476 2801603
PROGRAMS OFFERED
The department offers the following programs: Amrita offers five year integrated Programme M. A. in English and the core courses of the M.A English Language and Literature programme.
PRAYAANA
Prayaana is the English literary association to promote knowledge of, and scholarly interest in various literary genres and also focuses on extra-curricular activities on the campus. The club organizes literary weeks comprising debate, quiz and creative writing competitions, invited talks by eminent scholars and also various contests aiming at developing the personality of students.
OUR VISION
To equip the learners with essential language skills vital for employability, while instilling in them the maturity for aesthetic enjoyment, for understanding and appreciating values – social, cultural, and spiritual so that they are moulded into responsible human beings.
Language Lab
- A network based teaching software
- Facilitates teaching process, adds efficiency to learning
- Each student has his/her own console with a headset
- Listening, reading, writing & speaking
- Helps students listen, repeat, record and compare
- Organization of Linguistic Content: Six Workshops
- Lesson Workshop
- Cultural Workshop
- Vocabulary Workshop
- Grammar Workshop
- Oral Workshop
- Written Workshop
- Activities comprise Dialogue, Sentence Pronunciation, Word Association, Crossword Puzzles, Role Play, Fill-in-the-Blanks, Sentence Practice, Error detection in pronunciation etc.
