Class 12 Opt. English Course Contents and Evaluation Process (New Curriculum)

Brief Information of Contents and Assessment Process  (Opt. English (334) Class 12

Course Contents

1. An Introduction to Language and Linguistics

- Introduction to Language Studies

- Issues and Aspects of Language 

2. Prose

- Fiction (Short Stories, Ancient Tales, Meta Fiction, Children's Stories and Fantasy)-12 Texts

- Non-Fiction (Essays, Memoirs, Blogs Writings, Moral Value Related Texts and Meta Language Essay)-10 Texts

3. Poetry (Ballads, Lyrical Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Haiku, Free Verse, Sonnets and Modern Poems)- 12 Texts

4. Drama- 1 Text

5. Introduction to Critical Perspectives

- Gender Perspective

- Class Perspective

- Textual Reading (Formalistic, Linguistic and New Criticism)

- The Perspective of the Margins

- Postmodern Perspective

- Ecological Reading

- The Character Perspective

- Cultural Perspective 

Evaluation Process

1. Internal Evaluation: Total- 25 Marks

- Participation- 5 Marks

- Class Work/Home Assignment- 6 Marks

- Project Work- 16 Marks

- Terminal Tests- 6 Marks

2. External Evaluation: Total- 75 Marks

- An Introduction to Language and Linguistics- 10 Marks

- Prose- 25 Marks

- Poetry- 20 Marks

- One Act Play/Drama- 10 Marks

- Introduction to Critical Perspectives- 10 Marks