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Kannur University Critical Thinking Question Paper

Hey I am a student of BA in English in the Kannur University and I want to get the courses structure for the Critical Thinking

Kannur University was established in 1996

Well the Critical Thinking is a part of the course of the Core Courses in English Language And Literature of the critical reasoning and academic presentation skills course

This course has 5 modules and Critical Thinking is one of them


Module – 1 (15 Hours): Introduction To Critical Thinking

A. Introduction to Critical Thinking: Benefits of Critical Thinking - Barriers to Critical
Thinking

B. Arguments: What is and what is not of argument - Recognizing Argument –
Evaluation of

Arguments - Deductive and Inductive argument -
C. What are fallacies: Fallacies of relevance – appeal to emotion – the appeal to pity – the

appeal to force – the argument against the person – irrelevant conclusion

D. Critical thinking and evaluation of sources – social influence and critical thinking –

Persuasion, conformity and Critical Thinking – Critical thinking and Prejudices


MODULE – 2 (15 HOURS): THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY

Characteristics of Critical and Analytical Thinking – language of critical thinking – strategies
and steps for critical thinking – Sense of audience – Precision and Clarity, Selection of
Relevance – Sequencing of arguments - Sign posting, Conventions in Critical Thinking -
Evaluating Critical Writing
Note: Lectures should be complemented by appropriate activities mentioned in the core
text.

MODULE - III (20 HOURS): THE PROCESS OF WRITING:

Researching Resources for writing: collection of Data – Print resources - Library, Net sources,
Individuals
A. Reading for writing: Strategies for active writing – Dictionary use – Annotate
B. Mechanics of Writing: Develop a plan from title – Evaluating a text - note-making and
Note taking, paraphrasing, summary-writing – Planning a text: organizing paragraphs,
main body, introduction, conclusion, rewriting, proof reading – Elements of writing:
cause and effect, cohesion, comparison, definition, discussion, examples, generalization,
statistical data, references, quotations, style-synonyms, visual information: Charts,
tables etc
C. Accuracy in writing: Abbreviation, Articles: singular and Plural, determiners and nouns,
Irregular plurals - propositions – phrasal verbs – Modal verbs – Conveying ability,
necessity, advisability, possibility, probability etc - Tenses – Voice – adverbs and
adjectives, conjunctions, formality in verbs, - nationality-language, time words nouns
and adjectives, prefixes, suffixes.

MODULE IV: (15 HOURS) Writing models: formal letters, Curriculum Vitae, Job
application,

Reports - Designing and Reporting Surveys, Seminar Reports - Project reports,
Documentation

MODULE – V: Presentation Skills (25 HOURS)

A. Soft Skills for Academic Presentations: Theory - The audience - primary and secondary
and their knowledge and expectations - the objective of the presentation - choosing the
appropriate medium for presentation - techniques of effective presentation - Structuring
the presentation - visual presentation aids, handouts, Power point presentation, L.C.D -
Clarity and persuasion - Non verbal communication - Opening and Closing – Time
Management.
B. Practice in presenting Seminar Papers: Group work is recommended – in a class with 60
students, a seminar paper may be prepared and presented by a group of three students
in one class, leaving 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for discussion. Each
group gets one occasion for presentation. The topic for the seminar should be discussed
at the beginning of the course, ensuring coverage of a wide variety of issues of
contemporary relevance; thereby helping to supplement areas covered in Common
Courses 3 & 4.
Note: Course work should focus on the practice of the four skills: listening, speaking,
reading and writing.

Last edited by Neelurk; February 10th, 2020 at 01:22 PM.
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January 21st, 2018, 11:00 PM
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Re: Kannur University Critical Thinking Question Paper

plz can I get ba English question paper 1st year distant education Kannur university


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