Gujarat Board Functional English Syllabus for Class 11

CLASS XI
One Paper             3 Hours                Marks: 100

SECTION A
1. ADVANCED READING SKILLS                        20 Marks (50 Periods)
Two unseen passages (including poems) with a variety of questions including 04 marks for vocabulary such as word formation and inferring word meaning. The total range of the 2 passages, including a poem or a stanza, should be around 650-1000 words.
1) 350-500 words in length - 8 marks (for note-making and summarizing)                                   08
2) 300-500 words in length - 12 marks (04 marks for vocabulary)
The passages or poems could be of any one of the following types             12
(a) Factual passages e.g. instructions, descriptions, reports
(b) Discursive passages involving opinion e.g. argumentative, persuasive
(c) Literary passages e.g. poems, extracts from fiction, biography, autobiography, travelogue etc.
In the case of a poem, the text may be shorter than 200 words.

SECTION B
2. EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS                             25 Marks (50 Periods)
3. THREE writing tasks as indicated below :
One out of two short writing tasks such as composing messages, notices, e-mails and factual description of people, arguing for or against a topic
(50-80 words) Note: e-mail is to be tested only as part of continuous assessment                  05
4. Writing one out of two letters based on given verbal/visual input                             10
a) Official letter for making inquiries, suggesting changes/ registering complaints, asking and giving information, placing orders and sending replies (80-100 words)
b) Letters to the editor on various social, national and international issues (125-150 words)
5. One out of two long and sustained writing tasks such as writing a speech or writing an article based on or verbal or a visual input (150-200 words). 10

SECTION C
APPLIED GRAMMAR                                 15 Marks (30 Periods)
A variety of questions, as listed below, may be asked to test grammar items in context (not as isolated sentences). Grammar items such as modals, determiners, voice and tense forms are being dealt with in Class XI. However, other items such as prepositions, verb forms, connectors which have
been learnt earlier would also be included.
6. Drafting questions/questionnaires based on given input                   4
7. Composing a dialogue based on the given input                                 4
8. Testing Pronunciation, Stress and Intonation                                     3
9. Error correction in sentences                                                             4

SECTION D
LITERATURE                              30 Marks (50 Periods)
In the Literature Reader, questions will be asked to test comprehension at different levels and of different kinds such as local, global, interpretative, inferential, evaluative and extrapolatory.
10. One out of two extracts from different poems from the Literature Reader, each followed by two or three questions to test local and global comprehension of ideas and language used in the text.                                      4
11. Two out of three short answer questions based on different poems to test theme, setting and literary devices. It may or may not be based on the extract. (80-100words)                       6
12. One out of two questions on the play from the Literature Reader to test comprehension of characters and / or their motives An extract may or may not be used (80-100 words)                                  5
13. Two out of three short answer questions based on different prose texts from the Literature Reader to test global comprehension of usage lexis
and meaning (80-100 words)                                8
14. One out of two extended questions based on one of the prose texts in the Literature Reader to test global comprehension and for extrapolation
beyond the text (100-125 words)                          7

Prescribed Books
1. Language Skillsbook - Functional English published by Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.
2. Literature Reader - Functional English published by Central Board of Secondary Education. Delhi.

Conversation Skills                             10 Marks (30 Periods)
(Listening and Speaking)
Conversation Skills will be tested both as part of Continuous Assessment and at the final
examination. Out of the 10 marks allotted for Conversation 05 marks may be used for testing listening
and 05 marks for testing speaking. The Conversation Skills Assessment Scale may be used for
evaluating.

Listening
The examiner will read aloud a passage based on a relevant theme or a short story. The passage may be factual or discursive. The length of the passage should be around 350 words. The examinees are expected to complete the listening comprehension tasks given in a separate sheet while listening to
the teacher. The tasks set may be gap-filling, multiple choice, true or false or short answer questions.
There may be ten different questions for half a mark each.

Speaking
Narration based on a sequence of pictures. In this section the candidate will be required to use the language of narration.
Description of a picture (can be pictures of people or places)
Speaking on a given topic to test recall of a personal experience