THE YENEPOYA INSTITUTE OF ARTS, SCIENCE, COMMERSE & MANAGEMENT 
                                  Constituent Unit of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) 
                                                 Kannada Certificate Course 
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       Credits :2                                            Total Duration : 30 Hours (5 hours per week) 
   Goals 
                  * This course will enable the students to understand and speak Kannada. 
   Objectives 
                  By the end of the course, the Students will be able  
                  * To learn Kannada alphabets, words and basic grammar. 
                  * To communicate in Kannada. 
   Pedagogy 
                  Video, audio, group discussion, combination of lectures and assignments. 
                   
   Unit – 1              Kannada letters and vowels, Consonants                                  5 Hours  
                        Shubha (2000), Kannada vyakarana, First edition, Publisher T. Narayana Ayyangar, 
                        Bangalore  
    
   Unit -2               Kannada words                                                           4 Hours 
                          Sathenahalli Mallikarjuna(2003), Kannada Shabda sampathu, First edition, Publisher: 
                          Tanu mana prakasana, Mysore 
    
   Unit – 3              Kannada simple grammar                                                  5 Hours 
                         Shubha (2000), Kannada vyakarana, First edition, Publisher T. Narayana Ayyangar, 
                        Bangalore  
   Unit – 4              Communication Kannada,                                                  6 Hours 
                         Communication management skill, 
                         Listening skills, 
                         Shubha (2000), Kannada vyakarana, First edition, Publisher T. Narayana Ayyangar, 
                        Bangalore  
    
   Unit – 5              Kannada writing skill                                                   6 Hours 
                          
                           N. Gopalakrishna Udupa(2013), Kannada Vykarana mattu rachane ,Sixth Edition, 
                           Publisher: MCC publication, Bangalore 
     
    Unit – 6               Governance Kannada                                                          4 Hours 
                           Sathenahalli Mallikarjuna(2003), Kannada Shabda sampathu, First edition, Publisher: 
                           Tanu mana prakasana, Mysore 
     
                                                 Kannada Certificate Course  
    Learning Outcomes:  
           Unit - 1                
                           1.  Be able to recognize vowels when reading newspapers and books in daily life. 
                           2.  It is helpful to know the clear pronunciation and usage of vowels when making speeches. 
                           3.  Knowledgebase is mandatory in government offices, hence able to read name and 
                              instruction boards. 
                           4.  Be able to deal in Kannada at government offices. 
                           5.  Developing knowledge of spelling helps you read instruction boards when travelling from 
                              one side to other. 
           Unit – 2         
                           6.  Knowledge of Kannada words is easy to do everyday business. 
                           7.  Facilitates writing personal and business letters. 
                           8.  Kannada words help identify the names of vegetables, stationery and commodities. 
                           9.  Helps deal with organizations, cooperatives. 
                           10. Be able to communicate with ease. 
           Unit – 3         
                           11. Be able to speak grammatically  fluent words. 
                           12. Be able to send information and advertisement to newspapers. 
                           13. Helps to improve communication skills. 
                           14. Increase confidence to face various types of interview for employment and government 
                           jobs. 
                           15. Provides speaking skills as nihilists. 
                            
           Unit – 4         
                           16. To help with business, government office, develop business  knowledge. 
                           17. Comes to communicate with customers I n different types of   transaction. 
                           18. Listen to radio and television announcement. 
                           19. In interviews you will be able to interpret and answer visitor questions. 
                           20. Published on social media, it is helpful to read and interpret the contents. 
     
            
           Unit – 5 
                           21. Being able to write reports and articles in an engaging manner without disturbing the 
                           readers. 
           22. Writing different types of letters helps to develop correspondence  knowledge. 
           23. Provides knowledge to write application for jobs. 
           24. Increase the convenience of writing function, novels and poetry. 
           25. It is helpful to write content on internet and you tube.  
            
     Unit -6  
           26. It is helpful to know the various terms used in governance. 
           27. Must be able to interpret the rules of governance. 
           28. Ability to read and interpret various types of circulars relating to governance.   
           29. It is easier to deal with other officers as mandatory Kannada is in use. 
           30. It is helpful to simply connect with different branches of administration.  
   
      
                           
   
   
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