Establishment of the Dept

Established in 2006 January with a Professor, an Associate Professor and three Assistant Professors. Launched the following courses with the approval of the Academic Senate. One Professor, one Associate Professor and one Assistant Professor will join the Department soon.

Courses Offered
1. The Five-Year Integrated M.A.Course: The Five-Year Integrated M.A.Course is designed to prepare students for careers as scholars and professionals. The course is spread over 10 semesters. It provides a wide choice of traditional, contemporary and a variety of specialisations within the discipline.  This course is open to those who have completed Intermediate or its equivalent.  A student has the option to quit the course after the second year and obtain a diploma.  If he leaves the course after three years he will get a Bachelors Degree.  Four years of study will entitle him to an Honours Degree and Five years M.A.Degree. A noteworthy feature of the course is that it accommodates Dravidian literatures in English translation while elsewhere Indian Writing is limited to Indian writing in English.  

2. M.A. Two-Years: A student may enter the seventh semester of the Five-year Integrated Course as a lateral entry and continue for two years spread over 4 semesters ( 7-10 semesters).

3. Ph.D Integrated: Full-Time/ Part-Time admissions into Ph.D are made on the basis of an Entrance Test/Oral Test.  Those who possess M.A. are eligible for Full-Time and those who have teaching experience for Part-Time.  The duration of the course is three years and the candidate may quit the course after a year with an M.Phil  and a Ph.D after he completes the total period. 

4. Certificate in Communicative English   5. Diploma in English   6. PG Diploma in Journalism

Faculty

1	Dr. Ch.A. Rajendra Prasad	Proffessor & Head	Specialisation: Commonwealth Literature and ELT
2	Prof. M. Kumaraswamy Raju	Proffessor	Specialisation: Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, Modern Literature
3	Dr. B. Tirupati Rao	Associate Proffessor	Literary and Critical Theory, Comparative Literature
4	Dr. V. Nirmala	Assistant Proffessor	Commonwealth Literature, American Literature, Translation Studies
5	Dr.R.Dyvadattam	Assistant Proffessor	English Language Teaching, Linguistics, Communication Skills, Indian Writing in English
6	Mr. E. Dileep	Assistant Proffessor	Literacy Criticism

Faculty Projects:
1. Critical Idiom Series in Telugu- Prof. M.Kumaraswamy Raju & Dr.B.Tirupati Rao 
2. Dismantling the Colonial State: the Problems of the Third World Writers - Dr.V. Nirmala,
3. Influence of Mother-tounge (L1) in Learning and Teaching of English (L2) at +2(Intermediatate )level with reference to the speakers of Dravidian language speakers – Dr. R. Dyvadattam
4. A Comparative Study of Caribbean Literature and Dalit Literature in Telugu-Ms. Saradamani

Institute for Spoken English and Communicative Skills (ISECS)
Under the auspices of the Department of English and Communications ISECS is established by the University. 

The Institute was started to help the students to meet their goals quickly and effectively. The Intensive English Program offers a variety of courses and uses the latest ELT teaching techniques. The Courses have 5 levels of proficiency from basic to advanced and students attend class for 20 hours a week. Class size is small with an average of 20-25 students.

 The ISECS believes that the best way for students to learn English is by taking responsibility for their own learning process. As a result, ISECS classes teach students both knowledge of English and learning strategies for acquiring the different skills they need. Some of the skills that the Intensive English Program can help students develop are:

Formal Presentations, Research Papers , Note taking strategies, Conversational English – both listening and speaking, Reading, Letter Writing, Strategies for Listening to TV, Radio, Movies, Computer skills such as Power - Point, Pronunciation, Correct grammar usage in speaking and writing, Vocabulary development.

At all levels the institute emphasizes:
 Meaningful communication, learning by doing real-life tasks, integration of skills such as reading/writing, listening/speaking or reading/speaking. Students have to participate in a wide range of activities in class that provides them with an interesting and meaningful experience. Class activities often include: Watching video, Field trips, Pair and small group discussion, Role plays.

These courses offered by the Institute aim to provide the students with valuable, practical experience-based training. After completing the course the students will feel that they can be confident and that they have acquired the required skills that are needed to become a professional in any discipline.