Business English Certificate - Training - Reg.

BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTICIATE (BEC)

          [Batch VIII]

from Monday, 03 December 2012

Companies/Organisations/Institutions today are seeking employees with English language skills to help them compete internationally.

Give yourself a vital advantage by making sure you have the language skills

that employers are looking for.

Cambridge English: Business English Certificate (BEC) is an internationally recognised language system for describing/assessing language ability.

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” – Henry Van Dyke

Dear Students (past and present),

This is the FIRST call for sending in your creative writings/paintings for the fourth issue of Cornucopia. The fourth issue is being designed on a still grander scale, and we thank all of you who have sent in your articles thus far. We shall be acknowledging all of you shortly via email. The last date for receipt of your creative writings/paintings is Saturday, 08 December 2012. You may send in your entries to cornucopiamcc@gmail.com

Who can contribute: All students of MCC (past and present)

Guidelines: Cornucopia welcomes any original unpublished work that can spark human consciousness – appropriate, elegant, innovative and original. Kindly avoid sending in overtly/harshly critical articles/cartoons that violate the ethos and decorum of the Department/College.

Do not forget to key-in both your full name (and/or your pen name(s) if any), and mention specifically how you’d wish to be acknowledged in the name-line.

Viewing the Pre-final Copy: A pre-final copy of the fourth issue will be made available in the Department of English on Monday, 10 December 2012 from 10 am to 3 pm. All contributors are welcome to browse through the same and notify the Editorial team of changes/corrections, if any, straightaway.

Remembering a legend who lives on eternally...

Let us affectionately and reverentially remember the inimitable and incomparable guru
late Dr.Vishnu Bhat on his birthday today

Dr. Vishnu Bhat came to Madras Christian College in 1964 to pursue his Masters in English Language and Literature. This statement by itself means nothing. But when one qualifies it with the knowledge that Dr. Vishnu Bhat, hardly out of his teens before he took his B.A. in English from Kerala University (he hailed from Kasaragod), had had education in the patasala and, therefore, was steeped in Sanskrit/vedic tradition – then the first statement becomes quite meaningful. Learning in the patasala is tough, rigorous and is usually divided into two categories – dvē vidyē… parā caiva aparāca. The two categories are parāvidyā and aparāvidyā. The former (also known as Brahma vidyā) was considered greater learning and the latter encompasses all other learning which includes Vēdas, Vēdānga, Śilpa, Tarka, Nyāya, and Āyurvēda. In other words, education at the patasala was holistic combining the secular with the spiritual. So, when Dr. Bhat came to MCC to study M.A. English he was a complete man.

Eclectic Representations says a big 'Thank You'

Dear Professors/Research Scholars/Contributors, 

Thank you for your overwhelming support and patronage extended towards the phenomenal burgeoning of Eclectic Representations, the peer-reviewed biannual Journal from the PG & Research Department of English, Madras Christian College. Indeed, by the immense grace of God, and through the sincere initiatives put in by our former Head of the Department Dr.Felix Moses, the Journal is marching from strength to strength. Now, the subscriber base has grown by leaps and bounds, and the Journal awaits the release of her fourth issue on 21 December 2012.

Eclectic Representations

If your article was not included for publication in any of the past issues, it means that it did not pass the strict parameters laid down by the Editorial Board of the Journal. The Journal has and always been supportive of highly original research articles that contribute significantly to the existing body of knowledge. 

Our advanced plagiarism detecting software makes our work easier by the day. The last date for receipt of articles drew to a grand close yesterday. We look forward to your continued support and patronage. Very soon, Eclectic Representations will find a website of her own, and all articles can be accessed online through the website and also through the ever-burgeoning Journal

PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

INVITES YOU

FOR

THE T.G. NARAYANAN ENDOWMENT LECTURE

ON

ENGLISH STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIALISM AND GLOBAL HISTORY

BY

DR.GAURI VISWANATHAN

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

ON

21 DECEMBER 2012

Between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm

AT

THE MEDIA CENTRE

MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

UGC Sponsored

TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

31 January, 01 February 2013

on

ELT in the Context of a Globalised World

MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Autonomous)

CHENNAI – 600059

TAMILNADU

Organised by
PG & Research Dept of English

MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

(Autonomous)

CHENNAI – 600 059

E-mail: ugcseminarmcc@gmail.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited from teacher delegates, PhD and MPhil Scholars, related to, but need not be limited to, the following themes/sub-themes.

The Rise of English

v  Linking Cultures and Nations

v  Teaching English in Diverse Contexts

v  Evolving, Critiquing, Evaluating Teaching Methodology

Internal Mark Statements - Reg.

Dear Students of BA/MA English, 

In a first of its kind, the Department of English has come up with a novel initiative by which, all Internal Mark Statements for all the Major papers for all classes, will be displayed in the Department Notice Boards on 02 November 2012, by 10 am, when you come to collect your Hall tickets. All of you are advised to look up the Notice Boards to verify the accuracy of your marks on that day. 

Clarifications/corrections, if any, should be brought to the notice of the concerned Course Teacher by Friday, 9 November 2012. No corrections, whatsoever, will be entertained, by any Course Teacher, after the deadline. Students are further asked to sign against their respective mark statements, by the deadline.

With all best wishes, 

for The Head, Department of English

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