ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - Subject Code-184 - Classes IX-X (2025-26)

Oct 1, 2026

English Language and Literature syllabus for Classes IX–X (2025–26), focusing on contemporary, authentic texts and literature-based language learning. It aims to strengthen learners’ confidence in oral and written communication, independent inquiry, and correct usage in social contexts. The course develops communicative competence, creativity, and language skills through debate, discussion, narration, reading comprehension, and writing tasks, including business and official communication. It also reinforces grammar and language items such as tenses, reported speech, modal auxiliaries, conditionals, complex sentences, cohesive devices, and punctuation.

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Reading Time35 min

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Syllabus Class IX (2025-26)

Section A: Reading Skills

Section B: Writing Skills and Grammar

Section C: Language through Literature

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Subject Code-184 Classes-IX-X (2025-26) 1. Background At the secondary stage of English language learning the textual materials and other resources should represent a wide range of learning experience. Literature has always played a significant role in learning language. However, it is felt that pupils should be apprised with contemporary issues, read authentic literature and experiences of people to reflect and build their personality traits. While there is a trend for inclusion of a wider range of contemporary and authentic texts, accessible and culturally appropriate pieces of literature should play a pivotal role at the secondary stage of education. The English class is meant for reading literature from different perspectives and to engage in activities for developing communicative competence, creativity and enrichment of language skills It should not be seen as a place merely to read poems and stories in, but an area of activities to develop the learner’s imagination as a major aim of languagestudy, and to equip the learner with communicative skills to perform various language functionsthrough speech and writing. 2. Objectives: Objectives of the course are to enable learners to: • build greater confidence and proficiency in oral and written communication • develop the ability and knowledge required in order to engage in independent reflection and inquiry • make appropriate usage of English language both written and oral • communicate in various social settings and express agreement and disagreement with logic. • equip learners with essential language skills to question and to articulate their point of view and arrive at conclusion through discussion and debate. • build competence in the different aspects of the Language • develop sensitivity to, and appreciation of world literature representing varieties of English and cultures embedded in lt. • enable the learner to access knowledge and information through reference skills (consulting a dictionary / thesaurus, library, internet, etc. ) • develop curiosity and creativity through extensive reading of literature from different time periods. • facilitate self-learning to enable them to become independent learners • review, organise and edit their own work and work done by peers • give a brief oral description of events / incidents of topical interest and for real life situations. • retell the contents of authentic audio texts (weather reports, public announcements, simple advertisements, short interviews, etc. ) • participate in conversations, discussions, etc. , on topics of mutual interest in nonclassroom situations • narrate a story which has been depicted pictorially or in any other non-verbal mode • respond, in writing, to business letters, official communications email etc. • read and identify the main points / significant details of texts like scripts of audiovideo interviews, discussions, debates, etc. • write without prior preparation on a given topic and be able to defend or explain the stand taken / views expressed in the form of article, speech, or a debate • write a summary of short lectures on familiar topics by making / taking notes • write an assessment of different points of views expressed in a discussion / debate • read poems effectively (with proper rhythm and intonation) and understands literary devices. • transcode information from a graph / chart to a description / report and write a dialogue, short story or report • develop appreciation for Indian languages (multilingualism), and Indian Literature. 3. Language Items In addition to consolidating the grammatical items practised earlier, the courses at the secondary level seek to reinforce the following explicitly: • sequence of tenses • reported speech in extended texts • modal auxiliaries (those not covered at upper primary) • non-finites (infinitives, gerunds, participles) • conditional clauses

FAQs

What learning objectives does the course emphasize for Classes IX–X (2025–26)?

The syllabus emphasizes oral and written communication, independent reflection and inquiry, correct use of English, and expressing agreement/disagreement logically through discussion and debate.

Which language items are explicitly reinforced at the secondary level?

Key items include sequence of tenses, reported speech in extended texts, modal auxiliaries, non-finites (infinitives, gerunds, participles), conditional clauses, and complex and compound sentences, along with phrasal verbs, cohesive devices, and punctuation.

How are teaching methods and learning activities structured?

The methodology uses a multi-skill, activity-based, learner-centered approach where the teacher facilitates learning and learners practice through role play, simulations, problem-solving, debates, recitation, group work, and media-based inputs.

Oct 1, 2026

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