H.S 2nd Year English and Alte English Syllabus 2023 | AHSEC

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In this article, I have provided you the latest syllabus of  HS 2nd Year -Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. Syllabus for HS 2nd Year English has been revised. Here i have provided you the revised syllabus of english and there is no change in other subject’s syllabus.

                    HS 2nd Year Syllabus 2019- English

Class -12
ENGLISH (Core)
SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY SECOND YEAR COURSE
One paper
3 Hours
Marks : 100
Unit wise Weightage :
Unit/Areas of Learning
Marks
Section-A
A.
Reading Skills
10
Reading unseen prose passage
Section-B
B.
Advanced Writing Skills
25
Section : C
C.
Grammar
(i) Narration : Direct and Indirect
4marks
20
(ii) Voice
3marks
(iii) Tenses
5marks
(iv) Preposition
4marks
(v) Transformation of Sentences
4marks
D.
Section-D (Prescribed Books)
(i) Flamingo
30
(ii) Vistas
15
SECTION – A
Reading unseen Passage
10 Marks  10 Periods
Reading unseen prose passage for comprehension.
The total length of the passage will be between 500-800 words. The passages may be one of the follow-ing:
(a)  Factual Passages e.g. instructions. descriptions, reports.
(b) Discursive passage involving opinion e.g. argumentative. persuasive or interpretative text.
(c) Literary passage e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry,
essay or biography.
SUMMARY – H.S. Final year
Unseen
No of words
Testing
Marks
Passages
Areas
Allotted
1
500-800
Short answer type
questions to test local,
global and inferential
Comprehension
07
Vocabulary
03
Advanced Writing Skills            25 Marks                                                                                                                                             
SECTION – B
2.             One out of two short compositions of not more than 50 words each
e.g. advertisement and notices, designing or drafting posters, writing
formal and informal invitations and replies.
05
3.
A report or a factual description based on verbal input provided
(one out of two) (100-125 words)
10
4.
Writing one out of two letters based on verbal input. Letter types include :
10
(a)          Business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies):
(b)          Letters to the editor (giving suggestions on an issue)
(c)           Application for a job
SECTION-C-Grammar
20 Marks
5.
1. Narration : Direct and Indirect
4marks
2.
Voice
3marks
3. Tenses
5marks
4.
Preposition
4marks
5. Transformation of Sentences
4marks
SECTION-D
Textbooks
45 Marks
Prescribed Books :
Flamingo
30 marks
Selected Text
1. The Last Lesson
Alphonse Daudet
2. Memoirs of Chota Sahib
John Rowntree
         
3.
Lost Spring
Anees Jung
4.
Indigo
Louis Fischer
5.
Going places
A.R. Barton
Poetry
1. My Mother At Sixty Six
Kamala Das
2.
Keeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda
3. A Thing of beauty
John Keats
4. A Roadside Stand
Robert Frost
6.             One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test
comprehension and appreciation
4
7.
Three out of four short questions from the poetry section to test local
and global comprehension of text.
2×3=6
8.
Five very Short answer questions out of seven questions based on the
lessons from prescribed text.
1×5=5
9.
Five short answer questions out of seven questions based on the lessons
from prescribed text
2×5=10
10.
One out of two long answer type questions based on the text to test
global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text. (Expected
word limit about 80-100 words each)
5
VISTAS( 15 Marks)
Selected Pieces
1.  The Tiger King
2.  Magh Bihu or Maghar Domahi
3.  On the Face of it
4. Memories of Childhood
5. The Enemy
11.         One out of two long answer type question based on Supplementary Reader to test comprehension and extrapolation of theme, character
and incidents (Expected word limit about 125-150 words)
07
12.   Four short answer questions from the Supplementary Reader (2×4)
08

            HS 2nd Year Syllabus 2019-Alternative English

ALTERNATlVE ENGLISH
SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY FINAL YEAR COURSE
One Paper                                                    Three Hours                                                  Marks 100
Unit-wise Distribution of Marks:
Unit No.
Topic
              Marks
Unit-I :
Prose
                35
Unit-2 :
Poetry
                30
Unit-3 :
Grammar
                20
Unit-4 :
Composition
                15
Unit-wise Distribution of Course Contents :
Unit-I : Prose :
1. The Verger
William Somerset Maugham
2. The Testament of a Walker
R K Narayan
3. The Scarecrow
Satyajit Ray
4. The Gift Of Magi
O’ Henry
5. On Not Being A Philosopher
Robert Lynd
Unit-II: Poetry :
6. Sita
   Toru Dutt
7. The Brook
   Alfred Lord Tennyson
8. Ozymandias Of Egypt
   Percy Bysshe Shelley
9. La Belle Dame Sans Merci
   John Keats
10. The Village Song
   Sarojini Naidu
Unit-III : Grammar :
(i) Transformation of Sentences (affirmative, interrogative, negative, assertive, voice)
5 Marks
(ii) Question Tags
5 Marks
(iii) Use of Prepositions
5 Marks
(iv) Use of Tenses
5 Marks
Unit-IV : Composition : 15 Marks

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