“ENGLISH, NO LONGER, AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE,NOW GROWS FROM MANY ROOTS.’’ – Salman Rushide
The Department of English was established with the inception of Government Lahiri P.G. College, Chirimiri Koriya, Chhattisgarh in 1953. Ever since, through pragmatic activism the Department has carved out a niche for itself. The Department seeks to offer refreshing new perspectives to young minds and aims to facilitate the accomplishment of their creative talents especially in the fields of Literature and Language. The Department offers Undergraduate programs in English Literature and Language. English language is taught as a compulsory paper in all Under Graduate courses. The Department has been conducting different innovative and academic programs like lectures, and webinars with a view to foster literary aesthetics and creativity among students. Scoping the needs and interests of students English Language Lab is established in English Department. The Department of English has been endeavoring to provide the students a firm grounding in English studies in a very congenial atmosphere. The department uses ICT in Teaching –Learning process. Student- centric teaching with Mentoring and counselling is done by teachers.
Mission of the Department:
“STUDIES SERVE FOR DELIGHT, FOR ORNAMENT AND FOR ABILITY” (FRANCIS BACON)
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- The overall mission of the department is to enable the students to transform the knowledge of English in their day- to -day life.
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- To give students an understanding of an appreciation for the English language and literature.
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- To improve LSRW skills of UG students.
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- To develop Soft and Communication skills of the students.
Vision:
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- To develop in the students a sensibility for English language.
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- To help students remove the hurdle in the way of learning English.
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- To introduce various genres and forms of literature.
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- To understand phonetics and linguistics and correctly articulate English language.
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- To understand historical context and history of English literature.
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- To understand literary forms and figures of Speech.
Faculty Members:
1. Mr Chandan Soni, (Assistant Professor and Head) M.A., M.Phil.
2. Miss Priyambada Shukla (Guest Faculty) M.A., M.Phil.
Number of Teaching Posts:
| Post | No of Posts | Filled | Vacant | Remark |
| Assistant Professor | 2 | 2 | Nil | One post is filled by guest faculty. |
Courses Conducted:
| Program | Course | Description |
| UG | Foundation course | Compulsory in all UG programme |
| B.A. | English literature as an optional subject |
Facilities for Students:-
Library : About 50 books on English
Language and Literature are available for students in the College Library.
English Language Lab:
An English Language Lab equipped with 32 computer systems is available for students to improve their Language skills. The Language Lab has been established at the College Library. The library reading room has an overhead projector for the English Language Lab. The Smart English Language Lab is equipped with e-Master English cloud software version 1.0 which is operational over offline LAN network. The English Language Lab is available for all the students of all the three faculties of college, Arts, Science and Commerce. Students of under graduate as wel as post graduate could utilise the English Language Lab facility in order to enhance their efficiency of English Language.
Departmental Publication:
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Title of paper |
Department of the teacher |
Name of journal |
Year of publication |
ISSN number |
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Slavery, suffering and violence in toni morrison’s novels |
Enligh |
Research Link |
2017 |
0973-1628 |
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Higher Education in : Hindrances and measures to overcome those |
English |
Journal of humanities and culture |
2017 |
2393-8285 |
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Stigma of slavery and racial identity |
Enligh |
Jodhpur Studies in English |
2018 |
0970-843x |
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“Unheard voices of tribal women in India” |
Enligh |
Journal for social reality |
2022 |
ISSN – 2349-9710 |
Departmental Activities:
| S.No. | Year | Date | Name of activity |
| 1 | 2022 | 21 February | Importance of effective communication in personality development |
| 2 | 2022 | 14 March | Value added course on English communication skill |
| 3 | 2022 | 04 April | Karate for self defence for female students 3 days workshop. |
| 4 | 2022 | 04 April | Life skill yoga |
