Course Catalogue

This course will explore the traditional theories associated with language learning and how they have affected the evolution of language teaching. Particular attention will be paid to learner characteristics (attitude, aptitude, and motivation), cognitive and metacognitive strategies, interlanguage theory, the monitor model, acculturation, and accommodation. All theories will be learned in the context of application to teaching pedagogy.

The outcome of this course is a major piece of guided independent research on a topic agreed between the student and their supervisor. Students will critically analyse and evaluate existing knowledge of a field, identify a problem of interest to them and design and conduct a research project investigating the problem. It may involve fieldwork and/or extensive research on secondary sources. The dissertation must show evidence of wide reading and understanding of critical analysis and appropriate use of advanced research techniques. Students are expected to work in close consultation with their assigned supervisors and produce a 12,000-15,000 words long dissertation that they will defend in front of a panel of examiners consisting of two internal and one external examiner. To be eligible for writing a dissertation, a student must earn a minimum CGPA of 3.3.

Students will work one-on-one with their thesis supervisor and create a mutually agreed upon plan for communication throughout the process of completing the Master’s Thesis. Students should take responsibility of making regular contact with their supervisor (number of meetings to be decided by the supervisor) and are expected to email their work in good time before each meeting for the supervisor to give feedback.

Theory of Semiconductor: Electronic structure of elements, energy level, energy band theory of crystals, energy band diagram of- insulator, semiconductor and metal, free electron theory, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor, Fermi level, concept of hole, carrier densities, generation and recombination of excess carriers, earner life time, carrier movement by diffusion rind drift, continuity equation.

Semiconductor diodes: The P-N junction, biasing conditions, V-I characteristics, half \vave and full wave rectification with filtering, clipping and clamping circuit, zener diode, tunnel diode, varactor diode.

Bipolar transistor: Junction transistors, PNP and NPN transistors, principles of operation, biasing, characteristics in different configurations, transistor switching time, DC and AC load line, Q factor, transistor equivalent circuit, small signal low frequency h-parameter model.

Field effect transistor (FET): Construction of JFET, characteristic.’, and principles of operation, FET biasing.

MOSFET: Different types, operation, characteristics curve, DC biasing of depletion and enhancement type MOSFET

Other types of semiconductor device: Thermistor, SCR, UJT, DIAC, TRIAC, photo diodes.

Number systems. BCD, ASCII codes. Logic gates and Boolean algebra, Combinational circuit design. NAND and NOR latches. Flip-flop. Frequency division and counting. Arithmetic circuits. Adder, 2’s complement addition and subtraction. The BCD adder, Counter: Asynchronous and Synchronous counters, MOD numbers, Decoding a counter. Cascading counters. Register: Shift registers, Frequency counter, digital clock .Encoders. Multiplexers, De-multiplexers. Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), Digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), Integrated Circuit (IC) logic families: TTL logic family, Memory Devices: ROM architecture. EPROM, EEPROM, ROM applications. RAM architecture, static and dynamic RAM, DRAM structure operation and refreshing. The course includes lab works based on theory taught.