The Khasi Department of Jaintia Eastern College came in to existence in 1992 as subsidiaries subject and upgraded to honours subject in 2005. The Department has two main streams – Khasi Major Indian Language (Compulsory) and Khasi Second Language(Elective). The Khasi honours subject includes 8 (Eight) papers and the curriculum is most comprehensive, encompassing Khasi culture, History of Khasi literature, Khasi grammar which was studied in the wider context of linguistics and almost all the literary genres like Drama, Fiction, Poetry and Khasi literature in translation. The Department has emerged as a training ground for in-depth study and reference work of different authors.
Faculty:
- Dr. D. S. Diengdoh
- Smt. Percia Phawa
- Shri. Lancaster Nongtdu
- Shri. Jamphrang Lyngdoh (HOD)
- Shri. Deibormi Nongpoh
Course Outcomes(COs)
Upon completion of the course, it helped students to learn varieties aspects of culture of the indigenous tribe, include customary practices, faiths, beliefs, traditional judicial system, folklores, philosophy, ethics, art, etc. It also helped the students learnt the history of Khasi Literature and development of different genres of literature, know the different themes of literary works of different ages. The student learnt ‘Linguistics of Phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and acquired knowledge on different branches of linguistics. The students acquired the basic foundation of literary theory and literary criticism, exploring different literary critics of the world which they applied critical analysis in the different genres of literature as well as helped them to strengthen the Khasi literature.
The students (especially those who are not taking Khasi as Honours subject) in the three years degree course got the opportunity to learn their mother tongue language and also helped the students of Commerce to communicate in daily business activities.
Students learnt the art of drama, the art of fiction and can critically analyze on the work of art of different authors/texts, ethics and creativity. The students learnt global literary authors/
texts, and enriched their knowledge of English Language and thinking ability.
Specific Outcomes (SOs)
Made the students to realize the fact that the knowledge and techniques learnt in the course has direct implication on them. And also helped them to develop the Progression of studies, comprehension of various forms of literature, poetry, drama, prose, fiction, etc. apprehended of indigenous culture, developed the knowledge of grammatical system, critical thinking ability, conscious writers and listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Career option: Teaching, translation, mass media, tourism, etc