ENGLISH THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD TODAY LANGUAGE

ENGLISH THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD TODAY

LANGUAGE IS……. . • A TOOL- SOMETHING USED TO DO A JOB. IN THIS CASE TO COMMUNICATE. • A SKILL- AN ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL BECAUSE YOU HAVE LEARNED AND PRACTISED • AN ART- TO REPRESENT OR EXPRESS IDEAS BEAUTIFULLY.

SKILLS TO BE LEARNT LISTENING MACRO SKILLS SPEAKING READING WRITING

LISTENING • LISTEN TO ONE ENGLISH NEWS SEGMENT EVERYDAY. • MONITOR WHAT YOUR WARD WATCHES ON T. V. • ENSURE THAT HE DOES NOT PICK UP SLANG AND INDECENT LANGUAGE.

SPEAKING • ENCOURAGE YOUR WARD TO SPEAK ENGLISH AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. • BE A ROLE MODEL – SPEAK THE LANGUAGE YOURSELF • DISCOURAGE THE USE OF SLANG.

READING • WE REMEMBER WHAT WE ENJOY READING. • ENCOURAGE YOUR WARD TO READ. • READ INDIAN AUTHORS WHO WRITE IN ENGLISH OR GOOD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF HINDI BOOKS AND NOVELS.

READING • STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES. • COMPREHENSION GOES HAND IN HAND WITH READING. • TEXT SHOULD BE READ ALOUD. • A DICTIONARY MUST BE USED TO FIND MEANINGS AND USAGE OF NEW UNFAMILIAR WORDS.

WRITING • A GOOD WRITTEN PIECE HAS TWO COMPONENTS – CLARITY AND HONESTY. • FORMAL LANGUAGE SHOULD BE USED TO WRITE. • ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO PROPER PUNCTUATION MARKS, NEATNESS AND FORMATS.

WRITING • GOOD WORDS, IDIOMS, PHRASES, PROVERBS, QUOTATIONS USED WHILE DOING WRITING SKILLS ADD TO ITS QUALITY AND GET THE STUDENT BROWNIE POINTS. • A ROUGH DRAFT MUSST BE MADE BEFORE WRITING THE FINAL PIECE. • GOOD HANDWRITING AND NEATNESS ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

MICRO SKILLS PRONUNCIATION SPELLINGS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

PRONUNCIATION • CLOSELY RELATED TO LISTENING AND SPEAKING • TAKE HELP OF A DICTIONARY WHENEVER IN DOUBT • CORRECT PRONUNCIATION WILL REDUCE SPELLING ERRORS.

SPELLINGS • CLOSELY RELATED TO READING AND AFFECTS WRITING. • BREAK UP THE WORD. • READ AND LISTEN CAREFULLY. • PRONOUNCE EACH SYLLABLE CAREFULLY AND CLEARLY.

SOME MISSPELT WORDS • • BOUNDARIES GOVERNMEMT INTERESTED WRITING THEIR GRAMMAR PRINCIPAL TOGETHER • • DESCRIBE DEFINITE CHIEF OCCASION CAREFUL HABIT ACCEPT –EXCEPT

GRAMMAR • INTEGRAL TO ACCURACY. • INFLUENCED BY LISTENING AND READING • AFFECTS WRITING. • PRACTICE MAKES THE CHILD PERFECT. • CAN BE IMPROVED - PLAY VARIOUS WORD GAMES.

VOCABULARY • GOOD VOCABULARY MAKES COMMUNICATION EASY AND EFFECTIVE. • READ VORACIOUSLY. • USE THE DICTIONARY WHENEVER REQUIRED. • REGULAR USE OF THESAURUS FOR SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS.

READ • • • NEWS PAPER ARTICLES MAGAZINES STORY BOOKS CROSSWORDS WORD PUZZLES

DICTIONARY OR THESAURUS • DICTIONARY – GIVES PRONUNCIATION, ORIGIN, PART OF SPEECH AND USAGE • THESAURUS – LISTS SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS FOR A GIVEN WORD • THE TWO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER

TIPS FOR A BETTER VOCABULARY • BE A WORD EXPLORER – LOOK OUT FOR NEW WORDS • BE A WORD DETECTIVE – FIND OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT A NEW WORD • BE A WORD USER – FIND WAYS TO USE NEW WORDS

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