ENGLISH THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD TODAY

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ENGLISHTHE LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD TODAY

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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.

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SKILLS TO BE LEARNT
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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.

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SPEAKING

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MICRO SKILLS
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PRONUNCIATION

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

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SPELLINGS

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

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SOME MISSPELT WORDS

• BOUNDARIES
• GOVERNMEMT
• INTERESTED
• WRITING
• THEIR
• GRAMMAR
• PRINCIPAL
• TOGETHER

• DESCRIBE
• DEFINITE
• CHIEF
• OCCASION
• CAREFUL
• HABIT
• ACCEPT EXCEPT

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GRAMMAR

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

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VOCABULARY

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

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READ READ READ

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

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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

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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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THANK YOU