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ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 40

 ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#40 | October 1, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Teaching Pronunciation with Jazz Chants Research Paper: ‘Two Englishes-Towards Sensible Language Teaching and Learning’ by Dr. R. Srividya Peter Lucantoni on Cross-Curricular Activities Book Review: ‘Epsilons and Deltas of Life – Every Day Stories Volume 1′ by Satish Bhatnagar – Reviewed by Abraham Panavelil Research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 40

Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Research Paper: ‘Two Englishes-Towards Sensible Language Teaching and Learning’ by Dr. R. Srividya

In India, English is a library language. Most of the Indians tend to reserve it for formal occasions and don’t get chatty in English, unless they are from convent schools. We chat in our own local languages. English is used to communicate with those who don’t understand the local language. English does have immense potential for humour and chatting in English does help in enriching ourselves in the English language. This can be done by getting students do extensive secondary reading where they get to learn informal usages. Unless students who reach middle school understand the distinctions and get sensitive to words and its meanings, they are likely to commit malapropisms that would cause serious troubles not only to themselves, but to the organization or nation which they are to handle in their later life.

Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Research Paper: ‘Problems of Teaching English Communication Skills at College Level in Jhunjhunu District of Rajasthan’ by Vinod Kumar Bairwa

English taught in the most of the institutions threw grammar translation method, which makes them good in grammar and to some extant in writing. Speaking is at all emphasized because the teacher teaching English is himself is no well conversant with the language. As a result of he chooses most convenient method, the grammar translation method. The need of the porn is to enhancement in communication skills is which can be done threw communicative language teaching.

Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Book Review: ‘Epsilons and Deltas of Life – Every Day Stories Volume 1’ by Satish Bhatnagar – Reviewed by Abraham Panavelil

Professor Satish C Bhatnagar’s recent book captioned Epsilons and Deltas of Life is a collection of his reflections that he has compiled together in this volume. The title of the book at first arouses a lot of curiosity in the mind of the reader. But as the author himself says in his introduction, they are merely mathematical jargons, which may find a place in the English lexicon in the future. After all, this is how new expressions are coined and later they become part of the language. The subtitle of the book Every Day Stories clears all confusion in the mind of the reader. The book unravels daily, mundane episodes that may happen in the life of a ‘common man’ who is, in fact, the protagonist of this book. Though seemingly common, beneath the surface of the events narrated, the reader can feel a longing for human connection. We can see ourselves in this book.