A Case for Teaching Communicative Functions of Certain Grammatical Categories Gaurav Deep‚ lecturer Dept. of English‚ Sobhasaria Engineering College‚ Sikar Introduction: Grammar can be narrowly defined to include only morphology and syntax. Structural linguists held this view of grammar. Grammar can be widely defined so as to include phonology‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics. Grammar then under such a view will be concerned with the principles and processes of sentence construction. Transformational
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Assignment On Communicative Competence Submitted by; Ijaz Hussain M.A. English 3rd Semester (Morning ) Submitted to; Sir Tanveer Ahmad Institute of Southern Punjab Multan COMPETENCE: Ability to satisfy complex demands. COMMUNICATION: Communication is commonly defined as "the interchange
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The Use of Dictionaries in Language Learning in High School. Introduction Why should we encourage students to use dictionaries? Dictionaries develop learner autonomy. They are a handy resource for researching different meanings‚ collocations‚ examples of use and standard pronunciation. If students know how to use them effectively‚ there are hundreds of hours of self-guided study to be had with a good dictionary. The best way to complement a dictionary investment is strong study skills. As teachers
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in teaching English language for class VI in Y.S.R District”. INTRODUCTION: Language is the mental faculty or power of vocal communication expressing ideas and concepts as well as moods‚ feelings and attitudes. English language is spreading profusely in to all walks of life. It will be considered as a ’basic skill’‚ to be learned by everyone alongside other the 21st century skills. Some of the states of India are witnessing popular increase in public demand for teaching of English language from
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2 On Communicative Competence Dell Hymes This paper is theoretical. One connotation of "theoretical" is "programatic"; a related connotation is that one knows too little about the subject to say something practical. Both connotations apply to this attempt to contribute to the study of the "language problems of disadvantaged children". Practical work‚ however‚ must have an eye on the current state of theory‚ for it can be guided or misguided‚ encouraged or discouraged‚ by what it takes
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The Importance of knowing English Language Is it important to know English? Yes‚ everybody knows the most important language is English. English is the national language and also the foreign language .Why knowing English is so important? Now‚ let me tell you. First‚ English language is the fourth most widely spoken in worldwide. English is regarded as international language by the people in east and west .Every country has international trade. The good trade communication use English to communicate
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II How to Select Songs to Teach Language Skills. Yogita Bhamare. Songs are part of daily life of most people. The benefits of songs in ELT have been well-documented by many researchers. English language teachers can use songs to open and close their lessons‚ to illustrate themes and topics‚ to add variety‚ present new vocabulary or recycle known language. Practically all grammar points
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PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN MIXED ABILITY CLASSROOMS (M.SENTHILKUMAR‚VMKV ENGINEERING COLLEGE‚SALEM) All children are born with potential and we cannot be sure of the learning limits of any child (Robert Fisher‚ 2001:1) Presently‚ the English language teachers throughout the world keep on buzzing a word that their students are in mixed level. In the past teachers may well have said that the problem was just that some students were cleverer or simply ‘better’ than others in
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TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND TESTING OF ESL PROFICIENCY OF STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Introduction Like all other disciplines in teaching‚ English Language Teaching has also become a separate discipline and specific subject worldwide. Thanks to the advent of Computers in the field of education‚ everything has been changed positively and has a new dimension. English has become a linqua franca of many nations. English‚ the international communicative language‚ plays a key role
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FUNCTIONS ANALYSIS CHART |Context and details of how language will be presented | |Using Mini-situation: "you are coming home by bus. The window is closed and you feel that it’s too hot. You want to open the window and you don’t know the one sitting next to you so you feel it’s impolite if you open it without asking
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