Communicative Competence in English - Dr. R. Ramesh (essential reading txt) 📗
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learner can evaluate himself based upon the response he receives from the listener.
10. It applies whole language approach in which all the four skills are integrated.
CHAPTER – III COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH CLASSROOM The Following prototype course was introduced and practiced in the class room to develop the students’ communicative skills in English. ACTIVITY – I: Introducing Personalities and Commodities Task - 1: Introduce yourself to your classmates on the first day of your Post Graduate class.
The following points are to be noted:a. Nameb. Present designationc. Native placed. Family backgrounde. Educational backgroundf. Personal likings and dislikesg. Hobbyh. Ambitioni. Personalities you like mostj. Favorite actor and actressk. Your positives and weakness
Answer Hai Friends, I’m Sudheesh. My native place is Pettai. My father is a shop keeper. My mother is a housewife; she helps my father whenever she gets time. I have two ounger brothers. I did my U.G at St: Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai. My hobbies are, listening to music, stamp collection and reading. I like karnatic music and I can sing without committing much mistakes. I have a good collection of stamps of almost fifteen countries. I like reading poems and novels. I have a great admiration for Vairamuthu and Thomas Hardy. My aim is to become a lecturer. My favorite actor is Kamalhasan. Often I felt that I am a short tempered man. I like traveling to distant places which are known for beauty of nature. I like friends and their company. Thank you.
Task – 2: Introduce your friend to your class Introducer’s nameFriend’s NameWho is heWhat he is doingHis educational and family backgroundHis hobbies, likings and dislikes His favorites
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Task – 3: Introduce a book you like most in your class. a. Talk about importance of readingb. Which genre you like mostc. Your favorite authord. Introduce the author and title e. Content of the bookf. Mention the part of the book you like mostg. Give your critical view
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Task: 4: Introduce a new product to your customer a. Talk about the qualities of your productb. Compare your product with other of similar brandc. Give the merits of your productd. Make your customer to buy your product
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Task: 5: Introduce your chief guest on your college day celebration. a. Introduce his nameb. His designationc. His qualificationsd. Curricular and non-curricular activities.e. How he is able to adore the chair of chief guest.
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ACTIVITY II – Describing Task: 1: Describe the given doll. a. Talk about the dollb. It’s colourc. It’s dressingd. Heighte. Other peculiarities
Answer I would like to introduce this beautiful doll to you. This is a small doll about twenty centimeters long and she is wearing a long golden colour frock. She has long black hair and blue eyes. She will close her eyes when we put her down and she will automatically open her eyes when she stands. She is wearing ornaments such as one necklace,some bangles and a set of anklets. It is made up of plastic and we can make her dance by moving her hands and legs because of the flexibility of her joints. This doll looks like a real baby girl in her mother’s arm. Thank you. Task: 2: Describe the alarm clock. a. Talk about its shapeb. It’s colourc. How to adjust alarmd. What kind of sound it will produce?
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Task : 3: Describe brinjal
a. What is the shape of it?b. Give the colourc. Parts of brinjald. Usese. How can you cultivate it?f. Name same dishes you can make out of it.
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Task : 4: Describe chair a. What is a chair?b. What are the uses of it?c. What are the different parts of a chair?d. What are the advantages of a chair?
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Task : 5: Describe Spectacles a. What are the uses of spectacles?b. What are the important parts of spectacles?c. Mention its colour and type
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ACTIVITY: III–Guessing: Some newspaper cuttings will be given and asked to guess the meaning of the given picture and write down about it. The following things will be taken into account while doing this activity.
a. Minutely observe the given pictureb. What is the given picture?c. Who are the characters in that picture?d. What is the action going on?e. Give a good caption.
Task: 1. Picture 3.1
Answer Juxtaposition of LifeAn aged old lady who is walking without the help of others is the main focus of the picture. She is about eighty five and walking with the help of two sticks in two hands. She cannot stand straight because of her old age problems. Though she is too old and poor, she wears spectacles, slippers, bangles and nose rings. She has white teeth which in seen through her half opened mouth. Behind her, there are two boys who are talking to each other. One boy is sitting on the bicycle and the other is standing. These two boys are not giving any attention to this old lady. This picture shows the condition of old age people who are not getting proper caring from present younger generation. We need to change that kind of attitude and give respect to our elders because they are the “golden treasures of knowledge and experience”.
Task: 2. Picture: 3. 2
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Task: 3. Picture: 3.3
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Task: 4 Picture: 3.4
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Task: 5. Picture: 3. 5
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ACTIVITY: IV–Case Study:
Analyze the given situation with the help of suitable example.
Task: 1: Drug addiction Answer Drugs are the chemicals which we normally use in a limited dose to cure some disease. But when we use it in large quantity it will adversely affect our immunity system. Some drugs are used as painkillers, which primarily stuns our senses and gives momentary relief. They are harmful to our human body. Most of the consumers use it in order to escape from tensions. One cannot easily escape from its hands once fall prey to it. Today these drugs are available in different forms like tablets, injection, cigarettes, syrup, chewing gum etc. This habit one can saw among college boys, especially hostlers than day scholars. Most of the time they are forced to use it in the name of ragging or friendship. Balamurali, who is the only son of teacher parents sent to a reputed Engineering college at Chennai. His parents are loving and kind to him. He is good at his studies. His hostel mates have the bad habit of using drugs and alcohol. They were forced him to use that. At first he resists but later he fell in their tricks. After one year, he cannot live with out the use of it. His parents came to know about this situation and took him for treatment. Even years later, he cannot recover fully from its clutches. This is not a rare incident. Some of the reasons for drug addiction are :1. Lack of proper guidance2. Influence of friends3. Search for easier ways to get pleasure4. Cowardice to face the world5. Lack of affection and caring from parents
Task : 2: Oil price hike
a. Reasons for thatb. After effectc. Give one example
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Task : 3: Higher Education in India
a. Present condition of higher educationb. What are the changes came overc. Give one example
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Task : 4: Air Pollution a. What is air pollutionb. What are the reasons for thatc. After effect of air pollutiond. Example
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Task : 5: Scarcity of Water
a. Uses of waterb. Reasons for climatic changec. Give one example.
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ACTIVITY: V: Group Discussion Learners are divided into groups of five to six members and they discuss about the given topic with in their groups. A group leader will be selected and they have to present their groups’ ideas after allotted time.
Task: 1: Planning of a tour from your class. a. Discuss about what type of tour you want to gob. Plan places of interestc. Plan number of daysd. Reason for selecting these places
Answer
Group A We discussed about the tour programme. My group members have the opinion that we can plan for a tour to North India because most of us had visited some places in South India. We have planned for fifteen days tour. For transport facility we can approach Central Railway which provides student concession for tour programmes.
Task: 2: Science as a boon for humanity a. What are the developments in scienceb. Advantages of development of sciencec. Disadvantages
Answer: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task: 3: Brain drain
a. What is brain drainb. How it affect our countryc. What are the benefits and disadvantages?
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Task: 4: Measures to overcome environmental pollution a. What are the reasonsb. Sources of pollutionc. How can we overcome it
Answer: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task: 5: Mobile Phone–is it necessary for college students a. Introductionb. Usesc. Misuses
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ACTIVITY: VI–Role Play Each person will be given some roles and they have to assume themselves in their respective roles and speak accordingly. Task: 1: Shopkeeper and customer in home appliance shop. a. Welcome each otherb. Enquire about needsc. Shopkeeper helps his customer to select a product
Answer Shop Keeper : Good morning sir, hearty welcome to our shop.Customer : Good MorningShop Keeper : Can I help youCustomer : Of course. I would like to buy one good mixer grinder for my Kitchen.Shop Keeper : Well, please come to this sideCustomer : Ok.Shop Keeper : We have a good collection of mixer grinder. May I know which brand do you prefer?Customer : I think Prestige is the good one.Shop Keeper : Of course. But there are some varieties available with cheaper ratesCustomer : But what about the quality of these items?Shop Keeper : We are so particular that we want to give quality products with cheaper rates to our customers. Normally most of the companies offer warranty or guarantee to their products. Again you can have selection from number of facility they are providing. Some companies provide four jars. Others provide two jars with different types of blades for mixing and juicing.Customer : I feel that...... different jars for each item will be more reliable than others.Shop Keeper : Ya, it can be trueCustomer : What about the rates?Shop Keeper : For Sumeet–Rs.2900/- Pigeon–Rs.3500/- Rico–Rs.3100/- Butterfly–Rs.3400/-Customer : Ok, I think I can choose prestigeShop Keeper : Ok, another benefit of this piece is that, it will not produce
10. It applies whole language approach in which all the four skills are integrated.
CHAPTER – III COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH CLASSROOM The Following prototype course was introduced and practiced in the class room to develop the students’ communicative skills in English. ACTIVITY – I: Introducing Personalities and Commodities Task - 1: Introduce yourself to your classmates on the first day of your Post Graduate class.
The following points are to be noted:a. Nameb. Present designationc. Native placed. Family backgrounde. Educational backgroundf. Personal likings and dislikesg. Hobbyh. Ambitioni. Personalities you like mostj. Favorite actor and actressk. Your positives and weakness
Answer Hai Friends, I’m Sudheesh. My native place is Pettai. My father is a shop keeper. My mother is a housewife; she helps my father whenever she gets time. I have two ounger brothers. I did my U.G at St: Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai. My hobbies are, listening to music, stamp collection and reading. I like karnatic music and I can sing without committing much mistakes. I have a good collection of stamps of almost fifteen countries. I like reading poems and novels. I have a great admiration for Vairamuthu and Thomas Hardy. My aim is to become a lecturer. My favorite actor is Kamalhasan. Often I felt that I am a short tempered man. I like traveling to distant places which are known for beauty of nature. I like friends and their company. Thank you.
Task – 2: Introduce your friend to your class Introducer’s nameFriend’s NameWho is heWhat he is doingHis educational and family backgroundHis hobbies, likings and dislikes His favorites
Answer: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task – 3: Introduce a book you like most in your class. a. Talk about importance of readingb. Which genre you like mostc. Your favorite authord. Introduce the author and title e. Content of the bookf. Mention the part of the book you like mostg. Give your critical view
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task: 4: Introduce a new product to your customer a. Talk about the qualities of your productb. Compare your product with other of similar brandc. Give the merits of your productd. Make your customer to buy your product
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task: 5: Introduce your chief guest on your college day celebration. a. Introduce his nameb. His designationc. His qualificationsd. Curricular and non-curricular activities.e. How he is able to adore the chair of chief guest.
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY II – Describing Task: 1: Describe the given doll. a. Talk about the dollb. It’s colourc. It’s dressingd. Heighte. Other peculiarities
Answer I would like to introduce this beautiful doll to you. This is a small doll about twenty centimeters long and she is wearing a long golden colour frock. She has long black hair and blue eyes. She will close her eyes when we put her down and she will automatically open her eyes when she stands. She is wearing ornaments such as one necklace,some bangles and a set of anklets. It is made up of plastic and we can make her dance by moving her hands and legs because of the flexibility of her joints. This doll looks like a real baby girl in her mother’s arm. Thank you. Task: 2: Describe the alarm clock. a. Talk about its shapeb. It’s colourc. How to adjust alarmd. What kind of sound it will produce?
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task : 3: Describe brinjal
a. What is the shape of it?b. Give the colourc. Parts of brinjald. Usese. How can you cultivate it?f. Name same dishes you can make out of it.
Answer
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Task : 4: Describe chair a. What is a chair?b. What are the uses of it?c. What are the different parts of a chair?d. What are the advantages of a chair?
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task : 5: Describe Spectacles a. What are the uses of spectacles?b. What are the important parts of spectacles?c. Mention its colour and type
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY: III–Guessing: Some newspaper cuttings will be given and asked to guess the meaning of the given picture and write down about it. The following things will be taken into account while doing this activity.
a. Minutely observe the given pictureb. What is the given picture?c. Who are the characters in that picture?d. What is the action going on?e. Give a good caption.
Task: 1. Picture 3.1
Answer Juxtaposition of LifeAn aged old lady who is walking without the help of others is the main focus of the picture. She is about eighty five and walking with the help of two sticks in two hands. She cannot stand straight because of her old age problems. Though she is too old and poor, she wears spectacles, slippers, bangles and nose rings. She has white teeth which in seen through her half opened mouth. Behind her, there are two boys who are talking to each other. One boy is sitting on the bicycle and the other is standing. These two boys are not giving any attention to this old lady. This picture shows the condition of old age people who are not getting proper caring from present younger generation. We need to change that kind of attitude and give respect to our elders because they are the “golden treasures of knowledge and experience”.
Task: 2. Picture: 3. 2
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Task: 3. Picture: 3.3
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Task: 4 Picture: 3.4
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Task: 5. Picture: 3. 5
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY: IV–Case Study:
Analyze the given situation with the help of suitable example.
Task: 1: Drug addiction Answer Drugs are the chemicals which we normally use in a limited dose to cure some disease. But when we use it in large quantity it will adversely affect our immunity system. Some drugs are used as painkillers, which primarily stuns our senses and gives momentary relief. They are harmful to our human body. Most of the consumers use it in order to escape from tensions. One cannot easily escape from its hands once fall prey to it. Today these drugs are available in different forms like tablets, injection, cigarettes, syrup, chewing gum etc. This habit one can saw among college boys, especially hostlers than day scholars. Most of the time they are forced to use it in the name of ragging or friendship. Balamurali, who is the only son of teacher parents sent to a reputed Engineering college at Chennai. His parents are loving and kind to him. He is good at his studies. His hostel mates have the bad habit of using drugs and alcohol. They were forced him to use that. At first he resists but later he fell in their tricks. After one year, he cannot live with out the use of it. His parents came to know about this situation and took him for treatment. Even years later, he cannot recover fully from its clutches. This is not a rare incident. Some of the reasons for drug addiction are :1. Lack of proper guidance2. Influence of friends3. Search for easier ways to get pleasure4. Cowardice to face the world5. Lack of affection and caring from parents
Task : 2: Oil price hike
a. Reasons for thatb. After effectc. Give one example
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task : 3: Higher Education in India
a. Present condition of higher educationb. What are the changes came overc. Give one example
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task : 4: Air Pollution a. What is air pollutionb. What are the reasons for thatc. After effect of air pollutiond. Example
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task : 5: Scarcity of Water
a. Uses of waterb. Reasons for climatic changec. Give one example.
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY: V: Group Discussion Learners are divided into groups of five to six members and they discuss about the given topic with in their groups. A group leader will be selected and they have to present their groups’ ideas after allotted time.
Task: 1: Planning of a tour from your class. a. Discuss about what type of tour you want to gob. Plan places of interestc. Plan number of daysd. Reason for selecting these places
Answer
Group A We discussed about the tour programme. My group members have the opinion that we can plan for a tour to North India because most of us had visited some places in South India. We have planned for fifteen days tour. For transport facility we can approach Central Railway which provides student concession for tour programmes.
Task: 2: Science as a boon for humanity a. What are the developments in scienceb. Advantages of development of sciencec. Disadvantages
Answer: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task: 3: Brain drain
a. What is brain drainb. How it affect our countryc. What are the benefits and disadvantages?
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task: 4: Measures to overcome environmental pollution a. What are the reasonsb. Sources of pollutionc. How can we overcome it
Answer: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task: 5: Mobile Phone–is it necessary for college students a. Introductionb. Usesc. Misuses
Answer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVITY: VI–Role Play Each person will be given some roles and they have to assume themselves in their respective roles and speak accordingly. Task: 1: Shopkeeper and customer in home appliance shop. a. Welcome each otherb. Enquire about needsc. Shopkeeper helps his customer to select a product
Answer Shop Keeper : Good morning sir, hearty welcome to our shop.Customer : Good MorningShop Keeper : Can I help youCustomer : Of course. I would like to buy one good mixer grinder for my Kitchen.Shop Keeper : Well, please come to this sideCustomer : Ok.Shop Keeper : We have a good collection of mixer grinder. May I know which brand do you prefer?Customer : I think Prestige is the good one.Shop Keeper : Of course. But there are some varieties available with cheaper ratesCustomer : But what about the quality of these items?Shop Keeper : We are so particular that we want to give quality products with cheaper rates to our customers. Normally most of the companies offer warranty or guarantee to their products. Again you can have selection from number of facility they are providing. Some companies provide four jars. Others provide two jars with different types of blades for mixing and juicing.Customer : I feel that...... different jars for each item will be more reliable than others.Shop Keeper : Ya, it can be trueCustomer : What about the rates?Shop Keeper : For Sumeet–Rs.2900/- Pigeon–Rs.3500/- Rico–Rs.3100/- Butterfly–Rs.3400/-Customer : Ok, I think I can choose prestigeShop Keeper : Ok, another benefit of this piece is that, it will not produce
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