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Volume 17:12 December 2017
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Improving Listening Skill at Primary Level in Tamil Nadu among
the Non-Native Speakers of English with the Help of Cartoons and
Animations

R. Pavithra, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.

Abstract

Listening is the most important ability to learn any language. Hence, in language learning listening plays a vital role. From primary level listening must be given importance. But normally primary level students are unable to listen if we teach in chalk and talk method. Primary level students are very much interested in watching cartoons and animations. Through cartoons and animations we can teach language. In this paper, the researcher has used cartoons and animations as a tool to improve the listening skill of primary level learners.

Keywords: Language learning, Listening skill, Cartoons and Animations, primary level learners

Introduction

A language is a systematic means of communication by the use of sounds or conventional symbols. It is the code we all use to express ourselves and communicate to others. It is a communication by word of mouth. It is a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds, gestures, signs or marks. And means of communicating ideas, specifically, human speech, the expression of ideas by the voice and sounds articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth is a language. This is a system for communication.

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R. Pavithra, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor in English
Adhiyaman Arts and Science College for Women
Uthangarai 635306
Tamilnadu
India
pavithraravindran2011@gmail.com

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