LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:11 November 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Essentials of Language

A Book by J. Mangayarkarasi, Ph.D. and V. Anitha Devi, Ph.D.

Essentials of Language

Essential of Language (Emerald Publishers, Chennai, 2013) is a practical and useful book written by experienced college teachers of English, J. Mangayarkarasi and V. Anitha Devi. It is a short book of 52 pages with useful guidelines, instructions and exercises to improve the writing skills of students and others. The subtitle of the book describes its contents well: English Language Laboratory Course &Workbook Volume I.

The book starts with Student Profile. Students are asked to fill in some details of their ability in English. The profile page asks students to write down what they think is the most important thing they want to learn in “this class.”

Editors claim that the workbook “is meant to enable the first year degree students to acquire basic skills of English, listening, reading and reference skills by making them use language in the language laboratory.” To a large extent, the authors meet this requirement in this short book.

The book contains three Units:

Unit I includes a one-page note on what listening is all about, which is followed by three categories: Listening for Information, Types of Listening, and Barriers to Listening. A song from a classic Hollywood movie of yesteryears is presented with the intention to help develop listening among the students. This is an interesting innovation. It will be good to have some information as to how effective this item was in developing listening skill in the classrooms of the authors. Conversational English in face to face, radio and movie situations have been used effectively in most classrooms. Other materials presented are useful and effective to improve listening skills.

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M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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