English in India Officially English has a status of assistant language‚ but in fact it is the most important language of India. After Hindi it is the most commonly spoken language in India and probably the most read and written language in India. Indians who know English will always try to show that they know English. English symbolizes in Indians minds‚ better education‚ better culture and higher intellect. Indians who know English often mingle it with Indian languages in their conversations
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Communicative Competence and English as an International Language Language is used for expressing our thoughts ‚ and for verbal thinking‚ problem-solving‚ and creative writing‚ but it is used essentially for communication. What makes it difficult to grasp the language user’s systems of representation for communication with others is the fact that the capability of individuals to interact with others through language is a unique quality and at the same time a universal human quality. The successful
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expression that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or expression. The noun “synonym” means “equivalent words”. The word “synonym” is a composite of two Greek words: The prefix “syn” means “together” and “onoma” is “name.” In English‚ a language known for its enormous vocabulary‚ most words have synonyms. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous‚ and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. For example‚ the word “enormous” has many synonyms: huge‚ massive‚ giant‚ immense
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know that English is considered as the universal language. But most of the countries use it as their second language. First‚ it is a way of communication in business‚ negotiations & especially in academics. It plays an important role in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing. Indeed English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly proficient‚ you should have an advanced skill in this. English language
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on the use of communicative language games for teaching and learning English. The participants for this study were eight English teachers in the college. A survey using an 18-item questionnaire was designed in order to analyse the participants’ views on the use of communicative language games in English lessons. Results showed that English teachers from Henry Cort Community College generally appreciated the benefits and value of communicative game activities in teaching English language. The findings
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101 / X / SA2 / 22 / B1 Class - X ENGLISH (Communicative) Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 Total No. of Pages : 9 The Question Paper is divided into four sections : Section A : Reading 20 Marks Section B : Writing 20 Marks Section C : Grammar 20 Marks Section D : Literature 20 Marks General Instructions : 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. You may attempt any section at a time. 3. All questions of a particular section must
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Abstract I. Introduction 1. Problem statement 2. Research goals 3. Significance of the research II. Literature review 1. What is the definition of speaking? 2. The definition of Communicative Language Teaching? 3. The definition of Grammar-Translation 4. The situation of English speaking teaching at Vietnamese high schools 5. The characteristics of CLT approach 5.1. History and background of CLT approach 5.2. The comparison between CLT approach and Grammar-Translation method
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Communicative Language Teaching Today Jack C. Richards cambridge university press Cambridge‚ New York‚ Melbourne‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Singapore‚ São Paulo Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY 10013-2473‚ USA www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 2006 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements‚ no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge
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Communicative Language Teaching The aim of this unit • To make you think about communicative approach to teaching languages • To analyse the concept of communicative competence • To reflect upon the communicative teaching techniques What do you have to do in this unit? • Warming up discussions • Input reading • Self-assessment questions (SAQS) • Exploratory tasks • Integrated task Warming up discussion 0 Warm up the concept of a “communicative situation” (situation‚ in which
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1. INTRODUCTION An English teacher plays an important role in teaching English at all levels of education. When he/she teaches English‚ obviously he/she has to follow some methods. There are five main methods in English language teaching: Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ Direct Method (DM)‚ Audio Lingual Method (ALM)‚ Situational Language Teaching (SLT) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Among all‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)‚ is one of the new approaches. The aim of this approach
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