Practical English: Learning and Teaching

Course Outline (July-August 2015)


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Prologue: Who should take this course?


Session Instruction Questions Assignment and Sample Solutions Tutorial/Practice Teaching
1
Video of lesson 1.
Introduction. Discussions. Write a summary, a report, or a critique on the opening introductory lecture.
A report. A summary. A paraphrase. A critique.
Course plan. Notes.
2
Video of lesson 2.
Letters and writing style.
Interpretation (Eng2CLL) technique: passage to interpret.
Discussion. Translate the given passage into Hindi.
Solution Sample.
Interpretation (Eng2CLL) practice on continuation passage. Notes.
3
Video of lesson 3.
Word families "cat", "car-ball", "bed-her", "big", "box", "cup".
Expression (CLL2Eng) technique: passage to express.
Discussion. Translate the given passage into English.
Solution Sample.
Expression (CLL2Eng) practice on continuation passage.
Practice of words of the present families.
Notes.
4
Video of lesson 4.
End-e effect.
Simplest sentences.
"go".
Discussion. Make sentences in the required types with given words. Exercise on simple present, past and future with selected words from families "cat", "car-ball", "bed-her", "big", "box", "cup". Notes.
5
Video of lesson 5.
Word families "make", "five", "gene" & "tube", "home".
"eat".
Verbs List 1.
Discussion. Make sentences with the given words in simple present. Practice of words of the present families.
Exercise on simple present with selected words from old families "cat", "car-ball", "bed-her", "big", "box", "cup".
Notes.
6
Video of lesson 6.
Mixed Words 1st List
Verbs List 2
"play".
PPF triplets.
Phrases and long sentences.
Discussion. Make PPF triplets with the given words. Exercise on PPF triplets with selected words from families "make", "five", "gene" & "tube", "home". Notes.
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Video of lesson 7.
Word Family "baby-cry"
"do": Support.
P/N/I triplets.
3 x 3 PPF P/N/I Sets.
Objects and phrases: order.
Discussion. Make sentences in the required types with given words. Practice of words from the present family.
Exercise on 3 x 3 sets with selected words from old families "make", "five", "gene" & "tube", "home".
Notes.
8
Video of lesson 8.
Word families "report-refer", "move"&"moon-book" and "green"
Questions: Binary/Query.
Wh-words and questions.
P/N/I/I-Wh Quadruplets.
Discussion. Make sentences in the required types with given words. Practice of words of the present families.
Exercise on P/N/I/I-Wh Quadruplets with selected words from family "baby-cry".
Notes.
9
Video of lesson 9.
14 Types, 18 Forms.
Why is it necessary to know the meaning and usage of a lot of words?
Discussion. Translate the given sentences into English. Exercise on sentences of 14 Types, 18 Forms with old word families "report-refer", "move"&"moon-book" and "green". Notes.
10
Video of lesson 10.
Articles, Capitalization, Punctuation. Discussion. Rewrite the passage using appropriate articles, capitalization and punctuation marks. Why do we advise breaking up of sentences during interpretation and expression? Notes.
Quarter 1 ends here. Thousands of stories free in the net. Additional exercise for teachers.
11
Video of lesson 11.
Letters and writing style.
Summary of Basic Word Families.
Summary of "go", "eat", "play" and "do".
Interpretation (Eng2CLL) of a small passage.
Expression (CLL2Eng) of a small passage.
Word family "beat-head-near".
Discussion. Frame sentences in simple present/past/future and extend them with additional details. Practice of words from the present word family: predicate expansion (information enrichment). Notes.
12
Video of lesson 12.
Revision of Verbs List 1 and List 2.
Word Families "rain"&"serial".
3rd forms and 5th forms of Verbs.
Discussion. Translate the given sentences into English. Practice of words from the present word family.
Revision of 14 Types, 18 Forms with old word family "beat-head-near".
Notes.
13
Video of lesson 13.
Word family "boat".
Verbs List 3.
Verb "be".
Discussion. Frame sentences using 'be' as the only verb and extend them with additional details, as required. Practice of words from the present word family.
Exercise of 3rd and 5th forms with old word family "rain"&"serial".
Exercise of verb 'be'.
Notes.
14
Video of lesson 14.
Word Families "pause"&"dual".
Adverbs, Nouns looking like verbs.
Dummy Subject (through CLL2Eng).
Discussion. Translate the given sentences into English. Practice of words from the present word family.
Exercise of sentences with dummy subjects and Noun forms of verbs with old word family "boat".
Notes.
15
Video of lesson 15.
Word Families "law"&"day".
Verbs List 4.
be + 3rd form.
Construction of sentences in passive voice.
Discussion. Frame sentences and extend them with additional details, as required. Practice of words from the present word family.
Exercise of passive voice (be + 3rd form) with old word family "pause"&"dual".
Notes.
16
Video of lesson 16.
Revision of Mixed Words 1st List.
Mixed Words 2nd List.
"tell".
Active-Passive Conversion.
Discussion. Convert the given sentences as required so as to retain the meaning. Exercise of voice (active-passive) conversion with word families "law"&"day". Notes.
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Video of lesson 17.
Word families "field-die"&"being".
Word families "toe"&"peon" and "euro".
be + 5th form.
Complements.
Discussion. Frame sentences and extend them with additional details, as required. Practice of words from the present word families.
Exercise of continuous tense (be + 5th form).
Notes.
Basic build-up.
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Video of lesson 18.
Word family "due-cheque".
Word families "new"&"key".
"telling".
"do" versus "be".
Discussion. Convert the given sentences as required so as to retain the meaning. Practice of words from the present word families.
Exercise of active-passive conversion (same meaning) in continuous tense with old word families "field-die"&"being".
Notes.
Basic build-up.
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Video of lesson 19.
"have".
Verbs List 5.
"call".
46 types.
Discussion. Read the given passage and answer the following questions. Active-Passive conversion on different types of sentences with old word families "due-cheque" and "new"&"key". Notes.
Basic build-up.
20
Video of lesson 20.
A hundred verbs.
Objects: zero, one or two?
Alternative meanings?
Discussion. From the internet, read a fresh story and write its summary in 30-50 sentences (one or two pages). Reading and summarising.
Example: a novel of 232 pages.
Notes.
Quarter 2 ends here. Thousands of stories free in the net. Additional exercise for teachers.
21
Video of lesson 21.
Letters and writing style.
Recapitulation: Words and Sentences.
Verbs and More verbs
Sentences in 46 types.
Interpretation and Expression.
Discussion. Translate the given English passage into Hindi and the given Hindi passage into English. Game between two teams on active to passive conversion and vice versa. Notes.
22
Video of lesson 22.
Word families "boil" & "radio-lion".
Word families "ruin" & "medium".
Two objects.
Special structures.
Discussion. Make 50 sentences: 46 in 46 types, three with "have/has/had to" and one with "used to", using 50 verbs from the Second List. Practice of words from the present word families,
preferably using two objects or "have to"/"used to" structures.
Notes.
23
Video of lesson 23.
Word Family "cloud-rough-four-group".
Even more verbs.
have + 3rd form.
Phrases.
Discussion. Frame sentences and extend them with additional details, as required. Practice of words from the present word families.
Exercise of perfect tense with old word families "boil" & "radio-lion" and "ruin" & "medium".
Notes.
24
Video of lesson 24.
Word Family "low-down".
Word Family "boy" and small word-families.
"get".
Relation Markers.
Discussion. With more relation markers, construct phrases and use them in sentences. Practice of words from the present word families.
Exercise on using relation markers and phrases with old word family "cloud-rough-four-group".
Notes.
25
Video of lesson 25.
Words club "SHUN".
Another set of verbs.
have been + 3rd form.
Connections.
Discussion. Frame sentences and extend them with additional details, as required. Practice of words from the present words club.
Exercise on active-passive conversion in perfect tense with old word families "low-down" and "boy".
Notes.
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Video of lesson 26.
Vowel-Rich Words.
Summary of Vowel Sounds.
Connecting Words and Connecting Patterns.
Discussion. Expand the idea in the quotation in 15-20 sentences. Practice of Vowel-Rich Words.
Exercise of connections with words of the SHUN club.
Notes.
27
Video of lesson 27.
Compound Words.
Yet another set of verbs.
have been + 5th form.
Halts and Stops.
Discussion. Convert the given sentences, beginning/ending as given, so that the meaning remains the same. Practice of compound words.
Exercise of perfect continuous tense (have been + 5th form).
Notes.
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Video of lesson 28.
Hyphenated Words.
Supporting Action of Special Verbs.
Subject-Verb Agreement.
Short versus Long Sentences.
Discussion. Work with long and short sentences in interpretation and expression. Practice of hyphenated words.
Exercise of changing the subject 'under cover'.
Notes.
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Video of lesson 29.
Summary of Special Verbs.
Our final set of verbs.
Major Forms of Sentences.
Discussion. Frame 20 sentences in the given structures and write their intended meanings in Hindi. Practice of Major Forms of Sentences.
Study of defective verbs.
Notes.
30
Video of lesson 30.
EPP teaching scheme: more a teaching guide than a textbook.
Quarter (Module) 4 will show further avenues.
Discussion. Write a short essay (30-40 sentences) on your thoughts and opinions about what an educated/prosperous Indian can do to promote teaching and learning of English. A brief history of EPP. Notes.
Quarter 3 ends here. Some suggestions on good and gripping authors. Additional exercise for teachers.
31
Video of lesson 31.
Some administrative issues.
Revisiting Major Forms of sentences.
Discussion. Sample syntax seeds into elaborate sets of independent sentences. Future potentials of EPP. Notes.
32
Video of lesson 32.
A word tree and its root, branches, fruits in a tub.
Surgery on Sentences.
Discussion. From the internet, read a fresh story and collect a total of 100 sentences: 25 of each kind. Identification of sentences as simple, compound, complex, mixed etc: Examples. Notes.
33
Video of lesson 33.
Another word tree.
Careful about trees that are misleading.
Discussion. Find out trees of etymologically connected words to the given words and provide illustrations their parts of speech. Practice on Parsing: Classification.
Practice on etymologically connected words.
Notes.
34
Video of lesson 34.
Parsing of Simple Sentences.
Text-based parsing.
Discussion. Parse (Analyse) 10 simple sentences from your collection. Games: A great contributor to 'learning'.
Rules of a game of 5-letter words.
Notes.
35
Video of lesson 35.
Live session for doubt resolution. Discussion. Identify words of multiple parts of speech from word families; and shrink phrases and clause in a given pasaage. Discussion on learning, teaching and examination-related issues. Notes.
36
Video of lesson 36.
Words in multiple roles.
Parsing of Compound Sentences.
Clauses and Phrases: Interchangeability.
Discussion. Parse (Analyse) 10 compound sentences from your collection. Exercise on Parsing. Notes.
37
Video of lesson 37.
Suffixes and Prefixes.
Parsing of Complex Sentences.
Discussion. Parse (Analyse) 10 complex sentences from your collection. Test of English as a Functional Language. Notes.
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Video of lesson 38.
Phrasal Verbs.
Parsing of Mixed Sentences.
Discussion. Parse (Analyse) 10 mixed sentences from your collection. A discussion on Module Zero. Notes.
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Video of lesson 39.
Design and Rephrasing of sentences.
Direct and Indirect Narration.
Discussion. Change the given excerpt from a play to indirect narration, as in its 'tale' being narrated. Games in learning.
A word-guessing game that involves syntax too!
Notes.
40
Video of lesson 40.
What was achieved? Discussion. Read the given passage and answer the following questions. What next? Notes.
Sample Solutions. Sources of passages. Additional exercise for teachers.

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