It’s EASIER

Said than done.

Learning English

Babu Appat

Learning English is not EASY

It’s not tough either

You Can Make it

Interesting

Chose topics of interest

• Daily dose of reading• Time of reading• Topic/subject of reading• Daily dose of Writing• Daily dose of Speaking• Daily dose of listening• Observing and questioning

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Some ways to make it interesting

1. Ask questionsNormally we get questions from others and we try to answer it and learning becomes tougher.

Now you prepare your questions and find write your answers to your own questions

Try this paragraph

Try this paragraph

Casual Debate

Post Lunch free time, Assemble in the class and Choose a topic of common interest.Form two team A B and a MonitorDebate seriouslyRecord everything,Choose a feasible frequency

Steps for better comprehension

• Read carefully• Think what you have understood• Read again while you underline the tough

words• Look up the dictionary• Write down the most suitable meaning

underneath the paragraph• Read again and think how better is your

understanding now

Steps for better comprehensionThe new Plus Two (XII) text books have been

prepared by the Kerala State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT). Those

who have not received the new text books can download the pdf versions available from this

page for reference. The Reference for the first & Second chapter available here till the text book

distribution is completed. Click the below link and refer the new text book for Higher Secondary

Second Year (Plus Two) for better comprehension.

Can I ask you some questions?

1. What is the expansion of SCERT?2. What is meant by pdf? Expand it.3. One sentence in this paragraph is

grammatically inaccurate which sentence and how?

4. Better comprehension- What is that?

Let’s do another exercise

Some ways to make it interesting

2. Think out of the box

Think of an incident you witnessed where womenWere discriminated from getting their

Think of an old social ritual of gender discrimination

(use mobile CS to continue, Mathrubhumi)

Some ways to make it interesting2. Before going for a detailed study of a lesson think of your present knowledge of that topic.

Simply write down whatever you know about that topic

After doing the lesson thoroughly with the help of your teacher, read the paragraph you have written

Think of ways to better it on your own andWrite down paragraph on the new ideas you gained

New Lesson:

IMPORTANT

• Check the spelling of the author’s name• Write the points you have understood• Try Speaking about it publicly • Can you write a stanza like that on any theme?

My Version

Men are weathered and strongMen protects the world

And men works very hardMen bring home honey and make life sweeter.

A mother’s prayer

“Take me not, till the children grow”

Can you explain what does it mean?

Think out of the boxAbout Katharine Tynan Hinkson

Prolific Irish author of more than a hundred novels, numerous poems, and five autobiographical works. Her publications include Three Fair Maids, or the Burkes of Derrymore; The Land of Mist and Mountain; and Philippa's Lover.

Before FameShe was associated with the Celtic Revival Movement, which sought to resurrect classic Irish literature and values.

TriviaHer Irish Catholic family all but disowned her for marrying a Protestant barrister. Distancing herself from her roots, she pursued her literary career in England.

Family LifeShe was born on a County Dublin dairy farm as the seventh child of Andrew Cullen Tynan.

Associated WithShe was a close associate of William Butler Yeats. Rumor has it that the two may have been engaged at one point.

Jim Corbett

Listening• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpPL5-9xY5E

Narrative Skills

Can you narrate effectively the story of MATCHBOX

in your own words?

Who translated it into English?

Ashapurna Debi GuptaMost of her writings marked a

spirited protest both for men and women, against the inequality and injustice stemming from the

gender-based discrimination and narrowness of outlook ingrained in traditional Hindu society. Ashapurna Devi's stories lay threadbare the

oppression women have to face and made a fervent appeal for a new social order, though not subscribing to

the modern theoretical feminism of western mode. Her magnum opus, the trilogy

Pratham Pratishruti (1964), Subarnolata (1967) and

Bakul Katha (1974), symbolises an endless struggle for

women to achieve equal rights.

Horegallu

What do you understand by the word Horegallu?

Horegallu

Horegallu

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Public Speaking Skill

Can you prepare a speech on women empowerment and

deliver it effectively?

Lemme remind you

Read everydayPrepare your own notes

Develop them to paragraphsTry delivering speeches

Watch movies and listen to speechesObserve everything keenly

Learn on your ownYOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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