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The following tutorials cover the basics of Spoken English. It also contains video tutorials. Tutorial 1: Tips to Learn a new Language Tutorial 2: rocess of Learning a new Language Tutorial 3: Skills to speak a new Language The following tutorials focus on arts of Speech. Tutorial 4: Introduction to arts of Speech Tutorial 5: !nderstanding "oun Tutorial 6: !nderstanding #erb Tutorial 7: Translation $ Tamil to English

Tips to Learn English Tip I Our Attitude plays an important role in our li e! Those "ho ha#e a positi#e attitude a$hie#e su$$ess at any $ost "hile those "ith negati#e attitude ail misera%ly! Our attitude determines our Altitude! This applies to learning a language also! The learner should ne#er thin& it is di i$ult to learn a oreign language! 'e()he should al"ays thin& *+ $an learn English and + "ill spea& English,! This should %e the *mantra, o the positi#e learner! Tip II )e$ondly- "e should not %e a raid o spea&ing(using the language in pu%li$! .hether right or "rong- start spea&ing in English- though your #o$a%ulary "ill %e limited! /o not %e ashamed or eel in erior "hen you ma&e mista&es! E#en i some%ody laughs at you- al"ays remem%er that English is not your mother tongue and you are not a nati#e spea&er! + you ma&e mista&es "hile spea&ing your mother0tongue- you should %e really ashamed! 1ut English is the 2ni#ersal language and you are learning it to impro#e your $ommuni$ation s&ills! 3an you imagine a oreigner spea&ing our mother0tongue "ithout ma&ing any mista&es4 /on5t "e get e6$ited and thrilled "hen they say *namaste, in 'indi and *7ana&am, in Tamil4 )o- using simple "ords- start spea&ing! A healthy and $on ident $hild ne#er learns to "al& "ithout alling do"n! Tip III 8eading aloud helps a lot in impro#ing your 7o$a%ulary 9"ords: and pronun$iation! )o- e#ery day- pre era%ly in the morning read the English ne"s paper li&e ;The 'indu5 or any %oo& aloud! + you do not understand the meaning o the "ords- do not run and get the di$tionary immediately! 7ery e" people understand and &no" the meaning o the "ords in the irst attempt itsel ! 8ead the same paragraph thri$e and try to relate the meaning "ith the $onte6t! )lo"ly- the meaning "ill %e registered in the mind

#aguely! <o"- i the di$tionary is re erred- you "ill %e =uite surprised and e6$ited to &no" that you ha#e almost guessed it right! ;The 'indu5 ne"s paper is suggested or good reading- %e$ause o the per e$t $onstru$tion o senten$es- good #o$a%ulary and error0 ree grammar! Tip IV Another "ay to impro#e your #o$a%ulary is to ta&e i#e "ords rom the di$tionary and learn the meaning and use them in senten$es! This pra$ti$e "ill help you a lot in impro#ing the #o$a%ulary! >lease remem%er that "ithout "ords- no senten$e $an %e ramed or spo&en! + you &no" many "ords only- people "ill %e interested in listening to you! They "ill not %e interested- i the same "ords are used again and again or you get stu$& in the middle o the senten$es due to la$& o suita%le "ords! 8eading loudly or thirty minutes is suggested as a regular e6er$ise to impro#e the #o$a%ulary and pronun$iation! Tip V Last- %ut not the least- "hene#er you "at$h Tele#ision- "at$h English <e"sEnglish 3ommentaries and then English mo#ies! +t "ill sound as ?ree& and Latin in the %eginning! 1ut don5t gi#e up! @eep on "at$hing and Listening! Listening is a "onder ul s&ill "hi$h ena%les us to learn e#erything! .hile "at$hing the mo#ies- please o%ser#e the ollo"ing: 1! 'o" do the $hara$ters start the $on#ersation4 2! .hat &ind o "ords are they using4 3! 'o" do they orm 9$onstru$t: the senten$es4 4! 'o" do they use their tone A #oi$e4 5! .hi$h tense is used in the dialogu

>ro$ess o Learning a ne" Language The Bi#e natural "ays o learning a language: 1! Listening 2! 2nderstanding 3! )pea&ing 4! 8eading 5! .riting 'o" do "e learn our mother0tongue4

.e learn it through natural "ays! 2sually a 3hild learns his(her mother0tongue %y listening to the parents- "ho in their e6$itement and an6iety al"ays tell the $hild to say ;amma(appa, 9mummy A daddy:! The %a%y %lin&s- %ut soon learns to asso$iate the lady as his(her mother and the gentleman as his(her ather and tries to say amma(appa! The understanding starts here! )oon the $hild is su$$ess ul and %egins to $all his(her parents amma and appa! .hen the $hild goes to s$hool at the age o 5- he(she learns to read and then to "rite! )in$e "e learn our mother0tongue in this natural "ay- "e are a%le to spea& our mother0tongue luently "ithout ma&ing any mista&es! 1ut this pro$ess is re#ersed "hen "e learn a oreign language! .e %e$ome amiliar to the language "hen "e go to s$hool! .e learn to: 1! 8ead 2! .rite 3! )pea& 4! 2nderstand 5! Listen

)&ills needed to learn English .e need our s&ills to spea& the language: 1! ?rammar 2! 7o$a%ulary 3! >ronun$iation 4! Tone A 7oi$e Codulation ?rammar: ?rammar is the %a$&%one o any language! .ithout it- it is #ery di i$ult to rame the senten$es! There is no literature "ithout grammar! 1asi$ English ?rammar- starting rom the >arts o )pee$h pro$eeding to @inds o )enten$es is $o#ered in this $ourse- irst e6plained in Tamil and then in English! )o that Learning English through Tamil %e$omes easier or the learner to understand English ?rammar $learly! +t lays a strong oundation or the learner to understand- spea&- read and "rite "ithout ma&ing any mista&es! .hen he learns the the $orresponding te$hni$al terms in Tamil- his understanding has no %oundaries! Bor e6ample- "hen "e tea$h a%out raming a simple senten$e "ith noun D #er% or )u%Ee$t- >redi$ate- O%Ee$t and 3omponent- the rele#ant "ords in TamilF 9EGhu#ai- payanilai - seyapaduporul: are used to ma&e the learner understand it easily and ena%le him to spea& the language luently!

7o$a%ulary: .e ha#e already tal&ed in detail a%out #o$a%ulary! Cany suggestions ha#e already %een mentioned to impro#e your #o$a%ulary! >ronun$iation: Listening and 8eading aloud help you a lot in impro#ing your pronun$iation! .e- +ndiansal"ays ha#e our Cother0Tongue0+n luen$e 9CT+:! Listening and .at$hing the 113 <e"s 3hannel help us a lot to o#er$ome this pro%lem! Cany 3/s li&e Linguaphone are a#aila%le in the mar&et to impro#e our listening s&ill and pronun$iation! Tone A 7oi$e Codulation: Our tone plays an important role in e6pressing our eelings! 1e it 'appiness- )adness or Anger- "e $an ma&e out rom the tone itsel ! 7oi$e Codulation also is ne$essary to e6press eelings- suggestions and ad#i$e! As a tea$her o )po&en English + "ill $asually as& my students .ho is their a#orite a$tor and "hether they $ould =uote any dialogue rom their mo#ies! 2sually they "ill say one or t"o "ords or at the most- a single line! 1ut "hen + mentioned- H*7eerapandiya @atta%omman, they immediately started narrating the amous dialogue in that mo#ie! 'o" is it possi%le4 That mo#ie "as released in 1I62! Cany o the students "ere not e#en %orn at that time! At the most they might ha#e "at$hed the mo#ie in T7 on spe$ial o$$asions! Then ho" is it possi%le to =uote the lengthy dialogue4 +t is %e$ause o the tone and the #oi$e modulation o the a$tor HCr! )i#aEi ?anesan 9"ho is no more: "hi$h has made a great impa$t on the audien$e!

+ntrodu$tion to >arts o )pee$h >arts o )pee$h: 1! <oun 2! 7er% 3! AdEe$ti#e 4! Ad#er% 5! >ronoun 6! Arti$le 7! >reposition J! 3onEun$tion

I! +nterrogation 1K! E6$lamation These are $alled the parts o spee$h! The parts o our %ody are assimilated to orm the human %ody %y our 3reator- ?od- to ena%le us to li#e $om orta%ly on this earth! )imilarly the parts o spee$h are important to orm the stru$ture o the language! 2nderstanding <oun The <oun is a naming "ord! +t denotes the names o people- pla$es- things and animals! E6amples: >eople >la$es Things Animals 0 0 0 0 8ama- )ita- 8a#i- 8aEi Cylapore- 3hennai- +ndia- /elhi Ta%le- 3hair- 3omputer- 3ar Lion- Tiger- 3at- 3o"

There are i#e &inds o noun! 1! >roper <oun 2! 3ommon <oun 3! 3olle$ti#e <oun 4! A%stra$t <oun 5! Caterial <oun 9a: Proper Noun re ers to the name o a parti$ular person- pla$e or animal! E!g! 1! 8ama is a %oy

9%: Common Noun re ers to the names o o%Ee$ts or people in $ommon! E!g! 1! +ndia is a %ig $ountry

$: Collective Noun: As the name denotes the $olle$ti#e noun re ers to the group o people or o%Ee$ts! E!g: 1! The herd o sheep $rosses the road!

d: Abstract Noun: The emotions "hi$h $an %e elt %y us- %ut $annot %e seen are $lassi ied as a%stra$t nouns! E!g: OhL ?od- )a#e meLL- @indness- )in$erity

e: Material Noun: All minerals and metals are &no"n as Caterial <oun! E!g: 3oal- ?old- )il#er