Beyond the Textbook: English Language and Teaching

Father Returning Home My father travels on the late evening train Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age fade homeward through the humid monsoon night. Now I can see him getting off the train Like a word dropped from a long sentence. He hurries across the length of the grey platform, Crosses the railway line, enters the lane, His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward. Home again, I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati, reading a book. He goes into the toilet to contemplate Man’s estrangement from a man-made world. Coming out he trembles at the sink, The cold water running over his brown hands, A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists. His sullen children have often refused to share Jokes an

"Read, Think, and Explain- COMPREHENSION HINTS FOR COMPREHENSION Comprehension questions test you on your ability to recall and understand what you read in a passage .  Read the whole passage once before you answer any of the questions. You are allowed to go back and read the passages as many times as you want to. Read them carefully. Be careful not to leave marks around the answer bubbles. Try to fill them in neatly. When you answer the "Read, Think, and Explain" questions, think and organize what you want to say before writing down your ideas. Write your short and long answers neatly so that anyone can read them. After you read the passage, first answer the questions you know. Skip the ones that are too hard and go back later. Do not worry if you do not know the answers to questions. Keep going! Partial credit is given for "Read, Think, and Explain" questions, so write whatever you know. If there is time, go back and make sure th

What Is an Adjective? An adjective is a word that describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies something (a noun or a pronoun). In the phrase, "the black cat" the word black is an adjective because it describes the cat. Adjectives are words that modify (change) nouns, pronouns and other adjectives. In the sentence “he was fast,” the word “fast” is an adjective that describes the pronoun “he.” Here’s a special sentence that uses all the letters of the English language: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” In this sentence, the words “quick,” “brown” and “lazy” are adjectives (and so is the word “the,” but we’ll explain this later!). All these words are describing or somehow modifying a noun. So, you might already know about adjectives like these, like “quick,” “beautiful” and “ugly,” which are used to describe people, places and things. In English, an adjective usually comes before the noun it pertains to (for example, a red apple or a cute cat.). op

 Dear Students   In this week, you learnt  articles and how to write effective essay. Here, I am sharing you a link, which has around 10-12 questions related to articles. Click the link and answers the questions. We will discuss about difficult questions in the classroom. https://goo.gl/forms/xmXgsZJnmdgFzB2H3  

DEAR STUDENTS! We have strated to learn how to write a good essay and I have explained you the way to write more meaningful and planned essay . The ideas, sources, and tips, which i shared in the classroom helps you to write good essay in the various competitive exams and even in your college exams . I wish that you present your idea in your language with appropriate example and logic.  For your ready refrence I am writing one sample essay for you.  What is your tasks? Read the essay and try to check the criteria has fulfilled in the essay or not! All the best! SAMPLE ESSAY  ‘MONEY OVER CAST’ Money has become the focal point of human activity in modern time. It governs human intellect and human interaction. The motive behind any action is money; ‘money- mindedness’ is phrase used commonly in modern times. In earlier times, money was important, but it was not given the eminence it gets in present time. Now money is the ‘deciding factor’ or t

We have started to learn Articles in the class. I hope that you all enjoyed to learn the rules of Article 'THE' with the help of poem. For your more reference here, I am sharing you a link. Watch, Learn and Understand it.