English is an international language and the language of international communication. Its curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils read easily, fluently and with good understanding…….acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
English is the language that connects countries from all over the world. Knowing English increases the chances of getting a good job within home country or for finding work abroad. The only thing which makes the English a unique language is its absorbability. It is unique because it has taken the words from different languages. It is the only language in the world which contains the words of almost every language. Geoffrey Chaucer born in London sometime between 1340 and 1344, an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat and diplomat referred as ‘Father of English literature’.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Flamingo: English reader is prescribed and published by ‘National Council of Education Research and training’ New Delhi. This text book contains two parts:
Prose section
Poetry section
In prose section, each lesson contains about the author, story map, notes with main points, short summary, title, message and important questions/answers with plenty of additional questions/answers and RTC(reference to the context). The language used in the videos is lucid and according to the students’ level of understanding. We are sure that complete videos will meet the needs of the learners.
The chapters in prose section are:
Ch.1) The last lesson (Alphonse Daudet)
Ch.2) Lost spring (Anees Jung)
Ch.3) Deep water (William Douglas)
Ch.4) The Rattrap (Selma Lagerlof)
Ch.5) Indigo (Louis Fischer)
In poetry section, each poem contains about the poet, about the poem, theme, title, rhyming scheme and imagery /tone, poetic devices, short summary, notes with main points, important question/answers and RTC (reference to the context).
The poems in poetry sections are:
1. My mother at sixty-six (Kamala Das)
2. An elementary school classroom in a slum (Stephen Spender)
3. Keeping quite (Pablo Neruda)
4. A thing of beauty (John keats)
5. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers (Adrienne rich)
Course Features
- Lectures 7
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes