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8/7/2019 English Global Language

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English- The GlobalLanguage


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History Of English Language

It originated from England

English is a living language

It has developed across time and place in both its oral & written

forms

It has the largest vocabulary of all the worlds Language

It is still growing

There are many variations in the oral & written form

Written form is relatively stable for centuries

It is identical throughout the world except some spellings


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Language & Vocabulary

Oral Language develops naturally

From Exposure to the languages of our parents,

Communities,

Friends & Neighbors

It gets influenced from the local languages

Its dialects & the mannerism its spoken


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Approach for Pronunciation

An aviator was sent on a mission to a distant part of the globe when

he returned to his base, he noticed that it was strangely quite

Everything was in perfect order, but there wasnt a sign of life in

the place. He wandered through the town very surprised.

He could not fine even one living creature in the town. He droveback to the airport filled his plane with gas

and flew terrified to New York, London and Moscow

While he had been on his mission every animal

and human being seemed to have disappeared from

the earth.

What do you understand with the above Passage?

Passage Reading:

Pronouncing every word correctly leads to poor pronunciation! Good pronunciation

comes from stressing the right words- this is because English is a time-stressed

language.


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Pronunciation

Pronunciation plays a very important part when we speak, many times whenwe mispronounce the meaning of the sentence or the word changes.

Factors effecting the Pronunciation

Word Stress

Mispronounce

Sounds

Word Stress- Changes in Meaning

When speaking the words you stress can change the underlying meaning of asentence.

Even simple sentences have different meaning based on how you stress

Communication of People is often judged by the way they pronounce the

words and stress the words. It gives the first impression to the person


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Mispronounce of words:

It creates lots of problems to the listeners or the people whom the message is

conveyed

Phonetics help the people in pronouncing the words in the proper way

Need to remember the International PhoneticAlphabets

Sounds:

One should keep in mind certain words how they are pronounced & how it

sounds when an Native English speaker speaks

You need to learn how each word is pronounced specially the vowels and

consonant sounds

Mouth should be properly opened when pronouncing

Need to do mouth exercises to get the proper pronunciations

Pronunciation


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Phonetic Symbols &Alphabet

Phonetic symbols provides great help when learning how to pronounce words

Correct pronunciation is found in the dictionaries, where the correct

pronunciation is known by looking the phonetic symbols

In English many words can have the same pronunciation but written differently

Example: to, two & too

Sometimes the words can be written similarly but have different pronunciations

Example: Thought, Though, Bough & Through

Major factor in many instances is the word stress

Understanding the PhoneticAlphabet can greatly simplify the learning process


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PhoneticAlphabet

A as in Alpha

B as in Bravo

C as in Charlie

D as in Delta

E as in EchoF as in Foxtrot

G as in Golf

H as in Hotel

I as in India

J as in Juliet

K as in Kilo

L as in Lima

M as in Mike

N as in November

O as in Oscar

P as in Papa

Q as in Quebec

R as in RomeoS as in Sierra

T as in Tango

U as in Uniform

V as in Victor

W as in Whiskey

X as in X-ray

Y as in Yankee

Z as in Zulu


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Word Stress

When you are speaking in English the word stress can change the

underlying meaning a sentence

Example :I dont think he should get the job

This simple sentence can have many levels of meaning based on the word youstress

Read the each sentence aloud and give a strong stress on the Bold

word

I dont think he should get that jobI dont think he should get that job

I dont thinkhe should get that job

I dont thinkhe should get that job


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I dont think he should get that job

I dont think he should get that job

I dont think he should get thatjob

I dont think he should get thatjob

As you can see there are many different ways this sentence can be understood

The important point to remember is that the true meaning of the sentence is alsoexpressed though the stressed word or words

Another sentence

I said she might consider a new haircut


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Intonation & Stress

English is a stressed langue while many other languages are considered syllabic.

What does that Mean?

It means that, in English, we need to give stress to certain words while other words

are quickly spoken. Where as in other languages as French and Italian each

syllable is given equal importance.1. Many of the Indian speakers speak very fast & swallow number of words in

an sentence.

2. In syllable language each syllable has equal importance & therefore equal

time is needed, However in English language we need to spend more time on

specific stressed words while quickly gliding the other less important words.

Example: They can come on Friday (stressed words are Bold & colored)

But on the other hand if the sentence is in Negative then we need to stress on Cant

They cant come on Friday


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Guidelines:

Generally stressed words are considered as Content

Words such as:

Nouns e.g. Kitchen, Peter

(most) Principal verbs e.g. visit, construct

Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting

Adverbs e.g. often, carefully


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No stressed words are considered FunctionWords Such

as

Determiners e.g. the ,a, some, a few

Auxiliary verbs e.g. dont, am, can, were

Prepositions e.g. before, next to, opposite

Conjunction e.g. but, while, as

Pronouns e.g. they, she, us

Try listing to native English speakers , watch English news channels

& movies channel to pick up how they stress the words. Stressed

words are key to excellent pronunciation & Understanding of

English


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Idioms :

Idioms is a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of the language

It is an expression whose meaning is not compositional i.e. whose meaning does

not follow from the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed.

It refers to a grammatical construction unique to a certain people, region or calls

It cannot be translated laterally in to any other language

Examples:

Hammered meaning Drunk

Grunt workmeaning physically exhausting or repetitive work

Big Bucks meaning lots of money

BlownAway meaning surprised and amazed


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Can I be more Blunt means do you mind if I tell you exactly what I think?

Dropped the Ball meaning t fall when may people are expecting you to

succeed

Gave me the cold Shoulder meaning acted like he wasnt interested/like

me

Get a Gripmeaning dont get so upset, dont worry so much

Hit the Spot meaning to solve your problem exactly

He/She has got a Big mouth meaning He/She cant keep a secret

Cold Turkey meaning Completely eluded

Itsy-Bitsy meaning very small

Kinda Meaning Kind of or sort of

Take a Hike meaning Go away, get out of my face


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