Life is Magical.pabitra Ppt

8/8/2019 Life is Magical.pabitra Ppt

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THIS POWER POINT PRESENTATION AIMS AT GIVING ESL ( ENGLISH

AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ) ADULT LEARNERS A COMPREHENSIVE

MODEL FOR ACQUIRING STANDARD COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

FOR THEIR DAILY COMMUNICATIVE NEEDS. IDEAS HAVE BEEN

GENERATED BY MEHEDI KAYSER PABITRA. FULL OR PARTIAL COPY

OF THESE SLIDES WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION WILL BE VIOLATION

OF HUMAN INTEGRITY!

PLESASE, HAVE PATIENCE WHILE GOING THROUGH SLIDES.

HAPPY COMMUNICATION!!


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LIFE IS MAGICALWITH

BETTER COMMUNICATION

MEHEDI KAYSER PABITRA

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY


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Which One is

You??Standard communication inEnglish helps you to present

yourself smartly andconfidently- just what youdeserve. It directly affects:

Your Personality

Your Job or Education &

Your Relationship withpeople around you

A standard and dynamiccommunication in Englishmakes you a person like theone in the picture above butsubstandard and poor use of

English in communication(erroneous expression, sillypronunciation etc) will make

you the one like the sad andgloomy man. So, it is yourdecision who you want to be!!


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Communication

in

Every Second

Speaking Writing

1 day is equal to365 days

Our everyday communication depends mostly on in person oral

communications such as talks, chats, discussion, meetings both in formal and

informal setting and writing emails or Face book messages . So, clearly our two

main focuses are two skills of English Language: Speaking and Writing.

Unless we change our

entire social setting thatwe live in ( e.g. moving

to a foreign country), wealways communicate

with similar kind of

people for a certain set ofcommunicative needs.

So, what we say or write

in one week is almost thesame as we do in the rest

of the year. So with that

being said, the followingslides will describe some

easy methods to meet

everyday communicativeneeds.


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WHAT DID FRANK SAY TO APRIL? Frank and April are two characters in the recently

released movie Revolutionary Road of Leonardo di

Caprio and Kate Winslet. You may have seen the

movie, right? Will you believe me if I say that thismovie is a great spoken tutor for you? Well, it was

for me!! How? Take a look at the other column in

this slide. All these five sentences are taken from

the movie that I put in my notebook while

watching it and every now and then I am using

them in my communication. I always keep a

notebook while watching English movies and take

note of interesting, useful, new and dynamicexpressions. Similarly, if you take; lets say 50

expressions from 10 movies, it means you can use

all of them in your daily needs. Remember, in

movies what we see are nothing but real life stuff,

in a broader sense, it is your life. Dont think that

note taking while watching movies will spoil your

enjoyment rather it will teach you English in the

easiest and the most exciting way; mostimportantly without your extra effort. If Bollywood

movies can automatically teach you Hindi, why

not Hollywood movies teach you English?? Think

about it, seriously!!

You are making me feel

awful.- (used when somebody is verydisappointed at somebody else)

It is not realistic at all.(used to describe an idea of fallacy.)

Oh! I almost forgot. (usedwhen you mistakenly forgot something)

I am so excited to be

with you. (This beautiful expression isused to say that how happy you are to be withsomebody else.


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I Hope This Email Finds You Well

1. I Should be Free This Morning If

you Would like to Stop By . Would

10 am work for you? ( used for

fixing an appointment)

2. Give Me A Second( when

somebody doesnt want you to

fuss)

3. It Was Wonderful Hearing From

You.( usually written in thebeginning of a mail)

4. I Really Appreciate It( Used

when somebody wants to thank

you for what you have done)

y I never new this expression I hope

this email finds you well until now. I

maintain a notebook and keep record

of new sentences and expressions

that I come across from my

colleagues and friends here at US.

Just the way we internalize new

Bengali expressions such as Abar

Jiggs or joss ekta gaan, Jotil hoyche,

we can learn English too. But in order

for that to happen, we need to

correspond with those who are better

than us. Look at the left the column. I

am using all of them now but I had

never done before I came to U.S. So,

whenever you find a new and effective

expression, keep it in your notebook

and start using them.


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This Is What We Say Everyday

y To make a request

y To say yes or no to a request

y To greet Somebody/to bid farewell

y To describe something that has happened inthe past

y To describe how you are passing your currentdays

y To do argumentation

y To describe what you are planning for future

y To ask questions/To make assertive &Negative Statements

y To express your grief/annoyance/pain

y To express feelings of joy and happiness

y

To congratulate or express feelings ofsatisfaction

y To show your interest or zero interest insomething

y To apologize both formally or informally

y To express your surprise

These are some of the most common

communicative needs in our daily life for

which you must know the appropriate use

of English. In order to do that you

Need the grammatical structures

described in the next slide. Besides, youhave to use your other sources of picking

up the language ( film, communicationwith a better user of the

language, etc)


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The following structures are very important forboth speaking and writing. Follow the book andpractice using them in your communication.

The following structures are very important forboth speaking and writing. Follow the book andpractice using them in your communication.

They are very important in our dailyneeds.They are very important in our dailyneeds.

y Use of Past Indefinite tense to describe eventshappened in the past(e.g. I senthim an email lastnight)

y Use of Past Continuous tense to describe an eventthat was happening in the past(e.g. Iwaswaitingfor him when you called me)

y Use of Present Indefinite Tense to state actions thattake place in the present but not happening rightnow. (e.g. I live at Syracuse, NY)

y Use of Present Continuous Tense to describe theaction happening right now (e.g. I am trying hardto finish the paper)

y Use of Present perfect tense that describes an actionthat has finished in the past unknown. (e.g I havenot seen him in the face book recently)

y Use of Future Indefinite Tense (e.g I will get back toyou as soon as possible)

y Use of negatives and Interrogatives using the tensementioned above

y Use of since, as, because to describe cause and effect

y Use of Interrogative Sentences

y To make conditional sentences( use of if)

y Use of Should, Could, Must, Has to, Have to,

Shall/Willy Use of so that and so.. that

y Use of though/although, in spite of, despite

Some Necessary StructuresConsult with Raymond and Marphy :Intermediate book available in the market


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Let me know Where you Belong Now

Dear Pabitra vai,,

I am promise to say that nobodydoes not know about thismotivation letter . its veryconfidenttial you and me .Sothanks you very much to help me .I realy like and love You too much.May GOD bless you thatsuccessfull in your life ....

have a great eveing to you ..;

Z

y This is an email that I have received from oneof my acquaintances recently. The storyline isbecause of his million times request, Ihappened to write a motivation letter for himto be used for his foreign university admission

and then I urged him not to share it withothers.There are some grammatical errors inhis email. Correct the mistakes and add somemore sentences and expressions to make it a lotbetter letter of thanks and then send it to meas early as possible at the following address:

[email protected]. This is your firsthomework. I will get back to you withnecessary feedback shortly.


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y I liked your sweater ( An unknown

American woman commented on my

sweater while I was shopping at

Syracuse Carousel Mall.

y Where is mine? (In an elevator, a girl

said this while I was holding a cup of

Ice cream!)

y Great Timing (I said this in thelibrary when I found a student leaving

my favourite table which I wanted to

use for studying)

y Life living on a Jet Plane, Always Run

Never Walk Situation(in order to

illustrate my unimaginable campus life

starting from 7 am in the morning

and ending at 3 pm next day and

meeting deadlines one after another

in days and nights, I used these 2

expressions In my first email from

Syracuse to Bangladesh and I think it

wonderfully expressed my thoughts.

All these expressions, mentioned in

the left column are spontaneous andcreative. They serve three purposes:

a. These small but beautiful

expressions are not only highly

appreciative but also very

communicative.

b. This also presents one individual

quite smartly in the social settings.

c. It also keeps our English coming

spontaneously.

So, be creative and never feel shy to use

your own expressions.


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