Innovative Ideas for Teaching English

Concentrating takes discipline! Remembering takes practice! Better Concentration: Any organized attempt on your part to remember more of what you read involves your ability to concentrate on the material you are reading. Intense concentration increases the time you spend attending to the task, an important element in reading. Students who are impulsive in their actions often find it difficult to concentrate for any length of time. Likewise, students who are passive in their approach to learning - those who are not actively engaged and thinking about what they are reading - often fail to get involved with the material enough to concentrate for long periods of time. Here are some ways to improve your concentration: Improve your attitude - Some subjects you will encounter in college may not be of high interest to you. Not only that, some subjects may not seem relevant to your field of study. You must maintain a positive attitude however and realize there is a job to be done! To get your d...

Read with purpose and meaning Drawing conclusions refers to information that is implied or inferred. This means that the information is never clearly stated. Writers often tell you more than they say directly. They give you hints or clues that help you "read between the lines." Using these clues to give you a deeper understanding of your reading is called inferring. When you infer , you go beyond the surface details to see other meanings that the details suggest or imply (not stated). When the meanings of words are not stated clearly in the context of the text, they may be implied - that is, suggested or hinted at. When meanings are implied, you may infer them. Inference is just a big word that means a conclusion or judgement. If you infer that something has happened, you do not see, hear, feel, smell, or taste the actual event. But from what you know, it makes sense to think that it has happened. You make inferences everyday. Most of the time you do so without thinking about...

Behind the pristine glory of DSE, MIB boasts of an excellent curriculum that is so relevant in the way Business, both International & Domestic, is done today. The course curriculum of MIB is an exhaustive syllabus of International Market and equips the students to become business leaders because of high academic excellence and close tie-ups with the industry. We at MIB are not simple MBA’s, but a nichê product of our own curriculum, our own rigorous standards and suiting our own demands in the International arena. Masters of International Business is a Two Year Full Time MBA equivalent Degree Programme, offered by the Department of Commerce at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, a premier world famous institute established in 1949 on the lines of the London School of Economics. The Programme is value added version of Post Graduate Diploma in International Marketing (PGDIM), which was initiated by Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics in 1985, upgraded into ...

By awarding the 2007 Peace Prize to former vice-president of the US, Al Gore, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Nobel Prize Committee has clearly signalled the importance of stabilising the earth’s climate for ensuring peace and stability in the world. As a scientific body involving thousands of the most qualified experts from all over the world, the IPCC has focused its activities on assessment of all aspects of climate change over the past 19 years of its existence, and has naturally not drawn any linkage between the impact of climate change and the issue of peace among human societies across the globe. However, the Fourth Assessment Report, of which three volumes have been released, with the fourth, the Synthesis Report to be completed in November 2007, has clearly brought out several dimensions of present and future climate change, which could affect stability and peace in several locations. For instance, it has been found that while the average global t...

By PAUL DAVIES, NYT OPED SCIENCE, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term “doubting Thomas” well illustrates the difference. In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue. The problem with this neat separation into “non-overlapping magisteria,” as Stephen Jay Gould described science and religion, is that science has its own faith-based belief system. All science proceeds on the assumption that nature is ordered in a rational and intelligible way. You couldn’t be a scientist if you thought the universe was a meaningless jumble of odds and ends haphazardly juxtaposed. When physicists probe to a deeper level of subatomic structure, or astronomers extend the reach of their instruments, they expect to encounter additional elegant mathematical order. And so far this fai...

Exercise One 1. Jeff offered the horse an apple that he had been carrying around in his pocket for two weeks. 2. Correct 3. As I was speeding along the lane on my ten-speed bicycle, a herd of cows flashed by. 4. Without a care in the world, I strolled cheerfully along as the freight train roared past me. / I strolled cheerfully along without a care in the world as the freight train roared past me. 5. The teacher congratulated the pupil who had passed her grade 6 English exam. 6. When I was 24, my daughter was born. / At the age of 24, I gave birth to my daughter. 7. Judges are giving stiffer penalties to anyone caught driving while under the influence of alcohol. 8. Correct 9. Frustrated by the lengthy delay, drivers began to honk their horns. Exercise Two 1. Jason and Paulette stood hand in hand and watched as the deer bounded away. 2. Mark handed the woman the book that he had found lying covered with dust under the sofa. 3. Horrified by what I had done, I watched as the tent collaps...

Exercise One Rewrite the following sentences to correct any misplaced or dangling modifiers. Two of the sentences are correct. 1. Jeff offered an apple to the horse that he had been carrying around in his pocket for two weeks. 2. Expecting a storm, we turned the boat around and headed for harbor. 3. Speeding along the lane on my ten-speed bicycle, a herd of cows flashed by. 4. I strolled cheerfully along as the freight train roared past me without a care in the world. 5. After passing her grade 6 English exam, the teacher congratulated the pupil. 6. At the age of 24, my daughter was born. 7. Judges are giving stiffer penalties if caught driving while under the influence of alcohol. 8. Hoping to arrive early enough for lunch, Jason did not bring any food with him on the bus. 9. Frustrated by the lengthy delay, the honking of horns began to be heard. Exercise Two 1. Jason and Paulette stood and watched as the deer bounded away, hand in hand. 2. Mark handed the book to the woman that h...

1. Does Gandhigiri work? 2. Is marriage a necessary social institution? 3. We have exchanged our heritage for a pair of blue jeans. or Denim Vs. Khadi 4. India Vs. Bharat or Digital Divide 5.Sting Operations or Stink Operations? (TV sting operations should be banned) 6. India should take strong steps to curb terrorism. 7. Should there be reservation based on caste or minority status? 8. Tendulkar bye-bye! or Senior actors like Amitabh should focus on socially responsible roles and not play roles like Nishabd . 9. Does a writer or painter like Tasleema Nasreen or MF hussain have a right to hurt the feelings of the people in the name of freedom of expression. 10. Baba-re-Baba: Do spiritual guris or babas serve any useful purpose? 11. Beauty contests are a a method of women's liberation. 12. Do the TV talent hunt shows solve their purpose? 13. Has religion any place in the modern society? or Does God exist? 14. Great leaders are born and not made. 15. MBAs are Managers By Accident. 16...

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1.  Mumps is/are not common among adults. 2.  Viruses from third world countries is/are a major concern. 3.  Most of the sand is/are  wet from the high tide. 4.  Either the two kittens or the puppy sit/sits in my lap while I watch television. 5.  A subject of great interest is/are  rainforests. 6.  Hansel and Gretel is/are  a famous children's story. 7.  The team members i s/are  arguing over the defense tactics. 8.  The economics of the trip is/are  pleasing. 9.  Why is/are  your parents going to Africa for a vacation? 10.  The mayor and the governor    hope/hopes that the bill will soon become a law. 11. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator   is/are going to have to make a decision. 12  is/are my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance? 1 3.  Some of the votes seem/seems to have been miscounted. 14.  ...

People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. -Mary Kay Ash

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