Innovative Ideas for Teaching English

By Mark Dummett, BBC News, Haridwar The key to healthy living, according to Baba Ramdev, is knowing how to breathe. It is a simple message that has won the yoga teacher, or guru, from a poor north Indian background, fame, fortune, an extraordinary self-confidence, his very own Scottish island, and a platform for some strong and controversial opinions. He has now embarked on a campaign against corruption, the big issue in India at the moment, and he says he will launch his own political movement in June to contest the next election. He may not stand much of a chance of actually winning anything, but as I discovered on my trip to his headquarters near the Hindu holy town of Haridwar, he is not a man to ignore. He claims to keep no personal wealth for himself, but the organisation he runs is hugely rich. Baba Ramdev's base, immaculately clean, decorated with ornamental trees and filled with piped religious chanting, is spread over 500 acres. It is home to a university, a...

हर वर्ष हम नववर्ष की शुरुआत दूसरों को खुशी और समद्धि की शुभ कामनाएं देकर करते हैं। समृद्धि का सही लक्षण क्या है ? समृद्धि का लक्षण मुसकराहट है। समृद्धि का लक्षण संतोष है। समृद्धि का चिह्न है- मुक्ति , मुस्कान तथा जो कुछ भी अपने पास हो , उसे निर्भय होकर आसपास के लोगों के साथ बांटने की मन:स्थिति। समृद्धि का लक्षण यह आस्था और आत्मविश्वास है कि जो कुछ भी मेरी आवश्यकता है वह मुझे मिल जाएगा। 2011 का स्वागत एक वास्तविक मुसकराहट के साथ करें , एक ऐसी मुसकराहट , जो भीतर से हो। कैलेंडर के पन्ने पलटने के साथ-साथ हम अपने मन के पन्नों को भी पलटते जाएं। प्राय: हमारी डायरी स्मृतियों से भरी हुई होती है। आप देखें कि आपके भविष्य के पन्ने बीती हुई घटनाओं से न भर जाएं। बीते हुए समय से कुछ सीखें , कुछ भूलें और आगे बढ़ें। आप लोभ , घृणा , द्वेष तथा ऐसे अन्य सभी दोषों से मुक्त होने की कोशिशकरें। यदि मन इन सभी नकारात्मकताओं में लिप्त है , तो वह खुश नहीं रह सकता। समझें कि नकारात्मक भावनाएं भूतकाल की वजह से हैं। वर्तमान जीवन के अनुभव को आपका भूतकाल नष्ट न करने पाए। बीते हुए समय को क्षमा नहीं कर ...

You might be a self-motivated worker and even a team player, but writing these on your resume does more harm than good to your chances of getting a job. There are five popular catch phrases that should never make it into your resume, reports CBS News . Talking on The Early Show on Saturday Morning , career adviser Liz Ryan, CEO of AskLizRyan.com , spotlighted the things you shouldn't call yourself on a resume - at least, not without backing up the description with concrete examples. In fact, she said that those examples could speak for themselves, without your actually using the terms you should avoid. Ryan said that the underlying idea in writing a resume is to stand out, and using terms everyone else does hardly accomplishes that. Revealing some of the typical or cliche phrases used in resumes, Ryan said: "'Results oriented professional' is probably the biggest one used, and it's meaningless! You're talking about yourself, so why go into this weird robo...

PTI 4 October 2009, 05:01pm IST LONDON: Believe it or not, overseas students are better at English than their British counterparts. A new study by Queen's English Society has revealed that British undergraduates make three times as many grammatical, punctuation and spelling mistakes in English than those from the overseas. Researchers have based their findings on an analysis of the written work produced in the year by final-year students. The study covered 28 final-year undergraduates' work -- 18 of them British and 10 from overseas (five Singaporeans, four Chinese and one Indonesian). The study found on average Britons had 52.2 punctuation, grammatical and spelling errors per paper as compared to just 18.8 for the international students, leading British newspaper 'The Independent' reported. Spelling errors included "flourescence" for "fluorescence", "alot" for "a lot", "seperate" for "separate", "y...

MASHA HASSAN, Speaking Tree, The Times of India   The vibrating strains of Azaan always have an enchanting effect on me; they resonate in my mind, filling my soul as well as the atmosphere with their sound of solace . I don't offer namaz (being too young for it). Yet, the prayer makes me feel like surrendering myself submitting to the spirit of Islam that stands for peace and purity, humility and discipline. The term 'submission to God' is a deep and divine term when it is followed in true spirit. We are not expected to visualise God but to worship Him and adore Him as a Protector. I wake up everyday, my eyes opening to the serene sound of the Azaan, every word finding its way into my consciousness as the new day dawns with the promise of a new beginning. I don't know Arabic, but the words and their impact are so evocative that it is easy to recognise and submit to the One Power that protects and guides us, and surrender and submission to the Almighty is but an exp...

1)       I'm having two sisters I have two sisters   2)       They had gone there yesterday. They went there yesterday.   3)       I didn't knew it. I didn't know it.   4)       I like listening music. I like listening to music.   5)       I'm telling to you. I'm telling you.   6)       All the peoples were quite excited All the people were quite excited   7)       I cannot discuss you that. I cannot discuss that with you.   8)       One of my friend is coming tomorrow. One of my friends is coming tomorrow.   9)       He gave me all the informations. He gave me all the information.   10)   This scissor is not working These scissors are not working   11)   Can you tell me what time is it? Can you tell me what time it is?   12)   Myself Krishna from Saharanpur. My name is   Krishna from Saharanpur or   I am Krishna…   13)   I told him 'ki' I was busy. I told him that I was busy.   14)   "She doesn't...