ഞായറാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 25, 2012

English Quiz

      Today's post is a Power Point Presentation of an English Quiz  prepared for the high school classes. It works best in Windows and Ubuntu 10.04. Slides will appear on mouse click one after another. 

      It is a beautiful work and will really be useful for enterprising  teachers.

It was prepared and send to the blog by 
Mr. Sureshbabu PG (H.S.A.)
St. Thomas H.S.
Ayroor
Thank you dear sir...
To download the slide show click here
To download the Tie Questions click here

ശനിയാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 24, 2012

ഡയറ്റ് കാസര്‍ഗോഡ്: ക്ലാസ് ടെസ്റ്റ്

ഡയറ്റ് കാസര്‍ഗോഡ്: ക്ലാസ് ടെസ്റ്റ്: കാസര്‍ഗോഡ് ജില്ലാ പഞ്ചായത്തിന്റെയും ഡയറ്റിന്റെയും ആഭിമുഖ്യത്തില്‍ ജില്ലയിലെ എസ്.എസ്.എല്‍.സി. റിസല്‍ട്ട് മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്താന്‍ ആരംഭിച്ചിട്...

ഡയറ്റ് കാസര്‍ഗോഡ്: രണ്ടാം പാദവാര്‍ഷിക പരീക്ഷ

ഡയറ്റ് കാസര്‍ഗോഡ്: രണ്ടാം പാദവാര്‍ഷിക പരീക്ഷ

ഞായറാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 18, 2012

Std. 9 - Part II - Unit I - Chapter I - "Make the Right Choice"

Ms. Latha Sree from M.R.R.M. H.S. Chavakkad has send us two materials useful to teach 9th Std.- Part II - Unit I - Chapter I - "Make the Right Choice". It will surely be useful in the class.


Slide Show on Global Warming - Click Here 
Human Impact on the Environment - Click Here

Latha Sree 
M.R.R.M. H.S. Chavakkad

Request to teachers of English....

      Teachers who would like to contribute educational materials to english4keralasyllabus.com are welcome...

        As another exam/revision season is approaching the number visitors - students and teachers - would shoot up to 5 digit numbers (previous experience)...

Your contributions could be anything like
  1. Summary of lessons
  2. Collection of Sample Profiles
  3. Collection of Sample Conversations
  4. Collection of Sample Letters
  5. Collection of Sample Diaries
  6. Collection of Sample Telephonic Conversations
  7. Collection of Sample Notices 
  8. Collection of Sample Slogans and Placards
  9. Collection of Sample Speeches
  10. Collection of Sample News Paper Reports
  11. Grammar items
  12. Questions on Language Elements
  13. Model Question Papers
  14. Chapter wise Collection of Questions 
  15. Discourse wise collection of questions
  16. and what not ?
This blog has been giving you a lot in the last 14 months. Now it is your turn to give something back...


Send your materials to
rajeevjosephkk@gmail.com 

You can send it 
  1. as typed material (.odt or .doc or .docx)
  2. .pdf file
  3. links of uploaded files
  4. links of existing files on the internet
  5. images
  6. slide show
  7. video
  8. scanned
  9. please contact if technical help needed

ബുധനാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 14, 2012

വെള്ളിയാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 09, 2012

A collection of the most common 185 verbs and their V2, V3 and V4


          Verbs are an essential part in forming sentences. Knowing the four forms of the verb and their meanings are inevitable in English language learning. That's why today's post is a collection of the most common 185 verbs and their V2, V3 and V4. The Malayalam meanings of V1 and V2 are also given. I have proof read it only once. If you find any mistakes please let me know via. comments or rajeevjosephkk@gmail.com. Also please let me know if you think some more verbs should have been a part of this collection. 
        Whatever be the post it is comments that encourage me or others to do more. So please let us know your feelings.  
Click here to download
by Rajeev Joseph

ശനിയാഴ്‌ച, നവംബർ 03, 2012

ഞായറാഴ്‌ച, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 28, 2012

Phrasal Verbs and 101 examples of Onomatopoeia

           The following is a list of 'Phrasal Verbs' and '101 examples of onomatopoeia' collected from the internet and sent to the blog by Sri. Ram Das Vallikkaattil.
Phrasal Verb
            A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone. The phrasal verb list here contains a phrasal verb, its  meaning and an example sentence in one row which will really be useful for the teachers and students of High School and Higher Secondary classes.

Click here to DOWNLOAD phrasal verbs

 Onomatopoeia

         Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopœia (as an uncountable noun) refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopœias include animal noises, such as "meow" or "roar".
Sri. Ram Das Vallikkaattil
H.S.A. English
National High School,
Kolathoor,Malappuram
By Rajeev Joseph

ഞായറാഴ്‌ച, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 14, 2012

'TEA-SHOPS IN MALAYALAM CINEMA' SLIDESHOW WITH MOVIE CLIPS

         This wonderful collection of video clippings useful while teaching the chapter 'TEA-SHOPS IN MALAYALAM CINEMA' was send to us by Mr. Vinod a Teacher of A.V. Higher Secondary School Ponnani, Malappuram.

       Last year this blog had published a Slide Show for the same purpose which included pictures to make teaching effective.

To download the video clippings click here

To download the slide show and 11 articles on the chapter click here 

Std. X Unit III Chapter II Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema by Dr. C.S.Venkiteswaran (13000 Downloads)

Dear all,
              Given below are 11 links that take you to 10 different articles and a slide show that would definitely be useful while teaching 'Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema'.


The pictures in the slide show are given in the correct order as in the chapter but it would be good if the teacher takes a trial before he/she does it in the class...


Slide Show (Click here) (Click File > Click Download)
Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema (Movie Clip)
Dr. C. S. Venkiteswaran (Wikipedia)
His Blog - 'Rumblestrip'
കേരളത്തിലെ ജാതി സമ്പ്രദായം
Caste System in Kerala
Neelakkuyil (1954)
Rarichan Enna Pauran (1956)  
Bhargavi Nilayam (1964)
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Thurakkaathavaathil (1970)

Olavum Theeravum (1970)
Kodiyettam
ഭാവുകത്വ പരിണാമവും മുസ്ളിം പ്രതിനിധാനവും : മലയാള സിനിമയിലെ രണ്ടു കാഴ്ചകള്‍

Std. X Unit III Chapter II Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema by Dr. C.S.Venkiteswaran

Dear all,
              Given below are 11 links that take you to 10 different articles and a slide show that would definitely be useful while teaching 'Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema'.


The pictures in the slide show are given in the correct order as in the chapter but it would be good if the teacher takes a trial before he/she does it in the class...


Slide Show (Click here) (Click File > Click Download)
Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema (Movie Clip)
Dr. C. S. Venkiteswaran (Wikipedia)
His Blog - 'Rumblestrip'
കേരളത്തിലെ ജാതി സമ്പ്രദായം
Caste System in Kerala
Neelakkuyil (1954)
Rarichan Enna Pauran (1956)  
Bhargavi Nilayam (1964)
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Thurakkaathavaathil (1970)

Olavum Theeravum (1970)
Kodiyettam
ഭാവുകത്വ പരിണാമവും മുസ്ളിം പ്രതിനിധാനവും : മലയാള സിനിമയിലെ രണ്ടു കാഴ്ചകള്‍

ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 09, 2012

How to teach/learn Book Review


Dear All,

This is a post on How to teach/learn Book Review. These materials may be useful to help learners do the Film Review also (Activity XII - Page 91 in the English Course Book of Std.10 Part-1). The pdf files and the word files were collected from the net but slightly adapted to suit the need of the teachers and students. Click on the following headings to download them.
Hope you will find them useful.

Special thanks to
Sri. Ram Das Vallikkaattil
H.S.A. English
National High School
Kolathoor
Malappuram


തിങ്കളാഴ്‌ച, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 08, 2012

എത്രാമത്തെയുടെ ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് ...

Sir,
      I am a teacher of English in a Secondary School in Kerala, India.I am haunted by my students' question as how to frame a question so as to get the italicized word as answer in the following statement. " Jawaharlal Nehru is the first  Prime Minister of India".
                                                                                                  
                                               I would be much obliged if you could kindly help me frame a question in this regard.

Thanking you
Sijumon Devasia / Joby Joseph
H.S.A. English
St. Mary's H.S.
Mankulam Idukki


Dear Joby & Siju,
It is interesting how much we get asked this question! However, unlike in many Indian dialects, it is not possible to ask a question where you would get the first as an answer, unless you asked ‘what number Prime Minister is Nehru?’ which is not good English. Instead, we would probably ask ‘have there been any Prime Ministers before Nehru?’, to which the answer would be ‘no, he is the first’. Or, we would ask ‘is Nehru the first or second (third/fourth etc) Prime Minister?’, to which the answer would be ‘he is the first’.
Yours sincerely,
Aileen Thomson
English Faculty Office <english.office@ell.ox.ac.uk>
Oxford University 

തിങ്കളാഴ്‌ച, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 01, 2012

'ഒരു കുട്ടിക്ക് അമ്പത് ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് പുസ്തകം'



പ്രിയപ്പെട്ടവരേ,
                           ഇംഗ്ലിഷ്  ഭാഷാ പഠനത്തിനായി വ്യത്യസ്തമായ ഒരു ആശയവുമായി മുന്നിട്ടിറങ്ങുകയും വിജയിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത മലപ്പുറം ജില്ലയിലെ കൊളത്തൂര്‍ നാഷണല്‍ സ്കൂളിന്റെ തനത് പ്രവര്‍ത്തനം പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുകയാണ് ഈ പോസ്റ്റിലൂടെ...'ഒരു കുട്ടിക്ക് അമ്പത് ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് പുസ്തകം' എന്ന ഈ പദ്ധതി വഴി എട്ടാം ക്ലാസിലെ ഒരു കുട്ടി പത്താം ക്ലാസ് എത്തുമ്പോഴേക്കും 150  പുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍ വായിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടാവും. 2012 ജൂലൈ 28 നു തുടങ്ങിയ ഈ പദ്ധതിക്കായി രണ്ടായിരത്തോളം പുസ്തകങ്ങളാണ്  അവര്‍ സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ സഹകരണത്തോടെ പുതുതായി വാങ്ങിയത്. സംസ്ഥാനത്തെ എല്ലാ വിദ്യാലയങ്ങള്‍ക്കും മാതൃകയാക്കാവുന്ന ഈ പദ്ധതിയുടെ പിന്നില്‍ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചത് സ്കൂളിലെ ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് അധ്യാപകര്‍ പ്രത്യേകിച്ചു രാംദാസ് എന്ന ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് അദ്ധ്യാപകന്‍ ആണ്.
                          പോസ്റ്റ്‌ വായിക്കുന്നതോടൊപ്പം താഴെ ചേര്‍ത്തിരിക്കുന്ന ഉദ്ഘാടന സമയത്തെ അവരുടെ ക്ഷണക്കത്തും പദ്ധതി സംബന്ധിച്ചു പത്രങ്ങളില്‍ വന്ന വാര്‍ത്തയും ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ വായിക്കുമല്ലോ...
                         സംസ്ഥാനം ഒട്ടാകെയുള്ള ഞങ്ങള്‍ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അദ്ധ്യാപകര്‍ക്കും ഇംഗ്ലിഷ് ക്ലബ് അംഗങ്ങള്‍ക്കും മാതൃകയായ ഈ പ്രോജെക്റ്റ്‌ വിഭാവന ചെയ്യുകയും നടപ്പിലാക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് എല്ലാവരുടെയും പേരില്‍ അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങളും നന്ദിയും അറിയിക്കുന്നു...


INVITATION LETTER


A Dream Come True
–‘the first of its kind in the state’.
To
…………………………………………………………………
Dear Sir,
Please be with us on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of our novel project  “A Dream Come True” –‘the first of its kind in the state’.
This project envisages accelerating the pace of English language learning by providing pupil friendly English books in the class rooms with plenty of scope for a variety of curriculum related discourses and other extended activities.
The project involves providing 50 ENGLISH BOOKS FOR EACH PUPIL in standards 8, 9 &10 and it ensures, with the constant support of the English teachers, that each pupil reads a minimum of 50 English books on completion of an academic year.
The books are carefully selected by our English teachers so that the level of language and the content are suitable to help us improve our reading skill and enhance our passion in the language and literature.
The project is ‘thefirst of its kind in the state’as it is a collective effort of our parents, teachers, alumni, school management, well-wishers and a few reputed commercial organizations.
We feel that such a project will significantly help us learn English language in a more enjoyable way. We do feel proud of our teachers who dreamed this project and made it a reality.
So, we request your esteemed presence while our Honorable MLA. MR. Ahammed Kabeer inaugurates the Book Kit distribution and the English Club Activities of our school on 28th July, 2012 at 9.30 AM at National High School, Kolathur.
Thanking you,
Yours respectfully,
Isha, ( 8 K )
Secretary of English Club-2012, NHS, Kolathur

INAUGURATION



ബുധനാഴ്‌ച, സെപ്റ്റംബർ 26, 2012

Thank you very much

Dear all,
            The blogger is back to internet after one and a half months. Thanks to 'superfast' BSNL customer care and special thanks to our BSNL Lineman for making things difficult for me. 

            Thank you very much for visiting the blog regularly and thus making it lively with your comments even though there weren't any updates at all.

ഞായറാഴ്‌ച, സെപ്റ്റംബർ 16, 2012

Sorry

Dear all,
             Once again I am sorry for not updating the blog for almost two weeks. My BSNL landline connection is in trouble and thus I am out of the world of Internet. This is being posted from my mobile phone. I would be back soon with a post on writing Profiles and also some language materials.

ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച, സെപ്റ്റംബർ 11, 2012

A discussion on the question papers of English for all the classes

Discussions are going on in all those subject blogs...


      Why not we too have a discussion on the question papers of English for all the classes. You are welcome to comment about the questions. 

      Let me start with a complaint. For the past few years we English teachers were asked not to teach grammar at school. I remember my R.P. saying not to use the words grammar, tense etc. in the class.  I have taught in classes 5 to 12 and very well am aware of what is taught as far as grammar is concerned, especially in the U.P. and H.S. But look at the Std.10 question paper. From 2012 March S.S.L.C. onwards they have started asking about sentence patterns. It is true that it is there dealt with in the chapters but is that enough for a student who has got nothing much in the lower classes ? What actually has he acquired as far as grammar is concerned ? Let there be a heated discussion. I feel that this is injustice. What do you think ?