Spoken English: A Self-Learning Guide To Conversation Practice
This book will help you in speaking better and correct English. After reading this book you will feel much more confident and better-equipped at speaking English. SPOKEN ENGLISH A Self-Learning Guide to Conversation Practice V. SASIKUMAR Department of Materials Production Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages Hyderabad P.V. DHAMUA Department of Phonetics and Spoken English Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages Hyderabad INTRODUCTION A course in spoken English may be either in the form of 'what to say', or in the form of 'how to say*. The former is usually focussed on English conversation, and the latter on English pronunciation. The former aims to teach how to express communicative functions, such as asking questions, making requests, getting things done, or expressing greetings, farewells, apologies, regrets, thanks, etc. The latter, on the other hand, aims at teaching the pronunciation of words, phrases, and sentences. Normally, books on spoken English are one or the other of the above two kinds. The present book, however, deals with spoken English in both its aspects: words, phrases, and expressions appropriate to important situationally-governed communicative functions, and the way they ought to be orally delivered. The book comprises twenty units. Each unit begins with a dialogue or conversation, which the learner is first supposed to listen to or read carefully. Then he is helped to understand it with the help of a few leading comprehension questions, and a functional glossary. After he has done so, he is led through several useful points of pronunciation and is given adequate practice in them. Then he attends to one communicative function, which forms a prominent part of the passage. He is also expected here to work out one or two exercises so that he will perform the function efficiently. Finally, he is taken through one or two points of usage arising from the passage and useful for everyday colloquial English. Each dialogue or conversation is available on an audio-cassette, which forms an integral part of the book. The learner will do well to listen to the dialogue/conversation in each unit and do the exercises in each section. If he cannot use the cassette, he may read the dialogue/ conversation instead of listening to it, and do the exercises.
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