ENGLISH NOTE 1 INTRODUCTION

LET US MASTER ENGLISH

ENGLISH NOTE 1

Welcome to my English Blog.  Each blog post will be called " ENGLISH NOTE " with appropriate serial number on the lines of my FRENCH BLOG. Several aspects of English language will be discussed in each note. There is no need for me to emphasize the importance of English in the modern world. Beyond doubt , English is the most important international language . Consequently , many of us want to attain a good mastery of this language. You can survive in the world without a knowledge of English. But if you have a good knowledge of the language , you stand to gain by that and you will have an edge over those who are less proficient than you.Why don't you take a pragmatic stand ? Please do not attach emotions to a language . In my view , the primary aim of a language is effective communication. Nothing more than that. No fanaticism over it. If someday it so happens that Chinese is used by majority of the countries, you may have to learn it to survive and thrive. Fortunately , we are not likely to face such a situation in the near future.

This blog will not teach you English from the beginning. It is assumed that you have basic knowledge of the language . What is presented here will help you to perfect your competence in the language. Incidentally , it may help all aspirants appearing for IELTS/ TOEFL and other entrance examinations. Therefore , there will be discussion on different aspects of the language . The ultimate aim would be effective communication. If you are an effective communicator in English, you can be considered to have mastered it.


Apart from native speakers, English is used by people of different countries in their day-to-day life. Are you in a position to understand English when it is spoken to you , irrespective of the nationality of the speakers. If you can , then you have adequate LISTENING COMPREHENSION .  A shopkeeper and a university professor would not use the language in the same way. But if you have a good command, you would understand both. You can easily follow BBC or CNN news bulletin. You can follow the daily newspaper . When announcements are made in English in airport , you won't be taken by surprise.

SPEAKING COMPREHENSION is a must. You must be in a position to tell others what you want. When others talk to you, you must respond adequately. If you have not practised
speaking , you will be dumb and will use only signs and gestures for communication. Without practice, you can't communicate effectively even in your mother tongue , not to speak of English .

An illiterate has no place these days. If you don't know reading / writing , you will be excluded from several activities . Hence READING COMPREHENSION is very necessary.
You have to understand newspapers. You will be receiving several official / personal letters. Is it not necessary for you to read and understand such communications ?

The real test comes when you are expected to write a report or any other thing. By going through what you have written , very many facts about you can be inferred. I am not alluding to the science of deciphering you character from handwriting . Not that ! Your style of writing is a revelatory mirror about you  to one who reads it .

It was Francis Bacon, who said,

" Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man "



I shall continue in the next post .

English learners may please identify the nouns , pronouns, verbs, adjectives , prepositions, adverbs  and conjunctions used in the above note. They may write them in the comments.

Happy learning !

Sayee Jayaraman
04/02/2015
Bangalore