Reading & Speaking Skills

Reading & Speaking Skills

1 The Reading Process

  1. The Modern Classroom Environment: An Overview
  2. Developing Reading Skills
  3. Classification of Reading Techniques
  4. Reading Readiness Exercises
  5. The Reading Process
  6. Stage One of the Reading Process: Elementary Reading
  7. Stage Two of the Reading Process: Intermediate Reading
  8. Stage Three of the Reading Process: Advanced Reading
  9. Reading through Stories

2 Developing Reading Skills

  1. Types of Reading
  2. Study Reading
  3. Reading Faster
  4. Critical Reading

3 Learning Reading Comprehension Strategies

  1. Definition and Levels of Comprehension
  2. Types of Reading Comprehension
  3. Strategies of Reading Comprehension
  4. Skills for Reading Comprehension
  5. Academic Reading and Knowledge in Comprehension

4 Reading a Literary Text

  1. Structures and Tactics for Classroom Reading of Literary Texts
  2. Developing Awareness for Effective Reading
  3. Developing Efficacy in Reading
  4. The Process of Reading Literary Texts
  5. Developing Literary Reading Ability
  6. Reading a Literary Text: Prose
  7. Reading a Literary Text: Poetry

5 Expository Text

  1. What is Expository Text?
  2. Types of Expository Texts
  3. Expository Text Sample
  4. Reading Strategies
  5. Practice Texts

6 Descriptive Text

  1. Features of Descriptive Texts
  2. Types of Descriptive Writing
  3. Descriptive Text Sample
  4. Reading Strategies
  5. Practice Texts

7 Narrative Text

  1. Features of Narrative Texts
  2. Structure of Narrative Texts
  3. Narrative Text Sample
  4. Reading Strategies
  5. Practice Texts

8 Argumentative Text

  1. Structure of Argumentative Texts
  2. Argumentative Text Sample
  3. Reading Strategies
  4. Practice Texts

9 Persuasive Text

  1. Difference between Argumentative and Persuasive Texts
  2. Structure of Persuasive Texts
  3. Persuasive Text Sample
  4. Reading Strategies

10 Importance of Communication Skills

  1. What is communication?
  2. Why are communication skills important?
  3. 7 Cs of Communication
  4. Influence of barriers in the process of communication
  5. Importance of cross-cultural awareness in communication
  6. Influence of non-verbal cues in the process of communication

11 Formal Conversation

  1. Domain & Register
  2. Formality
  3. Formal Conversation & Formal Use of Language
  4. Intricacies of Speaking with Reference to a Formal Conversation
  5. 7 Cs with Reference to a Formal Conversation

12 Informal Conversation

  1. Informal Domain and Informal Register
  2. Informal Conversation and Informal Use of Language
  3. Proliferation of Informal and Urban Expressions
  4. Influence of Context on Interpretation
  5. Issues Faced by Novice Speakers in Informal Conversations

13 Telephone Conversation

  1. Telephone and telephonic communication
  2. Telephone conversation / Telephonic conversation
  3. Looking at a few telephone conversations
  4. Different aspects of telephone conversation

14 Pronouncing Correctly-1- Sounds of English

  1. English alphabets
  2. Syllables
  3. Phonemes
  4. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
  5. The 44 Sounds of English
  6. The 5 Short Vowel Sounds
  7. The 6 Long Vowel Sounds
  8. The R-Controlled Vowel Sounds
  9. The 18 Consonant Sounds
  10. The Blends
  11. The 7 Digraph Sounds
  12. Diphthongs and Other Special Sounds

15 Pronouncing Correctly-2- Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech and Voice Training

  1. Rhythm
  2. Stress
  3. Syllable stress
  4. Word stress
  5. Influence of Stress on Rhythm in English
  6. Intonation
  7. Falling Intonation
  8. Rising Intonation
  9. Rise-Fall and Fall-Rise Intonation
  10. Improve your English rhythm with 3 Pronunciation Activities

16 Speaking Activities-1- Stories, Dialogues, Role Playing, Debates

  1. Stories
  2. Dialogues and Role Playing
  3. Debates

17 Speaking Activities-2- Participating in Discussions, Meetings, Presentations

  1. Group Discussions
  2. Meetings
  3. Presentations