A Practical Course in English Pronunciation by Roopa Suzana

About the book

English, spoken in India, invariably tends to be influenced by the rules of one’s mother tongue resulting in the genesis of a number of regional varieties of spoken English. We need to wean ourselves away from these influences and interferences and approximate our English to the standard norm, so that our speech is intelligible and effective.

A Practical Course in English Pronunciation is designed to help the readers get ample exposure to the rules and the technicalities of pronunciation. It is supplemented by well laid-out practice exercises. The accompanying audio CD will greatly aid the acquisition of the spoken skill by highlighting the nuances of pronunciation. This book aims at that much needed comprehensive training in effective, slant-free articulation skills, which is necessary for both national and international intelligibility.

About the author

Roopa Suzana is on the faculty of the department of linguistics and phonetics at The English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She is actively involved in writing, revising and editing study material in Phonetics, teaching Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics and guiding research scholars in the area of Phonetics. She also teaches Pronunciation skills on non-formal courses in the university including the International Training Programme.

After having completed her post graduation in English literature from Osmania University, she acquired the PGCTE, PGDTE, M.Phil (Linguistics and Phonetics) and Ph.D (Linguistics and Phonetics) degrees from the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, now, rechristened as The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She has a rich experience in teaching, curriculum development and content writing in Phonetics at the university level. 

Table of Contents
Foreword 
Preface 
Acknowledgements 
Phonetic Symbols 
1. An Introduction to the Production of Speech Sounds 
2. The Sounds of the English Language 
3. Vowels: Monophthongs and Diphthongs
4. Consonants 
5. The Syllable 
6. Word Accent
7. Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech 
8. Intonation
9. Correct Pronunciation and Usage of Similar Sounding Words 
10. Common Errors in Pronunciation-Mother Tongue Influence 
Appendix I. French and Latin Words/Phrases
Appendix II. Funetics-Fun with Phonetics

English for Academic and Professional Skills by Anand Mahanand

About the book

English for Academic and Professional Skills is culmination of author’s years of research and teaching where he designed syllabus and prepared materials to teach his students for several years. This book as been written to help students as well as professionals in acquiring and sharpening their reading and writing skills in English.Academic skills like skimming, scanning, note-making, note-taking summarizing, writing essays etc. are some of the essential expertise, that one needs to acquire to organize their work and studies in a better way.

About the author

Dr Anand Mahanand has been on the faculty of the English and Foreign Languages University,  Hyderabad for more than thirteen years. His areas of interest include English for Academic Purposes, Language through Literature, and English in Multilingual Contexts. 
He has conducted and supervised  research projects and published books, materials and research papers in these areas. His major  publications include Study Skills (co-authored), Tribal Folktales from Orissa (2009), English through  Folktales (2011) and Tribal India in Fiction (2011). He has recently completed a course titled EFL  Teacher Training in ESP from the University of Oregon.

Contents

About the author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Academic Reading
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
Part II: Grammar
3. Tenses
4. Articles
5. Reported Speech
6. Modals
Part III: Academic Writing
7. Note-Making
8. Note-Taking
9. Summarizing
10. Essays, Papers and Reviews
11. Descriptive Writing
12. Presenting a Balanced Argument
13. Résumé
14. Letters
Answers
Appendix
Credits

Winning Résumés and Successful Interviews by Munish Bhargava

About the book

Winning Résumés and Successful Interviews is a first of its kind book as it not only serves as a simple recruiting process guide for university graduates and mid-career professionals, but also provides an ‘insider’ view and understanding of the recruitment process from the perspective of hiring managers who are on the look out for key talent. 

Contents

Foreword 

Preface

Acknowledgements 

1. Introduction 

2. Fundamentals of Job Search 

3. Résumé 

4. Case Study: Preparing Winning Résumés 

5. Cover Letter 

6. Résumé Distribution Strategy 

7. Interview Skills 

8. Salary Negotiations 

9. Key Industry Insights 

Appendix 1: Examples 

Appendix 2: Interview with Mr. K.P. Singh 

About the author

Munish Bhargava is the Corporate and Placement Advisor for the Indian Institute of An alumnus of Scindia School, Gwalior, Mr Bhargava obtained his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from IT B.H.U., Master of Engineering from IIT Roorkee, and completed an executive programme in Marketing Management from IIM Calcutta.

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Creative Grammar by Indira Ramaswamy

About the book

A non-native speaker of the English language is generally apprehensive about grammar and perceives it as a tough area, often feeling intimidated by its nuances. The rules of grammar of any language offer challenges to be mastered. If these challenges are faced with an inquisitive and analytical mind putting vocabulary and grammar on the same platform, mastering a language will become an interesting as well as an enlightening experience. Creative Grammar aims at easing the apprehensions of non-native speakers of English through creative and interesting modes. The learning here is aimed at triggering the right side of the brain rather than the structured left side. In this aspect, this book is a little different from the traditional school-book grammar.

Language has two main components – vocabulary and grammar. If a sentence has to make sense, it has to be semantically and grammatically correct. The words that are chosen should be the most apt ones and the structure should be right. With this intention, the chapters in this book would deal with both these aspects. While grammar in its traditional form would be explained, the exercises and the explanations would be based on the real-time usage of words.

Creative Grammar is meant for those who have been exposed to the basics of grammar; it can be called a reinforcement of the technicalities learnt at the secondary and higher school levels and aims at perfecting the art of writing or speaking error-free English through a practical, analytical mode.

It is hoped that Creative Grammar would be of great help to students in learning the right usage of the English language.

About the author

Indira Ramaswamy, Associate Professor, Department of English, Christ University, Bangalore has been teaching ‘English Language and Literature’ at undergraduate level and ‘Communication’ at postgraduate level for the past 27 years. 

She has been a resource person for training programme for 12 batches of HAL Management Trainees on Communication Skills (between July 2006 and April 2007) and UGC sponsored workshop for BBM and BCA students at SJR College in Bangalore (in April 2008). She has also organized workshops on Interpersonal Skills for postgraduate students at Christ University.

Contents

Foreword 

Preface 

Acknowledgements 

1. The Link between Input and Structure

2. Make Grammatical Sense of Sentences

3. The World of Verbum 

4. Connect with Clauses and Phrases 

5. Articulate Well with Articles 

6. Proper Positioning of Prepositions 

7. Be Punctilious with Punctuation 

8. Communicate Clearly, Correctly and Creatively 

Appendices 

Appendix 1: Worksheets 

Appendix 2: Common Mistakes 

Keys to Tasks and Worksheets 

References 

Recommendations

Any other mediocre routine textbook would easily have taken ‘n’ number of chapters to explain similar concepts. However in Creative Grammar the coverage has been done very intelligently in a concise and exciting manner making this new book appealing for its ‘no burden’ approach.

Dr. Neera Singh (Indira Gandhi National Open University) 

This new book presents difficult concepts related to English grammar in a convincing manner, facilitating exciting ways of teaching and learning. The book is embedded with rich examples in the form of excerpts taken from multiple sources enabling the learner easily understand the various grammatical functions of English language.

Dr. Shashi S Singh (Amity Institute of English Studies and Research)