Learn English: A Fun Book of Functional Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary by Santanu S. Chaudhuri

About the book

If you are looking for one book to improve your English, this is it. Learn English: A Fun Book of Functional Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary is a complete package to help readers speak and write confidently. Readers will find this book highly interactive, enjoyable to read, and contemporary in its approach. This new book addresses the Indian learner’s needs and the specific problems they face while learning the language, which often arise because of the differences between Indian languages and English. This book will gently guide readers to master English using contexts and illustrations that are close to their life. The author has blended modern theories of language teaching with an informal storytelling style to make the reader’s journey as exciting as the destination. After completing the book, learners will be pleasantly surprised to see the distance they have travelled.

Using this book

Beginning with the basics, this book discusses some complex structures. To test reader’s understanding of new topics, activities within each chapter and a set of exercises at the end of the chapters have been provided. There are also nine tests covering different parts of the book.

A new language is learnt by practising it, not by memorising the “rules” of grammar. While reading this book, note and remember how English is written or spoken. The explanations of grammar that you will find in the book are descriptions of how the language works; they are only a guide to help you understand how English is normally used.

A Visual Walkthrough

About the author

As a teacher presently working at the British Council Teaching Centre (Kolkata), Santanu Sinha Chaudhuri teaches General English, Business English and Spoken English to adults. He is also a freelance English teacher and corporate trainer specializing in training business professionals. His translated books —Of Man and Earth, The Mountain of the Moon and Faces and Other Stories have been published by some of the leading publishers in India. He has also contributed numerous articles and translations to The Statesman, The Hindu, The New Indian Express and several magazines, including The Indian Literature, the literary Journal of Sahitya Akademi.  

Recommendations

This new book treats the various topics adequately, making good use of current theories of teaching in its lesson plans. The communicative style of language used throughout the book is easy flowing and uncomplicated with an encouraging tone.

Dr Aditi Ghosh

Department of Linguistics, Calcutta University

This is a well constructed book both in terms of content as well as organisation. The treatment meted out is motivational, innovative and reader friendly. The numerous examples and cases used are adequate and highly communicative. A close reading will reveal the methods and linguistic rationale behind the crafting of this book.

Dr. D Venkataramanan

Department of English, University of Madras, Chennai