The book is intended to help develop the oral communication skills of second language learners, especially those who have had a regional language medium of instruction at school and who have had little or no exposure to spoken English. It is primarily aimed at students preparing to enter the main stream, which would require them to compete with those who have a stronger base in English. The book can also be used as self-instructional material by people who are employed or engaged in different activities of their own. The book comes with an audio CD that gives learners an opportunity to listen to dialogues in everyday situations and that provide answers to practice exercises as well. Also included are brief, easy to understand tips on pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and usage. The book offers learners a second and more advanced set of 25 functions that require the use of relatively complex language structures than those in Part 1.
Dr Kamlesh Sadanand is former Professor and Head, Centre for Phonetics and Spoken English, CIEFL, Hyderabad. Besides her long years of experience in teaching and developing ELT materials and in supervising research work, she has published several papers and books, prominent among which is A Practical Course in English Pronunciation.
Module 6 26. Asking for and Giving an Opinion 27. Agreeing and disagreeing with Opinions 28. Seeking and Giving Advice and Making Suggestions 29. Persuading and Dissuading People 30. Making a Complaint and Responding to One
Module 7 31. Expressing Likes and Dislikes 32. Expressing Hopes, Wishes, Regrets and Concern 33. Expressing Sympathy and Offering Condolences 34. Expressing Emotions 35. Talking about Past Events
Module 8 36. Talking about Quantity 37. Describing Manner and Frequency 38. Assuming and Inferring 39. Making Comparisons 40. Explaining Words and Actions and Giving Reasons
Module 9 41. Talking about Future Events 42. Talking about Intentions/Plans 43. Talking about Purpose and Consequence 44. Talking about Arrangements 45. Reporting what People Said
Module 10 46. Expressing Certainty and Uncertainty 47. Expressing Possibility and Impossibility 48. Expressing Probability and Improbability 49. Expressing Obligation and Necessity 50. Expressing Ability and Inability