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                                     Punctuation Dear readers, Its wonderful to be connected with you through this blog. Thank you for all your valuable comments and some have called me over the phone and asked me about the Punctuation marks. So today I thought of sharing Punctuation marks. Punctuation marks are essential while writing the sentence as it gives meaning to the sentences. When you don't use punctuation marks or misplaced the punctuation marks, the meaning and the sense differs which leads to confusion and clarity. Now look at the following sentences.                          1. My wife, who is in Mysore is coming today.                         2. My wife who is in Mysore, is coming today.               ...
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                           The Characteristics of a Good English Text Book Hello Readers, Its been exciting to connect with you through this blog. Thank you so much for your responses and your valuable suggestions. I request you to continue to do so. In my last blog, we saw the characteristics of a good English teacher. In this blog my mind went towards the characteristics of a good English text book. According to F.L.Billow, “To make the best use of time in the classroom and to avoid unintended repetition or the neglect of essential language patterns, the teacher is, wise to have a text book, at least in the background of his mind.”          Thus, text books are very useful for systematic and regular teaching. There are certain characteristics of a good textbooks in English, they are:         1.       Language an...
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                        Characteristics of a Good English Teacher Dear Viewers, it’s always a good experience for me to keep in touch with you through this blog.  Thank you for contacting us and for your valuable feedback and comments. As we have celebrated Teacher’s Day I felt like sharing the essential qualities a English teacher have to possess. Let’s see them and inculcate these in our life. I wish to quote Sir Henry Vandyke who said “An average teacher explains, a poor teacher complains, a good teacher teaches, an excellent teacher inspires.” A language teacher is decidedly a different type of teacher as compared to the teacher of other subjects.  Only a person with distinctive tastes and abilities can become a good teacher of English. There are certain qualities essential for a good English teacher and we shall see them one by one.            1.    ...