Learning English Made Easy

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Learning English for some is necessity, for some it is passion and for some it is like no other option. English is lingua franca and needed in national and international fields especially in Asian countries where people prefer this language than other regional language. For adult and aged beginners, it needs persistent hard work. In writing, grammar plays a vital role. Market is flooded with grammar books filled with rules and repeated examples. I remember the example of VYBGYOR from my childhood. We could recall the colours of rainbow in sequence with the help of this mnemonic. Human mind works efficiently on made associations and image perceptions. Church continues, “Word association norms are well known to be an important factor in psycholinguistic research, especially in the area of lexical retrieval. Generally speaking, subjects respond quicker than normal to the word nurse if it follows a highly associated word such as doctor.” (p23) Another scholar, Paula Jullian suggests, “Meaning association is a key aspect to Semantics. These mental connections may go from very basic facts and relations (synonyms -antonyms) to very advanced and sophisticated analogies which set the ground for figurative language and metaphors.” (p239-247) In addition to that she points, “we all make our own matches, based on personal experience, which bring into play non-linguistic associations.” (p239-247) This refers to our personal associations that we make when we go first time somewhere remembering a building, temple etc. so that while coming back we may not forget our way. It is not only applicable in general life, but has a pivotal role in learning and teaching too. I am going to present some associations w... ... middle of paper ... ...tudents, teachers should prioritize and provide instruction on the grammatical elements that most affect their students' ability to write effectively.” Works Cited Chin, Beverly Ann. “The Role Of Grammar In Improving Student's Writing.” Sadlier-Oxford Educational Publishing. Web. 10 January 2014 . Church, Kenneth Ward and Hanks, P. “Word association norms, mutual information, and lexicography.” Computational Linguistics16: 1 (1990) pp. 22-29. Print. Jullian, P. Word Association: A Resource to Raise Awareness on Lexical on semantic Relations. Onomazein, Nº7. Enero 2002. pp. 239-247. Shaughnessy, M. P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford University Press. 1979. Print Wren P.C. and Martin, H.. High School English Grammar & Composition. New Delhi: S. CHAND.2011. Print

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