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Dr K.S.Antonysamy
Associate Professor
Department of English
Loyola College
Authentic instructional materials
Current materials and life related
issues highly engaging, enjoyable,
educative, etc.
Flexible to be designed at different
levels – basic to advanced
General Knowledge
Value based education
Magazine Newspaper
Magazines are concerned with
entertaining their readers
Newspapers focus more on informing
readers
Magazines contain many in-depth
'human interest' feature stories: stories
about places or personalities
Newspapers, however, carry mainly
short, 'hard news' stories with a few in-
depth stories linked to the news and
politics
Magazines make more use of
photographs – colourfully and
prominently – and carry more colourful
ads.
Newspapers carry photographs of
recent events, diagrams, graphs,
maps and tables of statistics, weather,
financial and entertainment
information, and political cartoons and
editorials linked to the latest news.
Dare to be different Both magazines and newspapers tell their ‘stories' using similar formats –
words, photographs, diagrams, graphics, cartoons, statistics, advertisements,
letters from readers, horoscopes and puzzles.
Reflection Can we afford to ignore newspapers and
magazines as language learning resources?
Accuracy - Matter of Concern!
Skills Learnt
LSRW
Vocabulary
Idiomatic Expressions
Novel Expressions
Grammar
Pronunciation
Thinking Skill
Critical Analysis
Creative Writing
Summarizing
Elaborating
Reporting
Describing
Narrating
Soft skills
Pedagogy
Learner-centered approach
Teacher as facilitator
Outcome based learning
Desired Learning Outcomeso Use of NP & MG enables to
o supplement your teaching in different learning areas
Use newspaper and magazine formats to activate learner interest in the topic you want to teach
Contextualize this learning within their life experiences
Make abstract ideas more concrete and
Update and supplement textbooks
o develop the reading skills of your learners
Improve basic reading skills, such as skimming, scanning and reading more quickly and with better comprehension
Summarize, improve vocabulary, and
Develop a reading culture in class
o develop the writing and speaking skills of your learners.
Use newspaper and magazine formats to improve writing and debating skills
Develop basic writing skills such as presenting information in an organized and logical way, as well as more advanced skills such as writing persuasively and imaginatively
Preparation of Exercises
ABLPre Activities
Vocabulary: Meaning, Synonym andAntonyms:rigour, job-ready, surge, tangent, trajectory, quotient,
misconception, white-collared jobs, blue-collaredjobs, impart, thinkedu
Rigour - the quality of being extremely thorough andcareful. “His analysis is lacking in rigour"
Synonyms: meticulousness, thoroughness,carefulness, attention to detail, diligence,scrupulousness, exactness, exactitude, precision,accuracy, correctness, strictness, punctiliousness,conscientiousness; archaicnicety
Sentence: "a speech noted for its intellectual rigour“
Antonym: Carelessness, laxness, pleasure
Noun: surge; plural noun: surges
a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by
a natural force such as the tide.
"flooding caused by tidal surges"
Synonyms: gush, rush, outpouring, stream, flow, sweep
"a surge of water"
synonyms: sudden increase, rise, growth, upswing, upsurge, escalation,
jump, leap, boost
"a surge in oil production“
a major deployment of military forces to reinforce those already in a particular
area.
a powerful rush of an emotion or feeling.
"Sophie felt a surge of anger"
Synonyms: rush, blast, storm, torrent, blaze, outburst, eruption
"he felt a sudden surge of anger“
a sudden marked increase in voltage or current in an electric circuit.
Verb: surge; 3rd person present: surges; past tense:
surged; past participle: surged; gerund or present
participle: surging
1. (of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully
forward or upward
◦ "the journalists surged forward"
Synonyms: gush, rush, stream, flow, burst, pour, cascade, spill, overflow,
brim over, well, sweep, spout, spurt, jet, spew, discharge, roll, whirl;
◦ seethe, swarm, crowd
"contaminated water surged into people's homes“
◦ rise, swell, heave, billow, roll, eddy, swirl
"the sea surged in the storm“
◦ increase suddenly and powerfully.
"shares surged to a record high“
Cont…
Synonyms: increase suddenly, rise, grow, escalate, jump, leap, boost"the Dow Jones index surged 47.63 points“
(of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly.
"indignation surged up within her“
(of an electric voltage or current) increase suddenly.
2. Nautical: (of a rope, chain, or windlass) slip back with a jerk.
Origin: late 15th century (in the sense ‘fountain, stream’): the noun (in early use) from Old French sourgeon ; the verb partly from the Old French stem sourge-, based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’. Early senses of the verb included ‘rise and fall on the waves’ and ‘swell with great force’.
Collar Job?
White-collar work is performed in an office,
cubicle, or other administrative setting.
Other types of work are those of a blue-collar
worker, whose job requires manual labor and
a pink-collar worker, whose labor is related
to customer interaction, entertainment, sales,
or other service-oriented work.
Pre activities Idiomatic Expressions: looked down upon to consider someone or something lesser or inferior in
some way
Various forms of word: Provide (V), provision, provisionally. Provisional
Prior Knowledge: What skills so you develop at schools?
What is the difference between academia and industry?
How knowledge is different from skill?
Silent Reading
While Activities Loud Reading
Grammar:
If Clause, Improbable condition (probable and impossible): If I gave anyone of you a spanner and asked you to fix something, would you be able to?
Reported Speech: R.Ravishankar opined that skill-building would be possible if each of the top 500 industries in India partnered with one institution every year.
Vocabulary Development:
Welding Machine, Coffee Machine, ATM,
knowledge quotient, intelligence quotient, emotional quotient,
Understanding:
What does the panel argue for?
How many opinions are expressed?
Whose opinion is practicable?
Panel Discussion:
Volunteers to take up the role of panelist and elaborate on each one’s idea?
Post Activities
Creative Writing:
If I were Education Minister, I would set up
model schools in every district…
Survey and Report Writing:
What is the need for mechanical skills?
Certain things to be kept in mind
If the article is lengthy it may take more time through which the
pupil may lose interest.
If the students like the topic they get motivated and it would be
easy to teach them.
The task should be devised in a systematic way to make it even
more interesting.
Weather forecast, advertisements, headlines can be glanced
quickly and students will not be self conscious.
Some time photographs and illustrations published in newspapers
can also be useful to conduct activities among the students
especially, group discussions, describing object and situations
with the help of that particular image.
Using property pages to teach urban settlement geography
Here is another example of the way in which a local
newspaper can be used to make
a conventional part of a Human and Social Studies
lesson more relevant for learners
In this case, the teacher has used the property section
of a weekend newspaper and
a worksheet to introduce concepts in urban settlement
geography. Read through the worksheet.
Examine the property pages to answer these questions
In what parts of the town can you buy factory space?
Where would you look for shops to let?
Name the suburbs where you can rent flats.
List the suburbs where house prices are over Rs. 5,00 000.
Where are house prices the lowest?
In which areas are there gated community/town houses for
sale?
Using Photography
Do this activity with a partner.
Photocopy enough copies of the photographs for each pair of learners in your
class to receive a pair of images.
Divide the class into pairs and distribute the images, one image to each
learner.
• Write down a few questions that you would like to ask about your picture
(10 minutes).
• Swap your picture and your list of questions with your partner. Try to
answer your partner's questions based on what you can see in his or her
picture. Your partner should try to answer the questions about your picture.
• Discuss the questions each of you asked and your answers to each other's
questions.
• What are the lives of these people like? Are they similar? If not, how are
they different? What causes the differences?
• Discuss what kinds of things you have learnt from doing this activity.
A 'stimulating' way to introduce a new topic
• 'Good photographs evoke deep emotions and offer a number of possible
interpretations. This is especially so when you provide contrasting
photographs.
Cartoons March 2016
Cartoon Analysis
Following are the steps to be followed for cartoon analysis◦ Identify the event or issue that cartoon refers to
◦ Relate it to various other issues/events that could be relevant
◦ Identify the characters and note down their significance
◦ Make a list of symbols and detail their connotations
◦ Explain the words/slogans used in the cartoons
◦ Note the opinion of the cartoonist on the issue
◦ Express your opinion on the same whether you agree or disagree
◦ Figure out the technical aspects of the cartoon that play a role in understanding the meaning
Snippet
Snippets are usually news items in a digest form. The terms ‘snippet’, ‘news digest’, ‘tidpits’ are synonymous
They mean a small but interesting piece of news
They are provided to grab attention of the reader instantaneously
Only the bare essentials of an event are provided
By attempting to convert a snippet into full blown news story, learners are required to use their imagination and their linguistic resources
Sample Snippets
Supplementary Papers
Sometimes articles/ write up found in
supplementary column are quite
interesting and engaging to young learners
Education Plus, Metro Plus, Sunday
Magazine, Business Line, Empower,
Entertainment
Profiles and Pictures, Personalities
Actor Sangeetha content with her success I am a normal girl having the usual ambitions, and I want to live and
survive in the industry. I struggled in the beginning. Now I am content with what I have. I want to help everybody as much as I can, and I want to live in peace here.
I refused offers to act when I was very young. My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting. I was learning Bharatanatyam, and my mother, Banumathy, wanted me to make it big in some art form. I was not interested in films, but I was forced to act when I was just 14 or 15 years old. Now, I feel that that was not the right age to enter films. One should at least be 21 to enter the industry.
I used to watch several films a day when I was a kid. This made me think about taking up acting for a career. After persuasion from various quarters and gaining inspiration from the stalwarts of our industry, I decided to enter the film field and try to be as successful as the greats there.
My first film was `Poonjolai' directed by Gangai Amaren. Till date, I have acted in about 40 films in all the south Indian languages, including eight in Tamil. Among my favourite films are `Pithamagan' in Tamil, `Khadgam' in Telugu (both films have made me very popular), `Nalla' in Kannada, `Pellam Ooruvellithe' and `Deepasthambam Mahshriyam' in Malayalam.
I am a fan of actor Richard Gere. When he came to Hyderabad for
an AIDS awareness programme, I went up and shook hands with
him.
My performance in `Khadgam' and `Pithamagan' got me
appreciation from none other than B. Sarojadevi. She said I had
done a wonderful job.
I will not allow my child to start acting when he or she is very
young.
Let them enjoy normal school and college life. If they decide to act
after they turn 21, then it will be their decision. I will not stand in
their way. To be able to take a decision, one must be at least 21
years old.
While I was still in my teens, I was busy working 24 hours. Now, I
want to relax and be happy. After `Pithamagan' I accepted `Uyir'. I
am not desperate to do a movie quickly, but would rather wait for a
good role to come up.
A lot of people have asked for my opinion on actor Vadivel's
speech in a recent function criticising the storyline of `Uyir'.
Everybody has the right to have his or her opinion on any issue. I
respect his views, but I felt that he could have spoken to the
Task
Imagine yourself as any one of the professionals like
musician, singer, doctor, driver, engineer, etc.
Write a similar profile imitating the text
Write a profile of Actor Sangeetha in terms of
her birth
Profession
Hobby
Accomplishment
dream, etc.
Headlines The primary purpose of the headline is to
get the first sentence read.
Here are four more rules of thumb to keep in mind. They’re taught as the “four ‘u ’s” of headline writing by a number of copywriters.
The four u’s:◦ Your headline should be unique.
◦ Your headline should be ultra-specific.
◦ Your headline should convey a sense of urgency.
◦ Your headline should be useful.
Mallya saga: Debt row rich material for B-School studiesDevina Sengupta & Anumeha Chaturvedi | ET Bureau | Mar 21, 2016,
09.37 AM IST
MUMBAI|NEW DELHI: Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves is what management schools call the theory that fortunes are made by the first generation, built up by the second and frittered away by the third.
Given Vijay Mallya's current debt travails, there is much discussion about this and other matters in India's business schools, especially since he's only the second generation.
The saga has provided rich material for discussions of ethics, corporate governance, brand management, entrepreneurship and families at schools such as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and elsewhere, according to several faculty members.
"The Vijay Mallya case could most certainly be the subject of a case study," said Debashis Chatterjee, professor at IIM Lucknow. "It should be a subject of discussion in classes on strategy across business schools and the IIMs are no exception.
It's about the downfall of a high-profile brand and there's an ethical connotation as well." Teachers at IIM Bangalore, Lucknow and Indore, the Xavier School of Management (XLRI) in Jamshedpur, the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad and Management Development Institute (MDI) in Gurgaon are using the Mallya matter to explain various facets of business and lessons that future managers should learn from.
Banks are seeking the return of Rs 9,000 crore in overdue loans and interest from Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines.
Professors said they are relying on secondary sources such as news reports during class discussions. "This is a live case study for us and we have to build our arguments based on limited resources.
A similar 'live' case study discussed earlier was during Satyam," said Kavil Ramachandran, executive director, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, ISB. Ramachandransaid he used the issue to discuss the topic of entrepreneurship in family businesses.
The Satyam scandal broke when founder B Ramalinga Rajuadmitted in 2009 to overstating earnings. At IIM Bangalore, discussions are focused on a broad definition of corporate governance.
Organisations need to balance the interest of five stakeholders—customers, owners, employees, suppliers and society — for consistent high performance. "In this case, the customers were 'pampered' with an excessive focus on metrics relevant to them at the cost of other stakeholders," said Abhoy Ojha, who teaches organisational behaviour and human resources management at the institute.
"It also leads to discussion on the obsession in many companies to meet the interests of 'owners' at the cost of other stakeholders."
Juggling of unrelated businesses such as airlines and liquor and competence required can inform topics such as strategic thinking and implementation, said some teachers. MDI students were taught the subject with Mallya cited as an example.
"While in the alcohol industry, profit margin could be 50%, in an airline industry it would be 2%. You have to work with a different mindset," said Veeresh Sharma, professor of strategic management at MDI. Another lesson is checking on companies before accepting jobs.
"Do not join just because the salary is high. The company's performance and image need to be filtered by the students first," said Sunil Varughese, chief brand and sustainability officer at XLRI. Mallyacompanies were prominent recruiters at business schools at one time. Depending on the outcome of cases against Mallya, these may become material for an "ethics or a law course," said Rishikesha T Krishnan, director of IIM Indore.
"In the meantime, main lessons that can be learnt from (Kingfisher Airlines') failure are the limits to which you can defy economic logic of an industry. We are teaching that already when we teach the airline industry case."
Open Page Article The Hindu March 21, 2016
Anticipation and arrival, winter’s trills and thrills
The weather brings both flocks to our climes; if for
one it’s a refuge, for the other it’s just homecoming.
It’s time for the stunning Siberian cranes, the exotic greater flamingos,
the beautiful harriers and ruffs, to return to their native land. These
migratory birds arrive in our country at the onset of winter, travelling
long distances to escape the still harsher and colder winters of their
native land.
They come in search of more favourable feeding grounds. The
migratory birds usually suffer high mortality risks and face a threat
from hunters. They reach their final destinations after battling stormy
weather conditions and starvation.
The migration of birds never ceases to amaze me. It is no less than a
miracle that a pair of wings and sheer grit takes them across whole
continents.
It is also time to bid goodbye to another kind of migratory breed — the
non-resident Indians. As soon as the winter in the West becomes
severe, the NRIs catch the first flight home and begin their annual
sojourn in the motherland. They arrive just in time for the much-
awaited dose of sarson da saag (mustard leaves) and makki di roti
(corn bread). The malaai maarka lassi (cream-laden buttermilk)
completes the feast.
A group of NRIs can be spotted from a distance, each carrying a waterbottle and sporting a pair of trendy eyewear, from sunrise till sunset.In the northern parts of India, if nothing else, their loud andgregarious babbling in heavily accented Punjabi is a suregiveaway of their NRI status.
The highlight of their trip, besides reuniting with long-lost friendsand family, is shopping. The NRI plays a major role incontributing to the economy by shopping for everything under thesun. Be it getting a sewing needle or a griddle pan, making rotisor buying branded clothes, traditional wear and even jewellery, itall seems cheaper when the mighty dollar gets exchanged for thehumble rupee.
No matter how much they complain about lack of properimplementation of rules and regulations, pot-holed roads andcorrupt policemen, they secretly find it liberating to break a trafficsignal or two, without having to pay a hefty ticket later.
A passing incident of bribery becomes a worthwhile tale to re-tell,and future generations are cautioned about the finer nuances offraudulence.
For gastronomic delights, the NRIs play safe by sticking mostlyto home-cooked food. But a few adventurous ones indulge insavoury and spicy street food delicacies such as golgappas,chaat and tikki, at the risk of falling prey to a serious bout oftummy trouble.
It’s a win-win scene at wedding parties, where NRIsadd a dash of glitz and glamour to the event, whilethey enjoy finger-licking food, endless rounds of wineand foot-tapping bhangra, all under one roof.
After hosting the flamingos and the foreign familiesfor the winter, we gear to bid them a tearful goodbye.
The nip in the air gets replaced with soft, balmybreeze. Layers of clothes get shed. There is spring inthe air, and the geraniums are in full bloom.
It’s now time for the northern pintails and the non-resident Indians to go back to their native lands, untilnext year.
Isn’t it truly fascinating how the migratory breed ofboth birds and beings have managed to spread thefragrance of their presence and perseverance worldover — all with a pair of wings and sheer will?
Food for Thought News items in NP & MG do not constitute a rigid textbook
that follows a formulaic pattern but a catalyst for varying
the learning activities in the classroom.
The in-built flexibility offers instructions a lot freedom to
generate their own language learning tasks so that learners’
interests are sustained by providing variety and novelty.
For learners, the constant exposure to new materials in the
form of fresh news stories and analysis will not only be
stimulating but expand their knowledge of current affairs
as well.
Novelty
