XI – COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

XI – COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH A textbook of English should equip the learners with adequate ability to use the language accurately and kindle their interest in reading. Expertise in all the four skills, namely Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, is a pre-requisite to acquire fluency and gain confidence in using the language. Besides enabling acquisition of skills, humane values have to be inculcated in students through the text. Students should be able to link their experience with various situations and contexts that occur in everyday life. Hence, it is essential for the children of this century to learn English with the focus on the acquisition of communicative skills. Based on the themes listed out in the National Curriculum Framework, , the texts have been chosen with great care and diligence, aiming at promoting the values of kindness, humane feelings, affection, loyalty, appreciation and concern for Nature, handling problems with ease in an optimistic manner and portraying other such essential virtues. HOW TO USE THE BOOK • The textbook is thematic as the lessons centre around a theme, revolving around real life contexts enabling students to move from known to the unknown. • A variety of tasks are designed to encourage students to practice speaking and listening, reading and writing to be able to communicate with ease and respond in a meaningful way. • Grammar is introduced through real life contexts to enable students acquire fluency and accuracy in the use of the language. • The tasks also include different learning modalities such as aural, oral, visual and kinesthetic. • A salient and unique feature of the book is the ICT code and Career Guidance corner which offers a plethora of opportunities for the students to explore new vistas in learning. Lets use the QR code in the text books ! How ?  Download the QR code scanner from the Google PlayStore/ Apple App Store into your smartphone  Open the QR code scanner application  Once the scanner button in the application is clicked, camera opens and then bring it closer to the QR code in the text book.  Once the camera detects the QR code, a url appears in the screen.Click the url and go to the content page. VI Unit- -