Students must be given training in writing good English

My evaluation of a plus one  student of higher secondary stream in Kerala.He has secured A plus in English as per his tenth standard result( SSLC,Kerala syllabus)

DATA

 Write up by the student in a terminal exam conducted by the school authorities.

OBSERVATIONS

1."He was striking against alien rules ….".( uses improper words like "striking","alien" instead of "fighting" and "foreign")

2."He told Indians-----don’t be afraid" is grammatically wrong.

He told Indians not to be afraid. - is the proper way to report a command  ( solution –needs more practice in reporting commands and imperative sentences.)

3. There are spelling errors here and there like "partisipated " instead of "participated","manny "instead of "many" , "idepented " instead of  "independent"( solution -the student should be trained to  mind the spelling of every word.)

4……."He was first participated "……( paragraph 2 beginning ) is wrong. “….he first participated” is the right one.( punctuation error, no clear idea about active voice and passive voice ;solution-give training in punctuation and change of voice )

5.The student does not know the proper tense form of many words like strike as in “he strike against england ’ ;2^nd sentence in paragraph 2 (The right sentence :He  struck against England).,and    fight in “Gandhiji fight not only against…..” should be "fought ".  SOLUTION – TRAINING IN THE PROPER USE OF PAST TENSE .

6.The student is not careful in the use of helping verbs like "do/does /have / has ."( “It have to be free ".from paragraph 2 middle ;wrong . The right sentence is “It has to be free.”) NEEDS TRAINING IN THE USE OF HELPING VERB.

7.The answer sheet was valued by a teacher ,but these errors have not been pointed out to the student in any way.No red marks ,corrections or comments seen.( Personal attention is not given to the student at any time of the course )

8.The parent thinks that her son deserves A plus in English and does not know why her son doesn't get high marks for  English in the  higher secondary examination.( The Aplus grades awarded in the SSLC  proves to be unreliable )

CONCLUSION

1.The training given in English to the students of higher secondary  appears to be insufficient to make them use good English in writing.
2. Many students who pass out from the high schools of Kerala with A  plus in English do not deserve the grade given.

The following issues have been noticed in their writing as exemplified by the above data.

a) Uses improper words like "striking","alien" instead of "fighting" and "foreign".
b) Errors found while reporting commands and imperative sentences.
c) Gives no importance to the spelling of even common words like "independent" or "many"
d) There are punctuation errors
e) The students have no idea about active voice and passive voice and do not use them properly.
f)  The students have no idea about tenses and do not use them properly.
g) The students have no idea about helping verbs  and do not use them properly.

3.  Measures must be taken to give importance to training in basic grammar in  classes in high        schools and higher secondary.

4. The evaluation process as part of  the Kerala syllabus for English in high schools and higher secondary must be altered so that  the competency of the students in basic grammar of English in each term could be rated and  must be followed up with remedial teaching before every public examination.

-Radhakrishnan C K

Essays for training slow learners

Essays( for training slow learners )

1.Corruption ( for slow learners ) ( based on  12 unit 2 ,The Hour of Truth)

      Corruption is bad .It blocks the development of our  Nation. It has many evil effects.Only the rich and the powerful are benefited. It is against democratic values. Services are not provided in time .Thus corruption hinders development.

      We must stop corruption. We must stand against corruption like Baldwin in the story “The hour of Truth”. Baldwin is not rich .But he is satisfied .He is offered a hundred thousand dollars to tell a lie in the story  .But he does not take the bribe.He is a symbol of honesty in life.  We need people like Baldwin.

     But most of us are like Gresham in the story. He is rich but not satisfied. He is selfish.He is not good and honest. Gresham does not give importance to morals and values.He is corrupt We are not  satisfied .We are not good and honest. We are greedy. We are selfish .We are not satisfied .We do not give importance to morals and values. We are not good citizens .That is why we have corruption in the society.

    
 We must change this situation. We must take action against corruption. We must create  awareness among people. Transparency is a must .We must stop red tapism. We must not give bribe or take bribe. Strict monitoring by people can stop corruption. We must hold on to morals and values like Baldwin.

We must always be good citizens.We must end corruption for the development of our Nation.

  A tool to train the slow  learners on this topic click here .This can be used also for self learning.Please write your comments to seakeyare@gmail.com or message at 9447739033 if you find it useful.

( Prepared by  CKR .Time spent 4 hours 30 minutes ; 30/05/2019 )

2.DRUG ABUSE ( for slow learners )












3.AMIGO BROTHERS ( for slow learners )

ANTONIO AND FELIX-TRUE FRIENDS

Antonio and Felix were the best boxers of the club. Only one of them can represent the club in the coming Golden Gloves tournament. Only one winner is possible. So they fight hard but with care and respect to each other. They practise well separately. Both  are ambitious. But they have no hate for each other. Only one of them will win. They wish each other success. Their relationship is   an example of great friendship. They leave the ring without waiting for the announcement after the bout. It means Felix would like Antonio win and Antonio would like Felix win.  In other words, they don’t care who wins. This is a symbol of sportsmanship too. They can be called Amigo brothers. Their friendship lasts even after a grave fight.

Higher Secondary Kerala 2019 March 11 Question Paper English

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0n homophones by Karen

I recently found online a funny article about the English language (which made a lot of sense to me, as a non-native), and I'm pretty sure it will speak to you users as well.

Here it is: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/talking-aloud-talking-allowed-watch-write-make-sure-right/ 

It's about homophones and all these English words that can sometimes lead to mistakes when the context is unclear :)

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Possible Questions in an interview for I A S selection

Board: Chairman , M1,M2,M3,M4
State:kerala,
Hobbies:documentary making, quizzing

Chairman:
1) So your name has both Arjun and Mohan (correlating to Mahabharata I think) . And your hobby is documentary making. So if you are going to make a film on Mahabharatha which character will you choose to make about. Why?
2)When you make films on myth, there is a chance that public may protest against you. What will you do then?
3) If you are a civil servant , how will  you face such a situation ?
4) Freedom of speech has reasonable restriction. How ll you apply these to films ?
5) There were good parallel films coming in Kerala. Like Adoor Gopalakrishnans and all. But now a days films like those are less. Reason?
6)Have you watched Adoor's movies ? Name a few of his movies  (I didn't watch any. So I told  that I didn't watch any)
7) Why Bahubali movie was a success. Is technology becoming predominant in films ?
8) Which movie you liked most in last one year. Reason.

M1
1) Mode of distribution and release of films and documentaries changed a lot. How and why (answered about netflix, youtube releases etc)
2) Which technology according to you brought huge change in film industry. Why (I told about camera)
3)Have you heard of Kodak. ?What was that ? Why it failed (I made some assumptions on why it failed)
4)Now tell some policy or law of govt which you think has not been updated and may lead to failure as like the case of kodak (I mentioned kodak failed becaused they didnt update themself with  changing times, technology etc).
5) Difference between policy and act.

M2.
1) Sabarimala issue. What is the reason. ? Why so many protest ? Any other temple where women are not allowed entry ?
2) Triple talaq. What is the issue ?
3) Should supreme court intervene in matters of faith. ? Should we wait for consensus to eliminate discrimination ?

M3

1) Security threats to India
2) Why insurgency in north east. ? Which are the development policies  ?  Can you tell names of all north eastern states
3) Reasons of left wing extremism. How to deal with that. ?

M4.
1) Reasons for kerala floods. How could we eliminate such incidents in future ?
2) String of pearls. What is it ? How to counter it. ?
3) What is CPEC   ? Is it economic project or strategic project.?
4) Origin of the word myth (since my interview started with Mahabaratha !. I told I don't know).
5) Is mahabharatha myth or reality ?
6) Kuru'kshethra'. What does kshethra mean in Malayalam (it means temple). Has that word come to Malayalam from Sanskrit.
 Chairman
1) Positive and Negative impacts of Globalisation on India.



Thank you
(Interview lasted for about 35-40 mints approx.)


( This is the manuscript  of an interview recently held for the  selection of IAS candidates as recollected  from memory and sent to his teacher on request by ARJUN MOHAN ,KANNUR  a successful candidate in 2019.
Let me thank Roy Sir , member of PSC COACHING FACULTY GROUP ,ALAKODE for this collection )
SLIGHTLY EDITED BY THE BLOG ADMIN.. TOTAL TIME SPENT FOR THIS POST 40 MINUTES .PUBLISHED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE.

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An analysis of the interview will be published in the next post.-CKR,11/05/2019