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         Introduction Education is vital to the pace of the social, political and economic development of a nation, so effective teaching is very essential. Effective teaching is important because teaching is based on helping children progress from one level to another a more sustainable interactive environment and to get the approach right to get students to be independent learners. Effectiveness does not mean being perfect or giving a wonderful performance, but bringing out the best in students. Role of Modern aids in teaching Teaching aids are a boon for a teacher in making his or her task easy in making students to understand a concept. Teaching aids involve in the use of the senses of hearing and sight. Scientists through their research estimated 86% of the learning process of an individual depend on the senses of hearing and seeing. From the following example one can clearly understand the role of senses in learning process. A baby after birt...

There has been a surge of interest that is researching the differences between written and spoken language. The linguistics concluded that the main difference between spoken and written language are sounds and letters, permanency and redundancy, formality and function, vocabulary and sentences, strategies as well as interaction between the speaker and the listener. Spoken English is the representation of the experiences of mind whereas written English can be carefully analysed and read repeatedly. Most spoken language is spontaneous and rapid and usually involves thinking on the spot whereas written English is usually permsnant and once it is printed is difficult to be rectified. Spoken English is generally dynamic, spontaneous and transient unless recorded and speakers can correct themselves by apologizing for a mistake. Written English is more complex, static and integrate than spoken language with longer sentences and many subordinate clauses. It has higher terms of lexical densit...

Technology and education goes hand in hand to enhance the knowledge of learners. The advancement of technology has played a big role in our current learning trend. Below here are some methods with which one can effectively use the internet in learning languages. Learners generally browse relentlessly, use social media or play games. There are a lot of educational websites which could help learners improve on their language skills. Anki , the most recommended tool for learning language can be used in a better way for the retention of knowledge. There are lot of websites where a learner can enhance his/her vocabulary for free. Memrise is an online learning tool which courses are mainly created to teach dozens of languages for free. Using internet can also enhanced research skills and cross cultural learning by providing a better understanding of foreign countries and culture. It should be borne in mind that internet does not mean the end of blackboard, whiteboard, etc; but it does pr...

Use of multimedia in teaching English language is one of the best recent and technological approaches in language learning, especially to inculcate and strengthen the opportunities to achieve objectives of language pedagogy. In the present times, many academicians and professionals get to know the significance of using various technological devices in the procedure of language teaching and learning equally. The new approaches have made language learning more productive, effective and communicative. So therefore, in the study, definitions of some important terms that related to innovation such as multimedia, ICT are given. Further, some exploration of the possibilities to use multimedia applications for effective learning of English is to be attempted. Moreover this study will interpret the learners' attitudes towards the use of multimedia technologies for learning English. Multimedia is the exciting combination of computer hardware and software that allows us to integrate video, ...

Despite increasingly widespread adoption of technologies in virtually every aspect of teaching, significant challenges are preventing widespread effective implementation. Although, some of those challenges are systematic and some related to technologies themselves, teachers and education leaders share in the blame as well. Key among all the challenges the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate this new technologies in the classroom but they are unprepared or unable to understand these technology. Often teachers see these technological experimentation as outset the scope of their job descriptions. New models of teaching and learning are providing ' unprecedented competition to traditional models of schooling .' There is still and assessment gap in how changes in curriculum and new skill demands are implemented in education, schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices is a consequence of these c...

Computer have been part of our live, especially in the area of education. In all educational system, the computers has certain place; therefore; it plays a significant role in the learning process. Teaching English for a second language learner can take benefit from using a computer. Indeed a computer is a tool and medium that facilitates people in learning a language, although the effectiveness of learning depends totally on the users. Many educators indicate that the current computer technology has many advantages for second language learning. Classical language teaching in classroom can be monotonous, boring and even frustrating and student loose interest and motivation. CALL programmers can provide student different ways to learn English through computer games, animated graphics and problem solving techniques which can make drill more interesting. It allows learner to have non sequential learning habit. It provide an exciting "fast" and "slow" drill for the st...

          Introduction In answering this question, much depends on how one chooses to define "romantic" and "anti-romantic".For example, if one chooses to define "romantic" as implying optimism, naivete, celebration of love, celebration of the beauties of nature, and celebration of lofty, transcendent human potential, then it seems safe to categorise Larkin as "anti-romantic" poet. His verse is often realistic, hard-headed, sometimes even cynical, and deliberately unsentimental. It is not by coincidence that Thomas Hardy, with his bleak vision of life, was one of Larkin's favourite English poets. Yet part of what gives Larkin's poetry it's peculiar power is that he can often see and appreciate the beauties of life, even if he considers them inevitablty mutable. Larkin as anti-romantic poet The poetry of Philip Larkin is against the Romantic tradition in several aspects. Though he uses some elements associated with romant...

         Introduction Romantic poetry is the poetry of reality dreams, whereas poetry of realism is the expression of pragmatism. Poets of realism do not escape from sufferings of life instead they portray life as it is. They show their readers the real concept of life. Dreams are temporary but reality is permanent. Philip Larkin is the finest realistic poet. He is famous for illustrating realistic images. He is also called the poet of movement. Poetry of movement is close to reality. Larkin's poetic world is ordinary. He does not talk about a specific nation or person but speaks about every person living in the modern world. Moreover, he does not idealize the world; his poetic world is full of problems; every person shares a common theme viz. death. Philip Larkin remains faithful to his work. He is a true realistic poet. He knows how to present reality. He is well aware about the modern needs. There was a time when people find pleasure in artificiality....

           Introduction The age of Larkin was an age of catastrophe and chaos on a social and moral level all over the world caused by the second world war which also resulted in a decline in values and ethics. The deterioration and damage witnessed by people after the two world wars in 20 century produced uncertainty about the existence of God, and people started losing faith in religion. In general, the postwar generation suffered from several sides and some of them reflected their fears, doubts, pessimism and bitter realities in their work of arts, especially literature. Like many other poets, Larkin's attempts were to show and express those feelings and state of mind through his poems. In almost all of Larkin's poems there are portrayals of death, isolation, age, religion and sex; his view for all facets of his world is highly pessimistic; and we seldom find the sense of hope in his poetry.       Philip Larkin as a pessimist ...

Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning. It is a literary equivalent version of collage. Writers of found poetry pull words and phrases from various sources, including, news articles, shopping lists, graffiti, historical documents, and even other works of literature. The resulting poem can be defined as either treated: changed in a profound and systematic manner; or untreated: virtually unchanged from the order, syntax and meaning of the poem. The original language is reformatted to create the found poem. The concept of found poetry is closely connected to the revision of the concept of authorship in the 20th century and its first known use was in 1966. Types of common forms and practices of found poetry include free form excerpting and remixing, erasure, and cut-up. An example of found poetry ...

Seamus Heaney is widely recognised as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. He was a native of Northern Ireland. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism, and edited several widely used anthologies. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955 for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." Part of Heaney's popularity stems from his subject matter - modern Northern Ireland, its farms and cities beset with civil strife, its natural culture and language overrun by English rule. Richard Murphy described Heaney as " the poet who has shown the finest art in presenting a coherent vision of Ireland, past and present. " His poetry is known for its aural beauty and finely wrought textures. Often described as a regional poet, he is also a traditionalist who deliberately gestures back towards the "pre-modern" worlds of William Wordsworth and John Clare . As a poet from Norther...