Tuesday 12 March 2013

VOCABULARY & COLLOCATIONS:Absolute Beginner Course Lesson 1-Learn Words & Phrases To Improve English Speaking Skills

Posted by Nash Biani 



ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE

SPOKEN ENGLISH

   
     LESSON 1    
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                        English Grammar: Pronouns                                       I - we - you 

                          Section II

             Vocabulary & Collocations

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Notebooks required for our spoken English Course

                               
In the English Aam video mehfil in the first part of this lesson, I have spoken English and Hindi. As we start speaking English we should pick up English words and phrases we come across and use them in our conversations when we speak English with our friends.

Here, we will look at a random collection of words, phrases, collocations, idioms etc. based on what I have spoken in the mehfil and also other things connected with these.

Before we really start off on this part of your spoken English course, I would like you to get a set of books which will help you get the best from the English Aam programme. 

You will need the following books: 200 pages long books - 4 books
                                                  Dictionary - English to your mother tongue
                                                  Dictionary - Your mother tongue to English

The 4 books of 200 pages each will be:

  1. ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK
  2. ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH VOCABULARY BOOK
  3. ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS BOOK
  4. ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS BOOK
Watch this English Aam video mehfil for further instructions.

                                      
  Watch this English Aam Spoken English Video Mehfil to understand what books you need for the programme.



Now that you have your books ready, let's start.

Please understand that many, or rather, almost all of these words, collocations, phrases etc. will come before us again and again as we go forward in our mehfils. You have to write these words, etc. as many times in your books as we come across them. This is important.

Write the following in your English Vocabulary Book and find out the meanings of these words from your English-Mother Tongue dictionary. Please do this, it is a part of your English course. You have to write down the words every time and you have to write the meaning of each word every time.


 ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH VOCABULARY BOOK

  1. poet
  2. poetry                                                    
  3. poem                                            
  4. welcome
  5. habit
  6. memory
  7. beginning
  8. start
  9. child
  10. children               
  11. mother tongue     
  12. month
  13. age
  14. sentence
  15. small
  16. cute
  17. pretty
  18. lovable
  19. lovely 
  20. method
  21. but
  22. necessary
  23. together
  24. involved
  25. included
  26. to miss
  27. to remember 
  28. natural
  29. come
  30. give
  31. all
  32. atmosphere
  33. polite
  34. impolite


Okay, now write down these in your English Collocations Book. Remember, in our English Aam spoken English class we will include in collocations all idioms, proverbs, phrases etc. Once again, let me remind you this is not a standard English grammar course. 


ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS BOOK

small thing
small matter
small problem
small issue
What's wrong with him?
What's happened to him? 
What's with him ?
I'm fond of...
he's fond of...
she's fond of...
you're fond of
I'm fond of singing.
He's fond of reading.
Reena is fond of watching movies. 
Reena is fond of movies. 
I like
we like
you like
he likes
she likes
it likes
Salma likes mangoes.
I remember...
I remember his name was Amit.
I wasn't able to....
you weren't able to...
we weren't able to...
they weren't able to...
he wasn't able to...
she wasn't able to...
she wasn't able to...
I wasn't able to express my idea.
We weren't able to reach in time.
He wasn't able to play the match.
She talked with me. 
She talked to me.
on behalf of
I welcome you on behalf of the company.


Have you written these collocations in your Spoken English Collocations Book? Good. Now come with me to this English Aam Spoken English Course mehfil and speak English with me. Remember, you have to open your mouth and speak. There is not other method of learning to speak English except practising speaking it. Keep your Spoken English Collocations Book before you as you practise speaking because there are no subtitles in this video mehfil.



           Practise collocations in this English Aam Spoken English Video Mehfil



Please also go back to the earlier lessons and write the grammar notes in your English Aam Spoken English Grammar Book.                                       

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