Communication and Linguistics Skills: An Essential Guide to Students and Teachers

Ali Nur Farah

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Communication and Linguistics Skills: An Essential Guide to Students and Teachers is a commendably linguistic book of almost 300 pages, and it is a coherent and fascinating work which addresses six topics:* - communication as a discipline of its own* - communication as a language skill* - the eight parts of speech* - linguistics* - word formation and* - the difference between British and American English.It supports language learners with short and clear definitions and exercises of each key linguistic concept in a coherent and easy-to-understand way. It is an invaluable book for students and teachers with other languages as their mother tongue.

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• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Date de parution: 29 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528967044
• Langue: English

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Communication and Linguistics Skills: An Essential Guide to Students and Teachers
Farah Ali Nur
Austin Macauley Publishers
2019-11-29
Communication and Linguistics Skills: An Essential Guide to Students and Teachers About the Author About the Book Copyright Information © Chapter 1 Introduction to Communication Formal vs. Informal Communication Non-Verbal vs. Verbal Communication Channels of Communication 1.1 Literacy Benefits of Improving Literacy 1.2 Numeracy Exercises Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Chapter 2 Language Skills The Four Basic Language Skills 2.1 Oral Skills Listening Stage 1: Listening to Single Sounds or Words Stage 2: Listening to the Whole Sentence Stage 3: Listening for a Particular Piece of Information Stage 4: Listening Comprehension for the Overall Meaning Stage 5: Listening to Comment, Take Notes or Report Back Speaking Technique 1: Choral Drills Technique 2: Seminars Technique 3: Pair-work Technique 4: Question and Answer Technique 5: Reports Technique 6: Tutorials Technique 7: Storytelling Technique 8: Discussions Technique 9: Elicitation Technique 10: Dramas Technique 11: Dialogues Technique 12: Spelling Games Technique 13: Back-chaining Technique 14: Word Games 2.2. Reading Techniques Reading Comprehension Surveying Scanning Critical Reading 2.3. Writing Skills How Can I Improve My Writing Skills? Non-Fiction Writing Useful Tips on Spelling Capitalisation Modes of Writing Planning Your Writing Research Procedure 1. The Rubric 2. Knowing More about the Topic 3. Make sure that the Chosen Topic is Researchable 4. Find a Thesis Question 5. The Title 6. Duration and Length of the Work 7. Avoiding Plagiarism 8. Citations The Writing Process Note-Taking Techniques Note-Taking Techniques Essay Writing Essay Planning: Report Writing Letter Writing Application Letters How to Apply for a Job or a Course of Study? Curriculum Vitae Exercise 4 Exercise 5 I. Paragraph 1 II. Paragraph 2 Exercise 6 Chapter 3 Linguistics 3.1. Phonology Syllable Stress Accent Intonation Linking Elision Assimilation Intrusion 3.2. Phonetics The English Phonemes Vowels Consonants Summary of English Consonants Examples of Phonemic Vowel Sounds Examples of Phonemic Consonant Sounds 3.3. Pragmatics 3.4. Historical Linguistics 3.5. Sociolinguistics 3.6. Psycholinguistics 3.7. Applied Linguistics 3.8. Morphology 3.9. Syntax 3.10. Semantics Symbol Referent Conceptions of Meaning Denotation Connotation Implication Ambiguity Figures of Speech Synonyms Antonyms Hyponym Collocation Idioms Polysemy Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones Homonyms Homographs Homophones Jokes Proverbs Sarcasm Euphemism Irony Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Exercise 10 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Exercise 13 Exercise 14 Exercise 15 Chapter 4 English Grammar 4.1. Nouns Kinds of Nouns 4.1.1. Common Nouns 4.1.2. Proper Nouns 4.1.3. Collective Nouns 4.1.4. Abstract Nouns Countable and Uncountable Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns that Do Not Follow Any of the Above Rules Miscellaneous 4.2. Pronouns Types of Pronouns 4.2.1. Personal Pronouns 4.2.2. Possessive Pronouns 4.2.3. Reflexive Pronouns 4.2.4. Demonstrative Pronouns 4.2.5. Interrogative Pronouns 4.2.6. Indefinite Pronouns 4.2.7. Relative Pronouns 4.2.8. Distributive Pronouns 4.3. Verbs Different Types of Verbs Negation Questions The Difference between Time, Tense and Aspect Form – Function Relation The Different Types of Verb Forms Irregular Verbs Voice Reported Speech Mood Subject-Verb Agreement 4.4. Adjectives 4.4.1. Descriptive Adjectives 4.4.2. Interrogative Adjectives 4.4.3. Possessive Adjectives 4.4.4. Demonstrative Adjectives 4.4.5. Distributive Adjectives 4.4.6. Proper Adjectives 4.4.7. Numerical Adjectives 4.4.8. Quantitative Adjectives Comparison of Adjectives 4.5. Adverbs Types of Adverbs 4.5.1. Adverbs of Manner 4.5.2. Adverbs of Place 4.5.3. Adverbs of Time 4.5.4. Adverbs of Reason 4.5.5. Adverbs of Degree 4.5.6. Numerical Adverbs 4.6. Prepositions 4.7. Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions Correlative Conjunctions Pseudo Conjunctions 4.8. Interjections 4.9. Articles To Summarise: 4.10. Sentence Analysis Clause vs Phrase 4.11. Gender Exercise 16 Exercise 17 Exercise 18 Exercise 19 Exercise 20 Exercise 21 Exercise 22 Exercise 23 Exercise 24 Exercise 25 Exercise 26 Exercise 27 Exercise 28 Chapter 5 Word Formation Afrikaans Anglo-Saxon Angola Arabic Belgium Bengali Botswana Caribbean Congo Czech Danish Dutch Egypt Etruscan Farsi Finnish French Gaelic German Greek Hebrew Hindu Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Latin Lithuanian Mexico Nepal Nigeria Norse Norwegian Peru Phoenician Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbia Sierra Leone Sinhalese Sino-Tibetan Somalia Spanish Sumerian Swedish Tahitian Tamil Tongan Turkish Welsh Wolof Zulu Tips on Spotting Nouns Noun Forming Suffixes Tips on Spotting Adjectives Tips on Spotting Adverbs Miscellaneous Exercise 29a Exercise 30 Exercise 32 Exercise 33 Exercise 34 Exercise 35 Exercise 36 Exercise 37 Chapter 6 The Varieties of English Differences between British and American English 6.1. Spelling 6.2. Pronunciation 6.3. Divergence or the Use of Different Terms 6.4. Punctuations 6.4.1. Hyphenation 6.4.2. Abbreviations 6.4.3. Inverted Commas 6.5. Grammar 6.5.1. Use of Collective Nouns 6.5.2. Use of Prepositions 6.5.3. Use of Present Perfect 6.5.4. Word Order 6.5.5. Use of This and That 6.5.6. Use of Different Verb Forms 6.5.7. Use of Shall and Will 6.5.8. Use of Past Participle of Get 6.5.9. Use of Go/Come and ……… 6.5.10. Transitivity vs. Intransitivity 6.5.11. Use of Adverbs 6.5.12. Exercise 38 Exercise 39 Exercise 40 Exercise 41 Exercise 42 Exercise 43 Exercise 44 Exercise 45 Exercise 46 Exercise 47 Exercise 48 Exercise 49a Exercise 49b Exercise 49c Exercise 49d Exercise 49e Exercise 50a Exercise 50b Exercise 50c Exercise 50d Exercise 50e Answers to questions Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 b) Scrambled letters c) Scrambled words d) Scrambled sentences Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8 Exercise 9 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Exercise 13 Exercise 14 Exercise 15 Exercise 16a Exercise 16b Exercise 16c Exercise 17a Exercise 17b Exercise 18a Exercise 18b Exercise 18c Exercise 20e Exercise 21 Exercise 22 Exercise 23a Exercise 23b Exercise 23c Exercise 24a Exercise 24b Exercise 24c Exercise 24d Exercise 24e Exercise 25 Exercise 26 Exercise 27 Exercise 28 Exercise 29a Exercise 29b Exercise 30 Exercise 31 Exercise 32 Exercise 33 Exercise 34 Exercise 36 Exercise 37 Exercise 38 Exercise 39 Exercise 40 Exercise 41 Exercise 42 Exercise 43 Exercise 44 Exercise 45 Exercise 46 Exercise 47 Exercise 48 Exercise 49a Matching 49b Exercise 49c Exercise 49d Exercise 49e Exercise 50a Exercise 50b Exercise 50c Exercise 50d Exercise 50e Appendices Appendix 1 – Document Citation Appendix 2 – Note-Taking Techniques Example A: Analytical Outline I. Requirements II. Playing the Game III. Different Forms of Volleyball Games IV. History of Volleyball Appendix 3 – Report Plan Report Plan Appendix 4 – Sample CVs Appendix 5 – Sample Letters References
About the Author
Farah Nur was born in Belet Weine and raised in Mogadishu, Somalia, and he is British by naturalisation. He attended Lafole College of Education, majoring in English and history. Farah worked as a primary and secondary school teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum developer, as well as vice principal of a secondary school. However, after more than 10 years of teaching, he won a scholarship to Moray House College of Education (Scotland) where he did postgraduate diploma in linguistics and English language teaching. Then he went to Robert Gordon University and Strathclyde University where he studied postgraduate and MSc courses in library and information science, respectively.
After the completion of the above courses, he worked in the Gambia, Uganda, and London as a college and school librarian. He also worked in London and Sweden as an assistant teacher and now he is a lecturer in one of Somalia’s universities.
About the Book
Communication and Linguistics Skills: An Essential Guide to Students and Teachers is a commendably linguistic book of almost 300 pages, and it is a coherent and fascinating work which addresses six topics:
- communication as a discipline of its own
- communication as a language skill
- the eight parts of speech
- linguistics
- word formation and
- the difference between British and American English.
It supports language learners with short and clear definitions and exercises of each key linguistic concept in a coherent and easy-to-understand way. It is an invaluable book for students and teachers with other languages as their mother tongue.
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Chapter 1

Introduction to Communication
Communication is now a discipline of its own, and it is also a learned skill, despite the fact that it was once limited to narrow fields of study such as speech and rhetoric. The term now includes both verbal and non-verbal ways of communicating messages by people.
According to Utah State Board of Education (1996), “An effective communicator successfully interacts with others using a