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NPTEL Courses

Better Spoken English

This course aims to create comprehensible pronunciation of English, and to create public speaking and presentation skills. The course deals with topics like Speaking slowly with pauses; Production of Speech Sounds; Some difficult English sounds; English stress system; Presentation: what and how much to say; Stage Manners - turn out and body language, etc. (from nptel.ac.in )

Instructor

Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

Literature

2013

Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Student Presentations I

Lecture 03 - Feedback on Presentations I

Lecture 04 - Stage Manners

Lecture 05 - Tempo of Speech

Lecture 06 - Some Reasons for Mishearing

Lecture 07 - Topics for Presentations II

Lecture 08 - Message

Lecture 09 - Tables, Charts, Graphs

Lecture 10 - Powerpoint Slides

Lecture 11 - Criteria for Evaluation

Lecture 12 - Student Presentations II

Lecture 13 - Feedback on Presentation II

Lecture 14 - Topics for Presentation III

Lecture 15 - On Saying Please!

Lecture 16 - English Rhythm I

Lecture 17 - English Rhythm II

Lecture 18 - Phrasal Pause in English I

Lecture 19 - Phrasal Pause in English II

Lecture 20 - Units of Time, Weight, Distance

Lecture 21 - Stress in English I

Lecture 22 - Stress in English II

Lecture 23 - Stress in English III

Lecture 24 - Stress in English IV

Lecture 25 - Stress in English V

Lecture 26 - Stress in English VI

Lecture 27 - Student Presentations III

Lecture 28 - Student Presentations III (cont.)

Lecture 29 - Student Presentations III (cont.)

Lecture 30 - Feedback on Student Presentations III

Lecture 31 - Some Difficult Sounds

Lecture 32 - Some Difficult Sounds in English

Lecture 33 - Some Vowel Sounds in English

Lecture 34 - Some Consonants in English

Lecture 35 - Student Presentations IV

Lecture 36 - Student Presentations IV (cont.)

Lecture 37 - Feedback on Student Presentations IV

Lecture 38 - Final Tips