A system of conventional spoken manual, or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves.
What language consists?
Language consists of letters, words, and sentences with meaning
It is a medium of communication in which we communicate our thoughts, feelings, belief, emotions and facts. Our activities depend on language to make them understood. Language is the most powerful tool for communication
Language is used
Letters of Language
Letters
Vowel
Capital Letters
First words of sentences and proper nouns should be capitalized. The headlines / captions of any given article or page may also use capital letters. This rule is easier to remember by following the following example. Capital letters should never be used in any other context.
CAPITAL LETTER USAGE
- In this book and any other book, you should capitalize the first letter of the paragraph.
- Proper nouns should begin with a capital letter i.e, they should be named after a place, person, animal or thing
- A capital letter should follow a full stop for Eg My home is in Rajajinagar. Rajajinagar is the best place to live in Bangalore. I am proud to be living in Rajajinagar.
- For Example the heading of this paragraph, ‘ capital letter usage.’ Is written in capital letters
- Capitalize ”I” and ‘ He, She, They while referring to the Gods.
There are only two instances where capital letters are used. It should be remembered that capital letters. Capital should be used only in the above ways to ensure proper usage.
Note : In E – mail using capital letters is equivalent to shouting.
Small Letters
When capital letters are not necessary use the small letters instead. Therefore use the small letters whenever capital letters are not required.
Vowel
Independent sound A, E, I, O,U
It would be impossible to speak English without vowels, because vowels play such an important role in Basic English usage.
Most English words need atleast one vowel to create a linking sound to the word. Then again. There atre a number of words that do not require a vowel. They all have a ‘Y’ give them an ‘I’ sound.
By its ‘I’ sound ‘Y’ becomes a semi vowel. The absence of a vowel is made up by the presence of ‘Y’
For Eg words like spy, by, try, dry, fry, shy, cry have the sounds ‘I’ sound of ‘Y’.
In simple English, vowels are sounds that have their own independent phonation (sound). Therefore the vowels in English language are A, E, I, O, U.
CONSONANTS
A consonant is a letter which contains a dependent sound. It cannot make its own sound. Hence a vowel sounds has to be added to a consonant to complete the sound. Apart from vowels, all other letters are consonants
SEMI VOWEL
Here are some examples youth, young, wave, ward, etc. The ‘Y’ and ‘W’ giving ‘ya’ and ‘wa’. In pronouncing the above words consonants are seen in the letter forms. It is found that ‘Y’ give an ‘I’ sound to words like fry, dry, shy, cry and in words like wool, wood, woman
SEMI CONSONANTS
The sound made by ‘H’ in words like honor, honorable and hour is that of ‘O’ in other words, the form of ‘H’ is in the form of a consonant creating the ‘ha’ sound.
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What you'll learn in CADD Nest Spoken English Centre
- Look comfortable, confident and relaxed in any speaking situation
- Speak in a clear and understandable manner
- Speak in a memorable way (this is the hardest for most people)
- Influence your Audience
- Know exactly what to do when speaking to any size audience on any occasion in any format
- Speak in a clear and understandable manner
- Influence your Audience
Requirements
- A willingness to speak out loud and not simply read or watch videos about speaking
- A willingness to try things outside of your comfort zone in order to learn new speaking skills
