Monday, December 8, 2014

EC MOVIE SONGS Exercise

Indian Movie Songs in learning EC

The students are given a movie song in Hindi or some other language and then guided to make a similar song in English with same theme/meaning/message/context/situation. 

For eg. this Hindi song (Kisi ki muskurahaton pe ho nissar.....Kisi ka dard mil sake toh le udhar) can be used to make a simple song in English with these lines:
I want to help...those in need
I want to help...those in pain
This is what I think is life
This is what I think is joy 


TO BE CONTINUED...

EC SELLING with QUESTIONS Excercise

In this exercise the students understand how to use interesting questions to evoke a curiosity in the listeners' mind for the product/service/idea which the speaker wants to sell across. The pattern of questions can be like this:
Could/can/will you please give me a minute?
May I speak about a new product/service?
Have you ever heard about a book which can teach you how to grow vegetables?
Have you ever tried to make a vegetable garden but couldn't progress much? 
Have you ever dreamed of cooking a lunch with all home grown vegetables?
Well ...this is what I was talking about...a guide book and ten packets of seeds of native varieties of vegetables and the biggest highlight is a helpline number for timely and useful guidance on phone from 10 am to 5 pm...So are you game to try this out....The price is just ....

TO BE CONTINUED...

Sunday, December 7, 2014

"CAN YOU GUESS MY THOUGHT" Ex.

Image result for my thoughts
In this exercise the students write a single thought of theirs in a paper as a small sentence of maximum 50 words having a coherent topic and then say if the thought belongs to these categories:

Is it Subjective/Objective?
Is it Static (main verb is 'be" or "have") /Dynamic (main verb is an action verb)?
Is it about Past/Present/Future?
Is it a Fact/Judgement/Inference?



TO BE CONTINUED...

Friday, December 5, 2014

IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (Role Play Ex.)

The students in this role play exercise are asked to enact three situations:
Situation 1: Winning the trust
Situation 2: Taking the decisive step
Situation 3: The Awakening


Here the theme is how a person is tricked/conned/deceived/fooled/cheated by a fraud/dishonest/con artist. 



TO BE CONTINUED...


EC MOVIE PLAY



In this exercise the students are given a chance to enact/present a movie situation. They can use a situation/sequence from a popular movie delivering the dialogues and using the right emotional expressions in English.

TO BE CONTINUED...

EC PLAYING A DREAM ROLE



In this exercise, students assume that they are living a dream life as a soldier/footballer/cricketer/leader/singer etc. or a fictional character from a movie/book/story etc. and interact with the audience as a role play.

TO BE CONTINUED...

EC CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE



In this exercise students share their experiences as a customer in using a product/service.



TO BE CONTINUED...