Real English: A Multi-Skill English Language Course (Workbook - 5)

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The English language skills acquired at school level often determine children’s future academic success and effectiveness in social interaction. With a comprehensive learning package of language skills, Real English trains schools learners to use English confidently for academic purposes and real-life communication. The pedagogic approach in Real English was formulated after long and close research on learning situations inside and outside the classroom to help learners achieve both functional knowledge of the English language and a theoretical understanding of its structures. The lessons incorporate core value elements like national identity, tolerance, women’s empowerment, ethical conduct and protection of the environment, drawing upon National Curriculum Framework of 2005. The Real English Workbook aims to reinforce through practice the language concepts taught in the Coursebook. It includes: Vocabulary builders that expand on the contextual, thematic, formal and general vocabulary exercises in the Coursebook Grammar practice that enhances the structural understanding of language and makes learners deft with grammar Interesting writing tasks that not only make writing fluent reference skills sharp but also stimulate inquisitiveness and creativity ‘English for life’ approach emphasizing the practical, everyday use of language, going across curricula The Real English package consists of coursebook 1-8, Read and Enjoy Supplementary Readers (included in the coursebooks for classes 1-5 and provided separately for classes 6-8), Workbooks 1-8, audio CDs (available separately on request), Teacher’s Guides and the Viva Online Learning Real English website.

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K. E. Sunil completed his M.A. in English and M.Phil in English Language Teaching from the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (now English and Foreign Languages University), Hyderabad, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Morpho-Phonemics at the University of Dravidian Linguistics. He has offered a course in academic writing for the International Training Programme at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Language and has worked on the Multi-Lingual dictionary Project at the Regional Institute of English, Bengaluru. His areas of interest include syllabus design, materials production, and language testing and evaluation. sunil is presently a lecturer at Vidyaniketan Junior College, Ullal, Bangaluru. Table of Contents Opposites Will and Going to Idioms Because A Shy Friend Simile Time Expressions Synonyms and Homophones Adverbs of Manner Meet India’s Youngest Headmaster Words Used as Noun and Verb Relative Pronouns Model Test Paper for Summative Assessment 1 Meaning and Spelling Phrasal Verbs Casabianca Past Continuous Spelling and Synonyms Determiners Compound Words Spanish Children: A Hundred Years Ago Contractions Apostrophe Showing Possession Present Perfect Singing for the Emperor Model Test Paper for Summative Assessment 2.