SPOKEN ENGLISH (with CD)  (English, Paperback, Balan Jayashree)

Spoken English (With CD) is a helpful guide to speaking fluent English in both formal and informal conversations.

Summary Of The Book

A comprehensive self-study guide, Spoken English (With CD) is meant for readers looking to improve their spoken English skills, which are required for the internationally recognized language for communication and business. With emphasis on basic grammar and sentence construction, the book also provides a simple guide for informal and formal conversations, with helpful knowledge on greetings, introductions, and showing appreciation.

Spoken English (With CD) features a total of twenty nine chapters on real-life situations and the conversations involved in them, in addition to information on the TOEFL, various call centers, and higher education options. Each chapter culminates in a set of exercises meant to improve the reader’s English skills, and provides an array of topics to practise skit-writing on. Numerous helpful clues and tips are also supplied for the same. This guide also stresses on the differences between the American and British spellings, and the most common words used in computers. After each conversation, a word-study section is provided that focuses on the vocabulary pertinent to the conversation.

The chapter list includes real-life scenarios like visiting a doctor with one's parent, booking accommodation at a hotel when you are out of station, and attending an interview, to name a few. A CD-Rom accompanies this text, and is a useful tool in learning and mastering the complex language of English. It houses all the conversations mentioned in the book in a simple audio format. The appendix at the end of the book hosts a wide array of words to build one’s vocabulary as well.

About Jayashree Balan

Jayashree Balan is an Indian author and English tutor.

She procured her postgraduate degree in English Literature from Madras University, and has dedicated her life to developing level based lessons and a result-oriented methodology to help students grasp the English language with ease and speak it fluently. In addition to teaching grammar to medical transcription trainees, she also provides training in soft-skills and basic communication.