Secrets of Good English
Learn to understand, think, write and speak good English used in English newspaper, Competitive Exams, and in daily life by the English
By
Mukesh Sharma
‘English’, says a Hindi medium UPSC aspirant from
Bihar (India) sarcastically: “it is not simply a language in
India; it is a symbol of status; it is a symbol of class; it is a symbol of
intellect; if you don’t know this language, you will be looked upon as a
savage.”
”By
an estimate, just two per cent people have command over English language, and
virtually they call the shots in the country.” he adds further spitefully.
No doubt, the acerbic comments of the student do
carry the weight and are not without substance. In fact, it reflects the
majority of Hindi medium UPSC aspirants from Hindi heartland with abysmally
poor English; they struggle with English like anything at Mukherjee Nagar,
north Delhi. “The selection of Hindi medium students is rather
negligible in comparison to English medium students in UPSC exams/other administrative
services,” reveals a disgruntled student.
True, a mad dash for English-acquisition can be
witnessed among government services aspirants. Their number is in legion.
The problem is that the conventional English Grammar
doesn’t help in writing/speaking. Translation from mother tongue to English
often leads to non-standardized sentences and fractured English Without good
vocabulary, one can’t think correctly and write accurately.
Here, this blogger seeks to reveal the secrets of
good English through his very well acclaimed and acknowledged book entitled ‘Secrets of Good English’ by Mukesh
Sharma, a bestseller and a FIVE STAR rated book on Amazon.in
The salient features of the book are:
1.
How
to think in English
The book seeks to help
the second language learner of English to think in English that too without
translation and hassle of Grammar with the help of 20 ROOT SENTENCES. As all the numbers are born out of 0-9 digits,
all sentences also come out of root-sentences. If words are names of things,
sentences are actions that occur in time – present, past and future. Based on
action, sentences can be divided into four categories – affirmation,
interrogation, Negative and Passive. When 20 Root sentence are studied in this
way. The total comes out to be 123. It means there are 123 ways to think in
English. No English sentence can exist beyond that. If Hindi/Mother tongue is
mapped on each English sentence, one is able to make his/her mind to think in
English directly- no ongoing mental translation process.
2.
Know
grammar without learning
Of 123 sentences, each
sentence has a syntactical formula i.e. grammatical arrangement of the words in
a sentence. So, while making sentences, one learns grammatical rules without
learning it.
3.
English,
a language of phrases
The English language,
expertise lies in the knowledge that which ‘verb’ pairs with which ‘noun’ e.g.
wear belt etc., and which adjective goes with which noun e.g. incessant rain etc. Thus the words make
standardized collocations, and it makes the basis of good English or standardized
English The book discusses such collocations which are based on root words/key
words at length. It, dramatically, augments the vocabulary used in English
newspaper, competitive exam and in daily life by the English.
4.
English
for life
The problem with the
majority of students is that they study English as a subject to pass out 100th
or 12th that too through rote-learning. They don’t study it as a
language which is a part of life – human life, society, politics, nature, religion,
God, and universe. Unless one has the knowledge of words related to different
aspects of life, one can never acquire the practical knowledge of English
language. And the prime purpose of English paper of all the competitive exams
is to gauze the practical knowledge of English of the candidates. This book
discusses the words related to different aspect of life – right from birth to
death. If you don’t have words, you can never have thoughts.
If you are confused,
not able to understand, write and speak good English even after BA/MA, and have
tried several institutions/books to master English, you must read this book.
This blogger and author of the book sincerely believes that the valued readers/students would find the book very useful. Take it from me, the book has potential to change the world of your English language. The book can be purchased from Amazon.in.
He is the man who made english language easy as their mother tongue to many students. This book is very helpful to learn english
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