Learning English: Short Language Related Talks A weekly youtube series of short language related talks byMadhubhashini Disanayaka RatnayakeSenior Lecturer/Former HeadDepartment of English Language TeachingUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura Course Content Part 1: Language and Power Part 2: Bringing English close to you Part 3: Feeling Inferior Part 4: Is there a “correct” English? Part 5: Being aware of the power politics of language Part 6: Making a strange language familiar Part 7: Giving students self confidence as a first step towards learning English Part 8: The question of a ‘standard’ English Part 9: Grammar Lesson 1- Making Requests/The Imperative Part 10: Grammar Lesson 2-Describing something/The present simple tense of the ‘be’ verb Part 11: Grammar Lesson 3 – Literal and Figurative Language Part 12: Grammar Lesson 4 – Types of Sentences Part 13: Grammar Lesson 5 – Parts of Speech / වාක්යයක ඇති වචන වර්ග මොනවාද? Part 14: Grammar Lesson 6 – The verb ‘have’ / ‘තියනවා’, ‘ඉන්නවා’ කියන්නේ කොහොමද? Part 15: Grammar Lesson 7 – Subject, Verb, Object / උක්තය, ආඛ්යාතය, කර්මය යනු කුමක්ද? Part 16: Teacher’s Guide for Grammar Lessons 1 to 7. Why this methodology? Part 17: Grammar Lesson 8 – The Present Simple Tense, Frequency Adverbials Part 18: Grammar Lesson 9 – The Present Simple Tense (Part 2): Music – Amy Lowell Part 19: Grammar Lesson 10 – Future Simple Tense Part 20: Grammar Lesson 11 – Future Simple Tense (Part 2) 1 of 4
