‘Regionalism in Pronunciation’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

English in India is a question of Linguistic centralism while the other languages lead to linguistic regionalism. A foreign language always posed problems in the country when exist firmly and distinctly. We have heard of Regionalism in the novels of Hardy and R.K. Narayan; which depicts reference and description of same place. Regionalism to ESL (English speaking and Learning) means particular locale effect in pronunciation. When we visit a particular region of the country, we notice several constructions, sounds of particular alphabet and words which denote that he/she belong to so and so area. This influence sometimes become a good laugh at others expense if we talk globally. (more…)

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‘The Semantics of Poetry Analysis’ by Bushra Pasha

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

 

By poetry analysis we mean to review the poetry with a critical eye.  This involves consideration on the poem, analyzing the figurative speech, theme, mood, poetic devices, poet’s stance and of course you sharing your own attitude on the poetry.

STEPS FOR WRITING POETRY ANALYSIS

Read the poem: Try to gauge what is written in the poem.

Re-read: this time read a little slowly to develop more understanding of the poem. Take notes.

Start your analysis:  with the description of the poem. Go through the title. What does the title suggest about the poetry? Consider the situation the poetry is creating. USE YOUR IMAGINITIVE DRIVE to create the illusion of the poem. How did you like it? What is the mood of the poem? Start answering the What When Where and How happenings. (more…)

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