Good English: Podcast-25
Language: English
Importance of using appropriate words
After a short spell of silence, Prof. Gopala Krishnan is back with his ‘Good English’ series. In this segment, he points another set of common errors we make, while we speak in English.
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Good English: Podcast-24
Language: English
World of Words
David Crystal’s Words Words Words is a fascinating as well as an informative work on our main coins of currency of our communication – words. It talks about why we are fascinated about words, takes a guess at how many words exist in the English language (more than […]
Good English: Podcast-22
Language: English
In this segment Prof. GK points out a few common errors in English usage.
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Good English: Podcast-21
Language: English
Rare English words
In this edition of his ‘Good English’ series, Prof. Gopalakrishnan discusses about a few rare English words (asthenic, avering, beaze, bicorne, blatteroon etc.).
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Good English: Podcast-20
Language: English
English is a silly language
Is English a stupid language? Neither pine nor apple in the pineapple; no egg in eggplant; boxing rings are square…
In this bit Prof. GopalaKrishnan introduces an intersting aspect of the Eng. language through the poem ‘English is a silly language’. Listen to this amusing podcast.
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Good English: Podcast-19
Language: English
Common errors in sentences.
After a few weeks’ interval Prof. Gopala Krishnan is back with his series on Good Eng. In this bit he points out several errors (like subject/verb discord) we commit while we make sentences in Eng. Listen to yet another useful episode from Prof. GK.
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Good English: Podcast-18
Language: English
Essay writing tips
Have you ever come across an easy way to write an essay? Well, this week in the Podshow Prof GK discusses one such way. It is a mnemonic technique and you will have to remember five ‘useful’ words. The words are DILEEX – ANGR – SIDI – […]
Good English: Podcast-16
Language: English
Prof. GopalaKrishnan continues his discussion on the errors we commit while we speak in English. He explains the appropriate usage of certain Eng. words like journey, trip, voyage etc.
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Good English: Podcast-15
Language: English
Allusion is a term that contains extra meaning. The ability to use allusions effectively is a valuable skill, which will be useful while you write. This week, Prof. GK introduces a few useful allusions.
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Good English: Podcast-14
Language: English
Prof. Gopalakrishnan continues the discussion on wrong usage of English words (like naval/navel, historic/historical etc).
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