ENG101 Highlighted Handouts by Hamza Anwar

Table of Contents · Topic · Page No. Lecture No.01 Reading and Dictionary · Lecture No.02 Pronunciation · Lecture No.03 Reading for Main Idea · Lecture No.04 Reading: Topic, Main Idea · Lecture No.05 Reading: References · Lecture No.06 Reading Skills · Lecture No.07 Reading and Vocabulary · Lecture No.08 Word Formation- Prefixes · Lecture No.09 Reading: Description, Locating Information · Lecture No.10 Reading: Word Forms · Lecture No.11 Reading: Understanding Reading · Lecture No.12 Reading: Making Inferences · Lecture No.13 Reading: Assessing the Text · Lecture No.14 Reading: Assessing Texts · Lecture No.15 Evaluating Texts: Interpreting Visual Data · Lecture No.16 Reading: Evaluating Texts · Lecture No.17 Reading: Cloze for Comprehension · Lecture No.18 Reading: Skimming and Scanning · Lecture No.19 Reading: Scanning and Language Functions

Lecture No.20 Reading: Classifying, Cause and Effect Relationship

Lecture No.21 Reading: Presenting Information Graphically

Lecture No.22 Writing: Sentence Types

Lecture No.23 Writing: Effective Sentences: Unity, Coherence, Emphasis

Lecture No.24 WRITING: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS · Lecture No.25 WRITING: REVISING SENTENCE ERRORS · Lecture No.26 Subject Verb Agreement · Lecture No.27 Writing · Lecture No.28 Word Choice · Lecture No.29 Punctuation · Lecture No.30 Writing: Paragraphs: Structural Parts · Lecture No.31 Writing: Paragraph · Lecture No.32 Writing: Paragraphs · Lecture No.33 Writing: Essay Writing · Lecture No.34 Essay writing · Lecture No.35 Writing: Essay Outlines

Lecture No.36 Writing: Selecting and Researching an Essay Topic

Lecture No.37 Writing: Ways of Organizing Texts: Linear · Lecture No.38 Writing: Ways of Organizing Texts · Lecture No.39 Writing: Ways of Organizing Texts · Lecture No.40 Writing Skills · Lecture No.41 Writing: Summary Writing

(viii) Foreign words & phrases (vii) Synonyms & antonyms Usage/restrictive lables (vi) Meaning/explanation Origin of word

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Lesson -01

Reading and Dictionary

This lesson is in two parts. In the first part, you will learn about the:

• uses of a language dictionary

In the second part of the lesson, you will read an interesting story.

Definition of Dictionary

how speakers of the language spell, pronounce, define, explain and use the words of their language.

Reference Book - provides useful information. It is valuable only if you learn how to use it correctly and efficiently.

List of Dictionary Uses (9)

The following is a list of things that can be learned from a dictionary:

(i) Spelling

Part of speech iv) (v)

i)

Spelling

Many students find English spelling very confusing. So what do you do? Consult your dictionary. It will clarify your confusion by showing you the different spellings of the same word.

Look at the words catalogue and theatre. You must have noticed that the dictionary lists both BRE and AE/US spelling of the words. Both are correct.

Exercise (i) Spelling:

(ii) iii) A dictionary is a book that not only lists and records the words of a language but it also tells you Use the dictionary to answer the following questions about spelling. a) What other possible spellings does your dictionary give for these words?

Centre

Color

b) Does your dictionary say anything about the spelling ‘humor’ and ‘rumor’?

(ii)

Students have problems in pronouncing English words. A dictionary will help you learn

are written. We will discuss this in greater detail in the next lesson.

All language dictionaries carry a pronunciation key/table. Be sure to read it.

(iii) Part of speech

All dictionaries indicate the part of speech a word belongs to - whether the word is commonly used as a Noun, Pronoun, Verb (transitive, intransitive), Adjective, Adverb, etc.

iv)

Origin of Words

Some dictionaries indicate the origin and derivation of a word before it became an English word.

(v) Meaning/ Explanation / Definition of words

The most important information that a Most of the words have many meanings or shades of meaning. Do not just read the first listed meaning of the word you are looking for. Go down the numbered list. Look for the meaning that best suits the context in which the word is used.

Also look up words above and below the word that you are looking for. You will find

Exercise (v-a) Meaning:

Look up the words ‘fast’ and ‘set’ in a dictionary. Write the total number of different meanings of each word. Include all the numbered and lettered meanings for each part of speech.

Exercise (v-b):

Meaning/ Explanation / Definition of words.

Use the dictionary to find the specific meanings of the word ‘play’ in each of the following:

1. The boys like to play on the hard court.
2. Amna will play the sitar in the concert.
3. The play produced by the arts club was a success.
4. It was a clever play that won the football game.

other forms and contexts. that words are often closely related. It will help to extend your recognition of the word in the pronunciation of any word but only if you are familiar with the symbols in which they

dictionary provides about a word is its meaning. Conjunction, or Preposition