Effective English Communication

"Designed to cultivate the necessary competencies and skills in oral and written communication in English language; the book is divided into three parts : Part I : sounds & words; Part II : comprehension & composition; Part III : essentials of grammar. Salient features: each chapter begins with a brief theoretical description of the topics covered and provides guidelines for attempting the practice material that follows; adopts an integrated approach - learning english through appropriate communication activities; a chapter on dicto-composition to enhance retention power of the reader; a chapter on book reviews illustrating different types of book reviews and the steps involved in reviewing; pronunciation of words explained through IPA [international phonetic association] symbols; an appendix detailing the common terminology in the field of medicine and information technology; packed with a large number of examples and practice exercises of different varieties with each concept; an appendix containing review tests for self-evaluation; solutions to all objective-type and short-answer questions provided at the end of the book; appendices on : common affixes and latin roots; use of prepositions; irregular verbs; punctuation & capitalisation"--Firstandsecond.com ("India's biggest online book store")