LANGUAGE IN INDIA Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow Volume 15:4 April 2015 ISSN 1930-2940 Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D. Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D. Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D. B. A. Sharada, Ph.D. A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D. Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D. Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D. S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D. G. Baskaran, Ph.D. L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D. C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics) N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D. Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A. Materials published in Language in India www.languageinindia.com are indexed in EBSCOHost database, MLA International Bibliography and the Directory of Periodicals, ProQuest (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) and Gale Research. The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. It is included in the Cabell’s Directory, a leading directory in the USA. Articles published in Language in India are peer-reviewed by one or more members of the Board of Editors or an outside scholar who is a specialist in the related field. Since the dissertations are already reviewed by the University-appointed examiners, dissertations accepted for publication in Language in India are not reviewed again. This is our 15th year of publication. All back issues of the journal are accessible through this link: http://languageinindia.com/backissues/2001.html Contents Leader-Visionary LKY Gratefully Remembered ... Jimmy Teo 1-3 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 List of Contents i Effectiveness of Role Play in Enhancing Communication Skills of English Language Learners ... Ammu Maria Ashok, M.A. 4-13 The Poet on the Overdrive: The Mystery of the Poetic Moment ... Dr. J. S. Anand, Ph.D. Prof. Manminder Singh Anand 14-20 Communicative Competency in English at Tertiary Level – Need for an Updated Approach ... V. David Arputha Raj and Dr. R. Saravana Selvan 21-27 Reduplication in Modern Maithili ... Asad, Md. M.A., M.Phil. 28-58 Phonemes of Asuri ... S. Ganesh Baskaran, Ph.D. 59-78 A Post-Colonial View of A Passage to India ... Dr. Arun Behera, Ph.D., PGDTE, DDE, PGDJ, AMSPI, M.A. Vijay Bhaskar, II year B.Sc. (Hons.) 79-84 Nuances of Rhetoric in Rabindranath Tagore’s Where The Mind Is Without Fear and Rudyard Kipling’s If ... Dr. Arun Behera, Ph.D., PGDTE, DDE, PGDJ, AMSPI, M.A. Ratul Sabui, II year B.Sc. (Hons.) 85-94 Journey through a Traveller’s Eyes ... Debashish Panigrahi, M.Phil., Ph.D. 95-103 Animal Metaphors in Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s Poem “Kutte” ... Ali R. Fatihi, Ph.D. 104-115 A Study of the Low Achievement of English Language Learners in Reading Skill at the Elementary Stage in Manipur ... M. Gunamani Singh, Ph.D. Scholar N. Pramodini Devi, Ph.D. 116-154 Development of Inflectional Morphology and Its Effect on Reading Comprehension in Marathi Speaking Children – A Preliminary Study ... Mrs. Madhavi Tambay B.Sc. (AST) Ms. Neha Nellangara Ms. Kajol Mutha 155-169 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 List of Contents ii Language vs Lingo: Testing the Dynamics of Txtng ... Radhika B Pasricha, Ph.D. English Anand Prakash Pathak, M.Phil. English 170-185 Health Metaphors in the Public Discourse of Kerala ... Repsy Marium Mathew, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate 186-191 The Relationship between Literature and Society ... Dr. Roshni Duhan, Ph.D. (Law), M.A. (English) 192-202 Re-contextualizing Mikhail Bakhtin’s Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics through Classroom Teaching: Re-presentation of Monological/Dialogical Conflicts in Student-Teacher Communication ... Sayan Dey 203-210 Figurative Language in the Novels of R. K. Narayan: Metaphor and Simile ... Shakeba Jabeen Siddiqui, Ph.D. (Linguistics) 211-215 The Aspect of Turn-taking in Hayavadana ... Dnyaneshwar P. Suryawanshi, M.A., Ph.D. 216-226 Tamil Language Textbooks at the Undergraduate Level - Some Suggestions for Change in Focus ... M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D. 227-231 Technology-Integrated Language Teaching ... G. Vijay, M.A., M.Phil. 232-238 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 List of Contents iii ================================================================== Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 15:4 April 2015 ================================================================== Leader-Visionary LKY Gratefully Remembered Jimmy Teo ======================================================== LEE KUAN YEW 1923-2015 Courtesy: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/03/overturning-lee-kuan-yews- legacy-in-singapore/ I must write about Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (fondly referred to as LKY) the Founder, Father & the 1st Prime Minister of Singapore: 1 When I was 9 years old, at Lorong Limau, Singapore, I heard from my parents that PAP leaders were coming to our place (an area famed for gangsterism) for an open air election campaign. I was there at about 5pm right in the front observing LKY, Dr. Toh Chin Chye & others seated on the lorry (which acted as a platform complete with loud speakers). When LKY shouted: ‘Merdeka’ (which means ‘Independence’), I shouted the loudest I could. All others did the same. The whole atmosphere was electrified. We were all mesmerized by his charisma & presence – that fearless presence, infused with total dedication & passion to & for his country – Singapore. 2 On Sept 9th 1963 (I was then 13 years old), LKY shook my hand. There were thousands at Towner Road. He came by to garner support for a snap National election. His hand was very warm (I reasoned that he shook so many hands that day & the friction must have produced the heat). My home at Lorong Limau was about 5 minutes’ walk from Towner Road. Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 Jimmy Teo LEE KUAN YEW - Gratefully Remembered 1 3 On that same 9.9.63’s evening, I followed him with the crowd until about reaching the end of Towner Road (nearing Balestier Road). I was there when he was pushed into the monsoon drain. Someone give him a hand & quickly pulled him up. The drain was quite shallow & about 6 feet wide. The person who pushed him, a middle age Chinese person, was Mr. Foo (from the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union/Singapore School Canteen Vendors Association whose office was fronting the drain). It all happened so fast. LKY was athletic & agile. He was unhurt. 4 About 40 years ago, I asked the late Mr. Lee Chin Koon, father of LKY (we were members of the same club - Singapore Swimming Club) that some people told me that he & LKY were not in good terms. Mr. Lee Chin Koon looked at me firmly & said: ‘What does people know about us? Every morning without fail, he serves me drink* with both hands.’ At that moment, I was very touched to know that LKY was such a filial son. I wonder how many of us do that for our parents. (*I could not remember the drink he mentioned but most likely milo, tea or coffee). 5 Despite being mildly dyslexic, LKY also had a shorter tongue. He had to make special efforts to speak. Yet, he was an Orator Par Excellence. Over at a dinner party at the American Embassy in Singapore (about 1979), the Ambassador came to me & said: ‘Jimmy, your Singapore is a tiny nation. But when Lee Kuan Yew speaks, the world listens’. I was so proud of Singapore. 6 When I was at the Istana/Sri Temasek where LKY & family would spent their day & most evenings, I was so surprised to see his exercising shed. It was very simple, wooden planked painted white & aerated by chicken wire at the upper end. There were about 4 machines (2 rowers & 2 Tunturi cycling machines – all manual, basic, old but workable). The chicken wires reminded me of the old Kampung days. It was so simple, so archaic, so revealing of its user. 7 About 16 years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from the Prime Minister Office. It was in response to my letter to him to tell him that I am his ardent follower to the core. I stopped at 2 kids as per his suggestion. That email was from LKY. As we all know, LKY was very frugal with his words. For me, he wrote 3 sentences. I memorized them & could repeat them verbatim: ‘Dear Jimmy. Thank you for your warm words. This is to wish you, your family & your 2 sons, the best. Lee Kuan Yew’ Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 Jimmy Teo LEE KUAN YEW - Gratefully Remembered 2 Singaporeans Must be grateful & thankful To Lee Kuan Yew & his team. We cannot take our current success, prosperity & peace for granted. We must aspire to be the best, and better all the time. Continuing the Legacy of LKY And Be the best. ================================================================ Jimmy Teo The Arc @Tampines Singapore [email protected] Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 15:4 April 2015 Jimmy Teo LEE KUAN YEW - Gratefully Remembered 3 ================================================================== Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 15:4 April 2015 ================================================================== Effectiveness of Role Play in Enhancing Communication Skills of English Language Learners Ammu Maria Ashok, M.A. ==================================================================== Abstract Language teaching in India mainly focuses on the learning process rather than the teaching of the language. The emphasis is only given on the linguistic competence of the language learner not on the development of the communicative ability of the learner. The absence of a suitable environment for using the language, the failure to use appropriate teaching aids and techniques along with the ignorance of latest developments in English Language teaching among teachers aggravate the situation of English language teaching and learning in India.