1. Syllabus for spoken English
Introduction
• Spoken English is one of the most essential requirements in this current growing world. It’s the most
essential tool in communication across the world. People are now looking for talented young individuals
who are not only well versed technically who can work hard but also who can speak good English and who
are able to communicate properly. In the IT industry this is the major challenge what people are facing as
most of the IT projects are being outsourced by foreign countries.
• It’s not only important that you are able to speak English somehow where the natives of that area are able
to understand what you are talking, but you should be able to talk in a neutral accent where people across
the world are able to understand what you are trying to convey. Every region has its own dialect. It’s
simply called the mother tongue influence. For example in India alone, people in North speak in a different
way to those from the south. Even in south, every state has its own way of pronouncing few things in
English.
• Now it’s all being globalized. The International market has been wide open. The only way to communicate
with different people is to know a dozen languages where ever you travel or simply know one common
language which is English where you can communicate with everyone.
• Fast developing countries like China and Germany are so well advanced with great talents but they lack
behind in English and facing so much difficulty in communication. Else they would have surely ruled the
world. It’s hard time we wake up now. All countries concentrate more in India because we Indian’s are able
to unlearn things as we are being taught and able to easily speak in neutral accent where people across
the world are able to understand us in a better way. That’s why India has so many BPO’s, Call centers and
IT companies.
• I am sure that if we can start now we can learn to speak English. It’s not late. It’s not a hard task. It’s surely
possible to speak in English at any point of time if you have the interest. It’s just one small initiative that
we have to take and move one step ahead and have the determination to speak good English. If English is
taught by a proper trainer and if the basics are taught in a strong and right way, English can be learnt
quickly. It’s in the hands of the learner too. If a person is interested and has that urge to talk in English, no
one can stop anyone speaking good English in a year’s time. A year may sound too long but, a person can
only speak in English through practice and by trying to be better every day with time. Reading also helps a
person in speaking, but we have to read loud. Vocabulary is also important, but if you know how to
construct simple sentences where people can understand and reply back to what you are saying, you have
succeeded in speaking good English. Only after that you can prune the way you are talking by speaking in a
stylish way using accent and using strong and hard vocabulary. Please don’t forget that all Americans are
not that good in English. They too have various accents that we will not be able to understand and where
there is so much of slang in what they are speaking.

2. Simple sentences that teachers can use:
• Students please remain quiet
• Don’t make noise
• Everyone be quiet / Everyone stay quiet
• Go sit in your place. Don’t walk around
• Don’t shout
• Don’t scream
• Did you complete your home work?
• Did you do your home test yesterday?
• Did you complete your home test?
• Why are you playing in class?
• Can’t you be quiet?
• Please stand up.
• Keep standing.
• Can’t you remain silent for sometime?
• What do you want?
• Submit all your home work/class work/test notes.
• Study well for your exam.
• Shall I speak to your parents and complain that you are naughty?
• I will beat you properly / I will whack you properly.
• I don’t want anyone to talk to each other.
• Form a line and walk slowly
• Don’t run
• Did everyone finish writing/ copying from the board?
• Write fast / why have you not started writing yet? Write soon.
• If you want to talk speak one by one.
• Raise your hands if you want to Say / tell something.
• Don’t disturb me when I am talking to someone.
• Wait until I finish talking to him and then talk. Don’t speak in between.
• Please repeat after me.
• May I drink water please? Yes. Thank you. Welcome.
• Everyone stand in your place. Everyone sit straight. Everyone be silent.
• Tell me what’s your problem?
• Don’t fight with each other. I don’t want to see you fighting next time.
• Don’t keep running around.
• Can’t you walk in a line?
• I don’t want to see you talking again in class.
• Take your Hindi/English/Tamil note book and keep it on the table.
• Write properly / write neatly / write fast /
• When I am speaking, don’t talk in between.
• Everyone have a good day.

3. Simple sentences for students:
• Excuse me sir. I have a question. May I know why………………………
• Excuse me sir. I have a doubt
• May I ask you a question please?
• Sorry to interrupt you sir. I have a question.
• Sir may I go give this book to mam and come quickly.
• Sir I am so sorry, I have not completed my homework. Please excuse me this time. I will surely complete it tomorrow and submit it to
you without fail.
• Sir I did not understand what you said. Can you please repeat it again?
• Mam I finished writing / Mam I finished copying it from the board.
• Friend’s, mam asked us to submit all of our class work notes today.
• Sir can you please take us to the ground for us to play today?
• How many lessons do we have for SA1 sir?
• Sir, please write in our work done note. Thanks.
• Sir when should we submit our class work notes?
• Mam when will we get our study materials.
• Sir when do we have our next holiday?
• Sir when will you take us to a field trip?
• Mam can we watch a movie please?/ Can you please play some motivational clippings at-least please.
• Mam I don’t have ink in my pen. Can I go to the office and fill it please. Thanks
• Sir I left my note in my house. I am really sorry. Please excuse me for my mistake. I will copy what you are writing today in a rough note
and write it in my class work note and show it to you tomorrow.
• May I quench my thirst please? Thanks
• Can you please tell me how to solve this problem?
• Sir please give us less home work today.
• Gowri why are you doing this to me? Please don’t disturb me.
• Gowri please don’t talk to me now. Sir will scold us.
• Guys please stay silent. Sir will scold us if we make noise.
• Karthic bye. See you tomorrow.
• Rohit I will call you today evening if I have any questions regarding our homework.
• Peter did you study for the test? Peter did you complete your assignment?
• May I borrow your pen please? I don’t have ink in my pen.
• Did you complete your diary?
• How much homework do we have today?
• Sir your class is so interesting.
• Sir can we use the smart board please?
• I have to go now. Please excuse me. I will see you later.
• Please don’t mistake me. I am sorry that I was not able to talk to you properly yesterday.

4. Plan for the class
• 1. Introduction ( One day / 1st day )
• 2. 1st week:
• Every week have different topics and teach sentences related to the topic.
• Example: Friendship Week:
• a. Nice seeing you after our holiday’s. How are you?
• b. What did you do during your holiday’s?
• c. Have you completed your assignment?
• d. Are you feeling home sick? I am… etc… .
• 3. Dialogue writing and giving practice.
• 4. Ask them to speak on common simple topics.
• 5. Play a movie and ask them to narrate the story.
• 6. Can show motivational clippings and can take motivational sessions.
• 7. Can show pictures and ask them to describe it in simple sentences.
• 8. Prepare sentences that are commonly used in school and ask students to read it everyday.
• a. Mam may I quench my thirst please.
• b. May I go to the rest room please.
• Ask them to memorize all the given sentences before moving to the next level of voice and accents.
• 9. Take the students within the school campus and ask them to describe the things surrounding them.
• 10. Teach the basic manners ( Life skills ).
• 11. Teach basics of grammar and tenses.
• 12. Can ask the students to read a passage loudly.
• 13. In Tamilnadu, Namakkal district, read and explain both in English and in Tamil for better
• understanding.
• 14. Need to always speak on the importance of talking in English.
• 15. Need to practice all the given sentences in the class. Allow every student in the class to participate
• in class.
• 16. Get constant feedback from the students as well as the management to improve your way of
• teaching as well as to see if they are satisfied with what you do in spoken English class.

5. 17. Keep correcting the students on the spot whenever you talk to them.
18. Allow the students to speak in class freely and correct them as they make mistakes without hurting
them.
19. Advise them to watch simple animated cartoons in English. Play some of such cartoons in class if you
can.
20. Play some dialogues and conduct role play in class.
21. Understand the physiology of every student individually in a class. Grade them as per their capability
and concentrate on the best 60% of good students. Make sure that these students talk good English
in the end of the session or course.
22. Try to bring at least three major changes in the first week itself.
Example:
Ask the students to wish the teachers all the time and also teach to talk something after wishing.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Good afternoon. How was your day so far?
Good evening. Good day. Have a fabulous evening.
23. Teach intonations and voice modulation.
Example:
What is your problem?
What do you want?
Tell me what is your problem?
Same sentences can change the meaning when you do not correctly modulate or when proper tone
is used.
24. Give a set of simple sentences that is being used everyday and ask them to memorize.
25. Can give a recipe and encourage the students to read it out to their parents in English and encourage
them to cook in their home. Ask the stude3nts to explain how they cooked in their home in class
individually while cooking. Can access the voice, clarity, accent, modulation, body language,
confidence, grammar etc… through this activity.

6. 26. Conduct quiz in class.
Example:
Need to divide the class into three groups. Ask one group to ask
questions. Ask the other group to answer the questions. Ask the
third group to say if the sentences that the group two have
constructed is correct or not.
27. Conduct group discussions on any selective topics.
28. Teach Life skills through spoken English.
Example:
Ask the students to keep the class clean and tidy.
Ask the students to keep the desks neatly as soon the teacher leaves
the class and get ready for the next period.
Can ask them to sit back on the chair straight and look into the eyes
of the teacher if they are not writing anything.
Ask the students to only raise their hands if they have any questions
and not to interrupt in the middle when the teacher is taking class.
Etc… .
Speak about good manners.

7. For parents: ( simple conversation )
• Hello! Good morning dear.
• Did you sleep well last night?
• or
• Good morning sweet heart.
• Wake up dear. It’s time for you to get ready to go to school.
• Wake up it’s getting late.
• How many times should I ask you to get off your bed? It’s getting late.
•
• Come out of the bed first and then brush your teeth.
• Your milk is ready. Please brush your teeth and drink your milk.
• Hurry up; your hot water is ready. Go take your bath.
•
• Iron your cloths and polish your shoes. Please do it fast.
• I have to prepare breakfast and pack lunch for you. I woke up late today too. Please cooperate and do your work dear. I don’t have time now.
•
• Please pack your school bag. See if you have kept your pencil box and all your books.
• Check if you have completed your homework.
• I have kept your uniform on the iron table. Please wear it after taking bath.
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• Please see where our house keys are. Bring the lock and lock the door. I will take my bike from the shed mean while.
• Please hurry up. Come sit on the bike. Let’s go.
• Did your teacher say anything yesterday?
• See you in the evening dear. Have a nice day. God bless. Bye.
•
• Good evening dear.
• How was your day?
• How much home work do you have for today?
• Take off your uniform and go take bath dear.
• Come have your snacks.
• Please show your diary. Let’s see what home work you have for today.
• Alright, play for a while and come.
• Please keep your toys in its place after you finish playing.
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• Please don’t watch TV now. It’s getting late; let’s finish off your home work.
• Switch off the computer and stop watching that cartoon. Let’s finish your homework.
• Please sit in your study table dear.
• Finish off your handwriting first and then take your English class work.
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• Have your dinner now.
• Let’s sit for prayer.
• Wear your night dress and come let’s hit the bed.
• Good night. Sweet dreams.