Alka Batra, Bhavna Mehrotra, Brinda Dutta, Charu Rekha, Santhini Govindan, Vijaya Subramaniam
Voices, a multi-skill course in English, is an integrated and innovative approach to the teaching and learning of English language skills
Salient Features
- A pre-reading stimulant has been provided in the form of Let’s Get Going exercises to initiate the learner into the carefully chosen topic of the lesson
- A good mix of classical and contemporary selection of prose and poetry by Indian and international writers enhances the text
- An amazing amalgamation of the formative tasks of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW) skills are present in each chapter
- The listening and speaking activities are practical, easy and are suitable for individual, pair and group work
- NCERT-recommended writing tasks with formats and samples have been included
- The grammar part encompasses age-appropriate topics with definitions, rules, examples and application-based exercises
- Life Skills such as morals, logical reasoning and effective communication have been dealt with in each chapter
- Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) included in each chapter encourages discussion—making, empathy, sympathy and confidence-building
- Project Work takes creativity to an approachable level
- Model Test Papers have been provided from Class 3 onwards for practice