ACEN INTERACTIVE COURSE
in Phonetics And Spoken English
Edition 2010
with Grammar, Vocabulary and Communication
Course Details
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This is a course Spoken English designed to assist students in improving their speaking skill in
English.
Level is intermediate to higher
The course is divided in the following parts:
1.
Phonetics
2.
Grammar
3.
Enriching vocabulary
4.
Communication skills
Authors: Contributors:
Dr. Arpita Banerjee- Reader in ELT, Institute of English, Kolkata
Dr. Balchandra Valke- Chairman, Board of Studies in English, University of Pune.
Dr. Grace Jecob- Reader, Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar
Dr. Premalata Rajan- Reader, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. Ashok Thorat- Dean, Faculty of Arts and Fine Arts, University of Pune.
Dr. Kamal Mehta Professor, Saurashtra University, Rajkot.
Dr. Rajendrasinh Jadeja Director, H M Patel Institute of English, Anand.
Dr. Santosh Pandey National Defence Academy, Khadakwasala
C. Ravindranath, Writer and Trainer, Pune.
Video presentation- Dr. Shridhar Gokhale, Professor of English, University of Pune.
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Indian variant of English is used through with common voices so that the student can associate the
model to his surrounding.
Accent neutralized voices from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Assam are used.
The overall course provides substantial material for the students that can last for about 80-100
hours of lab work.
All the course material is designed to work with Windows XP
Phonetics
The phonetics course is presented as audio recordings that can be played on the included setup of
Acen ‘auditext’ virtual recorder. This provides a facility to listen to the pronunciation and repeating
after the model. The student’s voice gets recorded for easy comparison with the model voice.
There are tracks parallel to the audio tracks for entering text in desired scripts.
Worksheets to be used with the lessons are included as pdf files and are to be printed and used.
Grammar
The grammar section is divided in to 5 parts. Each part consists of two lessons. The lessons are
video files.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Introduction to English Grammar
Question Formation
Tenses
Nouns
Verbs
Passive Voice
Prepositions
Conditional Sentences
Articles
Interactive question papers are included under each lesson which when solved provide gradation
as well as model answers of selected questions.
Enrichment of vocabulary
This section consists of two parts- Level 1 and Level 2.
The Level 1 part provides elementary vocabulary suitable for students of standard 10+.
The Level 2 part provides a higher level vocabulary suitable for undergraduate students.
Level 1Democracy1
Value Education
A Candidate for Employment
Knowledge Management
Environment
War And Peace
Burglary
Legal Jargon
Level 2Democracy 2
Habits and Attitudes of The Young
Resurgent India
Courtship
Marauders of Morals
An Exhortation
Misogynistic Mandarin
Medical Jargon
The lessons include paragraphs/dialogues with ample words for the students to either revise or
learn anew. The subjects are relevant to students’ lives.
Every lesson ends with question papers for the students to test their newly learnt words.
Communication Skills
This includes lessons on:
General Communication
Business Communication
CV Writing
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Special English Constructions, common errors
Figurative English
Foreign Phrases in English
Comprehension Exercises
Report Writing
Typical Situation Dialogues
Presentation Skills and Techniques
Debating Skills
Electronic Means of Communication
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Packaging:
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Student Version: Available as a single student version.
Set up- The setup includes simple installation of a software ACEN Tutorial; ACEN auditext virtual
recorder and ACEN Fonts (-special fonts for phonetic symbols).
The course is dongle protected and the dongle must be connected to a USB port of the computer
before use.
The student has to insert the CD relevant to the part of the course and import the same on his
computer. Once the required part is imported on the computer it is saved for reuse.
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Institutional Version: Available as an institutional version for upto 30 students. The license is for
either 1 year or perpetual. In this case all the features remain just like the student version but it also
includes basic language lab functions - teacher/student interaction like intercom, group discussion,
paired conversation, public address etc. It also includes a blank question bank for the teacher to
create new question papers for target student groups. The user has to install the components on
the teacher’s as well as the students’ computers. All computers need to be connected in a LAN. A
single dongle is used on the teacher’s computer.
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Contents: (Sizes are of zip files and may vary)
CD 1: Setup
Institutional Version: This will contain the following:
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Acenet 5.1(LV) with a link to Acen Tutorial (Acenet version)
Setup for ACEN Tutorial -Acenet version
auditext setup- virtual sound recorder
pdf files of worksheets for use with phonetics part.
Student Version: This will contain the following:
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Setup for ACEN Tutorial
auditext setup –virtual sound recorder
pdf files of worksheets for use with phonetics part.
CD 2: –(both Institutional Version & Student Version)
Phonetics- lessons 1 to 24 (116 MB)
CD 3: - (both Institutional Version & Student Version)
Grammar Part 1 and Part 2 (403 MB+ 249MB)
CD 4: -(both Institutional Version & Student Version)
Grammar Part 3 and Part 4 (303MB+ 283 MB)
CD 5: - (both Institutional Version & Student Version)
Grammar Part 5 (252 MB)
CD 6: - (both Institutional Version & Student Version)
Vocabulary1 (371MB)
CD 7: Communication skills
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