The English Connection Coursebook - 2

The English Connection, an integrated skills course, highlights the holistic approach to language teaching and learning. The underlying principles of language learning advocated by the CBSE, i.e., learner autonomy, reflective thinking, creativity, and interactive learning, have been incorporated into the pedagogy that is embedded in the course content of the series.

The main features of the book are as follows:

1. A wide range of poetry and prose from different literary genres to develop comprehension skills.

2. A carefully graded grammar syllabus with structures, comprehensive rules, and tasks that lead to its usage.

3. A study skills section on spelling, pronunciation, dictionary research, and punctuation.

4. Writing tasks to promote creative, imaginative, and critical thinking skills.

5. Projects to develop interpersonal and reference skills as well as the ability to process information.

Table of Contents:

Summer

1. Too Much Sun

2. Naughty Karan

All the Bells Were Ringing

3. Nipun Learns a Lesson

4. Abu Ali Counts His Donkeys

Bee! I’m Expecting You!

5. Knock, Knock, Who’s There?

Potato Print Tulip Card

6. Honeybees

Princess Sleepyhead

7. The Baboon’s Umbrella

8. Who Stole Nicky’s Peanuts?

I’m Late for School

9. Gandhiji Passes His Own Examination

10. The Shoemaker and the Elves

Road Safety Rules

Listening Text