International Conference on South Asian Languages and Literatures 10

Conference Information

Full Title:	International Conference on South Asian Languages and Literatures 10
Short Title:	ICOSAL 10
Location:	Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University, and Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow)
Date:	5-6 July 2012
Deadlines:	15 December 2011:  submission of proposals 1 February 2012:      submission of abstracts 1 March 2012:          notification of acceptance
Meeting Description:	The Department of Indian Philology, Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAS), Moscow State University, and the International Centre for South Asian Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities, are proud to host the 10th International Conference on South Asian Languages and Literatures (ICOSAL 10). Out of the nine previous ICOSALs, three were organized in Moscow by the Department of Indian Philology, IAAS, (July 1997, July 2003, June 2006). The other six ICOSALs were organized by various Indian Universities (in Hyderabad, Aligarh, Patiala and other Indian cities). The main problems discussed at the ICOSALs were: the structure of Hindi and other Indian languages as a subject of University education outside India; resource materials for learning Hindi and other Indian languages; new challenges to the teaching of Indian languages and literatures; software and other technical devices for teaching and learning Indian languages; new trends in Hindi orthography caused by using computers; estimation of manuals and textbooks used for teaching Indian languages; problems of translation; influence of European and American literature on writers of Indian Diaspora; the role of web resources in developing and spreading modern Indian literatures. There were also special sessions dedicated to creative activity like reciting poetry or performing a play (plays) in Indian languages by students of Moscow State University. Proceedings of the 1st  ICOSAL, under the title ‘Vaagbhaarati’, were published by Moscow State University in 1998, edited by L.V. Khokhlova and A. Sawani. Proceedings of the 5th   ICOSAL, ‘Old and New Perspectives on South Asian Languages: Grammar and Semantics', were published in 2007 by Motilal Banarsidass, ed. by Colin Masica. Proceedings of the 8th  ICOSAL, ‘Language Vitality in South Asia’, were published in 2009 by Aligarh Muslim University, ed. by Ali R. Fatihi
Linguistic Subfields in ICOSAL 10:	Morphology, semantics and syntax of South Asian languages; languages versus dialects; problems of demarcation of related languages (e.g. Hindi versus Urdu); divergent developments of languages in different countries (e.g. Urdu in India and Pakistan, Bangla in India and Bangladesh; (cultural) history of South Asian languages.
Literature Subfields in ICOSAL 10:	History of various literatures of South Asia; patterns of the appearance of new literary languages and new literatures; hermeneutics of literary analysis; literature(s) and religion(s); problems of literary genres in the literatures of South Asia.
Organizing committee	Head: Professor M.S. Meyer, Director, Institute of Asian and African Studies, MSU Members: Linguistics: Dr. L. Khokhlova (lvik@orc.ru), Dr. E. Panina (panina_e@mail.ru), Prof. B. Zakharyin Literature: Prof. Neelam Saxena (nsneelam79@yahoo.com), Dr. E. Akimushkina (eakimushkina@mail.ru), Dr. A. Dubyanskiy (dubian@iaas.msu.ru), A. Janvijay (aniljanvijay@gmail.com), Dr. M. Rusanov (marusanov@yandex.ru), Prof. S. Serebriany (s.serebriany@gmail.com), Dr. A. Stolyarov (astol007@gattamelata.com), Dr. G. Strelkova (gstr@mail.ru) Secretary: E. Bugayenko  (katjagrjunvald@rambler.ru)

Proposals and abstracts should be sent to the secretary of the organizing committee E. Bugayenko  (katjagrjunvald@rambler.ru).The size of an abstract should not exceed 2000 characters.Abstracts should be typed in TimesNewRoman 12.

International Workshop on Effective Teaching of English...

International Workshop

on

Effective Teaching of English 

14th & 15th December, 2011



Organized by
Department of English 
College of Engineering, Guindy

ANNA UNIVERSITY 
CHENNAI – 600 025
TAMILNADU

Ph: 044 2235 8726 / 044 2235 8727

Email: effectivetenglish@gmail.com

Patron
Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, 
Vice-Chancellor,
Anna University, Chennai - 25

Coordinator
Dr. S. P. Dhanavel
Professor and Head
Department of English
Anna University, Chennai - 25

Additional coordinators
Dr. S. Soundiraraj, Associate Professor
Dr. P. R. Sujatha Priyadharsini, Assistant Professor 

Our Team
Dr. Premalatha Rajan, Professor
Dr. K. Elango, Professor
Dr. T. Shrimathy Venkatalakshmi, Associate Professor
Mr. P. Sadagopan, Associate Professor
Dr. Veena Selvam, Assistant Professor
Dr. Stars Jasmine, Assistant Professor

About the Department

The Department of English offers courses in Technical English, Communication Skills and English for Media using technological aids like Communication Laboratory and audio visual aids. The department has also been conducting training programmes, workshops and seminars for students and faculty members. Such programmes suit the needs of the participants and benefit them. 

About of the Workshop

English in India is a global language in a multilingual country. The need for English today has grown beyond the academic needs and it has now become a matter of fulfilling people’s aspirations. This presents a unique challenge for teachers as we strive to help these students achieve fluency and accuracy in English language that will help them in their academic, professional and social sphere. So, too, as teachers, we need to recognize our challenge to go beyond imparting knowledge. Helping students learn effectively is our challenge as teachers. Effective teaching is not just knowledge dissemination. Identifying effective teaching strategies, therefore, is our challenge as we both assess the effectiveness of our current teaching style and consider innovative ways to improve our teaching to match our students' learning styles. This workshop for the teachers of English aims to explore different teaching strategies, analyze what works, and take action to modify or synthesize our teaching to help our students learn in a way that works for us as well as our students. The sessions will provide valuable direction for English language teachers in India. 
The major thrust areas of the workshop are proven strategies for teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary.

The Registration Fee of Rs.1200/- should be paid by DD drawn in favour of The Director, CPDE, Anna University, Chennai and sent to The Head, Department of English, Anna University, Chennai 600 025.

Last Date for receiving DD and Registration form: 07.12.2011

Programme

14.12.2011 – DAY 1 

09.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. : Registration

10.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. : Inauguration

10.45 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. : Tea Break

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. : I Session

12.30 p.m. – 01.30 p.m. : Lunch

01.30 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. : II Session

03.00 p.m. – 03.15 p.m. : Tea Break

03.15 p.m. – 04.45 p.m. : III Session

15.12.2011 – DAY 2

09.15 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. : IV Session

10.45 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. : Tea Break

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. : V Session

12.30 p.m. – 01.30 p.m. : Lunch

01.30 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. : VI Session

03.00 p.m. – 03.15 p.m. : Tea Break

03.15 p.m. – 04.15 p.m. : Valedictory 

Travel and Accommodation:

Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. Accommodation can be availed at nominal charges from: 

1. The World University Centre, No.18, Mayor Ramanathan Salai, Chetpet, Chennai-31, Ph. 28364422 / 28362251
2. Adyar Guest House, No.19, L. B. Road, Adyar, Chennai-20, Ph. 24914711

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International Workshop

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Effective Teaching of English

14th & 15th December, 2011

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National Seminar on Representation of Children in English Literature...

Rockstar Movie Review By Abu Saleh...

First of all let me inform you that this is a belated, unusual movie review of Indian Hindi film Rockstar (2011). It reminds me my college days when I used to do SMS reviews for my cinema loving friends after watching any new release. Coming to Rockstar, I am not going to talk about the plot and story as most of us have already watched it or know through any kind of media and reviews etc. The other thing is I am an admirer of Rahman, Imtiaz and Irshad etc. who are related with this film, so, if you find lots of positive things about the movie in this review please just ignore it.

Well I liked the film. After a long time I have seen a refreshing film like this. Imtiaz, one of the finest directors today and future of the Indian Cinema, knows the pulse of youth very well and used it too like his earlier films. There are certain scenes, expressions and dialogues which are awesome. From the powder at the neck and shoulders of the shop owner (Kumud) at the time of interview to the body massage scene (Piyush) is amazing. The sequences like “Jungli Jawani”, “Desi Daru” and other is really praise worthy.

The screenplay is nice. The open and Khulam Khulla dialogues which generally happens in Imtiaz’s film is very much present here too. The lines like “Girlfriend Baan Ja Meri, Tu Aur Mei Rock Kar Denge” and “Shadi Ke Raat Dulhan Ka Sab Fantacy Karte He”. Ha ha ha… Sab Pakde Gaye Na?, is nice. And yes “Palangtodd” is outstanding. Anyway, from where you got the phrase Imtiaz Bhai? “Palangtodd Nasihat” which used to come in newspapers, ha ha ha. “Wo Bajate Ho Na Turturi, Pa Pa Pa. Ek Hi Cheez Kiu Bajate Rehto Ho Bar Bar”? Abb Age Badho, Kuch Naya Bajao To” (Regarding Shehnai) shows the attitude of today’s youth towards classical music.

The actors did well too, Ranbir gave an acclaimed performance. He is superb in the initial act of a simple boy and in the act of negative rockstar too. Nargis is young, beautiful and fresh but in acting I think she lacks maybe she can improve later. Aditi, Piyush, Kumud, Shernaz, Moufid and others gave good performances too.

Coming to music, I have not that much of knowledge and dare to say about Rahman. He is Rahman, that’s it. I am just listening the songs again and again. The Qawwali “Kun Faaya Kun” and the musical Jugalbandi of Shehnai and Guiter is really good one. Rahman and Orianthi came together, thus “Saadda Haq” becomes the youth anthem. The high notes of guitar in “Saadda Haq” and “Nadan Parindey” is rocking. The lyrics is also another plus point for the film, Irshad has given beautiful lines for the songs; “Train Ka Bhi, Lodge Ka Bhi Bill to Tu Deke Jana” from “Seher Me” sounds nice or “Wo Eco-friendly, Nature Ke Rakshak…Mei Bhi Hu Nature” from “Saadda Haq” is brilliant. Yes, Mohit did a great job in every song, quite same other singers too.

The beginning of the film is quite dramatic which merges at the ending scene and connects the whole movie. The development of the rockstar character and the movie through the use of flashbacks and montages is praiseworthy. Though the early period of development of the character has been shown with humour but it looks real and implies deep satire too. The film is somewhat long, I felt, may be because of the second half which does not stand enough matchable compare to the first half. But the first half is really well. It seems that the first part goes over so quickly; he could have taken more time to develop it and show the things properly instead of showing hastily. The second half is more about love, lust, pain and separation etc. which probably turns the character into rockstar as the film claims but the second part and the ending is open ended and confusing and seems as circling itself.

The choice of Prague is outstanding, it could have been any other city too, surely it has some significance. But the director somewhat failed to show the beauty of Prague. It has not been covered properly. It has lots to show, I know that is not the purpose of the film anyway. Yes but the projection of Kashmir is positive. Our Hyderabad rocks in the film too, may be through Aditi Rao Hydari of Hyderabad or the Hard Rock Cafe which occurs frequently in this film.

This is a film of tribute too. Either in the form of Shammi Ji through the beginning image or the Shammi Dance of Ranbir in Dal Lake and to Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahab through the Shehnai part. It can be a tribute to Delhi also which covers the old Delhi and almost all the prestigious colleges and yes the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya also.

The other thing is I don’t know why in every film of Imtiaz the female lead remains bold, active and naughty at the first half and later they becomes victim, calm, shrunken and the male counterpart becomes helping hand for them or take the responsibility of bringing back the ladies into their past joyfulness. Whatever, I can write a lot but it is going too lengthy. Finally, my verdict is it’s a nice one and if you have already not seen it please go for it, its worthy. Thank You…

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*Editors*

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** Dr Sudhir Narayan Singh,*

*M. A. Ph. D. in English Literature (BHU)*

*B. Ed. (Spl.) V. I. (MPBOU) *

(Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication Skills. The
Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, Bhiwani Haryana-127021.



** Dr Dalvir Singh Gahlawat*

*M. A., M. Phil., Ph. D. in English Literature,*

*M. A. Political Science, Pursuing-PGDJMC*



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