Designed to address the requirements of undergraduate students of English, this textbook invites the students to learn the course through a plethora of activities based learning tasks.

Prof. A. John Jelestin is an Assistant Professor of English, Loyola College, Chennai. He worked as ELT coordinator in the Jesuit Madurai Province for a year and has continued to help in training the teachers for the past 10 years. Steered by Rev. Dr. Francis M. Peter, he was the forerunner of the successful project known as ‘Action Future Perfect’ for improving vernacular medium students’ competence in English. He has authored books namely A Goose that Lays English Eggs and Future Perfect. He has conducted a number of training programmes to school teachers in South and North India.


"Dr. D. Joseph Chandra is currently Head, Department of English, Loyola College and formerly Dean of Arts, Loyola College. He has 33 years of teaching experience at Loyola College and is also an accomplished Soft Skills trainer. He is a recognized research supervisor by the University of Madras for doctoral students in English studies. He has authored several books including Power Talk, Soft Skills for Personality Development, Classical to Contemporary Literary Theory, Applied Literary Criticism, News and Views, etc. He has also edited various journals and publications."