Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : V, Issue : XI, December - 2015

THE STUDY OF PRONOUNS: A LEARNING AND TESTING TOOL BASED ON ESL APPROACH

M. Somathasan, R. Saranya

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

“Pronouns make a small class of word,but with a very high frequency of use–(Frank, 1972)”. A pronoun like I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc. is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. In the sentence, Siva saw Melany and he waved at her, the pronouns he and her take the place of the nouns Siva and Melany respectively. If there is no pronoun in English, the nouns then have to be repeated all the times in writing and speaking, which will make English language learning irritating and uninteresting. Thus, in the absence of the pronouns, the above sentence will have to be written or uttered like Siva saw Melany and Siva waved at Melany,which is quite boring. Pronouns which can do all of the things that nouns can do, are the elements of creating a better relationship between the author and the reader in terms of coherency. They are used by the authors to promote a better understanding of a piece of writing and to provide a mental image of them. Therefore, studying pronouns and their types is inevitable for a student learning English as a second language. Based on this concept, this paper attempts to develop a technology-incorporated learning and testing tool regarding the study of pronouns for the good side of the students of ESL.

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