post news network, Bhubaneswar, July 15: A bilingual grammar book, ‘English Grammar Just For You’, has been launched in a event held in a city hotel here, Wednesday. The English-Oriya book of grammar has been published by the Oxford University Press and will be available in the market now.
The book, written by Rajeevan Karal, is the first indigenously developed grammar series and has been compiled for learners of English, teachers, translators, and general readers.
Attending the program as chief guest, prof Natabar Satapathy of the Oriya department, Ravenshaw University, said, “Language is a medium of communication and it evolves when one is connected with it emotionally. Every language has some pattern and if we follow that, it will be easier for every learner to learn any language.”
Prof Kalyani Samantaray of English department, Utkal University, said, “The bilingual approach of the book helps the adult learners in independent learning of grammar and furthers their proficiency and accuracy in English language.”
Rajeevan Karal said, “The grammar book has been especially prepared for elementary and pre-intermediate Indian learners, who have low proficiency in the language and hence would help them as explanations are also there in their mother tongue. It is the first course that explains Indian learners’ difficulties, sensitises them to many common errors made by Indian learners and teaches them how to avoid those.
“Many learners when are in doubt often depend on others to clear their doubt. If you have good dictionary, then one can easily get answers for grammatical diction from the dictionary. One needs to associate with the language to develop good command over it.”