SPOKEN ENGLISH AND BROKEN ENGLISH- G.B. SHAW- BASIC ENGLISH NOTES - SEMESTER II - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 

SPOKEN ENGLISH AND BROKEN ENGLISH

G.B. SHAW

Comprehension Questions

I.                  Answer the following questions.

1)    What according to Shaw are the advantages in learning to speak well?

Ans: Bernard Shaw says that when we travel in the British Commonwealth or in America or when we meet a native of these countries, we have to speak English well for enough understanding.

 

2)    What is meant by a provincial or cockney dialect?

Ans: Provincial or cockney dialect means a language spoken in East End of England.

 

3)    What does Shaw say about his own speech?

Ans: Bernard Shaw confesses that he himself does not speak English in the same way. When he speaks to audience, he speaks carefully. Bernard Shaw criticizes that it is an insult to the native speaker of English who cannot understand his own language when it is too well spoken.

 

4)    How does Shaw speak to his wife?

Ans: If he was to speak carefully to his wife at home, she would think he was going mad. As a public speaker he has to take care that every word he says is heard distinctly at far end of large halls containing thousands of people. At home he speaks to his wife like mumbling.

 

5)    Why does Shaw urge foreigners not to try to speak English perfectly?

Ans: Foreigners need not speak English perfectly if they want to travel in England and if they are wise to be understood these. Shaw emphasizes that there is no such thing as perfectly correct English and there is presentable English which we call “Good English”.

 

6)    What does Shaw advocate about listening?

Ans: Shaw further adds by citing an example of 'key hole moral' the listener gets surprised to note the difference between two situations. The difference is greater in speech than in anything else. Foreigners need not speak English perfectly if they want to travel in England and if they are wise to be understood these.

 

7)    Why are home manners different from company manners?

Ans: Home manners is totally different from company manners because in company manners we have to respect only that one who got a better opportunity from us that is why it's like a formal and discipline types and in Home manners we only have to respect our parents and elders, in home we can enjoy, play, sleep and other way from which we express our happiness

 

 

II.               Answer the following questions.

1.     What are the claims of Shaw that no native speaker speaks “correct English”?

Ans: Bernard Shaw admits that he, when all is said and done, doesn't communicate in English similarly. At the point when he addresses crowd, he talks cautiously. If he somehow managed to talk cautiously to his better half at home, she would think he was going insane. Try not to attempt to communicate in English impeccably on the grounds that local speakers of English will not comprehend. Regardless of whether he is an outsider or local, the primary thing that he should recollect is that there is nothing of the sort as in a perfect world correct English. Shaw examines ideas of 'correct English,' that is, the appropriate manner by which English ought to be spoken. No two British subjects talk precisely similar, as per G. B. Shaw. He, when all is said and done, is an individual from an advisory group set up by the BBC to choose how the expressions of speakers utilized by the partnership ought to be articulated all together that they ought to be a model of right discourse from the British Islands. The board is involved Irish members, Wales' members, Scottish members, Oxford University members, American members all unmistakable by their disparities of discourse. They vary additionally as indicated by the nations wherein they are conceived. In spite of the fact that they all talk distinctively they all talk adequately and if an unfamiliar understudy of the English language talks as they do he will be perceived in any English talking country and acknowledged as an individual of good friendly standing. Shaw exhibits that even among the informed and the experts on language; the way of talking is controlled by one's starting point, foundation, preparing and working environment.

 

2.     Explain Shaw’s view that broken English is quite sufficient for intelligible speech? Support your answer with examples from the essay.

Ans: George Bernard Shaw is a notable writer. He arranged and talked on the subject 'Spoken English and Broken English' on a gramophone recording for the Lingua-telephone institute. In his discourse the provocative thoughts are framed in a straightforward however sparkling rhetorical style. Bernard Shaw says that when we travel in the British Commonwealth or in America or when we meet a local of these nations, we need to communicate in English well for sufficient arrangement. On the off chance that we talk in a commonplace or cockney dialect it might keeps us from getting some business which is available to those just talk what is 'correct English'. Bernard Shaw admits that he, at the end of the day, doesn't communicate in English similarly. At the point when he addresses crowd, he talks cautiously. If he somehow happened to talk cautiously to his better half at home, she would think he was going mad. As a public speaker he needs to take care that each word he says is heard particularly at far finish of huge corridors containing a huge number of individuals. At home he addresses his better half like murmuring. His better half likewise somewhat imprudent thus he here and there needs to say "What?" Do make an effort not to communicate in English impeccably on the grounds that local speakers of English will not comprehend. In London 900 and 99 out of thousand individuals talk terrible English as well as talk even that severely. No outsider can at any point pressure the syllables and make the voice rise and fall in questions and answer, statement and disavowal, in refusal and assent, in enquiry or data, precisely as a local does. Thusly, the primary thing they need to do is to talk with a solid unfamiliar complement, and talk broken English. Bernard Shaw condemns that it is an affront to the local speaker of English who can't comprehend his own language when it is excessively articulate.

 

3.     What are Shaw’s suggestions to the foreigners when they travel to English-speaking countries?

Ans: Shaw encourages foreigners on the best way to communicate in English while going in English talking nations. Shaw currently provides for unfamiliar understudies another admonition of a serious diverse kind. On the off chance that they are learning English since they mean to go in England and wish to be perceived there, they should do whatever it takes not to communicate in English perfectly, since, in such a case that they do, nobody will get them. He repeats that however there is nothing of the sort as entirely right English, there is satisfactory English which is called 'acceptable English', yet in London 900 and 99 out of each thousand individuals talk awful English as well as talk even that seriously. Regardless of whether they don't talk well themselves they can at any rate comprehend it when it is expressive. They can when the speaker is English, however when the speaker is an outsider, the better he talks, the harder it is to get him.

 

4.     What reasons does Shaw put forward for making the claim that natives in an English-speaking country will be more helpful if a foreigner speaks broken English?

Ans: Regardless of whether he is an foreigner or local, the principal thing that he should recollect is that there is nothing of the sort as correct English. Shaw examines ideas of 'correct English,' that is, the legitimate manner by which English ought to be spoken. No two British subjects talk precisely similar, as indicated by G. B. Shaw. He, at the end of the day, is an individual from a panel set up by the BBC to choose how the expressions of speakers utilized by the enterprise ought to be articulated all together that they ought to be a model of right discourse from the British Islands. The board of trustees is contained Irish members, Wales’s members, Scottish members, Oxford University members, American members all conspicuous by their disparities of discourse. They vary additionally as indicated by the nations wherein they are conceived. In spite of the fact that they all talk diversely they all talk adequately and if an unfamiliar understudy of the English language talks as they do he will be perceived in any English talking country and acknowledged as an individual of good friendly standing. Shaw exhibits that even among the informed and the experts on language; the way of talking is controlled by one's starting point, foundation, preparing and work environment.

 

5.     What advantages to Shaw are the advantages in learning to speak well?

Ans: Bernard Shaw says that when we travel in the British Commonwealth or in America or when we meet a local of these nations, we need to communicate in English well for sufficient agreement. In the event that we talk in a common or cockney dialect it might keeps us from acquiring some work which is available to those just talk what is 'correct English'. Cockney English alludes to the complement or lingo of English customarily spoken by common Londoners. G.B. Shaw clarifies the distinction among right and justifiable. No two British subjects talk precisely indistinguishable. Indeed, even taught people, the Poet Laureate and prepared speakers don't articulate of the absolute easiest commonest words in the English language precisely similar. Individuals from the advisory group who are chosen as models of right discourse talk in an unexpected way. They contrast as per the country wherein they were conceived. Indeed, even inside a language's local home, it could be utilized in various accents and ways.