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What is oxymoron? An Oxymoron is defined as a phrase in which two words of opposite meanings are brought together. Here are some funny oxymorons:

1. Clearly Misunderstood
2. Exact Estimate
3. Small Crowd
4. Act Naturally
5. Found Missing
6. Fully Empty
7. Pretty Ugly
8. Seriously Funny
9. Only Choice
10. Original Copies
11. Open Secret
12. Tragic Comedy
13. Foolish Wisdom
14. Liquid Gas

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Interesting news

1. British Council MOOCs - “Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Tests” begin from May 11 and “Exploring English: Language and Culture.” from June 22. See news article
2. English medium students for SSC exams up by 1.33 lakh

"The sudden rise is due to the success schools started a few years ago where English medium was introduced and the first batch will be taking the SSC exams this year."

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Famous People

Robin Williams who died recently acted as a English teacher in the famous movie Dead Poets Society

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Karnataka English Textbook Topics

Class VIII	Class IX	Class X
First Language	First Language	First Language
Second Language	Second Language	Second Language
Third Language	Third Language	Third Language

Reference Topics

Somebodys Mother	My Beginnings
Work is Worship	Busy Bee	A day in the Ashrama
A magician with the ball	Coromandel Fishers	God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Class VIII Topics

A DAY IN THE ASHRAM	CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE
SIR C.V.RAMAN	THE LITTLE BUSY BEE
JAMAICAN FRAGMENT	NO MEN ARE FOREIGN
THE BOY WHO ASKED FOR MORE	FOR A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
THE SWAN AND THE PRINCES	SOMEBODY’S MOTHER
ALL THE WORLD HER STAGE	COROMANDEL FISHERS
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES	MACHINE
LUTHER BURBANK	AXE IN THE WOOD
SOME TIPS ON PHONETICS	COME LET’S SPEAK
SOME LANGUGE GAMES	LITTLE MORE INFORMATION

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From the forum

Discussions in English Teachers Forum on English as a medium of instruction

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Fun corner

Play vocabulary games such as Crossword, Hangman and Anagram games on the link below. Fun Activities Interesting anecdotes

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Spotlight

Stories they tell about language

An interesting article by Rama Kant Agnihotri, Professor and Head, Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi.

"The idea that a tongue spoken by a large number of people across a territory is ‘pure’ and therefore must not be changed is wrong"