Beyond the pitch

Lately, I have understood that the worst thing that could happen to a human being is being constantly driven from fear and seeking valdiation from others. The more you try to please others, the more you get frustrated with your own identity and what do you do with your  own life. Fear can never function as a motivation or a positive factor that keeps you focused towards your goals. Fear can make your life miserable and make you take hasty decisions that you might repent later. Fear can make you a less confident person and make you questioj whatever you do and whatever you want to achive. Fear based decisions will make you vulnerable and in short they will make you someone who does not believe in your own skills and abilities as you always depend on others opinions to validate who you truly are.

 This article argues that a TESL practioner should possess an adequate knowledge of linguistics to be a succesful profession. This article will analye the basic subdisciplines in linguistics and their relevance to TESL. The  basic sub-fields in linguistics are: 1. Phonetics; 2. Phonology; 3. Morphology 4. Syntax 5. Semantics 6. Pragmatics In addition to this we also argue as a linguist, a TESL teacher has to play multiple roles in the classroon including that of descriptivist and prescriptivist.

 Austin's theory of speech acts can be expanded using the practise of chanting Buddhist Gathas

 1. Politically correct Lies 2. Hero is Dead 3. I am Afraid of Tomorrow 4. Troublemaker 5. Fresh  from the Sea 6. Temporary Lecturer  7. My Love Story

 Have you ever travelled in a train in Sri Lanka? If your answer is YES, you must be familiar with those singers who would perform to entertain the passengers in the compartments. I do not like to label them as beggars since they literally provide a service to the passengers. These 'train singers' sometimes carry sophisticated tools such as microphones or speakers, but most performers carry what they call dolky . The reason I wanted to write this post is something I have observed when those singers song Sinhalese boot songs ( break up songs). If you carefully notice the passengers' faces who listen to those songs (I am not being misogynistic, but mostly men) you would notice that they reminisce their lost/acquired love stories serenely. If the singer shifts to a song with an extremely pathetic break up or an ending, you can literally see the way those listeners weep in their hearts.  Most of the times, passengers would offer donations to these train singers and hardly a t...

 "You can't run a marathon without no mile markers. Metrics help us understand speed and distance" -Simon Sinek- Are you a goal or process oriented person? What do you satisfy the most? The end result or the way you get to that end? What motivates you to go to your work? It is the salary get at the end of each month or is it your ability to do work over time?  The history has proven that every successful person is someone who believes in the process by which he/gets to the end of the journey. Successful people would tell us that it is far better to re-live the joy of the journey you take to ahcieve something than the joy enjoyed at the end of something or after achieving something.