Learning a Language the Easy Way (Functional Method of Language Learning Using Colour Cards) - I

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Applied and Activity Based Learning
We use a language not only to understand and express our thoughts, and emotions but also as a formal and informal means of communication in our everyday life.
In the Functional Method of language learning, we use the learner's knowledge of fundamental concepts of a sentence and sentence structure in learning how to express oneself in a new language.
We can use colour cards in the functional method of learning a language viz. English Language:

SINGULAR ~ ONE

PLURAL ~ MANY

First Person Singular "I"

First Person Plural "We"
We can learn the language in a very simple way by using Color Cards that will represent the important parts of a sentence and help us in understanding the relevance of each part in forming the sentence:
We will make three-colour cards for "Subject", "Verb" and "Object". Subject to represent the person or object that does the action or activity denoted by the "Verb" card and the "object"  is the objective or result of the action.
E.g. Girl makes tea. Girl = Subject, makes = Verb, tea = Object.
"Subject "is a person or thing that does the action denoted by Verb.
So the Subject can be a noun (name of a person or any living thing, place or non-living thing.)
E.g Girl = Noun and makes = Verb.
"Object" is the result of the action (Verb) of Subject
So, Object often Noun (name of a person or any living thing, place or non-living thing.)
E.g. The result of Girl's action of making is "Tea" = Noun.

Note:

A pronoun is a word that represents a noun.

Person
Noun
Pronoun
First (One:-Singular)
I
I
First (Many:-Plural)
We
We
Second (One:-Singular)
You
You
Second (Many:-Plural)
You
You
Third (one:-Singular)
Boy
He
Third (Many:-Plural)
Boys
They
Third (One:-Singular)
Girl
They
Third (Many:-Plural)
Girls
They


Activity:
Display the following sentences and ask the learner to display appropriate colour card to identify the Subject (Noun/Pronoun), Verb and Object components of the following sentences:
  1. Navin learns French.
  2. A baby drinks milk.
  3. Students do homework.
  4. We have dinner,
  5. You know him.
I was revisiting a blog post I had written in 2010 and decided to re-post it hoping that you, who has patiently read it will certainly find it interesting as well as useful.

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