Articles, the small words "a", "an" and "the", are used differently across varieties of English, and Indian English has its own patterns. You may hear "He is doing PhD", "I'm going to office", "She is in hospital", "Give me one pen", "The life is beautiful" or "I met one Mr Sharma." Research on Indian English article use, including corpus studies, finds that speakers often mark whether information is new or already known in ways influenced by Indian languages, which do not have articles like English. What you will learn: • "One" where others say "A" • No article before places and routines • "The" where others leave it out • New VS known information • Recovering meaning from context • Formality and variation • Practice: decode the sentence • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.