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Knot 1 : You want to speak but you stutter and stammer when you are required to fish out a frugal sentence in English
Knot 2 : You have the ideas but lack the tools to reveal them.
Knot 3 : You want to present your opinion but lack fluency. You don't have the words and you need grammar.
Knot 4 : You need confidence and an opportunity to learn the right way.
The English language is fast emerging as the most effective universal medium of communication. To be a part of the global quest for personal and academic excellence, to be an efficient component of this highly competitive global environment, you need the ability to speak your mind freely, effectively, fluently and confidently. If you lack these skills, you could be losing out on a lot more than you think!
Recall... the time when better speakers at an important GD / Interview clinched away that valuable seat in the College you wanted to study in.
Recall... when fluency in English could have got you that prized job.
Recall... when you couldn't initiate a relationship just because you lacked the skill to express yourself freely.
If any of this happened to you at any point of your life and you have the will to never let it happen to you again: Help is at hand. Right here in your city.
Why English only? Why not Punjabi, Hindi, Telugu or Marathi? Why do you think English will fetch you success and fame?
There are several dictionary definitions for "Conversation".
Conversation: an informal talk with somebody, especially about opinions, ideas, feelings, or everyday matters.
Conversation: noun, an informal spoken exchange of news and ideas between two or more people.
Conversation: a talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information are exchanged.
There are several dictionary Synonyms for "Conversation": discourse, discussion, dialogue, chat, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication
There are several dictionary definitions for "Skills".
Skill is an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it.
Skills are the result of special training to do a function or activity.
Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience.
A developed talent or ability
An art, trade, or technique requiring use of the hands and or tools.
We have to create some definitions for "Conversation Skills".
Conversation skills can be explained as language abilities needed to interact in social situations. Language abilities include speaking with appropriate vocabulary, pronunciation, tone, intonation, rhythm, pauses, politeness and timing.
We have to create some definitions for "English Language Conversation Skills".
English Language Conversation Skills includes language abilities, conversation skills, social skills, culture knowledge and non-verbal communication skills.
Non-verbal communication skills are classified as posture, body movements, gestures, facial expressions, proximity and eye contact.
In English speaking countries the non-verbal messages can represent from 25 to 75% of the meaning.
Social skills and culture knowledge can be generalized as what to say, when to say it, where and how to say it.
When learning English Language Conversation Skills students must include everything if they actually want to converse with native English speakers. Students cannot just learn vocabulary or pronunciation as it represents less than 50% of most conversations.
Excellent professional ESL English tutors can help students integrate all the factors necessary for ESL students to successfully converse with English native speakers or use English as the language of international business communication.
Spoken English is made up of forty individual sounds including twenty four consonant sounds and sixteen vowels sounds. With only twenty six letters in the ABC's, the Latin alphabet has never accurately represented English speaking.
While the ABC's have worked adequately for written English since 1476, there has not been a suitable phonetic alphabet to indicate the sounds of the language until 2001.
The English Phonetic Alphabet
24 Consonants
/b/, /d/, /f/, /g/, /h/, /j/, /k/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /r/, /s/, /t/, /v/, /w/, /y/, /z/
/CH/, /SH/, /TH/, /th/, /ng/, /Zh/
16 Vowels
/Ay/, /a/, /Ey/, /e/, /Iy/, /i/, /Ow/, /o/, /Uw/, /u/, /^/, /Oy/, /Aw/, /Er/, /Ar/, /Or/
The Impact of ABC's on ESL - May Chan's Story
The secretary burst into my classroom. "Can you come - now" she pleaded and disappeared back into the hall. I motioned to my class to work on their own and followed her. From the computer lab at the far end of the school, I could hear the sound of a man shouting. When we entered the lab, he stopped "I can't understand what she's saying", the repairman snapped as he backed away from a young Chinese woman.
The computer lab in our midtown adult community school was lined with second-hand office computers. May Chan, a graduate of our school was employed there as an assistant. It was her job to load the appropriate software into the computers for each class. That day she stood alone pointing to a bulky old unit. A single tear rolled down her cheek. In my experience, Chinese people are model students: they are proud, quiet people. I had never seen a Chinese student cry and it broke my heart. May Chan pointed to the monitor and whispered, "To soun. Eyychoo. To soun."
She was ashamed of her Chinese accent and the rude technician had humiliated her. I asked her what was wrong and she repeated, "To soun. Eyychoo. To soun." But I could not understand her answer. "Can you write it down?" I asked, and gave her a pen.
E C H O, she printed, and it all made sense. The computer was sending two sounds; it had an echo. She knew the right word, but in English knowing the right word does not always help. What May Chan did not understand was English, letters do not represent sounds. The connection between English letters and sounds is so weak, no one can speak English from reading it.
The Lesson: Spelling is Random
May Chan was making the classic ESL learner's mistake of pronouncing a word the way it looks. English does not work like that. Understanding the differences between written English and spoken English is the key. The alphabet, spelling, grammar and punctuation are all about writing and have nothing whatsoever to do with speaking. In English, spelling is random and speaking is not writing said out loud.
When a student's ability to read and write English far outstrips their ability to speak it, writing it down is a great strategy for communication hiccoughs (pronounced /hik ups/ - case in point). Something ESL students are surprised to learn is that native English speakers do not know how to pronounce words from reading them, either. English spelling has been hopeless for a long, long time.
The Age-Old Problem
English as a spoken language has been developing since 450 AD and commonly uses 40 sounds. The Latin alphabet (or ABCs) with its 26 symbols has only been used by the general public to print the English language since 1476 AD when William Caxton set up his printing press in London. English uses more sounds than it has letters! The Latin alphabet has never accurately represented spoken English.
For example, what is the sound of the letter 'g' in beige, garage and genre? What is the sound of the letter 's' in Asia, usual and television? /Zh/ is a French sound and there is no specific letter for it in English.
The Solution that Did not Work
Dictionaries often use a set of symbols known as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Unfortunately, that alphabet does not work well for English. The origin of IPA is French where the letter 'e' is known as 'euh' and 'i' is known as 'e' and so on. In spite of the inherent confusion, the IPA had a good run and survived for more than one hundred and twenty years. Today there is little tolerance for the system, because the obscure IPA symbols have no representation on the standard computer keyboard.
The Solution that Worked
In 2001, English finally got its own 40- symbol, computer-friendly phonetic alphabet where each symbol represents one and only one sound in the English language.
Students need to learn their ABC's for reading and writing and the English Phonetic Alphabet / ingli SH funedik alfabet/ for speaking. When learners can see how words sound, they pronounce them with confidence!
Summary
· Write it down is an acceptable strategy if speaking is not working
· English writing and English speaking are different languages
· The Latin alphabet does not represent English sounds
· The English Phonetic Alphabet (EPA) is a phonetic system that works
And be sure to fire the bastards that make your students cry.
English is Stupid is the definitive resource guide for spoken English in both the academic and corporate speaking world. The six principles that govern spoken English are outlined in the chapters of "English is Stupid".
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