2. Effective Communication
Be understood exactly as intended
Be thoroughly intelligible
Be clear & concise
Suit the audience
Let your tone & body speak
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3. Skill Sets for Success
Skill sets
Career Specific
Career Neutral
* Communication Skills
* English Language Skills
* Knowledge
* Soft Skills
* Technical Skills
* Analytical Skills
* Professional Skills
* Critical Thinking Skills
* Numeric Skills
* Creative Thinking
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5. Good English = Better Career
“I Know English”
“I Don’t Know English”
Limited opportunity
Your own place
Small job
Low pay
Global opportunity
Brighter Career
Better job
Higher pay
More authority
Happier
Life
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6. What Stops You?
lack of grammar, vocabulary
lack of confidence
insufficient exposure
fear of failure
lack of motivation
not an examination task
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9. Diversify your Resources
• Focus on all - L.S.R.W.V.G.
• Formal and informal
• Fiction and non-fiction
• Serious and light
• Watch and listen
• Read and write
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17. Get Partners
• Make English speaking friends
• Befriend native English speakers
(who may want to learn your native language)
• Helpful Websites:
www.italki.com
www.verbling.com
www.sharedtalk.org
www.busuu.com
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18. Try to be Creative
• Big obstacles to fluency: lack of
vocabulary and lack of confidence
• It can be really frustrating when you have
ideas, but you can't express them
• Think of alternative ways to express your
ideas (the white vegetable that when you
cut you cry)
• Native English speakers also do it
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19. Grammar Later
• Another mental block is fear of making mistakes
• Remember: Communication is MUCH more
important than perfection! (Yesterday I go to
college.)
• What is important is to communicate successfully!
• RELAX. Mistakes are rarely fatal
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20. 20
Nine Cs
• Be Correct
• Be Concrete
• Be Complete
• Be Coherent
• Be Concise
• Be Credible
• Be Clear
• Be Creative
• Be Courteous
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22. Send your comments to
lionnagaraju@gmail.com
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Hinweis der Redaktion
There is hardly any area today where you don’t need English. Starting from the top positions in MNCs to the jobs at the bottom rung – like sales boys and girls to even the clerical and menial jobs, you need English. What you see in the slide is a list of industries where thousands of jobs are waiting for you. Many of them are looking for just one eligibility qualification more than anything else – your English communication skills. You need a thorough command over English even if you are postponing your career search to a later date and are interested in pursuing university education or research.Your knowledge of English and your ability to communicate effectively in English decide how far will your career take you. If you don’t know English, your career confines you to your village or maybe a few places around, offers you limited opportunity, and gets you a humble job at a low pay.On the contrary, if your English is good, you have the entire world in front of you with unlimited opportunities for big jobs and attractive pay packets.So your English language skills decide your career.It is a well known fact that anyone who has a good command over English language has more job opportunities today. It may not be an exaggeration to say that those who have not improved their English have found it nearly impossible to find a job. English not only opens up more opportunities for better jobs, but also very often earns you higher salary and gives you greater power and authority. After entering into a job too, your opportunities continue to grow and help you change roles at appropriate times.
I've had a lot of students who study for a few years, then stop... then start again, then stop for a long time, then re-start... maybe you have done thisThe problem is that you often lose the progress you made before, and becoming fluent takes longerBut the good news is that you don't need to be a genius to become fluent in English - you just need to have dedication and practice consistently... if you do this, you WILL reach your goal of English fluency
Begin to think with individual English wordsProgressing to think in sentencesFinally imagine entire conversations and stories in your head Nobody knows your mistakesTalk to yourselfUseful to develop your fluency and confidence No pressure to be perfectNobody will hear your mistakes
Don’t focus too much on one or two areas, and end up being weak in the other areas.
Listen to English channelsRead the news in EnglishPractice thinking in EnglishRead articles, listen to podcasts, and watch videos in English about topics you enjoy
Actively absorbing informationShowing that you are interestedProviding feedbackAsking questionsUsing the right body language
Show what you speakFacial expression, body movement, gesture, eye contact, posture, tone of your voiceMatch with what you say Be relaxedNod to support, appreciate, acceptOpen posture, no hand clasping, arm fidgetingNo nervous ticks
Correct = facts, spelling, grammarComplete = all relevant informationConcise = brief, avoiding repetitionClear = purpose of communicationCourteous = friendly, honestConcrete = vivid images, detailsCoherent = logical and connected