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Workshops for BREAK time

Did you just get a break from studies?
Are you preparing for placements and interviews?

Here are a few Summer Workshops that'll help you build up your Professional Skills
1. JOB Vocabulary
Do you want to know the right words for your Resume, C.V. or Interview?
Here is your chance to Speak the language of the Hiring Agents, Placement Consultants and Recruiting Officers
Be ready to view a whole gallery of images, videos and audio clippings to learn and master these words!

2. Conversations about Facebook
Try answering the following questions in FIVE sentences each:
i Have you ever poked someone on Facebook?
ii How many pages do you like?
iii How many times do you update your status?
iv What all do you find interesting on Facebook?
v How many games do you play on Facebook?
vi What kind of Applications have you added on Facebook?
vii How many friends do you add everyday?
viii How many hours do you spend on Facebook every day?

3. Paperless Public Speaking
I found one thing common among an Annual Meet of my old college, a Launch party of a famous apparel brand and the Farewell of a veteran at the office. The speakers: either the hosts or Guest of Honour spoke in the mike apparently with confidence but intermittently peeped into a scrambled piece of paper...

You can join all or any of these workshops by clicking on the links.
When the class webpage opens, you have to Click on JOIN THIS CLASS and enroll for it. At the date and time given on the class page, click on LAUNCH Class.

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English My Language by SoftSkills and Spoken English Courses

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Soft Skills Introductory Course

Englishteachersvn, a team of two dedeicated teachers Namrata Arora and Vinodita Sankhyan bring a 20 hour Course on Soft Skills for Grads and Undergrads.

Soft Skills Training (Introductory Course)

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English My Language-Part 3

Join this interactive session to practice reading English aloud.

English My Language- Session 3 by English Teacher English Tutor Namrata Arora

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From Native Language to English

We think in our regional language or mother tongue and then translate it into English.
Here is an easy way out.

http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/27190-Vocabulary-Translation-from-your-native-language-to-English

Confidence Level

Confidence is a feeling, an expression that exhibits the superior power or performance of the person possessing that Confidence Level.

There are instances when this Confidence simply oozes out of the speaker and spell bounds the audience into deep silence.

Let's consider a few traits that any confident orator possesses:
1. A clear throat
A strong voice with a clear throat is a very effective tool to catch the listener's attention. How do you feel when the host of the Conference or the Chairman of the Meeting has a sore throat or keeps on saying 'aaaa', 'uh', 'ahem' during his speech? Step into the listener's shoes and deliver your speech with a clear throat.

2. A smiling face
Even if you are talking on the phone, the person at the other end, can make out the expression on your face. Try this out with a friend and you'll understand the importance of smiling while speaking.

3. Glitter in the eyes
This shows the speaker's interest and pride in what s/he speaks. If you speak with a sparkle in the eye, people will enjoy your speech as much as you'll be enjoying.

4. Pauses at the right places
A good speaker knows where to give a brief pause and where to give an elongated silence. This brings out the level of practice that went into preparing for the Speech.

Exercise on Conversations (Basic)

We make Conversations every day.
Here is an interesting exercise on Conversations:

Match the Statements with the appropriate responses:

STATEMENTS
1. I hope the train arrives on time.
2. Why is everything in your report arranged in the wrong order?
3. I never liked the philosophy of your school.
4. You very well know how cold it is in our town.
5. I am extremely angry at and unhappy about what happened today.


RESPONSES
A) You have to rise above it and carry out your duty.
b) I wouldn’t bank on it, but let’s not loose hope.
C) I am so sorry. I dropped the file in the morning and picked it in a hurry; guess everything’s muddled up now.
D) The teachers used to cream off the best students and teach them separately.
E) Yes, I am carrying enough clothes to wrap myself up.


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Workplace Conversations

Making Preparations for a Meeting

Well, there are a few things that I want to bring up today for discussion. But, before we get on to those matters, I want to run through the schedule for next week’s sales conference. One of you asked me if we could talk about the new office, but I’d prefer to leave that aside for today and come back to it some other time. I’m sure I don’t need to spell out how important it is that we’re all thoroughly prepared for the upcoming conference, so maybe we can deal with that first. So, let’s have a quick run through of the schedule and discuss each event in detail.

Order of Introductions

When you are the host, you must follow this unsaid sequence in which introductions are made in a formal/ informal gathering:

1. The younger acquaintance is introduced to the older one
2. The non-official is introduced to the Official
3. The Junior-Executive is introduced to the Senior- Executive
4. The Colleague is introduced to the Customer/ Client

Mistakes while making Introductions

Being a Spoken English faculty and a Soft Skills Trainer, I come across a plethora of people.
Different people INTRODUCE themselves differently.

But some errors just creep in every time....

The most glaring one being:
Myself Mr.ABC,...

Please understand that we should not use "myself" for introductions. The better way out is "I am.."
Again, we never address ourselves as "Mr./Ms". We introduce ourselves with just our name.

so,
I am Namrata Arora.....

would sound a proper introduction than

Myself Miss Namrata Arora...

common indian errors in English language

i request everyone to share instances when they felt that the speaker might have translated sthg from hindi/punjabi or any other local language to english which resulted in some error

here is one to start with:
HINDI: inse miliye yeh hain Shri Ved Chand. Aap ne is sanstha ke liye......

ENGLISH: meet Mr. Ved Chand. THEY have done ...... for this institution.


NOTE
1. the AAP in hindi does not translate into they in english.
2. the order of phrases or clauses is different in hindi and english.

Why English?

In today’s multi-cultural, multi-linguistic global world, the presence of a common media of communication becomes extremely important. And one such media is the English language. English unites people across the globe, facilitating a smooth exchange not only of ideas and information, but also of goods and services.
Almost all Universities, Institutions and organizations are conducting Examinations and entry-level tests to gauge the candidates ability to communicate in English