Hi, i m Raj... i am an MBA graduate and presently working with a retail co. My problem is i cant speak English in a group of people. I am good in grammar and Vocab..But i cant find appropriate word while constructing a sentence. One more problem is the pronunciation. Why do i lack confidence????Since i have studied in a Govt Oriya medium school, i have an oriya accent in English. So please help me over come these problems. Really feel ashamed for this. plz help me out..!!!
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Hi Raj,
At the outset let me tell you that the problem you have shared is quite commonly encountered by many people and so you don't have to feel ashamed of it. However, very few people take proactive steps, like you have done here to make an effort to tackle the problem.
It is essential also to remember that for anything you do in life, a clear goal /vision, adequate motivation / enthusiasm, hard work / discipline and the ability to take risks/ challenges are critical attributes. What you also require are the key attributes called 'discipline' and 'enthusiasm' with which you can achieve anything you want.
Your enthusiasm is the reason you wrote in at Citehr. The next test is to be disciplined and follow the suggestions given here.
1. My first suggestion is to read aloud as much as possible in English ALOUD. A standard daily English Newspaper and the Readers Digest have very good reading material. If possible record your voice and listen to it to know the areas the sounds, words and alphabets that give you trouble and on which you need to work.
2. The mother tongue influence is a problem for many considering that very few of us are native English speakers. To reduce that make more English speaking friends and make a determined effort to speak only in English, even if you keep forgetting words, or tend to stammer or your friends tend to laugh at you. This will require a lot of will power but believe me you will soon improve. If someone corrects your pronunciation don’t take offense, instead be grateful that he/ she is helping you correct yourself.
3. I would also suggest you try to learn at least 3 -5 new words and look up the meaning in a dictionary. then try and use these words in your daily work and in your communication to improve your vocabulary. Find synonyms for words that give you trouble and use the synonym.
4. If you still feel that professional help is needed then you will have to attend English speaking classes
5. Finally, if you can, do visit my blogs listed below regularly and try to learn the new words in it and also be inspired by it. Try to read the blog content aloud.You can click on the links below for instant access.
www.actspot.wordpress.com - Over 81,000 views and 560 followers
www.poweract.blogspot.com - Over 24,000 views and 160 followers
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
490At the outset let me tell you that the problem you have shared is quite commonly encountered by many people and so you don't have to feel ashamed of it. However, very few people take proactive steps, like you have done here to make an effort to tackle the problem.
It is essential also to remember that for anything you do in life, a clear goal /vision, adequate motivation / enthusiasm, hard work / discipline and the ability to take risks/ challenges are critical attributes. What you also require are the key attributes called 'discipline' and 'enthusiasm' with which you can achieve anything you want.
Your enthusiasm is the reason you wrote in at Citehr. The next test is to be disciplined and follow the suggestions given here.
1. My first suggestion is to read aloud as much as possible in English ALOUD. A standard daily English Newspaper and the Readers Digest have very good reading material. If possible record your voice and listen to it to know the areas the sounds, words and alphabets that give you trouble and on which you need to work.
2. The mother tongue influence is a problem for many considering that very few of us are native English speakers. To reduce that make more English speaking friends and make a determined effort to speak only in English, even if you keep forgetting words, or tend to stammer or your friends tend to laugh at you. This will require a lot of will power but believe me you will soon improve. If someone corrects your pronunciation don’t take offense, instead be grateful that he/ she is helping you correct yourself.
3. I would also suggest you try to learn at least 3 -5 new words and look up the meaning in a dictionary. then try and use these words in your daily work and in your communication to improve your vocabulary. Find synonyms for words that give you trouble and use the synonym.
4. If you still feel that professional help is needed then you will have to attend English speaking classes
5. Finally, if you can, do visit my blogs listed below regularly and try to learn the new words in it and also be inspired by it. Try to read the blog content aloud.You can click on the links below for instant access.
www.actspot.wordpress.com - Over 81,000 views and 560 followers
www.poweract.blogspot.com - Over 24,000 views and 160 followers
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
Hi Jacob,
I am really thankful to you for your valuable suggestions and guidance. I usually stammer while speaking my Mother-tongue as well, but tomorrow on-wards, i will start doing the exercises suggested by you and will keep posting if i face any difficulties. I am sure that this is going to help me out.
I have a great enthusiasm to learn but i am not able to implement them in my day-to-day life.
Many Many Thanks.....!
Your suggestions really encouraged me to do some thing much better.
Thanks a lot.
From India, Bangalore
I am really thankful to you for your valuable suggestions and guidance. I usually stammer while speaking my Mother-tongue as well, but tomorrow on-wards, i will start doing the exercises suggested by you and will keep posting if i face any difficulties. I am sure that this is going to help me out.
I have a great enthusiasm to learn but i am not able to implement them in my day-to-day life.
Many Many Thanks.....!
Your suggestions really encouraged me to do some thing much better.
Thanks a lot.
From India, Bangalore
Hi
I hope you are continuing your practice of English language skills with enthusiasm. The trick is not to give up even if you feel you are not making the kind of progress that you hoped to do. Dont take criticism to heart but do be open to learn and improve from the feedback you get.
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
I hope you are continuing your practice of English language skills with enthusiasm. The trick is not to give up even if you feel you are not making the kind of progress that you hoped to do. Dont take criticism to heart but do be open to learn and improve from the feedback you get.
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
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