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Communication Basic Tool
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INTRODUCTION
Communication is the basic tool which intensifies one’s physical and mental growth. Communication has never received its due as it is taken for granted and the emphasis remains on production activities without realizing how the productivity can be improved by paying more attention to this very vital link within an organization and with the outside world. Communication has come to be known as the Achilles’ heel of otherwise brilliant managers; it is their weak spot due to which they remain just managers but do not become leaders. It is well known that unless a leader has the managerial qualities and unless a manager hastheleadership qualities, they cannot optimize the resources of an organization.
It is said that most of the problems of world are either because of lack of communication or due to bad communication. It is true in the business world also; many problems can be attributed to bad communication. All of us spend our waking hours in communicating in our personal and in professional lives. Ability to carry out the basic types of communication i.e., speaking, listening, reading, and writing, are critical to the effectiveness of all human beings. It is vital for a leader and a manager.
India is at the threshold of entering knowledge economy and rapid developments are taking place in industry and technology. A need of improving communication skills among professionals at different levels of any organization has been long felt and that is the reason the subject of communication Skills. Effort has been made to make this handbook suitable for the purpose of the students to improve their English Communication Skills.
The approach of the book is more friendly so that every student can get maximum benefit of it. Language is easy, illustrations are practical chosen from real life experiences. Hence it is sure it will be worth-reading. Yet we invite your suggestions in order to improve it further if need be.
LEARN ENGLISH
Learning to speak in English has become extremely essential and imperative for anyone to progress in his career and life. In our experience of imparting training to more than 1, 00,000 people, we find that many people have not grown in their career as much as they should have, just because they do not know Spoken English. This article explains the importance of learning English and methodology of English learning. Please note that speaking in English does not mean that your love towards your mother tongue needs to reduce.
Let us now see how you can learn spoken English:
1. JOIN THE SPOKEN ENGLISH CLASSES/ COURSES :
Join the classes / courses. You will learn English in a systematic and structured way. Due to more number of people in the class, you will learn English in a collective manner. You will be able to ask questions and doubts to the teacher and get them clarified. Hence, this is the best way to learn English.
2. THINK ENGLISH :
Interpersonal communication takes place when you speak to others and intrapersonal communication takes place within yourself i.e when you talk within yourself ( self-talk). In fact, all of us are continuously communicating either with the other person or within ourselves. The interpersonal communication is more powerful and complex than interpersonal communication. In fact, your interpersonal communication is the out ward manifestation, a true reflection and a logical extension of your intrapersonal communication.
What is the implication of this phenomenon of inter/intra personal communication on your English speaking? Your spoken English is interpersonal communication which depends on the language in which you think (intrapersonal communication). If you think in English, you can speak better English. So, start thinking in English. Whenever you are thinking or talking within yourself, catch yourself and check the language in which you have been thinking. Most probably, you would be thinking in your mother tongue or vernacular. Make conscious effort to change the thinking language to English. This greatly improves your capability to speak English
3. SPEAK ENGLISH :
Decide to speak in English. It does not matter if you make a mistake. Committing a mistake is not a mistake but not learning from a mistake is a mistake. There is a good saying ‘ Success comes because of good judgments; Good judgments come because of experience and experience comes because of bad judgments ! So, do not hesitate to commit mistakes in spoken English. Just speak English. Ask the listener to correct your English. Does not matter if he laughs at you. You know that, in the beginning, the world laughed and ridiculed every great person. But, the ultimate laugh was that of the great person!
4. SEE ENGLISH :
Instead of / apart from watching TV channels in other languages, watch T.V programmes in English. The program should be drama / dialogue oriented. When you watch such programs, you will correlate the body language ( of the character in the program) with the English words spoken by him. The enhances your English vocabulary, comprehension and the knowledge about the various facets of English language.
5. LEARN ENGLISH:
Decide that, every day, you will learn from English dictionary at least three English words which you did not know earlier. Know the meaning of these words from the dictionary and consciously use them during the day ( of course, depending on these situation). This enhances your vocabulary.
6. READ ENGLISH :
Read English newspapers, magazines and books. Underline the words meanings of which are not known to you. Ask others or refer the dictionary to know their meaning.
7. LISTEN ENGLISH :
Attend the training programs, conferences, seminars, etc., being conducted in English. Observe the English words, accept, pronunciation and structure of sentences being used by the speaker. This also enhances your knowledge of English language.