19-03-2014, 10:30 AM
Readymade Speeches, Expressions and Letters for the Students
Tips for the Anchors:
1. Some Anchors tend to give importance to accent and fluency rather than clarity. An anchor
should try to speak loudly and clearly rather than striving to use American accent. Many
people think that fluency is speaking more number of words per minute, which is
completely wrong. Fluency means speaking without having breaks. Speak at a reasonable
pace quite clearly. Your tongue should touch the hard palate of your mouth strong enough
for your voice to sound clearly to the audience.
“Brit or American, flaunt that accent only if you know how to do it
correctly, else you could just end up making a fool of yourself”
-an excerpt from an article on fake accent in Deccan chronicle on 1
September 2010
2. An anchor of the event must consider himself as the representative of the college
/organization that is organizing that particular event. You need not hesitate to use the word
“I” to start the proceedings.
3. Minimizing the use of paper to do the anchoring helps you in maintaining eye contact with
the audience.
4. Remember that the lectern on the dais is not to hide yourself behind it.
5. Wear a smile on your face, which acts as an antidote to your nervousness and makes your
tone impressive.
During the prize distribution:
I request the chief guest _______________ to give away the prizes to the winners of literary
events/sports.
• Thank you sir/madam for taking the trouble of giving away so many prizes. I am sure all the
winners felt proud of receiving the prizes from your hands.
While announcing the names of the prize winners, the compère has to maintain the same kind of
energy to invite all the winners in different categories. There is nothing like prestigious events and
non prestigious events. The person winning the Essay writing competition should equally be treated
as the one who wins the 100meters sprint as both of them have put in a lot of effort, one physically
and the other mentally.
Some useful phrases during prize distribution
• The winner/runner of 400meters running is...
• The best student award for the academic year 2010-11 goes to________________
• Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together to invite winner of Jam competition
Mr./Ms----------------
• I request the prize winners to come closer to the dais to so that we don’t squander the
valuable time.
Cultural Activities:
Everyone may not agree with me but the home truth is that people wish that the cultural activities
start as early as possible. The person who does the anchoring for the cultural activities can afford to
a bit informal than the previous events. At this juncture, completely do away with the prewritten
scripts. All you need to remember is the name of the performer and what he/she going to perform.
Some phrases:
• Now we are going to have a very flamboyant and raucous event
• Now, we are going to have a rocking performance by Mr. Syam of III B.Tech
• Let’s give a big round of applause to Ms Vandana of IV B.Tech, who is going to sing a
melodious song for us.
• That was a splendid performance... Mr. Syam
• It was an incredible dancing performance by Ms Meena
• Wow... what an amazing performance
• It was a class act.
Class Room Expressions for the Teachers and the
Students
Teachers have to be good communicators in English. Every teacher should always bear in their mind
that the students observe and catch the language of the teachers hence the teachers must use right
expressions In English. Students irrespective of their back grounds, use the expression “may I come
in sir/madam” so easily for the obvious reason is that the expression has been used for a long time
by them. All the expressions given in this chapter are also as easy as the expression “May I come in
sir?” But this small talk has to be internalized by the teachers and students and should be able to
speak these expressions as effortlessly as “May I come in sir/madam”. This small talk helps a lot in
boosting the confidence of the students, which would pave the way for them to speak some longer
sentences.