dear sir/madam
I am working as a HR Assistant in a steel manufacturing company for the last nine months, i am not fluent in English, whenever i meet my boss or any other superior i am fearing lot to communicate with them, i can understand their talk and everything but i can not answer them properly even i know the answers. sometimes the fear overtook me to answering wrongly. so kindly give me suggestion to overcome from this behavior.
From India, Madras
I am working as a HR Assistant in a steel manufacturing company for the last nine months, i am not fluent in English, whenever i meet my boss or any other superior i am fearing lot to communicate with them, i can understand their talk and everything but i can not answer them properly even i know the answers. sometimes the fear overtook me to answering wrongly. so kindly give me suggestion to overcome from this behavior.
From India, Madras
Hi,
please find the attachment and also read English newspaper, listen to english movie or news or songs, observe lip movement of a person who speak english well, try to practice by learning and implementing new words.
From India, Bangalore
please find the attachment and also read English newspaper, listen to english movie or news or songs, observe lip movement of a person who speak english well, try to practice by learning and implementing new words.
From India, Bangalore
Hi
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. Your are very lucky that you have identified your problem and you are proactively seeking a solution to it.
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 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 offence, 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 alound.You can click on the links below for instant access.
www.actspot.wordpress.com - Over 68,500 views and 485 followers
www.poweract.blogspot.com - Over 19,000 views and 145 followers
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
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. Your are very lucky that you have identified your problem and you are proactively seeking a solution to it.
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 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 offence, 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 alound.You can click on the links below for instant access.
www.actspot.wordpress.com - Over 68,500 views and 485 followers
www.poweract.blogspot.com - Over 19,000 views and 145 followers
Best Wishes
From India, Mumbai
Hi, Thank you Mr.Gladish In future I will follow your guidance which you have given me. i will let you know if i find any improvements in my behavior. thanks a lot sir.
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
Hi Nasarudeen,
I do agree with MR Jacob, he has given very good guidelines , kindly follow and surely you will improve a lot. Be confident enough, until and unless you start talking in English you will not get the hang of this lovely language.. Best wishes.
Jacob,
I have been reading your blog!! very informative.. thanks a lot for your guidance and suggestions
Regards
Honey
From United Arab Emirates, Dubai
I do agree with MR Jacob, he has given very good guidelines , kindly follow and surely you will improve a lot. Be confident enough, until and unless you start talking in English you will not get the hang of this lovely language.. Best wishes.
Jacob,
I have been reading your blog!! very informative.. thanks a lot for your guidance and suggestions
Regards
Honey
From United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Dear sir
thank you for your wonderful advice and guidance, surely I use to follow your guidance in future thanks a lot sir.
Dear Mr.Raj
Thank you for supporting Mr.Jacob's guidelines, thank you so much sir
From India, Madras
thank you for your wonderful advice and guidance, surely I use to follow your guidance in future thanks a lot sir.
Dear Mr.Raj
Thank you for supporting Mr.Jacob's guidelines, thank you so much sir
From India, Madras
Hi,
Remember there are multiple reasons related to communicating in english which have created this fear in you. You did mention that you understand what others speak so comprehension is not an issue.
However others are:
Vocabulary
Accent / Regional Language influence
Grammar (Sentence construction / Tenses etc...)
Out of these three if Grammar is you area of concern then you should certainly take professional help and join an English speaking course. That will really help.
For the other two our fellow members have provided the right solutions.
Wish you all the best.
Dheeraj
From India, Pune
Remember there are multiple reasons related to communicating in english which have created this fear in you. You did mention that you understand what others speak so comprehension is not an issue.
However others are:
Vocabulary
Accent / Regional Language influence
Grammar (Sentence construction / Tenses etc...)
Out of these three if Grammar is you area of concern then you should certainly take professional help and join an English speaking course. That will really help.
For the other two our fellow members have provided the right solutions.
Wish you all the best.
Dheeraj
From India, Pune
Hi All,
I was also having the same problem. Majorly the sentence formation while speaking and searching for the words. I started using the following techniques
1. I downloaded mobile dictionary. Some words randomly flow across your mind for which you dont know the meanings. Remembering them or noting them and checking the meanings in the dictionary later is not possible. So mobile dictionary helps a lot
2. I started reading self help books which helps you to build your wisdom and also a tool to improve your language
3. I watch HBO, Star movies and other English movie channels where you see sub titles which also helps you in building language skills.
4. I also started writing my thoughts on paper which will help you to examine the sentence formation.
I am seeing gradual improvement in my communication.
From India
I was also having the same problem. Majorly the sentence formation while speaking and searching for the words. I started using the following techniques
1. I downloaded mobile dictionary. Some words randomly flow across your mind for which you dont know the meanings. Remembering them or noting them and checking the meanings in the dictionary later is not possible. So mobile dictionary helps a lot
2. I started reading self help books which helps you to build your wisdom and also a tool to improve your language
3. I watch HBO, Star movies and other English movie channels where you see sub titles which also helps you in building language skills.
4. I also started writing my thoughts on paper which will help you to examine the sentence formation.
I am seeing gradual improvement in my communication.
From India
Hi,
Nice suggestions given above.
But i think by reading newspaper daily 1-2 hours & listening news is the best way to improve English.
After reading an article try to speak more about that article in your own words will also you to improve your communication.
Regards,
Shalini Verma
From India, Delhi
Nice suggestions given above.
But i think by reading newspaper daily 1-2 hours & listening news is the best way to improve English.
After reading an article try to speak more about that article in your own words will also you to improve your communication.
Regards,
Shalini Verma
From India, Delhi
Dear sir/madam
I am working as a HR Assistant in a Garments manufacturing company for the last three, i am not fluent in English, whenever i meet my boss or any other superior i am fearing lot to communicate with them, i can understand their talk and everything but i can not answer them properly even i know the answers. sometimes the fear overtook me to answering wrongly. so kindly give me suggestion to overcome from this behavior.
From India, Coimbatore
I am working as a HR Assistant in a Garments manufacturing company for the last three, i am not fluent in English, whenever i meet my boss or any other superior i am fearing lot to communicate with them, i can understand their talk and everything but i can not answer them properly even i know the answers. sometimes the fear overtook me to answering wrongly. so kindly give me suggestion to overcome from this behavior.
From India, Coimbatore
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