Ways to Enhance Your ‘English

Communication Skill’
Without any differ, while pursuing the dream of making an ‘International
Career’ or even ‘A prestigious career’ one has to have an ‘Excellent English
communication skill’. English is The Official Language of Communication
around the world. A ‘Poor English Speaker’ is sure to be discarded in the first
‘appearance’, on an ‘Interview’. A ‘Non-Native English Speaker’ is not
supposed to born with great ‘English Communication Skill,’ so to have enough
command over the language, he needs to learn the language in a systematic
way. Let’s discuss some practical, step-by-step ways for developing English
communication skill.

1) Learn the Basic English language: A good student of a ‘Standard’ English

medium school is one step ahead, with good command over both written and
spoken English. If you are not one of them, then its’ a learning process you
will have to pass through. Learning English is not all about cramming
grammar books, but you must have right grammatical knowledge with a sense
of constructing ‘Correct’ sentences, proper usage of ‘Tense’. Read ‘Good
Grammar Books’, ‘Good Essays’ in order to develop your fundamental
knowledge.

2) Read Daily English Newspaper: It will enable you to perceive ‘Constructing

correct sentences’, ‘Narrating events’. The News Paper ‘Editorials’ are useful
resources of ‘Ornamental English Language’. Read them to stay acquainted
of the most updated ‘English Language’.

3) Enrich your vocabulary: While studying daily newspaper, you will come
across dozens of new words, write them down, consult a dictionary and write
the meaning. Following a ‘Standard English Dictionary’ and understanding
word meanings, synonyms, and antonyms will enrich your vocabulary a lot.
Gradually you will notice that you can comprehend the language in depth.

4) Listen and watch English News and Movies: Listening English news,
‘Listening and Watching’ English movies will help you better understand the
language a lot. Watching the ‘News reader’s lips’ will make you aware of ‘Lip
movements’ while speaking in English, its’ an art surely to be acquired.

5) Start writing on your own: Read an essay or an article, grasp the idea of the
content, don’t cram it, now write yourself. Compare it with the original content,
get the errors rectified by yourself. It will be even better if you get a
‘Knowledgeable’ person to help you out.

6) Start thinking in English: It is an inevitable part to expertise in English

communication. ‘Non-Native English speakers’, especially at the learning
phase first think in mother tongue then try to translate into English. This is a
wrong habit; a damaging one. Assuming that you have learned some English,
it’s now time to think in English, talk to yourself in English. The result will
amaze you. When you talk to someone, your thoughts will be conveyed into
speech spontaneously.

7) Pronunciation: This is one of the most important parts of ‘English’

communication, a wrong pronunciation changes the meaning of the word.
Follow and imitate pronunciations of ‘English News Readers’, ‘English Quiz-
masters’ or ‘Renowned English Journalists’, for adapting right pronunciation. A
very handy and ‘Inexpensive home remedy’ to improve your pronunciation is,
collect some quality audio files from Internet or wherever. Listen to the audios
and write them down, now read aloud and record your voice, compare with
the original, rectify yourself, you will improve much faster than expected and
that too without any external help.

8) Start speaking slowly, distinctly: Start speaking English shrugging off all the
hesitations, talk with your friends or members of your family irrespective of
their response. Speak slowly, don’t rush, speak distinctly don’t murmur, be
confident and talk on a subject you know something about. Now assuming
that you are an educated person all the above steps will take a few months to
push you up to the desired level from where you can focus absolutely on
becoming a better communicator. Be a member of a free online ‘English
Conversation’ class.

9) Join a Reputed Institute: Its’ an integral part of the life for any person
fostering the art of success in the competitive world to achieve an ‘Excellent
Standard’. If you are all set to venture out for a lucrative ‘International’ career,
you should join a reputed institute for mastering in ‘Business English‘ or
‘Professional English Conversation’. There are many reputed Institutes. You
have to pick the best one wisely. Students who want to study abroad like
countries in USA, Canada, U.K or so on need to qualify some standard
assessment tests like TOEFL, IELTS or other such tests of the same
standard. While assessing these tests, students need to prove their Reading,
Writing, Listening and Speaking skills. To become an ‘Expert’ in ‘English
Communication’ the institutes teach students providing CDs, Books and
‘Study Materials’. Stress is given on ‘Grammatical Knowledge’, ‘Vocabulary’
and one to one interaction with a ‘Certified Examiner’. A student who
manages to clear at least one of these exams is sure to achieve a great
‘English Communication Skill’ and ‘Good proficiency in the English language’.

Training institutes compel the students to speak on a wide range topics. An

assessment is made on the basis of student’s performance. So, while
preparing yourself, practicing real life conversations with ‘English Speaking,’
people help a lot. Another great way to improve the listening and speaking
English is talking over the phone with strangers. Make a call at different ‘Toll-
free’ numbers and ask for information to get a ‘highly beneficial’ practice free
of cost. It will act as a confidence booster too. Any diligent student of a
reputed institute with a strong inclination towards achieving perfection would
bound to develop great ‘Communication Skill’ ensuring a smooth venture to a
promising career as a proficient speaker.