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Importance of Communication, Pronunciation and Debate

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Importance of Communication, Pronunciation and Debate

Communication is the art of exchanging views, opinions, ideas and news among people for various purposes. It is an inherent part of our existence and constantly happening. Communication is the crux around which the world revolves. Staring from communication between two people, a group, and encompassing different countries, it is communication that keeps everyone connected.

In the absence of communication, it would be difficult to know the happenings around us. Communication must be done effectively to achieve the purpose. The intended meaning must be conveyed effectively to the desired recipient to achieve the purpose. In the eventuality of any distortion, the whole purpose is defeated. Besides, failed communication also gives rise to misconceptions and many a times to conflicts.

There have been instances when things have been distorted through various mediums. Hence, it is extremely important to identify the medium of communication. The channel of communication used must be capable of conveying the desired purpose. Communication binds people and countries together. It can surely be said, it also fosters ties.

Communication is known to bridge the gaps and make ties stronger. Since, communication is a potent tool of exchanging information; care must be taken to ensure that communication is used for a good purpose.

How to improve your pronunciation?

Pronunciation is a tricky part in the English language. Before beginning the exercise you must keep in mind a certain yardstick that you’d follow. Certain pronunciations vary when spoken in British English and when done so in American.

  • While referring the dictionary do read the phonetics or the pronunciation. Try to write some of the phonetic representation yourself.
  • Try speaking words out loud and slow.
  • It is very important to understand how to read the pronunciation.Certain essential features should be kept in mind.
  • (‘ )used in front of an alphabet signifies a stress on that alphabet while speaking.
  • The alphabets mentioned in capital are supposed to be stressed.
  • An “oo” is indicating a long pronunciation with a bar above it.
  • A broken bar over the individual o’s indicates broken pronunciation.
  • A small (I)is used for a long (ee) sound.
  • An inverted ‘e’ or ‘ә’ is called a schwa which is used to signify a very short sound for a vowel for eg. mother is pronounced like (MUTH ә)
  • At times to denote the “zha” sound for eg in closure zh or ᴣ is used.

How to debate?

Debating is a strong tool or rather a method,  dialectical to its core which persuades us to indulge into an intense discourse. An integral part of the procedure in Presidential elections of the States , debates bring out the truth no matter how diligently concealed it might be.

Debating is an age old art and like any other form it too has its share of rules too. The judging panel is of supreme consideration. They should be formally addressed before the speaker begins. As per the norms there are two sides to be represented in a debate: For and Against the motion. Each team consists of two members for representing both the aspects of the given topic. The first speaker introduces the topic and puts across his point consequently followed by the opponent team member who speaks addressing the point of the previous speaker. The trick here is to jot down points from the previous speaker’s speech and prove how they do not hold ground. This not only makes your base strong but also establishes yourself as a serious listener and prompt speaker.

Decorum and sanctity of the dais should be maintained, no personal remarks or hurting statements should be made. The opponent is not your enemy rather he is helping you to win, so instead you should be humbly thankful to him and let him respect you for your deserved victory.

After the speaker concludes he/she often says “resolved” which means that the point has been explained.

Positive Thinking: An important key to success

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Positive Thinking An important key to success

A normal human being lives about 60-70 years and during these years, he faces a lot of things may be good or may be bad, because every day is not the same. Sometimes things may be according to him, as he wishes but at the same time, the things may go wrong unexpectedly. These things tests a man his thinking and approach towards happy life.

Positive thinking is very important to be successful in life. Not only in professional career but also in personal life. If things go wrong, rather than thinking on various aspects of negative points, one should neglect those things and try to avoid them. At the same time, try to extract out the hidden positives from the negative one because everything has both of the aspects. So it depends on us how we take the solution, which may worsen the situation or is for the betterment of it.

Always remember before taking any decision

“You are alone responsible for the quality of your life”.

Self Obsession: Be Alert!

What you will call a person who always cares about himself and least bothered about others.

Is he a mad?

No, it’s actually a psychology related problem. Such an individual is the one who can’t stop thinking about himself. These people believe themselves to be superior and for them, others have no value.

There are many reasons for the increasing cases of self obsession but the one and most important is our society. A bit of this quality is not harmful at all but when it crosses beyond a certain limit, it acquires a form of psychological disorder. Social and occupational reasons play a major role. If a person is not comfortable and content socially and professionally, he may be the victim. In other terms a single word which describes the above said point is “Insecurity”.

Such a person has no globe of world, their world lies only around themselves. They behave in a self centered manner. If they are in a relationship with a person they are never bothered of their partner. They only think about their happiness, which makes situation stressful. Again these relations are not secured due to their own fault. Nowadays, teenagers suffer a lot from this type of problem.

When do we hear and when do we listen?

Like always we are again stuck in between the conundrum of the written and the spoken .While we speak at home or informally it is for the sole purpose of communication. But formal speech does require a little caution. We ‘hear’ something even if we don’t want to. While we were walking we heard a group of kids shouting, it is not an intended gesture, rather it is an occurrence, whereas we listen when we want to . Listening is a conscious activity for e.g. I was listening (was involved voluntarily in the activity).

Face Challenges for a Better Life

Life constantly throws challenges from time to time. In fact, challenges make lives thrilling. What is life without challenges? Not everyone loves to tackle challenges though. Many are content with what they have and do not look beyond the mundane things. Even when, unexpectedly when some challenges come up, many look for ways to escape.

There are only two ways to deal with challenging situations in our. One is to face them and the other is to turn our face away from them. It is all up to us as to which path we choose. Facing challenges boldly makes one not only strong but also opens doors that we thought were closed.

Those who choose to find ways to escape from the challenging situations only end up making weak themselves. If we don’t try to find answers to something we are unsure of, then how will we evolve? Strangely enough, challenges have a knack of revealing our stronger side that even we are not aware of.

Facing challenges helps us look for alternatives and makes us strong in the end. It helps lead a better life too and grow over a period of time. Therefore, face challenges with grit.