Reading Skills

What is Reading?
*A broader view of the nature of reading  is that it involves the recognition of the important elements of meaning in their essential relations, including accuracy and thoroughness in comprehension.
*When reading is seen as a decoding process , syntactic, semantic and pragmatic knowledge are involved in it..
* Nuttal, after considering definitions of reading in terms of reading aloud or decoding, settles for  the extraction of meaning from written messages.
*Widdowson defines reading as the process of getting  linguistic information carried by linguistic messages via print.
* Perfeti suggests  that reading can be considered  as thinking guided by print, with reading ability as skill at comprehension of  Text.
*Reading is the process of receiving and interpreting  information encoded in language from via the medium of print.

Common Errors in English

One of the basic principles of English grammar is that there should be agreement between subject and verb.A singular subject should be followed by a singular verb, while a plural subject should be followed by a plural verb. For example, 'No news are good news' should be written as 'No news is good news.'.  Similarly,  'His hair are white' should be 'His hair is white.' Other examples will follow.

Non-Verbal Language

Verbal language deals with the spoken or written words, but in non-verbal language we use what is commonly understood as body language. Non-Verbal communication consists of several elements. Some of them are: Kinesics, Paralinguistics, Proxemics,  Chronemics, Haptics, Oculesics, Olfactics etc. The details of these will be given in my next blog. O.K.?

In order to excel in English, learn all the fundamental aspects of communication - speaking, listening, reading and writing. From learning to make an effective speech to writing with an expressive fluency, you master the art of communication with a degree of extraordinary confidence. You should learn about speech as an expression of personality, nervousness as an asset in speaking, importance of voice and delivery methods, controlling voice quality including phonation, pitch, intensity and duration, features of a good voice, need to breathe properly and relaxing, listening to yourself, developing flexibility, articulation for smooth, fluent and pleasant speech, understanding the speech sounds, learning desired and correct pronunciation from dictionary, successful speech being a blend of entertainment and seriousness and using an appropriate style of delivery for your speech. Details will follow in future blogs. Have a great time! -Bhagwat S. Goyal.

The Magic & Mystery of Professional Communication

All the fundamental aspects of communication - speaking, listening, reading and writing - are covered in Prof. Bhagwat S. Goyal's Professional Communication Skills and Professional Communication Lab. Handbook. From learning to make an effective speech to writing with an expressive fluency, you master the art of communication with a degree of extraordinary confidence. You learn about speech as an expression of personality, nervousness as an asset in speaking, importance of voice and delivery methods, controlling voice quality - phonation, pitch, intensity and duration, features of a good voice, need to breathe properly and relaxing listening to yourself, developing flexibility, articulating for smooth, fluent and pleasant speech, understanding the speech sounds, learning the standard and correct pronunciation from dictionary, knowing your audience, establishing rapport with audience, successful speech being a blend of content and showmanship, speech content needing both knowledge and enthusiasm, confident speech having a set objective, , speeches using a blend of entertainment and seriousness and using an appropriate style of delivery for your speech. This is a brief indication of just one chapter.

Your English Guru

Be smart! Let smartness radiate from your personality as you speak fluent English! English is the language of all smart and self-confident people. Get in touch with me for all your requirements in English, written or spoken. Prof. Bhagwat S. Goyal, gceggi@gmail.com. Waiting for your queries!

English for a Smart Personality

English is the language that makes you smart and self-confident, with a fluent, dynamic personality. When you speak good English you make a magical impression on the listeners. Learning this language is not difficult at all. Once your ears become trained by listening to correct and fluent accents of English, you automatically imbibe fluency in your own speech. The beauty of the language that you speak rubs on to your whole personality and you become the magician that you have always dreamed of becoming. Get all the tips from me to become a fluent speaker of English. Send your mail at gceggi@gmail.com or bhagwatsgoyal@hotmail.com. I can assure you that you will be what you want to be! Prof. Bhagwat S. Goyal- your friend and mentor.