Teaching and Learning English in global economy: Redundancies in conversational English

Teaching and Learning English in global economy: Redundancies in conversational English

Authored by
Bharath Balakrishnan – Founder: www.DragonEnglish.com

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Redundancies in conversational English

Has anyone ever used the phrase “You talk too much”. The phrase could be funny when aptly applied in conversational English. For example, it is common in India to use the term “You talk too much”, when you talk a lot and people don’t understand what you say,

Similarly a lot of us Asians speak long sentences while conversing in English. Some of us may believe it is important to speak long sentences to be perceived important, while others just do it without knowing it is redundant. Let us look what redundancy in English means.

Redundancy in English means using more words than needed or necessary to complete a sentence or a conversation. This includes repeating words unnecessarily when already spoken, unnecessary phrases and words etc. It is also important to note that when it comes to Americans and major Corporations across the world where you seek a job, people do not have the time to listen to everything we have to say.

So it is almost vital and important, that we keep our sentences short, crisp, meaningful to convey exactly what we want to say. As simple and easy as it sounds, this is one of the hardest aspects of any language.

Let us look at some examples of redundancies in English and how we could eliminate them.

1)Redundant Sentence: Mr.Chin knows a lot in terms of conditions of the situation
Accurate expression: Mr.Chin knows a lot about the situation

2)Redundant Sentence: It was a problem that was very difficult and delicate in nature
Accurate expression: The problem was difficult and delicate

3)Redundant Sentence: Jonny had always behaved in a responsible manner
Accurate expression: Jonny had always behaved responsibly

4)Redundant Sentence: I will revert back (very common mistake made)
Accurate expression: I will revert (Revert means responding/replying back)

5)Redundant Sentence: The group advanced forward rapidly
Accurate expression: The group advanced rapidly (Advanced means moving forward)

Note: The examples above are based on TOEFL guide published by Barron’s. Name’s have been changed.

There are plenty of examples we could use to reflect redundancies. I hope this posting helps some of us correct our English usage and learn something for today.

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Authored by
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Asian Bloopers in English

More than often, we have heard people mock Asian speaking English. Amongst those mocked includes Indians, Chinese, Korean amongst others. What is commonly called as “Asian Bloopers in English”.

It is important that we learn the right way of expressing ourselves in English. I personally believe this is vital especially for people in nations like China and Korea which are growing to be the next global services outsourcing hubs. Strong command on the English language is a key to winning high paying jobs in the services outsourcing market.

For example – Chinese people (known for their hard working nature) have been making a strong presence in the global outsourcing hub. Their ability to learn functional skill sets such as web development etc and provide quality outsourcing services is intense. Unfortunately, the Chinese people have the need to learn English better to enable win large and small outsourcing deals.

Let us have a quick look at some of these bloopers to hopefully correct ourselves in the given scenarios.

1)Common blooper: It was so late there was no bus
Accurate expression: The last bus had left

2)Common blooper: Let me help you to do your work
Accurate expression: Let me help you with your work

3)Common blooper: May I borrow your phone?
Accurate expression: May I use your phone?

4)Common blooper: It was a long time before I met him
Accurate expression: It was a long time ago that I met him

5)Common blooper: To fight with him is danger
Accurate expression: To fight with him is dangerous

6)Common blooper: He is becoming better
Accurate expression: He is getting better

7)Common blooper: I will comeback in a minute
Accurate expression: I will be back in a minute

8)Common blooper: Mark did not make a fault
Accurate expression: Mark did not make a mistake

9)Common blooper: The bus is standing there
Accurate expression: The bus is parked there

10)Common blooper: I told you yesterday only
Accurate expression: I told you yesterday

I hope this posting helps at least some of us correct our English usage.

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Inspirational Stories - Brighten Up Your Day

A Piece of My Heart
By: Author Unknown

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Raymond Lim
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One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but it was full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared."

"Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges -- giving love, is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.

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Strategies for Success

Authored by Lew Smallwood
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The great therapist Milton Ericson once stated: In the presence of rapport, anything is possible. Rapport is generally defined as the establishment of trust, harmony and cooperation in a relationship. So learning how to create rapport; and develop a deep connection with others will certainly help us to communicate much more effectively. It's said that when people are like each other, they will more readily like each other. When people are not like each other, they will not so readily like each other. When you like someone, you are more willing to assist them, and help them get whatever they want.

Seven percent of our communication effectiveness is about the words we use; thirty eight percent is due to our tone of voice, and fifty five percent is due to our physiology. And most of our communication is outside our conscious awareness. An opportunity therefore exists for us to create more effective nonverbal communication, and that's what establishing rapport is all about.

So what's it take to develop rapport? For people to like and open up to you, you'll need to demonstrate genuine interest in them first. Be interested rather than interesting.

Whenever someone feels that you are interested in knowing and understanding them at a deep level, they will open up and share their true feelings more readily. Therefore we should fully focus with a sincere sense of curiosity about; how they feel, how they think, how they see the world. Their hopes, dreams, and fears, their aspirations and the obstacles they face.

Creating rapport is easy to learn. Influence works at a nonconscious level, so we must first get the other persons nonconscious mind to pay attention. So you should first develop deep rapport prior to putting your point of view. This means you mirror their posture, and match the pitch, pace, and tonality of their voice, and any other behaviour you observe. Cultivate a slow head nod. When you're in rapport with someone and you nod your head, the other person is likely to do the same thing. Every time that person nods their head, it sends an unconscious 'yes' signal to their nervous system.

And we are more likely to follow a suggestion from someone we trust. So when you connect the other person is much more likely to respond to your suggestions. Be sure you match the other person exactly. Yes exactly. Initially start with a slight delay in matching or mirroring; then within a minute or two begin to match the person almost simultaneously. Avoid subtly mirroring; as this won't create a match. Mirror exactly what they do, and do it at the same time as they do.

Anything is possible when you're in deep rapport; so simply pre-suppose you're in rapport and act as if you are. To create rapport, sit upright and relaxed with your legs and feet pointed towards the other person, don't cross your legs, your hands can be flat on your thighs, or loosely held with your fingertips together if you aren't using them to gesture, you should also maintain strong but not intense eye contact. You can; slightly lower your voice tone, touch their arm, raise your eyebrows, move your head to one side, slow down your speaking. With practice, you will be amazed at how quickly and easily you are able to do this.

"Rapport has been described as what happens when we get the attention of someone's nonconscious mind, and meet them at their 'map of the world' its more commonly understood as the sense of ease and connection that develops when you are interacting with someone you trust and feel comfortable with. Being able to get into rapport with other people isn't just a key for successful influence; it's also one of the most enjoyable and relaxing skills you can learn because people like to be around people who are in rapport with them." - Jamie Smart

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