Why is spoken English so important

With about 360 to 400 million people speaking English as their first language, it is the second most spoken language in the world and the most widely used language across different countries. About 60 countries have English as their official language of communication and about 100 more have adopted it as their second language. Around the world when people speaking different language come together they usually use English to communicate.

Now why is it so important to learn or improve one’s Spoken English? Most of them want to learn English so that they don’t have to be embarrassed in front of others while communicating and others to be bilingual. But there is so much more to it.

Access to global universities

Most of the universities in the world have adopted English as their medium of communication and to even get admissions to these universities one has to prove their proficiency in the language.

Job opportunities

In many of the multinational organisations knowing to communicate and articulate well in English helps in getting through their interviews and even to advance up the corporate ladder easily. For instance, even Indian companies in many IT parks like Technopark in Trivandrum, Kerala now demand a knowledge of English from the job aspirants. For entering the global work force, a great command on the language is required. In the corporate and business world English is the language of communication and transactions for decades now.

Access to knowledge

Even though the media today can give you access to any information or data required by you let it be - news, books, journals, magazines - most of these content is in English. About 50% of the content in the internet is in English. Even to read and understand many renowned books like Shakespeare, Eliot and other academic and non-academic publications you have to know English.

Travel

Most of the signs in foreign countries as well as in India will come in the local language first and then in English, this also implies that English can be used as a medium of communication in that region. Hence knowing English will assist travellers throughout their journey in most part of the world.

It is always easier to find tour guides who speaks English when compared to ones who speak other foreign languages.

Entertainment

The world's most renowned and highest grossing movie industry is Hollywood and all the movies here are made and distributed in English.

Also, knowing how to read English will give one access to innumerable collection of books from various authors worldwide. These books and movies help in increasing a persons cultural understanding.

These are just the most common and widely needed areas for people mostly, but the advantages of learning to communicate in English is innumerable and it will open opportunities for you all over the world.

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10 MYTHS THAT KEEP YOU FROM BECOMING A TOP IELTS SCORER

What do we usually have in mind when taking an exam? To do well and better still, become the topper if possible. To have studied thoroughly and to have covered all the topics is a pre requisite of doing well but in the case of an exam like IELTS, we also need to know the expectations of the examiner and the working of the test itself. Any examinee usually has the good fortune of being at the receiving end of solicited and sometimes unsolicited advice . These advices slowly move on to become ‘facts’ without any verification. This blog is all about blowing away a number of these so called facts.

1. All answers are correct
Can we have more than one correct answer for a single question. The usual answer is ‘no’ because our minds are trained that way. The age old comparison with your best friend over that half mark, for the same answer and then the teacher’s clever explanation for it. We always thought that there is only one way to answer a question, but then this is not Mathematics but a test that tests you for other skills namely Fluency and Coherence, Lexical resource, Grammatical range and Accuracy, Pronunciation. The Examiner is not looking for the wrong or right answer but whether the answer meets the standards for which he has been trained to examine you. The best IELTS training is the one where coaching is given for these aspects of the English language.

2. Everybody is right

‘I am right ‘ is the usual reason for most arguments, and ‘only I am right’ brings about violent

arguments. But in an IELTS exam you do not have to worry about who is right. The examiner is only bothered about your language and grammar and not about whether your views or opinions match his. He is also not worried about whether you have your United Nations Treaty dates right, but only how well you are able to explain the provisions of the treaty, even if they are not accurate. No IELTS training can give you a right or wrong answer, it can only help you to give an answer in its accurate form. You should be able to write what you believe in without worrying about anybody else’s views or opinions because even if your views are totally radical or pessimistic, a good examiner is only bothered about the language and that is the only thing you should bother about.



3. Which is the easier testing centre?
There is no easy or difficult testing centre, so do not take the trouble to go to the other end of the city to take your test because your friend’s neighbour’s uncle said so. The IELTS exam is respected all over the world because of their standards and therefore the well trained IELTS examiners, do their job conforming to these standards. Some IELTS coaching centres give tips on easy centres to fool their gullible students.

4. Where do I find a generous examiner?
It will be a futile search because you will never find one. If an examiner starts becoming nice because he likes your face he might soon find himself without a job. He has been trained to mark you accurately and there are senior examiners who review the work of these examiners, and it is not possible for them to be lax in their work. An unfriendly examiner does not mean a poor score, its only your ability that is under scrutiny and not your disposition. The examiner can neither be strict nor lenient, he can only be accurate.



5. Can you find me a school which can help me cheat?
No school can help you cheat and there are no tricks that can help you pass the exam other than the age old grandma’s advise ,work,work and more work. IELTS coaching centres which promise you these cheat sheets are just trying to cheat you, out of your money and your confidence. You don’t need those tricks, when you have IELTS training centres which teach you to work hard. Do not fall into these traps and only join IELTS coaching centres which have a good reputation. COSMO Centre is the best IELTS coaching centre in Kerala that guarantees 7+ band score.



6. An IELTS guide book will get me high score.
No guide book will get you a high score if your basic English knowledge is poor. It is very important to improve your language and only then think of taking the guided English tests. A poor score does not mean lack of practice, it could mean that your basic knowledge of the English language itself is poor. Only after having a complete grasp of general English can you think of taking up the guided English tests. Around 125 hours of guided study is needed to improve the IELTS test band score by 1.

7. Sorry, I didn't get u!
It is quite ok to ask your examiner to repeat a question or ask the meaning of a difficult word in the speaking test. You should keep in mind that it is not a listening test and only your speaking skills will be judged. It might be difficult sometimes to understand the accents of certain examiners and it is better to ask them to repeat, after explaining your difficulty than to stay silent and not even allow the examiner to judge your ability.



8. What accent should I practice Britain or American.?
None. It is best to practice your own accent well. There are hundreds of variations in any type of accent and it will not help your score in any way. The examiner is not worried about your accent but other basic points like the clarity of your speech, sentence stress, intonation, linking sounds and weak sounds. Even if you develop an accent rivaling the Queen of England, you will not get a good score if you fail in the above. Spoken English classes may help you gain an accent but it will get you very far in the band score area.

9. Complex grammar vs Error free Sentences
The writing test judges you on two aspects :
1. The ability to use complex grammar
2. The ability to write error free sentences

Some students think that writing complex sentence structures will make the examiner look over error laden sentences. But it is actually better to use sentence structures you are sure of , rather than trying to use complex grammar and increasing your chances of writing erroneous sentences. Errors bring your score down , more than the lack of complex structures will do. By looking over all the topics to be covered , complex sentence writing will come naturally to you. Any good IELTS coaching centre will see to it.

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