Is learning to speak English really so difficult?
Think about it. Don’t we all use so many words of English in our day-to-day lives?
Let’s go through these few words –
- Kitchen
- Train
- Mobile Phone
- School/College
- Camera
- Jeans/Tee Shirt
- News/ Newspaper
- Tubelight/Bulb
- Website/ Internet
- Assistant
Now, what about GOOD ENGLISH ?
Let’s check out these few words AND their pronunciations:
- Develop
- Executive
- Bury
- Opposite
- Wednesday
- Woman/ Women
- Photography
- Biology
- Psychology
- Relative
Are you sure you can pronounce ALL the above 10 words correctly?
For example, let’s take Wednesday. Did you say [wed-nus-dey] ? The correct pronunciation is [wenz-dey]
Another one – Develop. Did you say [Dev-lup] ? Well. It’s [dih-vel-uh p]. You might want to cross check with your dictionary for other words (or simply log on to www.dictionary.com).
And while you check your dictionary, we leave you with a few more questions. Is it correct to say Mr Rakesh ? Or should it be Mr Kumar or Mr Rakesh Kumar ?
Do most of us not say Mr Rakesh, Mr Deepak, Mr Sanjay ?
How many people have you heard say. “ I did not went there?”
Are you aware of the difference between “Affect” & “Effect” and their correct pronunciation ?
What about “Beside “ & “Besides” ?
Have you not heard many people say, “I have gone there” or “I have gone to Mumbai” ? The correct sentence should be “I have been there” or “I have been to Mumbai.”
You’re welcome to walk-in to our centre for answers to all these questions and much more insight into the wonderful world of english language.
