SpeakToday: Enabling India Speak English

Not just learn English, practice English speaking too

SpeakToday — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:52:12 +0000

In order to learn good English speaking, one must give more emphasis on building sentences without any grammatical errors. Therefore, learning English grammar becomes very important to speak good English. It’s important to speak English sentences loud and clear enough to ensure good speaking ability. They must also build their confidence in speaking English in [...]

India falling behind China in English learning: British Council

SpeakToday — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:09:36 +0000

India English growth is too slow as compared to other Asian countries. India is falling behind countries like China in its attempts to increase use of English language among its population, a new report by British Council. The report says that there is “huge shortage” of teachers and the quality of English education in institutions [...]

Looking for jobs in Canada? Your English speaking skills are important

SpeakToday — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:11:12 +0000

Image Courtesy: Creative Commons Though Canada badly needs skilled workers like plumbers, electricians and auto mechanics etc. but the most important factor that help a skilled worker from India get a job there is their English language skills. The Canadian Consul General in Chandigarh, Scot Slessor warned that poor English language skills was affecting the [...]

Growing English demand and hollywood movies in India

SpeakToday — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:55:13 +0000

How is your listening skill in English to watch a Hollywood movie in India? If you are reading titles only then better start learning English and build your listening skills in English language. More and more Hollywood movies are launched in India with great success. Past grand successes of movies like Harry Potter (all series), [...]

Court rules that spouses must speak English before arriving in UK

SpeakToday — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:21:34 +0000

Image Courtesy: thisisleicestershire Rashida Chapti, now a British citizen, has been married for almost 40 years. She has six children and find it hard to divide her time between Leicester and India. She claims, her husband wants to join her permanently in Britain but he is unable to speak, read or write in English. The [...]

More rural students for online learning

SpeakToday — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:20:24 +0000

Image Courtesy: Creative Commons Graduate students in rural areas are realizing the potential of learning spoken English. Take an example of Arindam Srinivasan, a B.Sc. graduate from Trivandrum, spends lots of time in studying English newspaper. Arindam is just learning English language to better his performance in his next CAT examination. He finds that the [...]

IELTS as a life-changing opportunity

SpeakToday — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:20:53 +0000

IELTS has been there from many years in India and people have been opting for IELTS mainly for three reasons: For studying abroad, For immigrating, and For job opportunities. “IELTS has been the fastest growing English test in the world”, said McLaven, first secretary, Educational Services, British High Commission while his visit in Bangalore. There [...]

Now ICSE will evaluate spoken English too

SpeakToday — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:03:30 +0000

Image Courtesy: Creative Commons The necessity of spoken English is realized in the schools also. Now, ICSE will be evaluating the spoken English abilities of students in schools especially for the class IX students in India. They need to be trained in spoken English as well as listening skills. Empowering the students with spoken English [...]