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My First Week in India: Expectations vs. Reality

My First Week in India: Expectations vs. Reality My First Week in India: Expectations vs. Reality Arriving in a new country is always a mix of excitement and apprehension. As I embarked on my journey to India, I had a set of expectations based on research, stories, and stereotypes. My first week in India has been a whirlwind of experiences that have both aligned with and diverged from my expectations. Here’s a comparison of what I anticipated versus what I actually encountered. Expectations Warm and Humid Weather: I expected the weather to be consistently warm and humid, as is often depicted in travel blogs and movies. Spicy Food: I anticipated a diet heavily spiced with rich and diverse flavors, given India’s renowned culinary reputation. Cultural Festivities: I was excited to witness vibrant cultural festivals and traditional celebrations throughout the year. ...

Barriers To Communication

  Barriers To Communication A barrier is defines as something that prevents or controls progress or movement. Itcomes in the way of the desired outcome. It might have occurred while you were in conversation with your boss, parents, friends or colleagues. This barrier impedes thecommunication and the message is not received properly from the sender. This kind of break in communication leads to misunderstanding between/among communicators. Communication would be effective only when it creates the desired impact on the receiver. Such issue arises when one lacks in effective communication skills. When barrier occurs, they need to be addressed in order to ensure that no gap could happen. In a great extent, if the senderof the message analyses his/her message thoroughly and anticipate the likely response before sending it, the barrier could be resolved. Step by step suggestions to be takefin order to solve the barriers in communication ◾ Identify the problem ◾ Find the cause/barrier ◾Wor...

Reading

Reading is an important communicative process and reading skills are probably the most important language skills required for academic and professio nal purposes. Quick, efficient and imaginative reading techniques are essential to enhance the effectiveness. Professionals spend on receiving information (listening and reading) is more than what they spend on sending (speaking and writing) information. Purpose of Reading Professionals may have to read a variety of texts ranging from a short email to a voluminous book or lengthy report every day. Reading is concerned with four factors: ◾Decoding ◾Comprehending ◾Text Analysis ◾Response The basic purpose of reading is to extract information from various sources such as text books,research papers, and articles in technical journals, teaching notes, notices, web materials,encyclopedias and technical reports. One readss ◾To understand a topic or enrich one's knowledge about a topic; ◾To derive pleasure; ◾To understand what hap...

Voice

Voice  expiration of air with the vocal cords drawn close so as to vibrate audibly (as in uttering vowels and consonant sounds as \v\ or \z\). Here the examples of voice with sentence:- 1) He has a deep voice. 2) “Can we speak privately?” she said in a low voice. Developing voice quality Although our voice quality depends on various factors such as our vocal habits developed since  our childhood and the structure and conditions of speech organs, which cannot be changed  much, we can improve on our voice quality by manipulating other aspects of voice such as rate, volume, pitch and pauses. To develop voice quality, we need to first identify the  strengths and weaknesses of our voice. Just like effective body language enables us to enhance  the impact of our speech, a proper use of our voice makes our speech more lively and dynamic. The featurés associated with our voice are known as paralinguistic features.