Nitty-Gritty of English Language - Lingua Franca
When it come to language proficiency often people talk about English both at the higher education level and at work. English is a lingua franca and most widely spoken common language across the boundaries. Essentially, it is the language of business. I colloquially tell all my budding students that Tamil is my Voice and English a commercial noice that I make to survive. It is a language that has become inseparable part of everyone's life who wish to work or live outside their country. From my personal experience at work we weigh communication skills ahead of one's technical proficiency because certain critical positions across departments in the organization goes beyond administrative/operational to tactical and strategic. Despite, all these demands from the society why is most of us are unable to learn and speak proficiently? Let's break it down within the context of India and understand the basis before some tips to speak fluently in English. Everyone is born w...