Dipti D.

I know how to speak a little English but not very well. I make a lot of grammatical mistakes also. I am not understanding that how I can remove this as I want to crack all interviews and be a good speaker but my grammatical mistakes are giving a lot of problems. Please help me to improve this.

Very importantly, you need to break your concern areas into multiple focused skills. Unable to crack interviews can be stressful and can be a result of not only English language skills and fluency but also thorough preparation. As far as language skills are concerned, to be a good communicator, you can follow few of the immediate tips:

1. Switch over to speaking in English and avoid translating from your mother tongue. Grammatical errors can be avoided by revisiting basic grammar fundamentals and increasing your comfort with the language.

2. Keep it short and simple: KISS principle of keeping short sentences help a lot to avoid grammatical errors. Prepare answers for a laundry list of anticipated questions. A handy script helps too. Spontaneous and ease in small talks go a long way.

3. Listen to English content. In today's graphically inclined world, reading newspaper, articles, blogs, books, etc will not only improve your vocabulary and sentence usage skills but also increase your general awareness which, in turn, will help in answering interview questions with greater ease.

Ashutosh, one needs to work on various aspects of Communication skills. Be it spoken or conversational ease, fluency in the language, confident body language or clear expression of thoughts, you need to be committed and invest in each facet daily. Hiring a personal communication coach will only help you to get right direction, immediate feedback and clarity. You can surely connect with me to chart out a focused plan to improve your communication skills.

Adarsh, one can aim at speaking English fluently by varied steps. Improving on vocabulary and grammar will help you to get more familiar with the language. Listening to English news, videos, seminar talks will help you to broaden your language responsiveness. Working on your pronunciation, tone, pitch, pace will help you to gain interest of your listeners. Finally, it is important to take multiple opportunities to speak English to gain more confidence and finesse in your language skills.

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis - identify your strengths and set an action plan to work on three prioritised improvement areas 2. Communicate to express and not impress anyone, in turn, will help you to reach out and connect and build sustainable relationships 3. You are a package deal! Hence, take interest in your health, fitness, dressing capabilities, etc. Remember, if you can take and showcase good finesse and care, you are ready to take up more challenging tasks 4. Listening encompasses 80% of any communication. Apart from the percentage numbers, it is important to be an effective listener to be an effective and powerful speaker. Listen to your self-reflections as well.

I am an L&D Manager and hence its imperative for me to work with the communications training department, give training to senior managers, higher management etc. What course would best suit my career?

Thank you Arnab and appreciate your interest to upgrade your skills sets. As per my last 10 years of interaction as a Training professional, I have always recommended and suggested learners to improve on their presentation skills. When I conduct Giving Impactful presentations module, we encourage participants to improve on their confidence, overcome their fear factor, 5Ws and 1H of any communication, body language and its importance, etc... Above all and also in your situation, in classroom or in person, we are all presenters working towards making a lasting impression.