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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Spoken English Tips, Speak English Fluently

 How to improve your spoken English: 5 tips

English is language of business and professional communication in India.
Even in academics, most courses in Indian institutes and universities are offered in English, therefore even for students, it becomes extremely essential to have a command over English language that aids them to excel in their academics.
Let us look at some tips on how to improve your English communication:
#1 Forget the fear
The main problem with most students who find it difficult to speak English well is that they lack confidence and they have a fear that they might go wrong and will be laughed at.
But if you do not start practicing English communication how would you know where you are going wrong and where you need to improve. We all make mistakes and the only way to learn is to practice and have others correct us.
#2 Think in English
When communicating in English language, many students tend to think in their mother tongue and speak in English.
If you wish to improve your communication in English then first you need to start thinking in English, i.e., change your language of thought from your mother tongue to English as this reduces the effort of translating your thoughts from your mother tongue to English.

#3 Word power
Improve your vocabulary to improve your communication. Keep a dictionary handy and use it to learn the meaning of a new words that you hear but don’t about its meaning.
Make a list of such new words as and when possible and try to use these words when you are communicating in English, this helps you make your language richer.
# 4 Use the media
Read English books, newspapers and magazines. Watch English news, TV shows, movies, preferably with subtitles.
The more you hear the more exposure you get to new words to add on to your vocabulary and you get more familiar to the pronunciation and intonation of different words.
Record your own voice and listen to it. This will help you gain confidence and work on your mistakes.
#5 Call a friend
Also try and find a friend who is also interested in improving English so that you can practice together, correct each other and learn together

Prefixes and Suffixes Most Commonly used List

Most commonly Used Prefixes and Suffixes


Prefixes

Suffixes
List #1


List #1

a-, an-
without

a, ac, al
pertaining to
ab-
away from

algia
pain
ad-
toward

ase
enzyme
ante-
before

centre
puncture
anti-
against

cide
causing death
aut-
self

cente
puncture
bi-
both, two

dipsia
thirst
brady-
slow

ectomy
surgical removal
circum-
round

emesis
vomit
contra-
against

emia
blood
di-
two

esthesia
sensation
diplo-
double

genesis, genic
origin, source
dys-
painful, difficult

gram, graph
pictures, record
ecto-
outside

ia
a disease
endo-, intra-
inside

iasis
abnormal condition





List #2


List #2

epi-
upper, above

ic, cial, is
pertaining to
ex-
out, from

ism
state of
hemi-
half

itis
inflammation
hyper-
excessive, above, more than

lysis
destruction
hypo-
deficient, below, less than

malacia
softening
inter-
between

megaly
enlarged
later-
side

oid
like, similar
lipo-
fat

ologist
specialist
mal-
bad, difficult

ology
study of
mega-, macro-
large

oma
tumor
micro-
small

orrhagia
hemorrhage
mono-, uni-
one, single

orrhea
flow
neo-
new

osis
condition of
ortho-
straight

ostomy
surgical opening
peri-
around

pathy
disease





List #3


List #3

poly-
many, much

penia
deficiency
post-
behind, after

phobia
fear
pre-
before, in front of

plasty
surgical repair
pro-
forward

plegia
stroke, paralysis
pseudo-
false

ptosis
drooping down
retro-
backward, behind

rhagia
bursting forth
semi-
half

sclerosis
hardening
sub-
below

scope
picture, inspection
tachy-
fast

stasis
stoppage
tele-
distant, far

toxic
poisonous
trans-
across

trophy
development, growth
ultra-
beyond, excess

uria
urine

prefix and suffix for biology

Prefix suffix, prefix list, suffix list, prefix and Suffix word list

PREFIX
SUFFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLE
anti

against
antibiotics
auto

self
autotroph
bi

two
bilipid
bio

life
biology
chloro

green
chlorophyll
cyto

cell
cyotplasm
di

two
diploid
epi

above
epidermas
exo

outside
exoderm
herb

grass
herbaviore
hetero

different
heterozyous
homo

same
homozygous
macro

big
macromolecule
micro

small
microscope
photo

light
photosynthesis
pro

before
prokaryotic
soma

body
somatic





derm
skin
epiderm

ology
the science of
biology

phase
stage
metaphase

phage
eater
bicteriophage

stasis
stationary condition
homeostasis

synthesis
put together
photosynthesis