About Conversation

 About Conversation

Good conversation is fun. It helps us to achieve that relaxation, that peace of mind and soul which we all desire.

A pleasurable and valuable talk is like the therapy of gardening, painting, or any other form of recreational activity you enjoy.

Conversational Weak Spots and Strong Points

If you find yourself shying away from conversation, analyze your experiences in recent conversational situations. Ask yourself such questions as:

• Did I have trouble starting a conversation?
• Did I find it difficult to pick a topic for conversation?
• Was adjusting to persons my problem?
• Did I adjust well to the attitudes of others?
• Did I have a trouble starting a conversation?
• Getting others to start?
• Did I fail to keep a conversation going?
• Was it mis-pronunciation, forgetting names, words?

On the basis of your analysis, give special attention to the points below which most apply to you.

Prepare carefully for the more formal conversational situation.

If you are to go into a conference or an interview, become as well informed as you can about its subject.

Even in casual meetings you can do some planning -- you can think before you speak.

But do not prepare and rehearse phrases to use on a specific occasion. You can never predict the exact turn a conversation will take. No chapter, or book can tell you what to say when one unexpectedly meets with you. But armed with some principles, and some previous practice you ought to be able to make conversation.

If your difficulty seems to be finding suitable topics, the real problem may not be that you thinking about in the wrong way. You may have some misconceptions concerning the things people talk about. 

Vastly exciting and amusing events do occur in this world, of course, and people enjoy hearing and telling about them. You will find plenty of material for conversation in the ordinary happenings and problems of everyday living.

Good Articulation

 Good Articulation

Good articulation is important because it enables one to speak with the least muscular effect.

Articulation is the muscular process by means of which we modify voice or breath with tongue, teeth, lips, and speech organs, to produce speech sounds.

Articulation can be improved as some factors influence over it.

Most important factors are:

• The physical make-up of our speech organs such as tongue, teeth and lips.
• To know the reference point for the articulation of English.
• The ear is the most important of all, though it is not considered an organ of speech, for good articulation.

Good Conversation

 Language is the dress of thought.   — Samuel Johnson

Conversation, in part, is self-expression. Conversation is a two-way thing, involving give and take, action and reaction. Indeed it is a many-way thing — the conversation of many ideas among many people.

Conversation is a friendly art with a double pleasure — the warmth of sharing sharing similar beliefs, and the stimulation of discovering differences.

Communication skills are developed with deliberate effort and practice. Learning a foreign language is truly hard. There is a major distinction between spoken and written language. Conversation, i.e. when we speak a language, it involves immediate interchange between the participants. As a matter of fact. we get little time to think about grammar, vocabulary in spoken language with respect to written language.