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 something friendly or polite that you say or do when you meet or welcome someone. * They briskly exchanged greetings before starting the session.  * He nodded his head in greeting. Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship (usually cordial) or social status (formal or informal) between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. Greetings are sometimes used just prior to a conversation or to greet in passing, such as on a sidewalk or trail. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures.  Examples of greeting in a Sentence  * He addressed the members of the delegation with a formal greeting.  * the volunteer directed the conference participants towards the coffee after offering...

 When talking with someone, it is helpful to know what type of conversation you are in. You can do so based on a conversation's direction of communication (a one-way or two-way street) and its tone/purpose (competitive or cooperative)   If you are in a one-way conversation, you are talking at someone, rather than with someone. If you are in a two-way conversation, participants are both listening and talking. In a competitive conversation, people are more concerned about their own perspective, whereas in a cooperative conversation participants are interested in the perspective of everyone involved. Participating in conversations makes you a follower of the conversation without being involved as a recipient. You'll continue to get notifications when customer messages arrive and when staff replies go out. Participating is a great way for customer service team managers to stay involved in a conversation to help monitor response quality. You can also participate in conversatio...

  How to Recite a Poem Like an Expert If you would like to recite a poem for an audience – whether you are reciting a poem that you wrote yourself, or a poem by someone else – there are many different ways to go about it. Here are some of the things that will help you learn to recite poetry like an expert. Choose a Poem that “Speaks to You” When choosing a poem to recite, be sure to pick a poem that you  really  like. The more you like the poem, the more fun you will have learning and reciting it. Whether it’s a funny poem, a serious poem, a sad poem, a sports poem, a spooky poem, a jump-rope rhyme, or even a love poem, if it’s a poem that “speaks to you” – a poem that makes you  feel  something – you are going to enjoy sharing it with your audience. It’s Okay to YELL! There are lots of “right ways” to recite a poem, but in my opinion there is only one “wrong way.” The wrong way to recite a poem is to use your normal, everyday, “inside voice.” When you use your ...

 Intonation is a term used to refer to the distinctive  use of different patterns of pitch that carry meaningful information. Pitch is raising and lowering the voice while speaking the use of speech is called Intonation. You talk to different person in different situations Do you use the same pitch while speaking ? obviously not. The pitch varies in different situation and contexts this situation of pitch used when speaking is called Intonation. It includes the attitudes and emotions the speakers.It also signals the difference between statement and question,and between different types of questions. Intonation focuses attention on important elements of spoken massege and help to regulate conversational interaction. Intonation used when speaking some times falls and another time rises when you make a request. You are polite and there is a change in intonation from low to high, This rising Intonation.  Exp-  May I come in , sir ? But when you order the intonation goes f...

  Click here and find video Stress is the relative Emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. in English stressed syllables are louds than nan-stressed syllable. Exp   admiration,degree, Parents. What is Word Stress? When a word has more than two syllables in English, one syllable will receive more importance than the others when it is pronounced. This is the  syllable that receives the primary word stress. This means that, compared to the other ones, the vowel sound of that syllable will be slightly:  louder,  longer,  at a higher pitch. For example, the word chapter is stressed on the first syllable. The first syllable, chap-, will be louder and slightly longer than the last syllable -ter.  The intensity of each syllable in this example can be illustrated as follows: In this document, the syllable that is written in capital letters (big letters) represents the syllable that receives the primary wor...

Rhythm is both a feature of and product of the phonological structure of English. The phonology of any language is a system, so that a change in one part of the system will affect some or all of the other parts. Sentence stress  Connected speech  Teaching rhythm  Recognition  Production  Conclusion English is a very rhythmical language, so that a learner who can maintain the rhythm of the language is more likely to sound both natural and fluent. The two components of the system which have the greatest influence on rhythm are sentence stress and the various features of connected speech, i.e. what happens to words when we put them in an utterance.

  https://youtu.be/gdaRQ2jVslM A syllable is a unit of sound. More specifically, it is a single segment of uninterrupted sound that is typically produced with a single pulse of air from the lungs. A syllable is made up of one or more letters with a  vowel  sound at its core. This does not necessarily mean that every syllable contains a vowel, but it will include a vowel sound when pronounced. For example, "rhythm," which has two syllables, does not contain any vowels, but it is said with two vowel sounds. Therefore, spelling is not a good indication of how many syllables a word has. The pronunciation of a word determines the number of syllables. Here are some examples that highlight this point: screeched, scratched, scrunched, stretched, straights, strengths (Despite being nine letters long, these are all one-syllable words.) shrugged (This one-syllable word contains the two-syllable word "rugged." It's a good reminder that the number of syllables is determined ...

 Communicative language teaching makes use of real-life situations that necessitate communication. The teacher sets up a situation that students are likely to encounter in real life. Unlike the audio-lingual method of language teaching, which relies on repetition and drills, the communicative approach can leave students in suspense as to the outcome of a class exercise, which will vary according to their rep. The real- life situations change from time to time as students' motivation to learn comes from their desire to communicate in meaningful ways about meaningful topics. Margie S. Barns, an expert in the field of communicative language teaching writes in explaining Firth's view that "language is interaction; it is interpersonal activity and has a clear relationship with society. In this light, language study has to look at the use ( function) of language in context, both its linguistic context and its social or situational context."  Characteristics of Communic ativ...

   Cognition refers to mental activity including thinking, remembering, learning and using language. When we apply a cognitive approach to learning and teaching, we focus on the understanding of information and concepts. If we are able to understand the connections between concepts, break down information and rebuild with logical connections, then our rention of material and understanding will increase.  When we are aware of these mental actions, monitor them and control our learning processes it is called metacognition. Other psychological approaches focus on different components of humanactivity. Behaviorists focuson the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behaviorial events.  Those who favor the humantistic approach focus on the individual in relation to their own environment. Human welfare, values, and dignity are major components of this theory.                       संज्...