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How to improve conversational skills

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Improving the level of your conversational skills until they become your abilities like you are wearing a second-skin takes a lot of time and hard but subtle work. Take it from me who started communicating with people around me in a different language (Bicol, the mother tongue of my Mom who hails from the southern provinces located in Luzon, Philippines). Then after some time, which was for a brief few years as I was growing up, I had to learn to talk in Tagalog and English practically at the same time – I would not know which one I started first.

I had a Father (bless his soul!) who spoke really good English with an Ilocano accent and I heard a lot of relatives speaking in English among themselves. Then I happened to enjoy watching ‘Sesame Street‘ on TV in the early 70s at home, where I also learned my arithmetic before I started formal schooling.  I also watched a lot of shows on TV that used English, including locally produced shows. I remember listening intently to this certain American guy named ‘Uncle Bob’ who had his show on a TV channel that is now GMA 7 in the Philippine television.

When I was growing up, we were actually learning and unlearning languages. This meant that everyone in my household was trying to speak in Bicol among themselves while they were gradually shifting to speaking in Tagalog and in English, the languages being used in Metro Manila. I had a grandfather who was a priest and who communicated very well in English (I remember reading his letters to me in English). Don’t be amazed by this as the period when I was growing up in Metro Manila was highlighted with a lot of interesting changes. We would be always watching the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos speak in English with an Ilocano accent (just like my Father).  Note, however that these guys used English like it’s their first language, although, of course, you couldn’t help but notice the regional accent.

Then I happened to be gregarious enough and enjoyed being friendly with others around me. I just kept on talking whenever I had the chance until I reached adulthood lately where I rather be writing than talking. I was known to being very talkative in grade school. I’ve just kept on communicating. The point is: keep on getting engaged in conversations with people whose talks mean a lot to you.

1) Don’t spend listening to others who don’t have anything substantial to say.

2) Don’t even bother to listen to people who just sound good with their cute accents unless, of course, if they talk sensibly. You could easily know the difference among these types of people.  From engaging in ongoing conversations with people whom you think are important enough, you will end up improving your conversational skills.

3) Most importantly, learn to listen very, very well.  It is from listening, which starts from good hearing abilities, that you will learn far more in improving your conversational skills. You also learn a lot from the mistakes committed by people you converse with.

4) Take your time, as it does indeed take some time to make sense with all the noise you will hear from having conversations. You’ll notice everybody’s talking in most conversations. You can, in the meantime, assume the role of a listener in these types of noisy and loud conversations.

5) Make a lot of terrible mistakes as you engage in your conversations with others. Learn to be selective eventually, i.e. by refusing to converse with people whose idea of conversation is by dominating the whole thread. Steer away from them.

6) And of course, complement your efforts by reading good books, the great ideas of which you can always refer to when you converse with others who converse really well.

You will soon get great results in your efforts. It basically entails being comfortable with your own conversational skills in any language that you prefer to use. Keep at it!

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Why it is worth considering going back to school after a layoff

Depending on the composition and clarity of your personal goals, going back to school after you have been laid off may give you long term benefits later in your career and in life as a whole. Also, you may look forward to being rewarded more handsomely with better choices on which directions to take. Of course, pursuing your studies may not be among the most acceptable trail to follow on what we describe as “taking the path of least resistance” -it has its built-in difficulties to face-but those who pursue this path may encounter valuable lessons that are necessary in later stages in life.

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