I cannot carry anymore the feeling of being developed in a village background as a reason for not speaking better English. Having received my H1B and waiting to travel shortly i am revisiting my English-speaking skills and trying everything possible to improve it better and better. I am confident that i am string technically and sound in the process of learning things technically. But a poor English will be a give huge set-backs even to a technically sound guy. Earlier, when i was in my college, i attempted Cambridge University's BEC vantage exam and cleared it with a C grade. Really an achievement for me.
Since our offshore development center is located in south of the country and the people i interact with are mostly the local people, there is virtually no opportunity to explore your communication skills. Even if you come up talking in english, it would be strange and would not fit into the situation. With all these in mind, i am strongly implementing things to improve myself on this regard.
To speak better english one need confidence. I have it in abundance and i got it through 50 plus seminars i took voluntarily in College. Next area of improvement is the accent. Yes, as i know, you need not exactly imitate other's accent but i am sure i should not sound strange and funny. Hence i am rehearsing few words as the dictionary automated voice pronounces.
A very good move is when i started listening to CNN radio and for a while i believe this would aid you to fit in the environment very well as you are listening it continuously it grows in you without your knowledge. You can connect to CNN radio through this link http://edition.cnn.com/audio/radio/winmedia.html
Next step is to find certain topics like Food, Climate, Movies and talk about that. Now i have started listening to Pop music and started to listen to it after going through the lyrics. Hope i will get better and better as i practice things very hardly and consistently.
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