Fits into your bag, pocket, folder

Gone are the days when you were going for a long vacation and wanted to take 10 fat novels with you; but tight space in your bag couldn’t afford to give you anything better than 2 novels. Do you still remember how disappointed you were, and helpless. With eBook such worries have gone. You need not find space in your bag anymore to read a book. All you need is a reading device – a mini laptop, a tablet, an e-book reader, iPad etc and you can carry the whole world with you anytime, anywhere.

Massive book collection in virtual space

You need not buy huge bookshelves or dedicate a big room for your personal library, all you need is a device with good amount of memory space. Then you can carry thousands of books in your virtual book collection library. You need not get worried about book storage, shifting of residence with a huge pile of books bothering you.

Easy purchase

E-books are much easier to purchase as you need not visit bookshop, browse through its collection, and then stand in queue to pay the bill. All you need to do is press ‘Buy now’ button without much hesitation. You may also get lot of book reviews on Internet, giving you genuine review of the book concerned. Just read it, click purchase button, and you immediately own it. If you lack time to go out and shop, but still need the book what can be better than this? Instant and easy purchase.

Once with you, always with you

The best thing about e-books is that once it is owned, it is there, forever. It will never fade off.

Sharing is easier

When you purchase a book in paper form and your friend wants to borrow it from you, you may give it away and you will be missing it for many more days till you get it back. But in case of an eBook you can still enjoy reading it while you share the same with your friends. They can simply copy your eBook and take away with them, while you cherish your original copy.

That is the power of eBook. Enjoy it, forever!

Great counseling

These days there are multiple courses offered by a university – both conventional and unconventional courses, and the horizon is expanding with each passing day. New courses are coming up every year with changing industry trends. As a result, students remain confused about what course to pursue and build their career. They often fail to evaluate if they are capable for the course or not, if their skills and aptitude match with the course or not. At such point academic counseling is very important. Students often remain confused and do not know whom to approach in a university and may also hesitate to go in personal, whereas, online counseling eases such hesitation. It can be done without any hassle at ease of both the counselor and the aspirant student.

Multiple queries

One may have many queries in mind, which needs clarification by someone representing the university. In such instance, online chat support can be extremely beneficial. One can clarify all his doubts via online chat with the expert and need not hang on telephone for long or miss out many points while conversing on the phone. Since physical presence is not possible, especially when it requires multiple meets and the university is located far away, online chat support solves the purpose.

Future reference value

Online chat sessions can be saved by copying the whole conversation and saving in a word document, thus ensuring future reference value. It is extremely helpful, as one can refer to the conversation and also avoid conflicts and doubts raised in future.

Professional experts

Always remember, those people appointed for online chat support are the professionals who are well informed and are dedicated to serve you. If you go by traditional practice of visiting universities personally you may not even reach the right person who is well informed and helpful. You may need to visit many times and take prior appointment too. You may be given just 5 minutes time, as there will be other work for them. In such cases online chat support solves all your needs as it appoints relevant people for the concerned job, who not only provide information, but also accurate information.

No wonder more and more universities are appointing online chat support service with each passing day.

Don’t desperately try to memorize

Don’t desperately try to remember things. It will just worsen the situation. Rather enjoy your reading. Read slowly, yet steadily. Don’t stress on the fact that you have to remember, just tell yourself that you should understand each point thoroughly. A stressed mind is more susceptible to forgetting.

Repeat

Don’t expect your brain to work like a genius that you read once and retain things. Repeat your reading, if not each sentence, but the main content. In first reading you may not always get the right meaning, you may also skip few important parts. So repeating will help you to get the right meaning and retain as well.

Underline important lines

Don’t forget to underline the important points. While you read, underline the points which are vital, require attention and need to be remembered. Underlining important points will not only help you to remember, but also to get back to the important points at any point of time effortlessly.

Make small points

While you read, it’s better to jot down points too. Writing always helps in memorizing things better. At the end of each chapter or paragraph you may jot down the main points in bullets. It will help you to remember content of the paragraphs or chapter as a whole. While revising your lesson, you can simply take a glance of then points jotted down. Such points will not only help you to memorize better but also to browse through the chapter at a glance.

In front of your eyes

If you actually want to remember some vital points for the purpose of examination and it’s little unmanageable for you, write the important points on a white board or stick on pads and keep them in front of your eyes. Place it above your study table or just in front of your bed, so that every time you pass you take a look of the points. This way even unknowingly you will remember the points.

Now, isn’t memorizing task so easy?

Read as much as you can

You can write or speak well, only when you read enough. Initially don’t be choosy, just read everything of the same language. If you wish to master Spanish language, don’t read anything apart from Spanish. Read all Spanish famous as well as well not so famous novels, magazines, articles. Some readings may frustrate you, but unless you read bad ones you won’t realize worth of the good writings. Read voraciously, underline words or phrases which you don’t understand. Find out meanings of the same.

Audio aid is a must

Often just reading doesn’t help; you may simply fail to understand your preferred language, supposedly French; when some French people are conversing among themselves. Therefore start listening to French speaking, whether on television, or audio tutorials and speeches, or movies and plays. It will help you to grasp the language better and will also sharpen your spoken skill.

Don’t hesitate to speak

Often we hesitate to speak when we are not very confident about the language. Don’t do it. Even if you go wrong, just start conversing. Initially you may talk to yourself in front of mirror; it will sharpen your confidence to speak in public. If not on stage, start conversing in small group. Observe others. If you fall short of words or go wrong, ask others to rectify you. It’s a learning process and very helpful.

Literature, movie, music and culture

To know any language well, you need to get into the depth of that culture – its heritage, music, literature, movies. If Chinese language inspires you; know the Chinese culture, how it evolved, read all famous novels, watch all kinds of Chinese movies, and listen to their music. Soon you will get a hold of the language.

Consult dictionary

Your vocabulary skill will develop only when you read enough, come across new words, and learn their meanings. Carry a handy dictionary always. It will soon fetch you good command over the language.

Best infotainment

Book reading unlike other modes of entertainment isn’t a dumb medium of entertainment, it’s extremely enriching as you constantly learn and grow while reading a book. It’s more of a infotainment medium.

De-stress yourself

Reading is a great medium of relaxing and reducing stress. After a hectic day at work and personal problems a good book definitely helps to unwind, relax and de-stress. Lie in the hammock under tree or on the armchair under sun and read. You will find yourself in a great relaxed mood.

Self-discipline

Through reading you can self-discipline yourself and cultivate a good habit. Make reading your daily habit. Invest at least half an hour in reading, it will tame your aggressive mood and discipline you. You will soon give up many unwanted addictions like watching too much of television, browsing Internet and wasting money in shopping.

Source of new ideas

Book reading may help you to come up with new ideas. Reading definitely gives vent to imagination power, helping an individual to think freely and come across absolutely fresh unconventional ideas. It will help you in your profession field to implement new ideas. While reading many new ideas may crop up in your mind. It will also help you to nurture fresh ideas while delivering a speech or sharing thoughts with friends and family.

Save money for learning new things

Generally learning new skills and techniques like Chinese cooking, party make up, sweater weaving and many other jobs require spending lot of money and time in training. But reading such tips and methods is not only money and time saving, but also stays with you forever for future reference. You need not hire any professional to learn. Read and learn when you want to.

Future reference and pass along value

There are many sources of learning like television, audio, Internet, seminars and speeches – but most of them are only one time watch or listening medium, devoid of long life.  But reading a book is the only habit, which has future reference value. You can read it again and again in future whenever needed or pass along to your friends and family. Thus reading offers long term benefit.

Now what are you waiting for? Start reading, today.

Reading stimulates thought process

Reading mainly stimulates an individual’s thought process, making one think harder while sharpening comprehension and memorizing skill. While reading we try to guess about the content of next pages and understand the situation better, at the same time recalling characters and storyline. Reading also strengthens an individual’s concentration level.

Builds vocabulary skill

Voracious reading exposes a reader to numerous new words, phrases. Such exposure definitely sharpens vocabulary skill and develops command over the language.

Expertise on a subject

If you want to master a subject, don’t forget to read it first. Reading will build your knowledge and who knows tomorrow you may have your own book. Suppose you want to gain optimum knowledge in Anthropology, start reading books of the same subject. Soon, in 5 years time you will be an international Anthropology expert. If you are a research aspirant, it will help you too.

Reading helps writing

You can pen down great things only when you are filled with great knowledge from within. We are like a pitcher, always thirsty for knowledge. Fill yourself with knowledge, read voraciously; then only you can write great things tomorrow.

Travel world through books

If it’s not possible for you to travel the whole world on your feet, book is the best choice. If past enchants you, different cultures and places haunt you; why not grab a book and see the world through pages? Even while seeing the world on foot, you may miss many things and won’t come to know historical detail, but reading won’t disappoint you. Quench your thirst through books.

Focus on specific words or sentences

One effective way of speedy reading is not reading the whole of a paragraph, but in bits in pieces. Pick up the important words, phrases and sentences. You can skip conjunctions and elaborations. They don’t carry much significance. Rest will automatically bring the essence.

Know your capability

Figure out your capability and grasping power of words, how fast can you read and understand in a minute. It will help you to know your average standard which you can improvise. Timing yourself will help you to improve every time and motivate you to beat the old score. Check how long it takes for you to finish one page of book. Jot down the speed in a paper. Don’t forget you shouldn’t read it blindly, you need to understand the meaning too.

Take speed reader tests

To gain mastery participate in computer based online or offline speed reader tests. Don’t lie to yourself about the output. Cheating won’t improve your performance. Also measure your comprehension level, to re-assure that you are not merely competing with fast reading but also comprehending the message and retaining the same. It will give you a realistic idea and steady improvement. You can search for such tests on search engines.

Let fingers guide you

Let your fingers scan the text, it will increase your reading speed.

Remove distraction

Make sure you remove distractions like television noise, music, pet’s disturbance, too much of talking and noise in your surroundings. Such distractions won’t give you the picture of your actual speed. Make sure you are at peace and not pre-occupied by tension and thoughts which can hinder your learning.

Speed reading learning is definitely not a child’s play. But consistent efforts do show results.

1. First of all shed the fear of speaking English. Unless you can overcome the fear of speaking in public you won’t learn. Don’t get demoralized seeing others reaction towards your speaking. Don’t be afraid of committing of mistakes. Always remember, failures are the pillars of success. So go ahead, and speak. More you talk, more you improve. Read out loud. Hearing will reinforce your memory. Record your voice and play it later. Check how it sounds and where you went wrong.
2. Start with simple English. Use easy and concise vocabulary. Keep sentences short. While you speak maintain the clarity of voice.
3. Everyday read English at least for 30 minutes. Read newspaper, journal, novel, poem, short story, article whatever you like. Start with the easy ones and gradually progress towards difficulty.
4. Don’t get tempted to use idioms and proverbs you hardly know. You may convey completely wrong meaning to the audience. Moreover many non-English people may not be able to interpret it.
5. Don’t swallow the dictionary. It looks quite silly when people are tempted to use big mouthful difficult words where a simple word could easily fit in.
6. Interact with English speaking friends and colleagues more often. Friends who have enrolled in English speaking courses are a good source of learning. Talk to them more often; carefully watch while they speak. Even if you fall short of words continue talking. They will be more likely to help you.
7. Develop your written skill too. Unless you have a decent command on the vocabulary you won’t be able to communicate.
8. Watch English movies, television serials, news. Carefully follow the accent. Following fluent good English will unknowingly influence yours. Try singing English songs.
9. Brush up English grammar. It will strengthen your speaking. Revise tense, parts of speech, articles, form of verb.
10. Always carry a pocket dictionary. Whenever new word strikes you, make yourself familiar with it.
11. Learn a new word every day. Learn its meaning, pronunciation. Make it a daily practice and soon your vocabulary will be rich.
12. Go more often to English clubs, pubs, shops, cafes where people converse in English only. Mixing up with English people will definitely help your verbal skill.

Will you still think learning spoken English is a big job? It’s as easy as any other language. All you have to do is hold your patience and follow the tips; as nothing will happen overnight. Stay focused and dedicated. Soon you will be master of it.

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