A report in 2015, links education in English and the scope of employment opportunities, says that the people who speak English fluently earn around 35% more when compared to non-English speakers. India is a hub for IT employees but the recent study done by Aspiring Minds found that 97% of Indian engineers cannot speak English, which is one of the essential needs for working in any IT firm. In fact, 67% of all engineers do not hold any English language skills (reading, speaking, comprehension), which are required in IT, software, business consulting, and other knowledge economy jobs.
In Ekkaduthangal, where taxi aggregators such as Uber and Ola advertise to recruit drivers rather than passengers, and the narrow, airless one-room sets are rented by pizza delivery boys, receptionists, security guards, maids and fitness instructors, the vibrant language market is built on sound business sense.
Yet, the language is absent at the school where Deepa Mudaliar is in her final year of study. While every child is taught English from a young age, it never seems to stick. Part of the problem may be that the curriculum emphasizes reading and writing at the cost of speaking: “More than anything, our children want to speak English,” said Bharati Iyer, Deepa’s English teacher at school.
But it takes years before most students are able to utter their first hesitant sentence, by which time many are convinced they will never learn the language.
“If we began by focusing on speech, it would boost their confidence,” she said, “They won’t see it as a subject they have to pass, but as something that can prepare them for life beyond Ekkaduthangal.” While learning English, people would often find themselves hit a steep curve and progress seems to slow down, once they have enhanced their vocabulary. A critical roadblock is in the complete understanding of complete sentences while browsing, messaging or reading news online.
There are lots of apps available in the market for improving your English learning skills on your own. However, U Dictionary app stands out thru its Copy to Translate feature that will help you understand sentences and aid you to increase your English comprehension from words to sentences by just copying the words/sentences which you like to learn. Once you copy an English word/sentence inside any app or browser, the feature will automatically provide you the translation in your preferred language.
There are features in the app which you will find in other apps also but what makes this app unique from its peers is its Copy and Translate feature which will help you to convert a sentence in one language to a sentence in another. All you need to do is to copy the sentence in English from the source and the app will automatically do the translation for you in your desired language.
The app has a huge database of language, to say, it can translate a sentence of English into 38 different languages and vice-versa. The sentence you are looking to translate can be copied from browser, pdf etc.
Consider going to a South Indian state where people prefer to talk in their local language. Now you don’t have to worry about it because if you want to ask something just type the sentence in English and U Dictionary app will convert it into your Tamil or any other language of your preference.
U-Dictionary app not only gives the meaning for words but also gives the sample sentences through which anyone can improve their understanding of a word and its usage in daily life. In a country like India where the penetration of internet usage is low and also the speed of internet is very slow. This app consumes very less data and doesn’t need any high-speed internet connection. Not only this, all the features of U-Dictionary work offline, so that you can continue learning in any situation.
Further, by reading the articles in the app, you can improve your grammar. You can also participate in daily quizzes and check your progress. The improved grammar will help the users to advance from sentence comprehension to sentence formation.
Once the users are well-equipped with their sentence formation, they will be more confident about practicing their English speaking frequently.
Missed opportunities:
When Bharati, an Electronics and Communication graduate from Anna University, Chennai, sat for her first job interview, she realized that her English skills had let her down. “I always came first or second in exams, but I couldn’t speak anything in the interview” says Bharathi. She couldn’t get through in Interview for quite some time. However, she could earn only 20k per month where as his friends who are joined in the same office are getting about 25-35k.
Here, we can observe that people were not getting respect and not earning the money just because they were not fluent in English. The problems associated with lack of fluency in English speaking\ don’t affect only the student and her teacher but the majority of people in India.
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The days are gone when people used to worry and lose their confidence over poor English level. Now we have U-Dictionary app, which is free and works well in offline. Learn English using U-Dictionary app and grab all the opportunities. U-Dictionary was awarded as Google Play's Best Self-Improvement App & Best App of 2016.
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