Convincing Other Diposting oleh Unknown , Sabtu, 26 Februari 2011 at 22.58, in Label: Kind of Expressing

The ability to convince others is a rare talent and not every one is gifted with this valued asset. Persuading others is all about succeeding in changing their opinions on a particular issue or being able to induce a change in their belief patterns, by putting forward strong arguments against the existing notions in their mind. As much as a natural ability ‘convincing’ is, it can also be acquired and mastered over time. The key to convincing others is to display a positive and assertive body language. In case you want to learn some more valuable tips on how to convince others, scroll through the article.

Tips For Convincing Others

Hear Them Out

If you really want to end up convincing your subject, give him/her an opportunity to present his/her point of view as well. Many people tend to be over-aggressive and do not let the listener speak, once they get started. One should never assume that the person he/she is trying to convince knows nothing on the topic of discussion. Listen to other people peacefully, without interrupting them and once they are through, the ball is in your court.

Be Assertive & Confident

The more confident and assertive you are in presenting your ideas; the less time it will take you to shake the existing beliefs of your subject. Be supremely confident of your opinions and make sure that you don’t doubt what you are saying, even in the least. Your confidence is to be your weapon and it has been witnessed that confident people sail through the roughest waters smoothly, when it comes to convincing others.

Acquire Knowledge On The Subject

Acquiring a profound knowledge on the subject of discussion will make the convincing part a cakewalk for you. This is an excellent idea if you are set to appear for an interview. Interviews are known to be grilling and it is always better to improve on your knowledge quotient, to present sensible arguments. However, many times, discussions are impromptu and you may not have the time to gather information to substantiate your claims. Here, quick thinking will work.

Give Examples

If you can support your argument with meaningful examples, you have already won half the battle and you are most likely to convince your subject. Come up with realistic examples to back your point of view, as it does not leave the listener with much option, other than accepting what you are saying. However, if the person on the other side is too smart or skeptical, it may take you some time before you succeed in your efforts.

Don’t Appear Too Desperate

Don’t come across as someone who just wants to convince others at any cost. You have to present your case strongly and firmly, but the impression of desperation has to be strictly avoided. The more desperate you sound to convince others, the more skeptical they will become. You can repeat your point of view for added effect, as it helps in shaking other person’s beliefs, but avoid trying to dominate or impose your line of thought.

Agreeing and Disagreeing Diposting oleh Unknown , at 22.15, in Label: Kind of Expressing

Sooner or later you will get the urge to agree or disagree with something that is being said in English. Offering an opinion can be difficult when it is not in your first language. You may know exactly what you want to say in your native tongue, but are unsure of how to express your views in English. You may also worry that your words will not come out properly or that you might hurt someone's feelings by being too forward. Although it is easier to sit back and say nothing at all, you will become bored or frustrated if all you can do is nod your head yes or shake your head no, especially if you have a strong opinion about something.

The best thing to do is to learn and practise some common expression that are used in discussions and debates. For example, there is a difference between agreeing strongly or only slightly. Study the common expressions and practise saying them before you move on to the practice exercises. After you have completed the exercises successfully, find a friend or a group that you can practise debating with. Use the suggested topics or make up topics of your own.

The form of Agreeing and Disagreeing sentences

To agree with a positive statement:
We use so + auxiliary/modal verb + pronoun:
"I like tea without sugar.''
'So do I.'

To agree with a negative statement:
We use nor/neither + auxiliary/modal verb + pronoun:
"I don't like tea with sugar.'
'Nor do I.' or 'Neither do I.'

To disagree with a positive statement:
We use pronoun + auxiliary/modal verb + not (-n't):
"I like tea without sugar.'
'I don't.'

To disagree with a negative statement:
We use pronoun + auxiliary/modal verb:
"I don't like tea with sugar.'
'I do.

Example

Expressing agreement

• I agree with you 100 percent.
• I couldn't agree with you more.
• That's so true.
• That's for sure.
• (slang) Tell me about it!
• You're absolutely right.
• Absolutely.
• That's exactly how I feel.
• Exactly.
• I'm afraid I agree with James.
• I have to side with Dad on this one.
• No doubt about it.
• (agree with negative statement) Me neither.
• (weak) I suppose so./I guess so.
• You have a point there.
• I was just going to say that.

Expressing disagreement

• I don't think so.
• (strong) No way.
• I'm afraid I disagree.
• (strong) I totally disagree.
• I beg to differ.
• (strong) I'd say the exact opposite.
• Not necessarily.
• That's not always true.
• That's not always the case.
• No, I'm not so sure about that.

Greeting Diposting oleh Unknown , at 21.29, in Label: Kind of Expressing

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. 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. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures.
Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a conversation.
Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g., greeting of a king.
Secret societis have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.

Example Conversation

Person A: "Hi, my name is Steve. It's nice tomeet you."
Person B: "I'm Jack. It's a pleasure to meet you steve."
Person A: "What do you do for a living Jack?"
Person B: "I work at the bank."

Person A: "What is your name?"
Person B: "Jackson."
Person A: "What was again?"

Person A: "Hey John, how have you been?"
Person B: "What a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?"
Person A: "I'm doing very well. How about you?"
Person B: "I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done with it."

Person A: "Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?"
Person B: "The same ole same ole." Or, "The same us usual. How about you?"
Person A: "I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."

Person A: "Andy, it's been a long time, how are you man?"
Person B: "What a surprise. I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?"
Person A: "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
Person B: "I've been a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."

The next lesson is the interactive practice section. If you would like to repeat this lesson or previous lessons, feel free to go back and study as many times as you need. When you are ready, go to the practice section.

Expressing Opinions Diposting oleh Unknown , at 20.46, in Label: Kind of Expressing

Below are some phrases that you can use to help express opinions. Some of these phrases are more appropriate for written English such as giving your opinion in an essay whereas some can also be used in spoken English.

Personal Point of View

We use these words and phrases to express a personal point of view:

• In my experience…
• As far as I’m concerned…
• Speaking for myself…
• In my opinion…
• I’d say that…
• I’d suggest that…
• I believe that…
• What I mean is…

General Point of View
We use these words and phrases to express a point of view that is generally thought by people:

• It is thought that...
• Some people say that...
• It is considered...
• It is generally accepted that...

Agreeing with an opinion
We use these words and phrases to agree with someone else’s point of view:

• Of course.
• You’re absolutely right.
• Yes, I agree.
• I think so too.
• That’s a good point.
• Exactly.
• I don’t think so either.
• So do I.
• I'd go along with that.
• That’s true.
• Neither do I.
• I agree with you entirely.
• That's just what I was thinking.
• I couldn't agree more.

Disagreeing with an opinion
We use these words and phrases to disagree with someone else’s point of view:

• That’s different.
• I don’t agree with you.
• However…
• That’s not entirely true.
• On the contrary…
• I’m sorry to disagree with you, but…
• Yes, but don’t you think…
• That’s not the same thing at all.
• I’m afraid I have to disagree.
• I'm not so sure about that
• I must take issue with you on that.

Expressing Interest Diposting oleh Unknown , at 20.06, in Label: Kind of Expressing

Expressing is the way to people to reason a opinion, interesrt to something or someone, agreeing or disagreeing, and others. But, now we will study about expressing interest. Interest is the expression when we feels like to something or someone and need a way to express it. Below are some kind about interest.

Kind of Interest

• contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event —compare vested interest in this entry

• controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy

• equitable interest : an interest (as a beneficial interest) that is held by virtue of equitable title or that may be claimed on the ground of equitable relief equitable interest in the debtor's assets>

• executory interest : a future interest other than a remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting of a prior interest or one created simultaneously
  NOTE: Unlike a remainder, an executory interest does not require the expiration of a prior interest. It was designed to guard against the destructibility of contingent remainders set forth in the rule in Shelley's case.

• expectation interest : the interest of a party to a breached contract in receiving the benefit of the bargain by being put in a position as good as that which would have resulted had the contract been performed called also expectancy interest —compare reliance interest in this entry

• future interest : an interest in property limited or created so that its owner will come into the use, possession, or enjoyment of it at some future time —see also contingent interest and executory interest in this entry —compare remainder reservion.

• insurable interest : an interest or stake in property or in a person that arises from the potential for esp. financial loss upon the destruction of the property or the death of the person and that is a requirement for enforcing an insurance contract
  NOTE: The purpose of requiring an insurable interest is to prevent the use of insurance as a form of gambling or as a method of profiting from destruction.

There are some example about interest :

Examples of Interested

1. The listeners were all greatly interested in the lecture.
2. students who are interested in archaeology
3. I'd be interested to learn more about his background.
4. I'm interested to hear what you have to say.
5. I was very interested to learn that she had once lived in California.
6. I asked him if he wanted to play tennis, but he said he wasn't interested.
7. The plan will have to be approved by all interested parties.

Expressing interest is very important to people reason something to the things or someone when they feels interest with the things or someone.

Below are some reason about expressing interest, its maybe can help you to know more about How to express interest.

• To express what one has a legal concern in.
• The expression of compensation for loss
• To express the concern, make a difference, and be of importance
• Expressing the compensation due from a defaulting debtor

TALKING ABOUT MESSAGE Diposting oleh Unknown , Jumat, 05 November 2010 at 19.27, in

A message in its most general meaning is an object of communication, It is a vessel which provides information. Yet, it can also be this information. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form. A communiqué is a brief report or statement released by a public agency.
In communication science


in communication science

More precisely, a message is information which is sent from a source to a receiver. Some common definitions include:
Any tought or idea expressed in a language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.

In communication between humans, messages can be verbal or nonverbal:
A verbal message is an exchange of information using words. Examples include face-to-face communication, telephone calls, voicemails, etc.
A nonverbal message is communicated through actions or behaviors rather than words. Examples include the use of body language and the actions made by an individual idea.
In computer science


in computer science

There are two main senses of the word "message" : messages passed within software, which may or may not be human-readable, and human-readable messages delivered via computer software for person-to-person communication.
Message passing is a form of communication used in concurrent and parallel computing, object-oriented programming, and interprocess communication, where communication is made by sending messages to recipients. In a related use of this sense of a message, in object-oriented progamming languages such as smalltalks or java, a message is sent to an, specifying a request for action.

instant messaging and e-mail are examples of computer software designed for delivering human-readable messages in formatted or unformatted text, from one person to another.


Text message

Text messaging or texting refers to the exchange of brief written messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network. While the original term (see below) was derived from referring to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS) originated from Radio Telegraphy, it has since been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as (MMS) messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter, while the service itself has different colloquilaism depending on the region: it may simply be referred to as a text in North America, Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom, an SMS in most of Europe, and a TMS or SMS in the Middle East and Asia.

Text messages can be used to interact with automated systems, such as ordering products and services for mobile phones, or participating in contests. Advertisers and service providers use texts to notify mobile phone users about promotions, payment due dates and other notifications that can usually be sent by post, e-mail or voicemail.

In straight and concise definition, "Text Messaging" by phones or mobile phones should include all 26 letters of the alphabet and 10 numerals, i.e. alpha-numeric messages or text to be sent by texter or received by the textee

TELEPHON MESSAGE Diposting oleh Unknown , at 18.40, in

Leaving a Message


Sometimes, there may not be anyone to answer the telephone and you will need to leave a message. Follow this outline to make sure that the person who should receive your message has all the information he/she needs.


1. Introduction - - - - Hello, this is Ken. OR Hello, My name is Ken Beare (more formal).
2. State the time of day and your reason for calling - - - - - It's ten in the morning. I'm phoning (calling, ringing) to find out if ... / to see if ... / to let you know that ... / to tell you that ...
3. Make a request - - - - Could you call (ring, telephone) me back? / Would you mind ... ? /
4. Leave your telephone number - - - - My number is .... / You can reach me at .... / Call me at ...
5. Finish - - - - Thanks a lot, bye. / I'll talk to you later, bye.

Here's an example of message
Telephone: (Ring... Ring... Ring...) Hello, this is Tom. I'm afraid I'm not in at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep..... (beep)
Ken: Hello Tom, this is Ken. It's about noon and I'm calling to see if you would like to go to the Mets game on Friday. Could you call me back? You can reach me at 367-8925 until five this afternoon. I'll talk to you later, bye.


As you can see, leaving a message is pretty simple. You only need to make sure that you have stated all the most important information: Your Name, The Time, The Reason for Calling, Your Telephone Number .


Telephone English - Important Phrases
There are a number of phrases and idioms that are only used when telephoning. Let's first take a look at an example dialogue: Here are the most common:
• Operator: Hello, Frank and Brothers, How can I help you?
• Peter: This is Peter Jackson. Can I have extension 3421?
• Operator: Certainly, hold on a minute, I'll put you through...
• Frank: Bob Peterson's office, Frank speaking.
• Peter: This is Peter Jackson calling, is Bob in?
• Frank: I'm afraid he's out at the moment. Can I take a message?
• Peter: Yes, Could you ask him to call me at . I need to talk to him about the Nuovo line, it's urgent.
• Frank: Could you repeat the number please?
• Peter: Yes, that's , and this is Peter Jackson.
• Frank: Thank you Mr Jackson, I'll make sure Bob gets this asap.
• Peter: Thanks, bye.
• Frank: Bye.


As you can see, the language is rather informal and there are some important differences to everyday English. Look at the chart below for key language and phrases used in telephone English:


Introducing yourself
This is Ken. (Ken speaking)

Asking who is on the telephone
Excuse me, who is this?
Can I ask who is calling, please?


Asking for Someone
Can I have extension 321? (extensions are internal numbers at a company)
Could I speak to...? (Can I - more informal / May I - more formal)
Is Jack in? (informal idiom meaning: Is Jack in the office?


Connecting Someone
I'll put you through (put through - phrasal verb meaning 'connect')
Can you hold the line? Can you hold on a moment?
How to reply when someone is not available
I'm afraid ... is not available at the moment
The line is busy... (when the extension requested is being used)
Mr Jackson isn't in... Mr Jackson is out at the moment...


Taking a Message
Could (Can, May) I take a message?
Could (Can, May) I tell him who is calling?
Would you like to leave a message?