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Please Help me correct and make the complete sentence of MYWORDS in appraisal

dhan_csn — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:20:06 GMT

Looking Back

What achievement during the past year are you most proud of?

MY Words

Proactively work in monitoring team to providing that maximum level of Availability of global IT resource (Servers & Network Link).

User administration tasks and cases are completed in effectively with in the period of SLA.

In what way does cooperation within your department and with other departments affect your handling of tasks?

Cooperation within the Department

MY Words

Maintaining good working relationships with all members in my department as well as other department would helping to rendering good support to

End users.

On a scale from 1-5 where 1 being the extremely bad and 5 being the extremely good, how is the cooperation

Within department

1 2 3 4 5

Reason

MY Words

Cooperation within the department is good.

What will be your contribution to the cooperation within the department in the coming year?

MY Words

Organizing frequent meeting & training for our team members to have a better knowledge sharing within us.

How can your manager and colleagues contribute to improved cooperation in the coming year?

MY Words

Conducting discussions and organizing training regularly to improve the quality and standard of the IT support.

Performance Appraisal

The performance appraisal for the current year:

1. Appraisal of result agreed on at last review

AA : Above Anticipated Performance

E : Excellent Performance

A : Anticipated Performance

NI : Needs Improved Performance

The tasks for which the employee holds Responsibility

Responsiblities Unit of Measurement

1 Resolution based on knowledge base Timeliness E AA A NI

2 Escalation to respective teams Timeliness E AA A NI

3 Follow up and closure Timeliness E AA A NI

4 Timely completion of tasks Timeliness E AA A NI

Reasons for the above rating

MY Words

Effectively handling user administration task, access rights and mail related cases

Understanding of technical problem and timely escalations to the appropriate team members

Resolving the issue/incident by follow up with respective team

Effectively working on more tasks & cases,monitoring BMC & orion,back up jobs and virus alerts

Future

This section deals with the employee's tasks in the coming year and competency development. It is divided into five subsections:

1. Defining tasks and results

2. Competencies necessary to achieve the tasks and result defined above

3. Specific competency profile relevant to the employee

4. Competency development plan

5. Views on future career

1. Defining tasks and results

Responsibility Unit of Measurement

Enter the most important tasks for which the employee holds responsiblity

Resolution based on knowledge base Timeliness

Escalation to respective teams Timeliness

Follow up and closure Timeliness

Timely completion of tasks Timeliness

Reasons

MY Words

Having Knowledge of BMC and Orion,AD administration

Timely escalating the technical problem with Global team members

Timely Completion for AD task & cases

Functional Competencies

2. Specific competency portfolio for : Dhandapani

Technical Knowledge E AA A NI

Technical Solution Development E AA A NI

Technical Support E AA A NI

Behavioural Competencies

Learning Ability E AA A NI

Team Work E AA A NI

Quality Focus E AA A NI

Decision Making and Problem Solving E AA A NI

Communication E AA A NI

Specific competency

3. Competency development plan

Prioritise the competencies to be improved

Means of achieving

competency improvement

Timetable Responsible Follow up

MY Words

Technical Knowledge ADS & Exchange 01 Sep 2009 Appraiser Self

Achievement Orientation Training 05 Oct 2009 HR Self

Require to attend technical training to update technical skills in order to work with more incidents task and cases.

Remarks

Continue in Present Job

Remarks

Deeper Specialisation in Present job

New field of work in present department

New Department

Make your preferences for future career path

4. Views on future career

MY Words

I Would like to take responsiblities for Exchange

Learning English - new website

ipicthat — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:04:41 GMT

Hi There

Just wanted to let people know of a FREE TO USE website which may help people learning the English Language.

The website is www.ipicthat.com, it is the world's first online talking picture dictionary.

The site basically comprises of a âdictionaryâ of approximately 5,500 words in an A-Z format and uses photographs to help identify each word. Every word has a written and spoken breakdown, highlighting any unusual soundings. In addition there are 'Letter Sounds', 'Rules', 'Categories', 'Scenarios' and a 'Help' section.

Every part of the website is completely talking. You just need to register (which is FREE) and away you go - hope it helps . Please feel free to pass on to your friends.

Thanks

Questions about flapping and glottalisation.

Lincoln Punch — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:42:32 GMT

Hello. I'm a student from Korea (South) trying to learn English based on received pronunciation. And it's kind of hard because everyone here tries to learn American English.

Here goes the questions:

1. I reckon Americans often use 'flapped d', but it seems that British people don't flap 'd' sound as much as Americans do.
Is it considered 'lazy' to flap 'd' pronunciation in British English? Like, when you say 'had a', or 'bad eighties'.

2. How about flapping 't' sound in one word? i.e., little, bottle...

3. Using glottalisation is THAT bad? I know it's originated from Cockney accent but I love the sound when 't' is glottalised.
If I glottalised the 't' sound when it's in end of the word, for example, 'I got a', 'about it', would I be considered as a 'lazy' speaker?

4. Am I using 'reckon' properly? :p

Sorry for asking so many questions, but I'm a very curious student.

Thanks for reading. Have a good one!

Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:34:01 GMT

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that English seems to be an incredibly easy language to communicate with (and by this I mean to give the general idea of what you're trying to say). However, if you want to learn English like a native speaker then it's a completely different story. The pronunciation CAN be difficult to learn depending on your native language and also the age you attempt to learn it at. Training your tongue and mouth to move the same way a native speaker does can be difficult to do, especially if you're like many of my students who got their start at an older age or didn't have good teachers. I've also noticed that my younger students are able to mimic my speech much easier than the older ones speaking, both of whom are studying at the same level. I started learning French when I was 4 years old (Quebec French, I'm Canadian) and because of the quality of my teachers and my young age I was able to become quite good with my pronunciation. With my Chinese because I'm learning from scratch from native speakers my pronunciation is also decent (notice I said decent, not great, although when speaking Chinese I'm always understood). Native language has a lot to do with it too as the sounds you use in one language may be very different for another. I've taught in both the north and south of China and find that the people all have the same problems. Chinese people have problems with s (they often pronounce it as a sh sound) and with closing their mouth for the letter m ("sometimes" is a nightmare for them and they often say it like "suntine"). L and R can also be troublesome. One can't forget sentence stress as well as well as linking words together to make it go smoothly.

The vocabulary can also be a pain. Someone here mentioned 150,000 words in the English language but the number is actually much higher. The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition) contains over 600,000 definitions. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged contains 475,000 main headwords and it is believed the language grows by 25,000 words a year. Don't believe me, check Wikipedia. There's also the difference in spelling and vocabulary between the different forms of English. British English and American English use different words and the words that are the same can be spelled differently. American English and Canadian English essentially share the same vocabulary to a large degree but the spelling of Canadian English in many ways is closer to British English. British English is pretty much the English form most Asian and European countries will learn but American pop culture will also have an influence, not to mention the American economy and it's impact. This can all be very confusing. To the person saying they are tired of using "well" as in "well, then..." there are many substitutes you could use.

The grammar is also a nuisance. It's not the hardest of things but certainly isn't the easiest. Sure French has a gender attached to all of it's nouns (which I hated when learning it), but English still has more exceptions to it's rules that need to me memorized. So many even native speakers have trouble with it. A language like Chinese that may seem hard to speak actually has very simple grammar. For example if you wanted to ask someone where they are you would say "ni zai na li" or simply "ni zai nar" (you where?). To ask a question in Chinese you merely ad "ma" to the end of a statement. "Ta hui shuo zhongwen" is "he/she speaks Chinese whereas "ta hui shuo zhongwen ma" is "does he/she speak Chinese?". Also in Chinese as there are no forms of he or she.

It's impossible to say which language is easy and which is hard when compared to each other because there are so many things that need to be taken into consideration. Let's just say that English has it's easy parts and it's ridiculously difficult parts as well. Speaking at a native speaker level can be done and I know people who have done this, but it takes a lot of hard work, good instruction, and a good learning atmosphere. I hope all that made sense, I stumbled onto this site a 2 in the morning and am quite tired.

Re: CONSUME GAS

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:05:26 GMT

Hi Monlisautan,

I remember âLongmanâ from way, way back in elementary school in my motherland. For beginners, Longman was all people know before it had the name âOxfordâ attached to it. Today, the first few pages of lessons still ring in my head. It read like this:

A man
A pan
A man and a pan
A pan and a man

I never remember what came of the lessons after that and I thought never learn English again, simply it was too difficult and the teacher wasnât very good at it anyway, I thought. Who would have thought I would have such passion with English 30 years later in the US. I never had one day use any Longman reference for that fact that British English wonât do me any good in the US. In many instances, English expressions would sound like a thumb tag in the American ears, not they are wrong in the Brit. Ears, itâs just not commonly used and therefore make them sound strange. Getting back to Dictionaries, I always prefer Miriam Webster and American Heritage.

Re: i have allday to studying english

Kooyeen — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:34:43 GMT

Quangtrungvtv wrote:
if i have 12 hours a day to study english

Good, that's the only real way to learn English. Using it a lot (= most of the time).

Tips:
0) You should decide what variety you want to focus on (usually either British or American English), because there are some differences, especially in vocabulary.

1) Get a bilingual dictionary (English / Your first language). Dictionaries on CD-ROM or on the net are better because you can find every word extremely quickly.

2) Get a monolingual dictionary (English with English Definition). Longman have some good ones that are vital for every learner. There are several dictionaries for learners, anyway, as I said, dictionaries on CD-ROM or on the net are better. Longman, Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries are also available online for free.

3) Get a basic grammar book. Cambridge ones (by Murphy) are pretty good. I would avoid anything by Michael Swan, I think his grammars are confusing. Unfortunatley, every grammar book for ESL learners seems to focus only on British English.

4) Practice, but try not to make mistakes, otherwise you'll also be practicing "bad English". Post here in the forum, think in English, read English stuff (good English though, and on the net there's a lot of non-native bad English, so be careful).

5) This is the last point but it should be the most important one: learn how to pronounce words in a decent way, improve your pronunciation. Choose what variety you want to learn (usually either American English or British English), and use that accent when you read or think in English. If you don't do so, you are not going to practice listening, because you are not going to understand. And listening is the last step... you should practice listening too, once you are skilled enough to understand the general meaning.

End of my tips.

Re: Please HELP! I want a British accent.... NOW!!!!!

Englishuser — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:16:59 GMT

Hi Kooyeen,

If you want a particular accent, you should listen to that accent all day long, and avoid to listen too much to other accents. If you want to do this at your home, it's practically impossible!

It's difficult, yes, but it's not impossible. Many people fail to realise that in order to actually embrace a particular accent you need to know how that accent differs from other commonly heard accents. You need to learn precisely how to produce the sounds of the accent you'd like to learn. When you've learnt to distinguish between different accents, you will learn English pronunciation even when you listen to people speaking with accents other than your target-accent.

So, if you keep watching British movies and listening to British English, your English and your pronunciation will definitely get better, but the day you are in the UK people will ask you "where are you from" anyway.

That's a question even native Britons get asked.

Englishuser

Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:01:32 GMT

I am a native English speaker from the U.S. and I agree with Colombo (by the way, your writing in English is great), but it seems every person I have met who speaks English as a foreign language runs into pronunciation as the largest problem. Although the language obviously seems easy to me, we have many rules with exceptions to certain words, the tenses can be different as well. Whereas in French there are types of verbs, -ir, -er, etc, that follow a set of rules with few exceptions. I'd have to say the best way I've seen for people to learn English is if you ever meet a native English speaker, just practice on us, I'm sure they'd be more than willing to help with your pronunciation and what not. Oh, and a final note, watch on spelling as it differs between American and British English, and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize....

Re: How to learn a new vocab!

Forbes — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:36:38 GMT

I'm Egyptian and very interested in English I'm only 16 years and aim to speak English better than Americans.

A very praiseworthy aim! However, you should remember that all native speakers of English speak it perfectly and you cannot improve on perfection. I expect you mean that you are looking to acquire a large vocabulary. There are of course many non-native speakers of English who have vocabularies larger than the average native speaker. You should also remember that language is part of one's experience so there will always be areas of English that are likely to remain closed to you.

I asked a lot of English teachers, native speaker and other famous persons who speak English about the best way to learn English and this is some advices to be good in English:

1- Try to take an English course in American university in your country.

Fine if you want to concentrate on American English.

2- Listen to the radio about 2 hours per day.

Good idea - but rememebr there is not only the Voice of America and the BBC but other English speaking countries that broadcast. e.g. Australia.

3- Try to speak English with anyone in your family or of your friends.

This is good as long as the people you speak with are fairly competent in English - but remember that you are Egypian and you need to speak in your local language as well!

4- Watch American films without looking to the translation.

Don't just watch American films. I would be inclined to read the subtitles - watching the film should be enjoyable as well as helping you with your English. If you have DVD you should watch a few film with the subtitles on and then without and see how much you remember. When you think you are doing well watch a film without the subtitiles and then with. If you missed a lot go back to watching with subtitles first.

5- Make friends through the internet who speak English from USA and UK.

Nothing wrong with that. If you speak to people your own age you will of course learn a lot of non-standard English!

6- Decide if you'll learn American English or British English. (About me I prefer American English because it's simple and easy but Americans speak very quick. About British Englsih I think it's complicated and use difficult words

There is a misconception that there is a big difference between Standard American English and Standard British English. These two varieties of English are about 99.9% the same. Some words are spelled differently - the differences can be set out on a page. There are some differences in every day vocabulary, mainly to do wth food, clothing and household items - again these can be set out on a page. There are some other differences that most American and British speakers do not notice as they are as much matters of style and preference as anything else. If you can read The Times of London you can read The Washington Post. There are of course different accents and you need to decide which one you are going to try and imitate. Unless you have a very acute ear, I suspect you will always sound more Egyptian than either American or British. It all depends on who you think you are likely to be dealing with. Remember that most Europeans learn to speak using what is sometimes termed a Standard Southern English, i.e. a British accent. An American accent has virtually no prestige in the UK. On the other hand many Americans love to hear what they consider a cultivated English accent. Others, however, do not find it so charming. If you expect to meet native English speakers from all over the world you should try and get as much experience as you can of different varieties of English. You should also remember that within the UK there is a great variety in the way people speak. A man from from Glasgow and a man from London will probably have more difficulty understanding each other than either will have in understanding an American TV show.

Re: How to learn a new vocab!

M_Hesham — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:45:38 GMT

Dear,

I'm Egyptian and very interested in English I'm only 16 years and aim to speak English better than Americans.

I asked a lot of English teachers, native speaker and other famous persons who speak English about the best way to learn English and this is some advices to be good in English:

1- Try to take an English course in American university in your country.

2- Listen to the radio about 2 hours per day.

3- Try to speak English with anyone in your family or of your friends.

4- Watch Americn films without looking to the translation.

5- Make friends through the interenet who speak English from USA and UK.

Reagrds