The Skills Academy

09/02/2024

03/03/2023

Training on Effective Time Management for the front office staff and nursing staff of BLK-MAX Hospital.

18/01/2023

Mental Wellness talk and group relaxation session for front office staff and nursing staff of BLK-MAX Hospital.

24/06/2019

Here is a quick recap of the essentials we have covered till now. Also, this is a reminder that language learning needs consistent effort. It is like having a spouse for a lifetime.

22/06/2019

The letter 'R' is spoken differently by people belonging to different regions. The Americans speak it a lot differently than the Britishers, and the Britishers speak it a lot different than the people from middle eastern countries. Recently, there has been an upsurge in the number of people speaking the 'R' in the way in which Americans speak it. In this lesson, you will learn the American way of pronouncing the 'R' by rolling the tongue backwards. It is easy and it sure is fun.

20/06/2019

The P's, K's and T's come in two varieties in English. The first variety carries more voice and less air and this is called the normal variety. The other variety, however, carries more air and less voice and is therefore called the airy (or technically 'aspirated') variety. In this video, you will learn how to speak the airy variety of P's, K's and T's. You will also learn where to use the normal variety and where to use the normal variety.

20/06/2019

A lot of people around the world have a problem with the /s/ sound as in the word 'sit' and the /sh/ sound as in the word 's**t'. They get confused between these sounds and this causes a big embarrassment to them when they speak in public. A vocal coach with 15+ years of experience shows you how to get rid of it.

17/06/2019

English has only 5 vowel letters to represent 20+ vowel sounds. This leads to pronunciation disasters. At many places, these vowels are just replaced by an easier sound called 'uh'. This sound occurs most frequently in English words and sentences which makes this sound the most used vowel sound in English. This video makes you learn the correct pronunciation of this important sound and then make you practice it in words and sentences as well.