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Handbook
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Classic... THE HINDU.
Contents
Fluentzy:
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Legendary General Knowledge Today.

The speakers encyclopaedia PART - I
The English Fluency Encyclopedia of fluency tools THE HINDU. How to avoid false fluency and achieve true fluency, 3
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Who is the Fluentzy books for?, 5
A series of 20 authoritative How quickly can I become fluent?, 7
books on how to systematically

How to pick up
What do the Fluentzy books aim to do?, 8
develop fluency in English.
Self-study principles, 9
THE HINDU Business Line.
Fluency-building techniques, 13
Ideal for use as a 3-month
self-study course: The famed
fluency in English Self-study books, 14
Self-study effectiveness, 16

thro self-study
Fluentcy Development Course.TM Contents of the books, 17
By none other than Prof. Kev Buyers from 65 countries, 21
Nair: Father of fluency develop- Price, 22
ment. New Indian Express. Despatch of books, 25
Entirely in plain English. How to order the Fluentzy books, 26
Now you can choose to buy the WHY IS it that most of those who even have
paper edition or the electronic a masters degree in English find it difficult to PART - II
edition (that is, as downloadable express their thoughts, ideas and feelings in
e-books). Can I become fluent in spoken English thro self-study?, 27
fluent spoken English, though they do it
Alternatives to self-study, not really practical, 27
without much difficulty in written English?
Brilliantly Effective! Classroom instruction, not really effective, 28
Prof. Kev Nair, an eminent scholar of Fluency techniques and real-life situations, 28
NO, THIS is not just another crash
international repute and a renowned English Instruction & Feedback: From the Self... to the Self, 31
course in spoken English...
language lexicographer, goes into this
THE HINDU. Learning difficulties: Grist to the mill of self-study learners, 33
question in depth and comes up with clear
A down-to-earth approach... Living and working in an English environment, 35
answers in Fluentzy, a series of twenty
Highly effective... Unique.
definitive books on the subject authored by
Fluency techniques: The only quick & easy route, 37
Competition Success Review.
him. These 20 self-study books, as a set, Act now, 38
A non-conventional method...
constitute a dedicated system of fluency
revolutionary method...
building. The New Sunday Express.
Order form, 39
THE HINDU. Save time
Terms & Conditions, 39
Accepted worldwide! and money!
Internationally popular.
THE TIMES OF INDIA. TM Now you can buy: (a) the paper edition
Globally sought-after...
The New Indian Express. TM
or (b) the electronic edition!
Fluentzy... one of its kind in the Adult Faculties Council Yes, Fluentzy books are now available as e-books ALSO! Online!
world. THE TIMES OF INDIA. ... the electronic edition of Prof. Kev Nairs English Fluency Encyclopaedia,
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learner can achieve maximum
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fluency without any teachers these books continue to be on sale. THE HINDU.
mediation. Hindustan Times.
(The leader in fluency-related publications
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worldwide THE HINDU.) ...the electronic edition ...consists of a series of 20 authoritative books
37-year-old fluency heritage. TM
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Up-to-date then. Up-to-date now. Unifying the world thro fluent English
high degree of fluency and eloquence. The New Indian Express.
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PART - I of people are concerned, Prof. Nairs Fluentzy books can help them to begin
being truly fluent and to go on to become supremely fluent.

How to avoid false fluency How to get the most benefit out of the Fluentzy books

and achieve true fluency You can use Prof. Nairs Fluentzy books for self-study and to learn from them
the strategies of achieving a high degree of fluency in English. By the term

H
ERES THE WORLDS first and the most time-honoured system of self-study, what we mean is the activity of learning independently without a
building fluency in English in a set of 20 short, fascinating, self- teacher (or anyone else) to coach you or train you or help you in any way
study books. These are result-oriented books authored specially for in class or by post or through any other method.
self-study by none other than the very person who invented this sys- The contents of these books are self-explanatory clear and easy to un-
tem and the worlds authority on fluency studies, Prof. Kev Nair. derstand, without needing any extra instruction or explanation.
These books guide you through the ins and outs of this fluency-build- You know, the fluency skill is a unique skill. The only one of its kind. You
ing system with calm confidence and certainty. And they help you to trans- cant learn it in the same way as you learn computer skills or mathematics
form yourself from a speaker with average fluency or below-average flu- or swimming. No, you cant. The fluency skill needs a different approach. It
ency in English into a supremely fluent speaker of English. Quickly. Easily. can only be mastered directly. Yes. Through self-effort. Without a teacher com-
ing between you and the learning process. Only then will the fluency skill be-
Why are the Fluentzy books considered unique? come your skill.
These books in the Fluentzy series help you achieve a high degree of flu- This is exactly what happens when you use Prof. Nairs fluency-building
ency through self-study (= independent study). Yes, by teaching your- books for self-study. In all senses. When youre doing that, nobody else comes
self. Without being coached or trained by anyone in class or by post or between you and the learning process as a teacher. Nobody else provides you
online or through any other method. any coaching or training in class or by post or through any other method.
These are the worlds first dedicated set of fluency-building books. Yes, You do all that yourself.
first. And these were the first books in the world that were based on a great Its this self-learning effort that is going to transform you.
truth: If youre a person who writes reasonable English or good English,
A wholly unique self-training system
but cannot speak it quite fluently, conventional English-teaching methods
cannot make you speak it truly fluently but self-study can. While more The self-study that Prof. Nairs fluency-building books want you to do is the
and more conventional teacher-directed learning would only make you go real-time self-study. Total self-study. (And not the kind of partial self-study
on being an unsure and hesitant speaker, self-directed self-study is capable done as an alternative to classroom study). And this unique form of self-study
of transforming you into a supremely fluent speaker. happens at two levels: The outer and the inner.
Now, those who can write reasonable English or good English can be The outer learning
divided into two groups:
First, theres the self-directed learning of the fluency techniques from Prof.
Those whose learning of English and fluency development happened side by
Nairs self-study books.
side from the very first day they started learning English. (This is how true
learning of a language has to happen. This is how native speakers of all lan- Then, theres the application of these techniques to real-life speech situa-
guages learn their language). tions. Mind you, not to fictitious situations created in classrooms or by cas-
Those whose learning of English happened first, and fluency-development ef- settes/CDs. But to real-life situations that are part of your own social and
forts happened separately, much later. (This is how non-native speakers of En- career life. Fluency-demanding real-life communicative situations: In your
glish learn their language through conventional methods). job. Profession. Business. Daily life.
As far as the first group of people are concerned, most of them must
be reasonably fluent now, and many of them, remarkably fluent. Prof. The inner learning
Nairs Fluentzy books can help them improve their fluency-level espe- This is the level at which the deeper stage of self-learning happens. The
cially, those who are only reasonably fluent. As far as the second group deeper stage. Here, you keep doing 3 things with the help of the fluency
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techniques youve learnt from Prof. Nairs books: For people who need a high degree of fluency either because theyre already
You keep doing a self-monitoring of how you process the language in your mind. in positions of authority or influence, or because theyre aiming for those posi-
At the same time as youre engaged in the act of speaking. From moment to mo- tions.
ment. For people who already speak English fluently enough in situations where short
And you keep spotting the processing difficulties. And the factors that hold you stretches of speech would do, but not in situations where they have to speak con-
back from speaking with a ready flow. tinuously and in detail without previous planning, preparation or rehearsal.
And you keep applying the flow-production and flow-maintenance strategies Second, you must have the drive and self-discipline needed for indepen-
you learnt from Prof. Nairs books to remedy these situations. And to estab- dent study self-directed self-study. Yes, self-directed, and not directed by
lish, re-establish and maintain a smooth flow of speech. anyone else.
In this way, you are not only able to speak fluently in every speech situ- Please understand this: This fluency-building system is based on a plain
ation you face, but also to keep mastering the fluency techniques directly. truth: Classroom instruction, or instruction by post or through any other
No teacher can be a substitute for you in this process. method, or speech delivery training in classrooms cannot get an adult foreign
Prof. Nairs self-study books make all this quite easy to carry out. By tell- learner of English to achieve true fluency in spoken English. But independent
ing you how to train yourself in this two-pronged strategy: Consciously study and self-effort can. In fact, only independent study and self-effort can.
coping with fluency-blocking factors and consciously applying fluency- This may, at first, sound incredible to many people, but this is the truth. Ab-
promoting factors. Each instance of success adds to your confidence and solute truth. (Go thro the topic Self-study principles in this PART and thro
fluency. And youre able to go ahead and enjoy being fluent instead of the detailed discussion in PART-II).
being self-conscious, embarrassed and nervous, and feeling that people are
Do spend some time trying to understand this truth completely. This is im-
looking at you and judging you.
portant. You must understand this truth completely. Why? Because that itself
The Author*: The earliest pioneer in the field is half the battle the most important step towards becoming a truly flu-
Prof. Kev Nair, who visualized this unique system of self-study, and authored ent speaker. And if youre a person who has a deep interest in achieving a high
the self-study books constituting it, is a renowned scholar. Hes a first class degree of fluency in English, once you understand this truth, that understand-
LL.B. and a first class LL.M. And he was ranked first in university in both the
ing itself would act as the driving force that spurs you on to keep learning
LL.B. and LL.M. exams.
from the self-study books on your own.
As THE HINDU has said, He (Prof. Nair) had been researching since Who should buy the Fluentzy books?
1971, and the results of the study led him to new discoveries.
You should if youre one among these people:
And as the General Knowledge Today has said, Nair was the first per- Youre in a profession (like law, management, marketing or IT) and have to use
son in the world to give shape to the area of study now known as English English heavily and make presentations, argue for or against something, take a
fluency development and to systematize it into a distinct teachable sub- firm stand on something and defend it, state your opinions and justify them with
ject.... And so he is known as the father of fluency development... The evidence in a logical and organized way, get support for proposals, persuade
New Indian Express. people to your point of view, convince them of things, influence the way they
THE HINDU has described the universal acceptance of this unique sys- think, feel, make decisions and act... And youre eager to excel in these tasks.
tem of fluency building as Fluentzys phenomenal success. Youre in a profession (like medicine or teaching) and have to use English heavily
and succeed in making people understand things. You have to make them think,
feel, behave or act in a new or different way, help them learn about things by giv-
Who is the Fluentzy books for? ing them new information, comfort them, cheer them, encourage them, express
If you want to get the maximum benefit from Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy your approval or disapproval of what they do. And youre determined to achieve
books, you need to meet only two requirements: great success in your chosen profession.
First, you must know English reasonably well. That is, you must be an Youre a public figure or a senior official or a senior manager. And you not only
have to get things done, but also have to keep up an image... and make a strong
advanced learner of English or a post-advanced learner. Essentially, this
personal impact on people you deal with. And you frequently have to have seri-
fluency-building system is meant for two broad categories of people:
ous conversations and discussions with people who are quite fluent in English,
*To know more about Prof. Kev Nair, please visit www.fluentzy.com including fluent native speakers of English. And you even have to give newspa-
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per and television interviews or call press conferences. You want a skill that at your own pace. Within a few days with the self-study books, most learn-
can make sure people listen... A skill that can get you attention and respect. ers would be able to find their own speed and rhythm for the study. But the
Youve learnt grammar very well, and have even built up a wide vocabulary. way some learners pace themselves would be different from the way other
Youre even fluent enough to make one-or-two-line statements or to give one- learners would. And so the exact period in which a learner is able to complete
or-two-line replies or to ask one-or-two-line questions. But when you sit at a
the self-directed teaching-cum-learning process would vary from learner to
table in a meeting or stand up to make a presentation, you keep wishing: If
only I could disappear, because youre not able to go on speaking in English
learner.
without long intervals of embarrassment and indecision between every two To a great extent, the duration of the independent study you do also de-
words. Words are on the tip of your tongue, but they just dont occur to you pends on how well you know English at present. If your present knowledge
readily when you need them. of English is very good, youre likely to cross the fluency threshold start be-
Youre a graduate or a postgraduate. And youre good at writing reports and coming truly fluent even before the 3-month period is up. But if your present
other things in English and at translating sentences in your mother-tongue into knowledge of English cannot be called very good, but is just fairly good or
English. But when you want to speak about the same things in English, you find average, youre likely to take longer to reach that level.
that you cant without stuttering and hesitating. And you feel forced to fall
Much also depends on the amount of time you spend in learning from the
back on your mother-tongue. Or you become tongue-tied.
self-study books. To get quick results, some learners need to spend about 3
You have excellent academic qualifications, and youre eager to earn a high-
hours a day (on an average) in 2 or 3 sittings. But some learners would
powered job a position of authority or influence because youre not the
kind of person whod be satisfied with the background jobs of life. And you cant find that they need to spend only about an hour or two a day.
risk speaking in broken, non-fluent English at job interviews or promotion in- So you see, the 3-month period is the median period that most learners
terviews. would find necessary, as well as sufficient, to cross the fluency threshold
Youre an applicant for a high-profile course like MBA or MCA, and you need to to start becoming truly fluent.
be quite fluent in English at group discussions and interviews. (Do you know one
thing? The way you fare at a group discussion or an interview depends not on
what you know... but on whether you know how to speak about what you know
What do the Fluentzy books aim to do?
in fluent English). Broadly speaking, Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books have only one aim: To help
Youre a Civil Service candidate, and youre determined to get selected. And you get an invaluable skill through independent study: The skill of speaking
you want to present yourself to the best effect everywhere. English with a high degree of fluency. A skill that can bring personal suc-
Youre a TSE candidate, and youre determined to go to the US. cess and career advancement to you.
Youre a person planning to go to the UK, Australia, New Zealand or another Specifically, these self-study books aim
foreign country for higher studies or for a highly-paid job. To tell you how to gain the skill of dealing with hesitations while speaking En-
glish the way native speakers of English deal with them.
How quickly can I become fluent? To tell you how to convert your knowledge of everyday English vocabulary and
structures into a real mastery of spontaneous speech-building skill.
Prof. Kev Nair, the author of the Fluentzy books, tells us that, if you know
To tell you how to get free of the urge to fall back on your mother-tongue (while
English very well, you can complete learning the fluency principles and youre speaking English). And to tell you how to gain the skill of composing what
techniques from these books, through independent study, in about 3 you want to say in English and to say it at the same time: The skill of producing
months. And by then, you would also have started gaining the experience English on your feet. Spontaneously without prior planning or preparation.
of putting these fluency principles and techniques into practice while speak- To tell you how to train your organs of speech to work smoothly... in the way that
ing in English. All that would remain then would be to increase this kind the English language wants them to work, so youll be able to speak English with-
of experience to broaden it. out stumbling over the English sounds or their sequences.
But this doesnt mean that everybody will take exactly 3 months to learn Yes, these self-study books aim to help you get an excellent command of
from these books or that nobody will take more than 3 months. That is, spoken English on your own, so you might never be at a loss for fluent speech.
theres nothing really rigid about the 3-month period. You see, the kind of
study youll be doing with these self-study books is self-directed self-study Spoken English fluency
independent study and so youre free to learn from the self-study books By the word fluency, what Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books mean is the skill
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of speaking English smoothly and continuously without hesitation prevent- Youre the only person who would be able to get you to speak English with a
ing you from speaking on. Yes, its the skill of speaking about things clearly high degree of fluency. Nobody else would. Others would only be able to point
and easily in English that is natural, appropriate and easy to understand. the way.
Without struggling for breath or for words. And the Fluentzy books give you the ultimate fluency building help that
you can expect to get from any part of the world. The ultimate help the
A dedicated fluency-building system greatest, the most effective help. Remember this: The Fluentzy books have
Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books aim not just to tell you how to make one-line been written by none other than Prof. Kev Nair, the very person who origi-
statements or ask one-line questions or give one-line replies now and then. nated the idea of fluency development through intentional, deliberate self-
These books tell you how to maintain your fluency while speaking in English training. Hes a person who knows more about fluency building than anybody
and how to achieve, develop and extend that skill through independent else in the world.
study and self-effort so that you dont have to limit yourself to one-line
PART-II of this Handbook will tell you in detail how you achieve a high de-
statements or one-line questions or one-line replies, but can go ahead and
gree of fluency in English through independent study.
speak at length and in detail about your ideas, thoughts and feelings.
Yes. Prof. Nairs Fluentzy books concentrate on helping you add a smooth Spoken English vs. Written English
flow to your English whether youre producing a short stretch of speech True spoken English is quite different from the kind of English you learnt at
or a long stretch. Whether youre discussing, explaining, narrating or describ- school or college. What you learnt at school or college was mostly written En-
ing things. Or telling stories. Or taking a stand and defending it. Or argu- glish, and not spoken English.
ing. Or expressing an opinion and supporting it with grounds and reasons. Generally, at school or college, you dont even get to learn the real differ-
You need this skill if you want to carry on a serious conversation. Or to ence between the two kinds of English. Result? When you speak, you try to
have a chat. With your words flowing out freely and readily. copy the style of written English. You start thinking in terms of written En-
Natural style: Native-speaker-like English glish grammar, written English usage and written English vocabulary. In terms
The English that Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books help you become fluent in of translating. And you get lost. You try hard to complete whatever you say
is not the bookish kind, but the kind that native speakers of English speak into perfectly-formed sentences because youre under the (wrong) impres-
at home and outside. Genuine and natural. Youll see that its marks are sion that theyre the true units of speech! And you end up gasping in the
simplicity, liveliness, spontaneity and lack of artificiality. middle. And you find it impossible to speak on without faltering.
These self-study books aim to help you speak international English. Edu- Of course, some written-English-minded people might manage to complete
cated international English. And not a regional or local variety. their spoken sentences after straining hard. But mind you, they wouldnt
sound natural. Instead, theyd sound phoney and highbrow. When they speak,
many of them wouldnt even sound as if they were speaking. Theyd sound as
Self-study principles if they were reading ! And what many of them say would often sound like a
The greatest merit of Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books is this: They tell the composition read aloud.
truth about the fluency-building process without trying to hide the facts.
They deal with reality as it is honestly, and they come up with practical so- Classroom speech practice cant help you become fluent
lutions to your fluency-related problems. And based on these solutions, they Suppose that a few people who can only speak broken English sit around a
provide you with a set of powerful fluency-building tools. Thus they help table and try to do speech practice in English. You see, theyll only be able
you meet the challenge of the fluency-building process squarely and confi- to do the speech practice in broken English. And not in fluent English be-
dently. cause you see, they cant speak fluent English. And if they keep on doing this
Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books are founded on facts and not on specu- kind of speech practice for a few months, broken English becomes their habit.
lations. And here are some of these facts: And not fluent English. This is so, no matter how good their knowledge of
English is.
Self-effort alone can bring you true fluency
Even the presence of a teacher cant improve the situation because flu-
Heres the most important fact on which the Fluentzy books are based: ent English is not corrected or improved broken English. Broken English,
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however improved and made smooth, still has the characteristics of broken Most of the core words, collocations and conversational expressions in English
English as its underlying features. Only, its a kind of improved broken dont have equivalents in other languages.
English. Thats all. But not fluent English. Fluent English is a wholly differ- Several words, collocations and expressions in other languages dont have equiva-
ent stream. Something totally separate. lents in English, either.
Mind you, the effort to translate stands between your thought and your
Learning by heart: Impossible speech as a block. This takes away your attention from the matter of your
Mind you, you cant learn by heart all (or even a small proportion of) the speech, and forces you to concentrate on the manner. And then you stop
speech-units that are possible in a language, and then reproduce them as thinking about what you want to say, and start paying attention to how you
and when required. There are millions and millions of them. People dont, say it. And then, you automatically falter, and your speech-flow automati-
and cant, speak that way. And you cant anticipate all the contexts and situ- cally stops.
ations youll have to speak in. And you cant tell beforehand what kinds of And translated spoken English sentences sound stilted. They dont sound
questions others might ask. Or what replies you might like to give. Or how natural like the English spoken by native speakers of English.
a conversation might progress. This is one reason why books containing
collections of theoretically-correct sentences or cassettes wont make you Organs of speech: Not co-operative
fluent. So, if you want to become fluent, you must gain the skill of produc- You know, the muscles of your organs of speech are in the habit of moving
ing speech spontaneously without planning it or preparing it first. and bending regularly in certain set patterns to suit the demands of your
What you need is not the skill of reproducing perfectly-made sentences mother-tongue. They fight shy of working in a different way to suit the
learnt by heart here and there. What you need is the skill of going on com- demands of the English language.
posing, on your feet, the things you want to say from moment to moment And mind you, as long as your organs of speech dont readily move, bend
and of going on saying them at the same time as you speak along. That and work in the way the English language demands them to, you wont be
is, the skill of letting a smooth flow of English happen when you speak about able to speak fluent English.
your ideas, thoughts and feelings. And of speaking about them in a sen-
sible and ordered way, with all the things you say fitting well together. By Cassettes: Not helpful
putting together pre-fabricated word groups as well as individual words. Audio/Video cassettes containing theoretically-correct sentences wont make
And the skill of filling time with talk, and of keeping the speech flow going you fluent. No, they wont. Of course, if you listen to them for hours and
while youre thinking of or deciding what to say next or how to phrase hours, you may be able to learn a few isolated sentences by heart.
it. And the skill of having something appropriate to say in a wide range of Remember this: Cassettes like these contain theoretically-correct sen-
everyday situations, so that youre not at a loss for words or tongue-tied in tences that have been edited and polished (and not naturally-occurring ones).
those situations. And theoretically-correct stand-alone sentences like these may look ideal as
examples of usage in classrooms. But theyre precisely the things that wont
Translation: Impossible help you in real-life situations. There, in real-life situations, the speech units
You wont be able to speak English fluently by translating. Mind you, you can you use must be those that are produced as part of an ongoing communica-
never achieve fluency in English through any other language. tive process in content as well as in form. The speech units you use will
You see, this is what translator-speakers do: They first think in their simply have to be those that you produce on the spot while youre actually
mother-tongue and then try to translate their thoughts into English. And the engaged in the act of talking to people, those that you bend and twist and
result? Their thoughts do not come out directly as English speech. And as manipulate in order to suit the verbal and situational contexts.
long as their thoughts dont come out directly as English speech, they cant You see, spontaneous speech is always produced under pressure of time.
become fluent. Here are three of the chief reasons: You speak in the here-and-now. You have to connect what youre saying now
The structures of most English speech-units are not similar to the structures to what youve finished saying. At the same time, you have to be thinking
of the speech-units in other languages. For example, the order in which you about, and preparing, what youre going to say next. And you have to orally
should arrange the elements in an English speech-unit is different from the way organize everything you say, so that the various speech units and ideas they
you do that in other languages. carry fit together well and in an ordered way into a coherent whole. Youll
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be able to do all this, only if you know the techniques of on-the-spot speech Techniques. (11) Information-packing Techniques. (12) Discourse-building Tech-
composition. niques. (13) Word-cluster mastery Techniques. (14) Rhythm unit Techniques.
Cassettes containing theoretically-correct sentences wont teach you these
What method do the Fluentzy books use?
techniques. In fact, these cassettes give you a false impression: They make
you think that spoken English is made up of ideal strings of complete and There are a large number of isolated pieces of language fundamentals ly-
perfectly-formed sentences. They make you think that youd be able to speak ing scattered here and there in your mind. The Fluentzy books bring all these
English if you learn a few one-line sentences. They dont bring you face to things together. And they organize them into a systematic body of knowl-
face with such features of spontaneous speech as starting trouble, false edge within you. And they add a lot of other fluency-related aspects to that
starts, repetition of syllables and words, hesitations, pauses, pause fillers, knowledge... and make that knowledge rock-solid. And they get you to mas-
gambits for creating planning-time, incomplete structures, unfinished word- ter language manipulation skills and a large number of other things on
groups, reformulations, refinements, backtracking, etc. They dont give you which the fluency skill is based. In this way, the Fluentzy books get your flu-
the skill of speaking exploratorily and manipulatively. ency skill to develop from a firm foundation, rather than in a disorganized
or haphazard way.
Conventional vocabulary development methods: Not helpful In short, the Fluentzy books tell you how to create conditions that are
Are you under the impression that conventional vocabulary-building meth- necessary for the growth of a fluency nucleus in you. And once you have this
ods can help you achieve true fluency. Mind you, they cant. No. fluency nucleus in you, youve started achieving true fluency youre on
A chief reason is this: Conventional vocabulary building methods focus on your way to achieving higher and higher degrees of fluency. And from then
individual words, and not on word clusters. And they create a wrong impres- on, even group speech practice and audio-video sessions can prove useful.
sion in your mind a wrong impression that fluent speech is produced by But mind you, only from then on and not till then. And mind you, there
stringing individual words together. Mind you, fluent speech cannot be pro- is something remarkable about the fluency nucleus: The fluency nucleus
duced by stringing individual words together. Fluent speech does not flow grows only when you do independent study and make self-effort. Not as long
out word by word. Rather, fluent speech flows out in short bursts each as youre being coached or trained by someone in class or by post or
burst consisting of a cluster of 4 to 10 words (with most of the clusters hav- online or through any other method.
ing 5 words each).
Teach yourself dont let yourself be coached
So for fluency building, the focus of your vocabulary development effort
Heres the ultimate fluency-building truth youll have to understand and ac-
should not be on individual words, but on word clusters fluency-oriented
cept: Youll never really come to master fluency techniques until you learn
word clusters.
them by yourself without anybody coaching you. Whether youre an ad-
vanced learner of English or a post-advanced learner.
Fluency-building techniques Youll have to be the teacher as well as the taught. Its only when you
Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books tell you how to become fluent through a learn the fluency techniques inside out by yourself that they become part
series of specialized fluency techniques. These are techniques that na- of your being. And only then will it become second nature for you to apply
tive speakers of English learn naturally and without conscious effort as them and speak English really fluently... in real-life situations. And if you
children, at their mothers knee. But how about adult non-native speakers want to become really fluent in English, applying fluency techniques must
of English who are not truly fluent? As far as theyre concerned, they too can come as second nature to you.
learn these techniques easily, but only through self-effort through delib- In fact, fluency techniques are techniques that are uniquely suited to self-
erate, intentional study and practice done independently, without being study.
coached.
Here are the chief fluency-building techniques:
(1) Idea unit techniques. (2) Speech-generation Techniques. (3) Habit-formation
Self-study Books*
Techniques. (4) Mouth Gymnastics. (5) Speech-flow Techniques. (6) Pattern How did Prof Kev Nair write the Fluentzy books, the fluent English self-study
Techniques. (7) Word-fusing Techniques. (8) Conversion Techniques. (9) Func- books? Through intensive research-studies. That was how.
tional/Notional/Situational Techniques. (10) On-the-spot speech-composition * We sell you only a set of books. There are no cassettes or CDs.
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Through these studies, he discovered factors that give birth to true flu- to take first, what step to take next, and so on. And thats not all. These books
ency and make it grow as well as factors that block it. And he worked out show you how to take each step, and how not to. And the reasons for every-
several ways of developing the fluency-building factors and of removing the thing, too! The Fluentzy books draw pictures of everything before you in
fluency-blocking factors. And he picked out the sure-fire factors. These sure- words. Colourful, lovely pictures that would never fade away from your
fire factors were tested again and again. mind. Were sure youll feel as if somebody you like is sitting by your side,
At last, a new method of fluency-building came out. And thats the having a chat with you a lively chat.
method thats going to transform you into a supremely fluent speaker of And you dont have to try and learn anything by heart! Nor translate! Nor
English through independent study done with the help of Prof. Nairs self- keep on listening to cassettes! All you have to do is to read and understand
study books. the things that the Fluentzy books say! And do the oral drills. And work
through the skill-building exercises.
Twenty classic titles
Here are the titles of the 20 fluency-building self-study books in the Fluentzy How many Fluentzy volumes should you buy at a time?*
series by Prof. Kev Nair: Ideally, all all twenty because youll then able to do a quick non-detailed
B1: Idea units & Fluency. B2: Speech Generation & Flow Production. study of all the books before you start a detailed study of each of them. A
B3: Teaching your Tongue & Speech Rhythm. B4: Key Speech-initia- quick non-detailed study of all the books (done at the very beginning) gives
tors & Speech-unit Patterns. S1/B13 & S2/B14: Fluency in Functional En- you a general understanding of everything in the Fluentzy system, and this
glish (2 vols.). B15/S3: Fluency in Telephone English & Sectoral English. general understanding makes the detailed study easier to do.
B5: How to Deal with Hesitation. B6: Oral Training in Fluency Vocabu- Of course, you can also buy the books in three lots. Let us explain:
lary (Vol.1). B7: Packing of Information. B8: Impromptu Speech-flow
Despatch to addresses within India
Techniques. S4/B16: Fluency Building & Mouth Gymnastics. S5/B17:
Fluency in speaking about people. Against payment in instalments:
B9: Fluency in Asking Questions. B10: Oral Training in Fluency Vo- If you make your payment (Price + PPH) in instalments, you can buy the
cabulary (Vol.2). B11: Fluency & Moment-to-Moment Speech-produc- books in 3 lots (one lot against each instalment payment) as follows:
tion. B12: Oral Training in Fluency Vocabulary (Vol.3). S6/B18 & S7/ 1st lot : 7 Fluentzy books (Books B1 to B4 and S1/B13 to S3/B15)
B19: Fluency in Topicwise English (2 vols.). S8/B20: Fluency & Pronun- 2nd lot: 6 Fluentzy books (Books B5 to B8 and S4/B16 & S5/B17)
ciation. 3rd lot: 7 Fluentzy books (Books B9 to B12 and S6/B18 to S8/B20)
Part of each book is made up of theory, and part, of skill-building drills Against payment as a lump sum:
and exercises. The theory parts have been written in simple, easy-to-un-
But if you make your payment (Price + PPH) as a lump sum (and not in
derstand English to make it easy for you to learn from them by yourself.
instalments), you can buy all the 20 Fluentzy books all at once in a single
As for the drills and exercises, they are to be done by yourself without any-
bundle, rather than in 3 lots. (See col. 5 in the Order Form on page 39).
one helping you.
The theory parts, drills and exercises are superbly enjoyable and full of Despatch to addresses outside India
variety and liveliness. They would interest you so much that theyd take up If you want us to mail the Fluentzy books to an address outside India, well
all your attention. From beginning to the end, youll find each of the self- mail them all at once in a single bundle (and not in 3 separate lots).
study books absorbing and informative. And youll find nothing in them
thats dry or pedantic. (See Part-II for more details). Self-study effectiveness
Are the Fluentzy books hard to learn from? Heres a question that must be uppermost in your mind: How effective would
Hard? Not at all. The Fluentzy books tell you things in a friendly, conversa- this unique form of self-directed independent study be?
tional, easy-to-understand style. To us, the answer is this: Highly effective. But please note: Were not try-
ing to tell you that youll become instantly fluent simply from reading
And do you know how these books explain things to you? The way you
* See 1) The price-structure. 2) Clauses 4 & 5 of the Terms & Conditions.
teach a child to walk step-by-step. The Fluentzy books show you what step
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through the self-study books once or twice. No. That wont happen ex- Idea Units & Fluency gets your fluency-building efforts off to a no-nonsense start in
cept perhaps in the case of a very few advanced learners. Of course, even the right direction, so that you dont have to worry about any wasted efforts. The
New Sunday Express. Idea Units & Fluency tells how units of idea help speakers
a clear understanding of the fluency principles and fluency techniques alone achieve fluency. THE HINDU.
can bring a noticeable change in the spoken behaviour of most people. Book B2: Speech Generation & Flow Production: Speech-generation Technique.
But in general, the situation is this: Youll become really fluent only af- Learning by heart is NOT a solution. Generative Feature & Generative Structures. How does
ter you do the oral practice, drills and exercises that the self-study books the Generative Feature work? Generation through substitution. How to become skilled
ask you to do and after you gain the experience of putting the fluency prin- at substitution. Core words: Words of the most general utility. Neutral and non-neutral vo-
cabulary. Formal vocabulary. Informal vocabulary. Slang. Fitting vocabulary items into
ciples and techniques to practice in real-life situations. You have to gain a
General Structures. How to master the speech generating skill? Generative Structure drills.
real mastery of fluency techniques on your own, without being coached. Do Spare-parts for speech generation. Naming Part. Action Part. Descriptive Part. Circum-
that, and we know youll find yourself getting pushed into the spoken-En- stance Part. Flow-production Techniques. Word-junctions. Junction practice. Mixed ma-
glish-track automatically. (See PART-II for more details). terial for flow-practice. Informal vocabulary.
So please be clear about one thing: We cannot guarantee fluency. Not Speech Generation & Flow Production shows how the principles of speech genera-
tion can help you keep up an easy flow of spontaneous speech. The New Sunday
that we wont we cant. You see, nobody can. By its very nature, fluency
Express. Speech Generation & Flow Production demonstrates how speech is produced
skill is not something to which the idea of guarantee can be applied at all. spontaneously. THE HINDU.
Theres only one person who can make you truly fluent. And that is your- Book B3: Teaching your Tongue & Speech Rhythm: Teaching your tongue.
self. Nobody else. And that is also the greatest news about fluency build- Important principles of description. Descriptive principle. The way to teach your tongue.
ing. You can make yourself fluent if you make good use of the self-study Word List. Rhythm and flow of speech. The syllable. Two groups of words. The way the
books and learn well from them. This truth is a cornerstone of this fluency- English language flows. The way other (= non-English) languages flow. Uniform stress.
building system one of the important principles on which the Fluentzy Uniform time distribution. Let English flow the way English should flow. Up and down
movement. Syllable stress. Polysyllabic words. Monosyllabic words. Weak function words.
books are based. Schwa. Neutral function words. Guidelines. Limited freedom. Shortened forms. Foot and
So all that we promise to do is to make available to you the self-study rhythm. The fundamental principle of English rhythm. Beating the rhythm. The silent
books written by Prof. Kev Nair. They give you the wisest advice and the stress. Unstressed syllables at the beginning of words. Speed of speech. Frequently-used
best fluency-building help that anybody can expect to get from any part of polysyllabic words. An important exercise. Questions for Practice. Importance of the drill
with word groups. Two important exercises.
the world. And were convinced that these self-study books are capable of
Teaching your Tongue & Speech Rhythm deals with how to train your speech organs
helping the self-study learners achieve a high degree of fluency. and reach higher levels of fluency. The New Sunday Express. Teaching your
tongue & Speech Rhythm shows how speakers can train their speech organs and achieve
Contents of the books the characteristic English speech rhythm. THE HINDU.

These self-study books tell you how to go about achieving a high degree of Book B4: Key speech-initiators & Speech-unit Patterns: Key speech-initiators.
Basic speech-initiators. Advanced speech-initiators. Everyday speech-initiators. Whys the
fluency in English in a programmed fashion through topic-wise discus- word group-repetition drill so important? Key phrase patterns. Action patterns & clause
sion. And here are the chief topics: patterns. Link verb patterns. Intransitive verb patterns. Simple monotransitive verb pat-
Book B1: Idea units & Fluency: Importance of theory. Importance of oral prac- terns. Complex monotransitive verb patterns. Ditransitive verb patterns. Naming patterns.
tice. How to do your study. Non-detailed study. Detailed study. Learning in bursts. Do Rhythm drill. Short responses. Negative meaning. Fluency nucleus. Chats and serious con-
a lot of general reading. Ordinary novels suit fluency-building best. Recommended read- versations. Long sequences and short sequences. Short sequences. Long sequences. Level
ing. You need a good dictionary. Avoid bilingual dictionaries. Avoid high-sounding and of fluency.
rarely-used words. What dictionary should you buy? Fluency, only through idea units. Key Speech initiators & Speech unit Patterns, helps you master speech-initiators and
Speech comes first, and writing, only next. Non-native speakers learn English the speech-unit patterns quickly and easily. The New Sunday Express. Four books
wrong way. Learning words alone wont help. Bite-sized pieces of ideas. How does in the series concentrate on how to compose speech and speak at the same time.
natural speech come out? What does natural speech come out in? Let ready-to-assemble THE HINDU.
units do your work for you. Idea units: Your key to speech and fluency. Idea units of Books S1/B13 & S2/B14: Fluency in Functional English (Vols. I & II): How
speech, and sentences of writing. How context helps the speaker. Importance of con- to use English to express 175 everyday communicative functions. How to express ability,
text. Types of idea units. Word knowledge and word mastery. Why cant we speak in sen- admiration, agreement, appreciation, approval, certainty, condolences, gratitude, inten-
tences? Just a little at a time, and not a mouthful. Strands of information. Length and tion, likes, likelihood, possibility, preference, prohibition, reluctance, satisfaction, good
shape of idea units. Points for dividing speech. Guidelines for dividing speech into idea wishes, wants, wishes, etc. How to express anger, annoyance, disappointment, doubt, fear,
units. Embedding and lining up. Roundabout connectivity. Straight connectivity. Speak hope, indecision, indifference, irritation, pleasure, regret, sarcasm, surprise, sympathy,
in idea units, and not in sentences.
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worry, etc. How to use English to accept something, admit something, advise someone, + Noun combinations. Conventional pre-modifiers. Non-specific modification. Intensi-
compliment someone, congratulate someone, contradict someone, criticize someone, fiers and downtoners. Fluency and word-modification. How to avoid modification. Inten-
deny something, forgive someone, offer, accept or decline help, make an invitation, give sifiers. Downtoners. How to avoid complexity. Embedded noun-phrases. Specific and non-
an opinion, praise someone, reassure someone, report progress, refuse a request, make specific words. Composing speech and speaking at the same time. Mental assessment and
a suggestion, threaten to do something, etc. planning. Control of speech delivery. Inevitability of loose packing. Speech composition
Two volumes of Fluency in Functional English help speakers achieve the skill of features. Listeners point of view. Looseness vs. Conciseness.
being able to say the right thing in the right social and career contexts. The New Packing of Information teaches you methodically how to pack meaning and con-
Sunday Express. Two volumes of the title Fluency in Functional English are meant tent into speech the way native speakers of English do. The New Sunday Express.
to equip speakers with the skill to say the right thing in the right social context. Book B8: Impromptu Speech-flow techniques: Impromptu word group order-
THE HINDU. ing. Makeshift improvisations. Special ways of word group ordering. Topiccomment
Book S3/B15: Fluency in Telephone English & Sectoral English: Fluency arrangement. Commenttopic arrangement. Repeated reference. Self-correction. Arrange-
in Telephone English. Guidelines for making a call. Guidelines for answering a call. Tele- ment in parenthesis. Fronting. Appended word groups. Fragmentary word groups.
phone word groups. Word groups for use while making a phone call. Word groups for Struggle-free speech-composition. Two types of self-imposed restrictions. Inter-related
use while answering a phone call. Word groups to speak about telephoning in general. restrictive actions. Two techniques to smooth the way. Use of comment clauses. Comment
Fluency in Business English. Fluency in Banking English. Fluency in Travel English. clauses in statements. Comment clause combinations. Vagueness and Imprecision. Non-
Speaking about Food and Drink. Everyday politics. occurrence and non-availability of lexical item. Listing. Talking about quantity, number,
Fluency in Telephone English & Sectoral English teaches you how to be fluent over duration, etc. Vagueness and uncertainty about what/who/where. Quality, description,
the phone. The New Sunday Express. etc. sort of. Vagueness through intensification. Generic use of you and they. Starting
trouble. Discourse markers. Discourse markers in combination. Combination of comment
Book B5: How to deal with hesitation: Pauses and syllable lengthening. Junc-
clauses and discourse markers. Topic shift. Other topic shift markers. Steadying influence
tion pauses. Junction pauses and grammatical breaks. Spontaneous speech. Non-spon-
of the hesitation pause. Analyze the texts now.
taneous speech. Hesitation pauses. Pause notation. Paracomplex, paraboundaries and
parapauses. Minor and major boundaries. Syllable lengthening. Public & non-public and The title Impromptu Speech Flow Techniques helps you learn quickly and easily how
formal & non-formal situations. Speech production and hesitation. Problems causing to organise word clusters in the most useful and effective way and carry on a spon-
hesitation. Result of hesitation. Native and foreign hesitation. Native hesitation is a taneous speech. The New Sunday Express.
normal phenomenon. A basic reason for lack of fluency. Giving flow to your speech. Book S4/B16: Fluency Building & Mouth Gymnastics: Fluency through mouth
Preventing foreign hesitations. Dealing with hesitations. Pauses. Hesitation noises. Hesi- gymnastics. Past experience handicaps advanced non-native learners. Mouth gymnastics.
tation fillers. Hesitation caused by 6 Problems. Guidelines. Practice with action word- Ineffective methods. Fluency in wrong usages is a handicap. Word classes for mouth
groups. Questions for rhythm drill. Questions for practice. gymnastics. Knowledge of organs of speech. The vocal apparatus. Word groups for mouth
How to deal with hesitations is a book on hesitation management. The New gymnastics.
Sunday Express. How to deal with hesitations is a key title in the series. It deals Fluency Building & Mouth Gymnastics deals with skill-building techniques that can
with the techniques of mid-speech hesitation management. THE HINDU. really get your organs of speech to overcome the pressures of the English language
Book B6: Oral Training in Fluency Vocabulary (Vol. I): Training in General on them. The New Sunday Express. Fluency Building and Mouth Gymnastics
Structures. The way speech gets produced. Framework for speech-production. Shape helps speakers get their speech organs work smoothly in the way the English language
of speech units. Fluency tools. Repeated exposure. The most important point in vocabu- needs them to work. THE HINDU.
lary choice. About words you should master. Objective-based vocabulary-development. Book S5/B17: Fluency in Speaking about People: A persons make-up.
The test for word-selection. General structures. Subsidiary word groups. Place-relating Behaviour. Attitude. Intelligence. Personality & personality traits. Feelings & emotions.
word groups. Time-relating word groups. Frequently-used monosyllabic words. Words Fluency in Speaking about People helps you master the semantic and syntactic re-
of the greatest general service. Practice with major word groups. Action word groups. sources needed to achieve fluency in speaking about people and their behaviour, at-
Naming word groups. Phrasal verbs. Phrasal-prepositional verbs. Prepositional verbs. titudes, intelligence, personality traits, feelings and emotions. The New Sunday
Adjective + Noun combinations. Express.
The title Oral Training in fluency vocabulary comes in three volumes. They con- Book B9: Fluency in Asking Questions: How to make questions. Role of ques-
centrate on training you thoroughly in techniques of vocabulary-manipulation dur- tions. Difficulty in framing questions. Chief reason for the difficulty. Question types. Yes-
ing spontaneous speech production. The New Sunday Express. Vocabulary No questions. Conversion of statements into yes-no questions. Responses to yes-no ques-
manipulation is another key area in the Fluentzy scheme. Three volumes of the title tions. Negative yes-no questions. Everyday yes-no questions for practice. Wh-questions.
Oral Training in Fluency Vocabulary are devoted to this. THE HINDU. Conversion of statements into wh-questions. Advanced wh-questions. Everyday wh-ques-
Book B7: Packing of information: Techniques of information-packing. Subor- tions for practice. Question-initiator word groups. Declarative questions. Yes-no declara-
dination and co-ordination. Nature of information-packing and fluency. How to avoid tive questions. Wh-declarative questions. Tag questions. Structure. Special cases. Three
dense packing. Special subordinate constructions. Complex phrases. Pre-modification important points you should remember. Invariant tag questions. Rhythm drill.
and Post-modification. Modification and complexity. How to avoid modification. Excep- The title Fluency in Asking Questions is devoted entirely to the role of questions in
tional cases. Re-reference. Classifying function. Adjective + Noun combinations. Noun fluent speech and fluency training. The New Sunday Express. Fluency in Ask-
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ing Questions deals with a tricky skill. THE HINDU. And the buyers belong to all walks of life. Most buyers are very highly
Book B10: Oral Training in Fluency Vocabulary (Vol. II): Reply Expressions. educated and very highly placed. Some of them are just 18 years old and
Prompt-response practice. Subsidiary word groups. Manner word groups. Complemen- some, as old as 80. And theres one characteristic thats common to them
tation of verbs by prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases. The lexical bond. Free
combinations of verbs and prepositions. Prepositional verbs are not phrasal verbs. Fre- all: Theyre people who do things that are important enough to need a high
quently-used prepositional phrases. Generative Structures. Fluency and General Struc- degree of fluency in English. The buyers from India include:
tures. Phrasal verbs. Adjective+Noun word groups. Fixed Expressions. (1) Judicial Officers. (2) Diplomats. (3) IAS/IPS/IFS/IRS Officers. (4)
Book B11: Fluency & Moment-to-moment speech production: Life-giving Other senior Central and State Civil Service Officers. (5) Top executives
elements of spoken English. A common mistake. Speech-composition features & dura- in companies & banks. (6) Commissioned Officers. (7) Advocates, Doc-
tion of speech. Spoken English texts. The conversational touch. Directives. Exclamations.
Special conversational emphasis. Leaving out words. Comparison. Comparison of quali-
tors, Engineers. (8) Scientists, Professors, Lecturers, Research scholars.
ties and characteristics. Comparison of manner. Phrasal verbs. Adjective + Noun. (9) IT Professionals. (10) Businessmen, Accountants, Sales Personnel.
Fluency and Moment-to-moment Speech Production teaches you in a systematic (11) Journalists. (12) Candidates for the Civil Service examinations. (13)
way the techniques of building speech from moment to moment as you speak along. Candidates for superior jobs. (14) People seeking admission to MBA &
The New Sunday Express. MCA courses. (15) TSE candidates. (16) People planning to go abroad.
Book B12: Oral Training in Fluency Vocabulary (Vol. III): Everyday Medi- And they even include District & Sessions Judges, Ambassadors, a
cal English: Speaking about health and illness. Doctor to patient. Case-taking: Question-
ing the patient. Examination procedure. Mental examination by doctor. Diagnosis/treat-
High Commissioner, a Consul General, Commissioners of Income Tax, IGs
ment. Language patients use. General illness. Patients speaking about their mental state. of Police & Registration, General Managers & top executives of private &
General. Speech initiators in educated circles. How do people judge you? The way to public undertakings (including multi-nationals), a Test Cricketer, an Arch
sound educated and cultured. Image-building word groups. Adjective + noun. Phrasal Bishop and legislators, including a Chief Minister.
verbs. Everyday questions for practice. Prompt-response practice. Rhythm drill. Final
words.
Book S6/B18: Fluency in Topicwise English (Vol.I): Fluency in speaking about Price*
a wide range of topics. Driving. Vehicle repairs & maintenance. Clothes. Weather. Money. The amount of money [Price + PPH (Packing, Postage & Handling)] you
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Two volumes of Fluency in Topicwise English help you widen your fluency range. address within India or outside India:
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Fluency and Pronunciation helps you get a command of such of those elements Addresses outside India: If you want us to despatch the books
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Classroom instruction, not really effective

PART - II
Do you think that classroom instruction for a short period of 3 or 6 months is go-
ing to make you speak fluent English? Mind you, even if you get classroom in-
struction for a long period, thats not likely to be really effective as far as flu-
Can I become fluent ency development is concerned.
in spoken English For example, take the case of most people who have Bachelors or Masters
degrees (in English itself or in other subjects) in countries where English is a
thro self-study ? second language. By the time they complete their degrees, they would have learnt
English as a separate subject of study in classrooms (at school and college) for
at least 5 to 10 years. That too, from about 5 to 10 different teachers. And they
Yes, you can. You definitely can if you already know reasonable English.
would also have learnt various other subjects through English in classrooms for
In fact, its only through self-effort that you can become truly fluent in spo-
at least 5 to 10 years. Yet, by the time they get their degrees, do they become flu-
ken English. That is, its not just that you can become fluent through self-effort.
ent enough in English to speak it fluently?
The fact is, self-effort is the only effective way of gaining true spoken English
So dont be under the impression that classroom instruction is a sure cure for
fluency. The one and only effective way.
all your fluency problems even if it stretches over several years. Now if class-
This may sound incredible or surprising to you at first, but its the truth. Plain,
room instruction (in English and through English) for as long a period as 5 to 10
unvarnished truth. Read on, and youll be convinced.
years cannot produce fluency in you, do you think that classroom instruction for
Alternatives to self-study route, not really practical a short period of 3 or 6 months more is going to make you fluent?

If you want to achieve fluency in spoken English, there are two courses of ac- Fluency techniques and real-life situations
tion open to you: 1). Master fluency techniques through self-study. Or, 2). Try
You see, the things you need are a thorough knowledge of fluency techniques and
an alternative method.
the experience of using them in real-life situations.
And there are only two alternatives worth considering at all:
Classroom instruction: Can classroom practice be practical for learners who
Youll find out from the following paras that this alternative is not an effective arent fluent at all?
one if your aim is to achieve the fluency skill. This option has certain built-in Of course, classroom sessions can set up mock conversational situations and get
limitations. And these limitations can even work against your fluency efforts. you to take part in them. But if you want to take part in a mock conversational
practice session, and if you want to contribute something to that session in En-
Living and working in a place where people speak mostly in English: glish, shouldnt you already know how to speak English spontaneously at least
The things were going to look at in the following paras will show you that this somewhat fluently? Otherwise, how will you be able to take your turn and say
is not a practical option for most adult learners. If you choose this option, it something meaningful at all?
would take several years (and not just a few months) for you to become fluent Suppose that a few people (who cant speak fluent English) keep getting to-
in English. And the value of this option depends on several other variables. gether and keep speaking among themselves in broken English for a few months.
Of course, there are one or two other options that might look like alternatives. Are they going to pick up the skill of speaking fluent English from this sort of
But theyre not really true alternatives at all. No. For example, doing translation, practice? Wont they only be getting more and more used to their broken English
spending time listening to cassettes or CDs (containing theoretically-correct sen- habit and other bad speech habits? Instead of breaking those habits? Thats why
tences), learning theoretically-correct sentences by heart from books and distance the most important thing you should do first is to learn fluency techniques.
learning are not options worth considering if your aim is to become good at
producing fluent speech spontaneously. These options would only be of help to Teacher can help only with accuracy Not fluency...
a very limited extent that too, only for people who want to speak one-line situ- Mind you, even a teachers presence cannot improve the situation. No, it cant.
ational English occasionally (and not for those who want to speak English at Why? Because a teacher will be able to notice and correct only externally notice-
length, in detail). Of course, many people dont realize this truth until after able mistakes: Mistakes of grammar, usage, vocabulary, etc. But remember this:
theyve tried these methods... and failed. Were speaking about people who know English very well or reasonably well.
These are facts and not mere opinions. And theyre true and correct though Dont they already have a good command of grammar and usage? And dont they
they may be contrary to what many people believe. have a reasonable (or even a wide) vocabulary? Even then, dont most of them
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find it hard to be truly fluent? Classrooms cant train you in language manipulation
So externally noticeable mistakes are not the real reason that blocks fluency. You see, if you join a group of learners and try speaking to them in English, purely
The real reason is this: Internal speech processing difficulties. And internal speech for gaining fluency in that language, this is whats going to happen: When you start
composition problems. Mistakes, difficulties and problems that happen when speaking, your attention would be focused not on what you say, but on how you
your mind tries to compose speech before its delivery. When your mind tries to say it. That is, your attention would be focused on the form of the language it-
manipulate the semantic and syntactic resources of the English language to self, rather than on the content. This would make you highly self-conscious. And
process information. And to formulate speech out of that information. And to youd keep feeling that others are looking at you and judging you and the way
bring it up for delivery. you speak. And this would make you keep feeling uncomfortable, awkward, em-
Mind you, a teacher or anyone else will not be able to notice these internal barrassed and even shy.
mistakes and problems. Or the pre-delivery process. No, they cant, because these All this would prevent the speech situation from giving you effective training
things happen inside your mind. You are the only person wholl be able to be in language manipulation. But you see, the core of your fluency skill is nothing
aware of them and to cope with them on the spot. but your ability to manipulate the language you use and to juggle with it to
repeatedly rearrange, change and modify your speech-units and the way theyre
Deal with the realities of the real-life situations organized in order to make them convey your ideas in the best way possible.
A mock conversational session is an artificial speech-situation, and not a real- So, if a mock conversational situation cannot give you effective training in lan-
life speech situation. And so in a mock session, most of your time would be spent guage manipulation, it cannot be called an effective fluency tool at all what-
in wondering what to say and in racking your brain unless youve prepared ever else its other advantages may be.
yourself thoroughly in advance with the help of a script. On the other hand, in a real-life situation, your attention is most often held
And if you train to become fluent by first learning from a script and then by firmly and completely by the content of what you say and by your involvement
repeating the same thing from memory, youre not going to become fluent. No. in that content. And so, in a real-life situation, your attention doesnt often get
This is because in such a situation, youre actually training in prepared speech diverted to the way you speak.
production, and not in spontaneous speech production. But in a real-life speech So the situations from which you should get the experience of speaking are
situation, you feel the real need to speak. And the situation itself provides you real-life situations, and not mock conversational situations.
with the content of what to say. In such a situation, the very things that urge you
to speak provide you with plenty of ideas to speak about. And so in such a situ- Get experience from real-life situations
ation, you wont have to make any effort to think of something to say. What you need (in order to achieve fluency) is not training in mock conversa-
And the way the form and content of speech develop in a real-life situation tional situations, but the experience of speaking in real-life situations. And it wont
is quite different from the way those things develop in an artificial conversational be correct to think that learners who do independent study dont get this sort of
situation. When fluent speakers speak in real-life situations, they put together experience. They do get plenty of experience of this sort. That too, from the only
and say their speech-units by coping with a number of types of pressures pres- sources from where anybody can hope to get it: The real-life situations they face
sures from factors connected with language as well as pressures from factors not every day.
connected with language. Depending on the way these pressures and factors You know, one of the reasons why many people buy Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy
work, they keep adapting and manipulating the form, content and phrasing of books and do a self-directed self-training is this: They often find themselves in
what they say. And they keep modifying and adjusting the sizes and shapes of real-life situations where they have to speak fluent English. But theyre not able
their speech-units and the very framework of the whole spoken text. to make the most of those situations, because the English they speak isnt quite
But in a mock conversational situation, the pressures present are of a differ- fluent or fluent enough to their satisfaction.
ent type. So whatever experience you get from such a mock situation wont be Most of the learners who train themselves with the help of Prof. Kev Nairs
of much real value to you in real-life speech situations. What will be of real Fluentzy books are people who have jobs or professions or are in business. Theyre
value to you in real-life situations are the skills you need to manipulate your usually in contact with people who speak English. And they all have plenty of op-
English and to adapt it to the moment-to-moment demands of those situations. portunity to make use of their fluency skill in their workplaces or in places where
And the fluency techniques that Prof. Kev Nairs self-study books in the their jobs, professions or social and spare-time activities take them or while
Fluentzy series cover are the very things that help you get these skills. travelling. Other learners who train themselves with the help of the Fluentzy
Fluency Nucleus: Quite impressive... Nair has identified a fluency books also have enough opportunity of interacting with people who speak English
nucleus as the key to fluent English. And unless one has this nucleus in at places where their career-preparation activities, higher-educational activi-
himself, he can never achieve true fluency. THE HINDU. ties, social and spare-time activities and daily life take them.
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Even otherwise, there are several practical ways to get yourselves into real- So in subjects like these, youll need a teachers help and guidance from time
life speech situations and to have the opportunity of putting fluency techniques to time. In subjects like these, teachers may have to get feedback on your work,
to real use. So remember this: Generally speaking, classroom training in inter- so that they can tell you where youve gone wrong and why, how well or badly
action doesnt have much value for people who already know English, but are try- youve been doing, and how you could improve.
ing to become fluent. It has real value only for beginners who are trying to learn But when you learn a unique skill like fluency, things happen differently.
English and for those who cant even speak one-line situational English easily. When you learn a skill like fluency, there are no rigid frameworks that you
have to follow compulsorily. Whatever frameworks you may happen to follow are
Instruction & Feedback: From the Self... to the Self those that you yourself decide on according to your convenience. And youre
You see, face-to-face instruction and an instructors feedback on a learners work free to adapt and modify them to suit your speech-composition needs (from mo-
are not as important in fluency training as in learning other subjects of study. ment to moment). Whatever external constraints may happen to be there are not
of a rigid nature, but are quite flexible. And anybody who has learnt fluency tech-
You dont need face-to-face instruction niques can deal with those constraints in a number of different ways (according
Fluency is a unique skill the only one of its kind. Its a learning oriented skill, to their communicative convenience).
and not an instruction oriented one. Its a skill thats of a type quite different This is so about all externally imposed constraints in spontaneous speech con-
from other skills like cycling or swimming. straints imposed by the content as well as form, semantic and syntactic con-
This is because fluency in speech depends mainly on a series of mental pro- straints, lexical and grammatical constraints, and constraints imposed by verbal
cesses that go on within you. These are a series of actions that you carry out within and situational contexts.
your mind (to compose what to say and to say it at the same time). And these
are not external actions, or actions that are visible or obvious to other people. Speaker is total master of language manipulation
Others have no way of noticing or finding out what actually goes on inside your You see, its not as though you can only compose a long stretch of spontaneous
mind. The point is this: While youre training to speak fluent English, the kind speech by a single method. Each learner is free to compose it in any of the sev-
of help teachers will be able to give you is quite different from the kind of help eral ways they find convenient.
theyll be able to give you while youre training to swim or ride a bicycle or Also, a natural speech-situation is ever alive, fluctuating and open-ended. And
while youre learning mathematics or computer programming or machine repair. there are no restrictions or limits set in advance on the way speakers can give
And note this: While youre training to speak fluent English, the kind of help that shape to their speech-units and organize these speech units into a spoken text.
teachers will practically be able to give you is of a kind that can effectively be given And speakers themselves are the only people wholl be able to decide what re-
through self-study books. strictions or limits they should set on things as they speak on, and how they should
You see, face-to-face interaction between an instructor and a learner may have keep adapting their speech units to the speech situations from moment to mo-
great importance in learning most other subjects. But its role is limited when you ment.
learn a skill like fluency. The performance and progress of a fluency learner (who So when you learn a skill like fluency, you dont have to solve any problem
already knows English) does not actually depend on learner-instructor interac- of a mathematical or machine-related type or of a manual or technical type. In
tion or on feedback or on the instructor watching the performance of a learner particular, you dont have to solve any problem that can only have one answer
or on a learner watching the performance of the instructor. or solution. So the question of accuracy (in the sense of mathematical accuracy)
or the need for correction of mistakes (by an instructor) does not arise at all.
Fluency work doesnt normally need correction
The only question of accuracy that can be thought of in fluency training is the
When you learn a subject like mathematics or computer programming or machine question of grammatical accuracy or word-related accuracy of an elementary type.
repair, youll need to interact with a teacher from time to time. Here, you should note two things:
The reason is this: In subjects like these, even the smallest thing you do has Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books are meant for people who already know reason-
to be according to a rigid framework a framework that you cannot modify at able English, and not for beginners. Even then, they deal extensively and thor-
all to suit your convenience. And such frameworks are not only rigid, but also ex- oughly with various aspects of grammar and vocabulary that would help you in
ternally imposed that is, they come from sources outside your own mind. In spontaneous speech production. (Of course, Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books do
subjects like these, you have to follow principles, rules, concepts, formulas and these things from the fluency development angle, and not from the conventional
procedures that others have set. And youre not free to deviate from them or to angle).
adapt them to different conditions and circumstances (as and when those con- Prof. Kev Nair has been leading the world in English fluency research
ditions and circumstances occur). since 1971. The Competition Success Review.
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If you want to become good at English production, youll have to learn to sort tain whatever youve learnt and that you dont forget those things in a few days
out all grammatical and word-related difficulties on your own without help after youve learnt them.
from other people. You can easily do this with the help of a dictionary meant Several techniques have been used in these self-study books to make sure that
for advanced learners. the things you learn and retain do not remain simply at a verbal level, but get ab-
So in fluency training, the question of a learner needing to get his work cor- sorbed into the deeper levels of your mind, into your whole system. This has been
rected by an instructor doesnt arise in the way that this question arises when done, so that the things you learn will spring to your help whenever you need
youre learning other subjects or skills. them. Several techniques have also been used to make sure that it becomes sec-
ond nature to you to apply the things you learn from the self-study books to real-
Learning difficulties: Grist to the mill of self-study learners life situations. You begin doing this instinctively, almost without thinking. And you
Prof. Kev Nair knows what sort of difficulties a learner doing self-study is likely become skilled at doing whatever needs to be done to process speech in your head
to run into while learning by themselves from his self-study books. He knows and to produce it smoothly and continuously. Several techniques have been used
this from his experience with hundreds of thousands of learners since as far back to make these skills become easy to you.
as 1974. Now, the aim of getting you to train in this way is to get you into a state of
Through constant observation and study, he has found out the points where readiness to deal effectively with speech-processing difficulties and speech-pro-
a self-study learner might run into difficulties. And he has identified the doubts duction difficulties while speaking spontaneously.
that a learner might come to have, and the queries and questions that a self- You put the fluency techniques to practical use in real-life situations when you
study learner might like to get answered. And his Fluentzy books deal with all speak spontaneously in those situations. When you speak spontaneously, you con-
these difficulties, doubts, queries and questions thoroughly and completely. vey your ideas in a way that you find possible at that point of time and not in a
preplanned way. So youre free to adapt everything you say to frameworks that
Fluency learners difficulties are of a unique kind you then find possible. Now if you find some difficulty while doing this, as you
Now, theres something important that you must understand here: You see, while speak on, you have to deal with it on the spot then and there.
youre learning other subjects like mathematics, computer programming or ma- You see, these are not difficulties that are particular to learners alone. Even
chine repair, youll often run into difficulties that may need the help of an in- fluent speakers face these speech-planning and speech-production difficulties ev-
structor. But you wont normally run into difficulties of that sort while youre ery time they speak spontaneously. Yes, every one of them, without exception.
learning the fluency skill. Actually, by the very nature of things, you cant.
The only difference between a non-fluent speaker and a fluent speaker is this:
Of course, if someone who doesnt know English is trying to learn it, then Fluent speakers know fluency techniques. And theyre good at dealing with these
theyll certainly have difficulties of the same sort as learners trying to learn sub- difficulties on the spot by applying the fluency techniques unconsciously. In this
jects like mathematics, computer programming and machine repair. But fluency way, theyre able to prevent their speech from breaking up. And when they do this,
learners are people whove already learnt English. And now theyre doing some- their speech gives the impression of a smooth flow. But someone who has not
thing different: Theyre now learning to be fluent. And while learning the flu- learnt fluency techniques does not know how to do this, and so they falter and
ency skill, their intention is not to gain more knowledge of the English language cant speak fluently. In fact, the whole thrust of fluency training is to get you to
as such though theyll certainly be picking up more knowledge of the English understand what sort of difficulties these are, and how you can deal with them
language along the way. Their intention is to gain spoken English fluency. So as you speak on on the spot.
while learning the fluency skill, what theyre actually doing is to learn the tech-
The whole point is this:
niques of orally manipulating the English they know in a skillful way and of
The sort of difficulties that you may have while speaking in a real-life situation
making it work in the way they want it to. And theyre trying to re-orient the
knowledge they already have... to the needs of the fluency building process. are difficulties that an instructor cannot realistically help you deal with. Theyre
difficulties that you will have to deal with yourself on the spot.
So while learning the fluency skill, the difficulties you may run into are of a
different type. And Prof. Kev Nairs Fluentzy books deal with them effectively. With Fluentzy, self-study is easy to do
Knowledge of fluency techniques Fluentzy is a set of books that the buyers may choose to use for self-study. These
books are meant for people who are ready, willing and eager to study on their own,
Prof. Kev Nairs self-study books describe and explain each aspect of each flu-
without being instructed or trained by anyone else in class or by post or
ency technique thoroughly and completely in the simplest English you can
imagine. Every effort has been made to make sure that you learn from them through any other mode. And its almost impossible that the self-study learn-
easily and quickly. And every effort has been made to make sure that you re- ers may have difficulty understanding things from Prof. Kev Nairs self-study
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books. Here are the reasons: skill of speaking English fluently. No. Not at all. Of course, thatll help you pick up
1). The self-study books dont use language that is unclear or confusing or that a few formulaic expressions and common phrases. But dont think that itll give you
can be understood in more than one way. They tell you things in the most simple the fluency skill.
and direct language. The self-study books use words that are the simplest that If you want to achieve fluency by living and working in a place where people
can carry the ideas conveyed, and grammatical structures that are the clearest only speak English, thats going to take a long time. Thatll take at least 5 years, if
and most direct possible. The books use English that is plain and clear to tell the English environment is ideal. Otherwise, itll take longer.
you things. And they convey ideas from the instructors mind to your mind Now, can adults (from countries where English is not the first language) afford
quickly, easily and accurately. to leave the place they live and work in and go and spend that much time in an
2). The topics the self-study books deal with are well-planned and well-organized, English speaking country or area purely for achieving fluency in English?
so that theyre clear and sensible and all their parts fit well together. And even if they do this, the end result will not be as satisfactory as that Prof.
3). The self-study books dont tell you things in a hurry or leave you wondering Kev Nairs self-study books can produce. No. So if you have the opportunity of liv-
what they mean. They explain everything slowly and patiently, taking their time ing and working in an English-speaking country or area, this is what you should
doing it. The self-study books say enough about each little point, so that it gets do: You should first master the fluency techniques Prof. Kev Nairs self-study books
firmly into your mind. The books give you plenty of examples at every step and cover, and then put those techniques to use in an English environment. Youll then
make it quite easy for you to understand everything. Plenty of examples a very
be able to reach a high level of fluency within a short period of time.
large number of them. And when they explain a point, they give you all the in-
formation you need. English environment in second-language countries
4). The self-study books anticipate the sort of difficulties you may run into while First lets consider the kind of English environment you get in a country where
learning from them, and the sort of queries and questions you may like to get English is a second language (and not the native language).
answered. The self-study books deal with these difficulties, and answer all these
Suppose that you live or work for several years in such a country among people
queries and questions thoroughly and completely. So while learning from the
self-study books, youre not likely to get a feeling that youre not certain whether who often speak English. Of course, youll then have the opportunity of listening
your understanding about some points is correct or not. And you wont get a to English spoken by others. And youll also find yourself forced to speak in English
feeling that youve not understood any points fully. in various communicative situations. But do you think such an experience is go-
ing to make you able to speak English at length and spontaneously? In a short
So, if you can follow simple directions in simple English, youre not likely to
period of 3 months or 6 months or one year?
face any difficulty while learning from Prof. Kev Nairs self-study books. Even if
you do, self-study books themselves take care of those difficulties. Even if you live and work in such an environment for several years (say 5 years
or more), the chances are that youll only become able to communicate certain
Living and working in an English environment essential things in English through one-line or two-line utterances. That too, in
routine or repetitive communicative situations and not in new or unfamiliar situ-
For adult learners, an English environment will only become an effective train-
ations. The chances are that this sort of experience in listening and speaking may
ing ground if theyve already mastered fluency techniques. Yes. This fact will
not take you to a stage when you can call yourself fluent in 5 or 10 years. If you
become clear to you as you read on.
want to call yourself fluent, you must have the skill of speaking English easily and
This route will take years continuously, at least for a few seconds at a stretch, in almost all the real-life situ-
ations you face every day.
Of course, itll certainly be very helpful if you can live for a long period of time
in an environment where people only speak English. Yes, for a long period of time. English environment in English-speaking countries
Theres no doubt about it. Youll then be able to keep on listening to spoken En-
Of course, the situation would be quite different if you can live for a few years in a
glish and youll find yourself forced to have conversations in English. And this
country like England or America where people speak English as their native or
listening experience and speaking experience would give you a sort of real-life
first language. If you live in an English-speaking country for about 5 years or more
training. And this training would help you learn to speak fluent English. But dont
and if youre able to have conversations with the English-speaking people there
let this fact mislead you or give you a wrong idea.
regularly, then youre likely to become fluent in everyday conversational English.
Mind you, just because you spend your time for a short period (like 3 or 6 Yes, in everyday conversational speech. That too, not in a short period of 3 or 6
months) with people who speak English, that alone is not going to give you the
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months, but in about 5 years or more. vironment, that experience alone would not be enough to make you fluent.
But even then, you may find it difficult to become fluent enough to speak
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