ompre (anchoring)_______________________________________________________ ____________ Compre (anchor) plays a vital role in making an event successful.

An anchor of the event canradiate energy b y being lively, b y using the right tone and mo dulation, by using i mpressive expressions, by using the right body language, by dressing sensibly etc. Here are some tips given forthe anchors: Tips for the Anchors: 1.Some Anchors tend to give importance to accent and fluency rather than clarity. An anchorshould try to speak loudly and clearly rather than striving to use American accent. Manyp e o p l e t h i n k t h a t fluency is speaking more number of words per minute, w h i c h i s completely wrong. Fluency means speaking without having breaks. Speak at a reasonablepace quite clearly. Your tongue should touch the hard palate of your mouth strong enoughfor your voice to sound clearly to the audience. Brit or American, flaunt that accent only if you know how to do it correctly, else you could just end up making a fool of yourself -an excerpt from an article on fake accent in Deccan chronicle on 1September 20102 . A n a n c h o r o f t h e e v e n t m u s t c o n s i d e r h i m s e l f a s t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f t h e c o l l e g e /organization that is organizing that particular event. You need not hesitate to use the wordI to start the proceedings.3.Minimizing the use of paper to do the anchoring helps you in maintaining eye contact withthe audience.4.Remember that the lectern on the dais is not to hide yourself behind it.5.Wear a smile on your face, which acts as an antidote to your nervousness and makes your tone impressive. Welcoming the guests on to the dais Before inviting the guests on to the dais, it is essential to brief the gathering about the essence of the event and about your institute. I have here given a sample introduction: Good Afternoon! I am Srinivas.N of IV B.Tech EEE welcome you all to the STANZA-2k11. Anurag Engineering College became a renowned place of learning over the last ten years, as it hasthe pride of producing several luminaries in different disciplines. If you take a quick look around you, I am sure you will agree that our institute has come a long way in the last few years. Dr P.Rajeswara Reddy had envisaged the bright future of this college ten years back and all hisdreams have come true today. It was not a cakewalk. The diligent efforts of the management,various principals, and all the employees have seen a remarkable spurt in making the college asthe most preferred one in this region. We feel proud to be the students of Anurag EngineeringCollege because we are provided with the state-of-the-art Infrastructure, well qualified

faculty, a perfect atmosphere for academic pursuit. The pristine surroundings of our college stage the most conducive atmosphere reminding us the ancient gurkulas which were located in this kind of anatmosphere. The annual day of our college is really a moment that we should enjoy and savor Although we have miles to go, we need to celebrate each and every mile stone in order to go ahead with added enthusiasm. After the brief introduction, the anchors should invite guests on to the dais. While inviting the guestson to the dais, The Anchors should avoid using the same expression to invite all the guests on to thedais. He/she has to use different expressions to invite different guests otherwise the language of theanchor appears monotonous thus He/she fails to be impressive. Here are different phrases to invitethe guests on to the dais: Remember: 1.Before you invite the guests on to the dais, ensure that you have got the list of all the gueststo welcome.2.Before starting the proceedings, check with the chief Coordinator or organizers, whetherthere are any additions or deletions in the list of the guests given to you.3.Double check that the remarks you are going to make about your guests are factuallycorrect.4.Make sure that you pronounce their names correctly. Expressions to invite the Guests on to the dais: I consider it a great honour to welcome Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof _______________ on tothe dais may I Invite the chief guest Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof __________________ on to the dais The next dignitary to honour us with his/her presence is. Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof __________ I am glad to invite Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof_______________________ On to the dais It will now be the turn of _____________________ to come on to the dais I request Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof_________________________ to grace the dais Next, we look forward for the presence of ___________________ on the dais. It is my privilege to invite Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof ____________________ on to the dais.

 With equal pleasure invite______________ on to the dais.In some of the events, the role of the anchor is confined only to invite the guests on to the dais andthe later proceedings are looked after by the president of the meeting. In that case after inviting theguests, use the following phrases and leave the stage: Now, I request _______________________ (president) to preside over the meeting. Now over to Mr./Ms____________________ Expressions to Honour the guests: Now the dignitaries on the dais will be garlanded and offered bouquets. I request Ms. Veena of I B.Tech to honour the chief guest with a bouquet. Welcome speech After inviting the guests on to the dais and honoring them with bouquets, it is our tradition tohave a welcome address. Anchor may invite someone representing the institute to welcome theguests and all the invitees one by one. A sample welcome address is given below.The essential elements to cover in your welcome speech are: to specifically acknowledge any important guest to generally welcome all the guests, stating the name of the event and host and thankthem for coming to give a brief introduction of the host to give a brief introduction of the occasion to give any especial welcomes ie.,to the important guests to introduce the next speaker if appropriate Sample welcome speech: I am really privileged to have the pleasant task of welcoming the distinguished gathering for the college annual day celebrations STANZA-2k11. On behalf of the Anurag Engineering Collegeand on my own behalf, I warmly and respectfully welcome the Chief Guest, Honble Vice chancellor of JNTUH Prof D.N.Reddy. We are highly honoured that our Honble Vice chancellor is amongst ustoday. We are indeed grateful to the VC for graciously and readily accepting our invitation. We areeagerly looking forward to his address.Let me extend my thanks to Mr. Venepally chander Rao, MLA, Kodad, who has always beenwith us. His presence is always a moral boost for us. I thank him for

making his presence despitehis busy schedule. A warm word of welcome to Dr.P Rajeswara Reddy, secretary/correspondent of our college, weare waiting with full of ebullience to listen to your motivational words.A hearty welcome to our Principal, Dr Akash N Patwari. He has an indomitable spirit tomaintain the discipline. His personal academic achievements are a source of motivation for us.Now,I am pleased to invite all the committed teaching and non teaching staff of AnuragEngineering College.My word of welcome goes next to all the invitees, the parents and the vibrant students of Anurag Engineering College.I thank you all for attending .i look forward to wonderful events to follow. Thank you Expressions to request the guest to address the gathering: Ladies and Gentlemen, we rarely get this kind of an opportunity to listen to the words of great personality Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof______________________, So let us have theprivilege of listening to the message of Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof____________________ I Invite Mr./Ms/Sri/Smt/Dr./Prof____________ to address the gathering Now, let us have the pleasure of listening to the opening remarks of the Honourableprincipal. After the Speech That was really an inspiring speech. Sir, On behalf of all the students of our college ,I promiseto put your words into practice Sir/madam, I thank you for making such a thought provoking speech. Thank you sir/madam, we have now come to know your secret of success, you have just nowpreached what you have practiced. I assure you that we would follow in your foot steps toreach the stars. That was really an amazing speech, wasnt it (to the audience...). Sir/madam, I must tell youthat you have got the gift of the gab (ability to speak easily and confidently in a way thatmakes people want to listen to you and believe you). Thank you sir Thank you for your words of wisdom. During the prize distribution: I request the chief guest _______________ to give away the prizes to the winners of literaryevents/sports. Thank you sir/madam for taking the trouble of giving away so many prizes. I am sure all thewinners felt proud of receiving the prizes from your hands.While

announcing the names of the prize winners, the compre has to maintain the same kind of energy to invite all the winners in different categories. There is nothing like prestigious events andnon prestigious events. The person winning the Essay writing competition should equally be treatedas the one who wins the 100meters sprint as both of them have put in a lot of effort, one physicallyand the other mentally.Some useful phrases during prize distribution The winner/runner of 400meters running is.. The best student award for the academic year 2010-11 goes to________________ Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together to invite winner of Jam competitionMr./Ms--------------- I request the prize winners to come closer to the dais to so that we dont squander thevaluable time. Cultural Activities: Everyone may not agree with me but the home truth is that people wish that the cultural activitiesstart as early as possible. The person who does the anchoring for the cultural activities can afford toa bit informal than the previous events. At this juncture, completely do away with the prewrittenscripts. All you need to remember is the name of the performer and what he/she going to perform.Some phrases: Now we are going to have a very flamboyant and raucous event Now, we are going to have a rocking performance by Mr. Syam of III B.Tech Lets give a big round of applause to Ms Vandana of IV B.Tech, who is going to sing amelodious song for us. That was a splendid performance... Mr. Syam It was an incredible dancing performance by Ms Meena Wow... what an amazing performance It was a class act.As we normally do not use any negative description in the college function as does by in thereality shows on Telugu TV channels, any of the following phrases could be used based on thesuitability Gorgeous

 Alluring Attractive Appealing Sweet Good-looking Charming Beautiful Eye-catching Smart Striking Fascinating Beautiful Bubbly Sparkling Full of life Shining Vivacious Energetic Head turner Humorous Smart Witty

 Funny Stunning Lovely Superb Exquisite Fabulous Excellent Fantastic Outstanding Exceptional Terrific Wonderful Glittering Likeable Attention-grabbing Impressive Sparkling Remarkable Marvelous Prominent Pleasing

Extraordinary Great Amazing Elegant Fashionable Stylis

Dealing with the problematic crowd: Many people in spite of having desire to do the anchoring, hesitate to do the anchoring keeping theproblematic crowd in mind. I have got the opportunity to do the anchoring in the final year (in 2005)of my post graduation for the College Annual day celebrations of Nagarjuna University College. DrP.Raja Sekhar, the then HOD of English Department kept the responsibility of doing the anchoringand choosing the other two anchors to accompany me. It was not that there werent any one whocould do better but everyone was afraid of the crowd in the university. At the university level, wecan not expect the students to be disciplined as the students of corporate colleges. So, I have shouldered the responsibility of doing the anchoring because I was at the verge of finishing myeducation and I thought I would not be getting the opportunity as such any more.On that day, the atmosphere was electrifying with Vice chancellor, chief guests, Executive membersof the university and students over two thousand .From the dais, the crowd was appearing as if itwas a huge ocean to me. My junior was first to start the proceedings, as expected a part of thecrowd started giving slogans anchor maralianchor marali . Situation was not dissimilar when the turn of my other classmate did the anchoring. Then I have decided not to allow the problematiccrowd to dictate terms to me. First thing I did was to keep my v oice as loud as possible and Istopped reading from the prewritten script. I tried to make spontaneous remarks. Soon I could gaincontrol over the audience and to my surprise , Prof.Hara Gopal Reddy, Principal of University Collegeand the Present vice chancellor of Nagarjuna University stood right behind me and said Those twowere faltering , you alone continue till the end , which gave me a lot of confidence and I continuedtill the end

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Readymade Speeches, Expressions and Letters for the Students Ladies and gentlemenIt is a great honor and privilege to be called upon to propose a Vote of Thanks. I thank Prof D.N.Reddy, whose presence today is a great source of motivation to us. We are extremely grateful to Mr. Venepally Chander Rao to have acceded to our request to join with us for our college annual day celebrations. I thank all the guests for being patient and giving away so many prizes. I would like to thank all our honored guests for their presence and participation today.For this overwhelming success, I should thank Dr.P Rajeswara Reddy garu for leading us from front in making arrangements for this auspicious occasion.I thank our principal for enunciating the college report and promising more achievements for the next academic year. I thank the officers trio, Mr. Jai Pal Reddy, Mr. Pandu Ranga Prasad and Mr. Bhupathi Rao, who have given yeomens service and setting a right example of administratingand monitoring the work.I thank all the members of different committees for their unstinted support for this function by working with great alacrity. I express my deep sense of gratitude to all the vivacious volunteers,who have done a commendable job in making the arrangements.I would like to congratulate all the prize winners for leading the way in attaining many great accomplishments. I thank from the bottom of the heart, the conveners of various events for thesuccessful conduction of various events.I thank all the energetic performers in the cultural activities for enthralling performances.I would like to thank again all the guests, staff, parents and all our students fro sharing theresponsibilities and joy with us today. I hope the memories of this day will be alive forever. While proposing Vote of thanks, you should look at the person to whom you are thanking. As youcan see in the above picture, I am looking straight at the Chief Guest Prof. Sai Baba Reddy, formerRegistrar of JNTUH, while thanking him for his valuable message. He has even acknowledged myremarks Class Room Expressions for the Teachers and theStudents Teachers have to be good communicators in English. Every teacher should always bear in their mindthat the students observe and catch the language of the teachers hence the teachers must use rightexpressions In English. Students irrespective of their back grounds, use the expression may I comein

sir/madam so easily for the obvious reason is that the expression has been used for a long timeby them. All the expressions given in this chapter are also as easy as the expression May I come insir? But this small talk has to be internalized by the teachers and students and should be able to speak these expressions as effortlessly as May I come in sir/madam. This small talk helps a lot inboosting the confidence of the students, which would pave the way for them to speak some longersentences. There are two types of English: Conversational English Subjective EnglishS o m e s t u d e n t s a r e p r o f i c i e n t i n conversational English and some in subjective E n g l i s h . Conversational English is to speak some small expressions in English fluently like requesting, takingpermissions, seeking information and so on. A person is considered to have subjective English if he/she can speak or write on intellectual topics. Some students are good at both; some students aregood at conversational English and some are good at subjective English. Obviously, speaking subjective English is much more difficult than conversational English; however, people who speakconversational English make a very good first impression. These people use very small expressionslike Hi, How is the day so far..., has a nice day... with a good accent thereby making the otherpeople feel that he/she is very good at English but if you want them speak on any of the intellectualtopic, their true colors would be reveled. However one has to take a leaf out of their book. They arecreating very good first impression, which is the best impression. If you go to an interview and makethis good first impression to get the job, what else you need? So, use every opportunity to use theconversational English and it has to be started in the class room. So let us see different expressionsto be used in the classroom Greetings and small expressions: Good morning everybody Good afternoon everyone See you tomorrow/next week How are you today? Fine Have a nice day

Teacher to student classroom English What we are going to cover today is... Today, I am going to talk about... The important point I want to make today is... Last time, we talked about...; today we will go on and... First of all, I would like to talk about... Today's topic is.