Samaj Weekly
Each year, in order to reach the ladder of success, the students enroll in various courses, schools, colleges, universities and institutes as per their interest. These courses are related to various fields in which the apprentices are constantly striving to get employment in government and private institutions. After completing their studies or courses, some of the trainees start imparting training in private institutes at their own level which helps them in their employment and also in the field of education. Speaking of vocational courses, one vocational course is stenography. The stenography course has often been termed as ‘doer’s education’ by wise and intelligent thinkers, which means that the student who is associated with the stenography course should continue to practice it without being exposed. It is a writing art in which there is no room for rest or pause. Stenography is called ‘sign-script’ in Punjabi because it represents the letters or vowels of any language through special symbols/signs. The course of Punjabi Stenography is conducted in many educational institutions of Punjab and every year thousands of students get training and get jobs in this subject. Some students start teaching stenography at their own level in private institutes. Sign language is a script based on phonetic system. William Tiffin was the first in the world to use a phonetic system.
Whether a student is studying a subject or a course, as long as the learner does not become fully proficient in the related subject, he/she will not be able to achieve success. Similarly, if we want to get employment in the field of stenography, we have to acquire special expertise in the subject of stenography. Only students who have a deep knowledge of the relevant language of the course and its grammatical rules and strong grasp of linguistic vocabulary should be admitted in this course. Students taking a stenography course should practice for at least five to seven hours per day. Only a student who possesses the qualities of concentration, restraint, daily practice, higher knowledge of language, required knowledge of word symbols, proficiency in the art of writing, etc. can acquire special skills in the course of stenography. If we are talking about learning the sign language of Punjabi language here, then the first quality in the learner should be that he must have a thorough knowledge of the relevant language because whatever is spoken in it by the practice speaker is sign language. After writing, it is transliterated into the respective language.
Any work done with concentration can be done successfully. As the handwriting is a handwritten work, the mind and brain should be in tune with it so that the mind of the writer is directly connected with the speaker. At the same time, we need to pay special attention to our sitting postures while learning the script and practicing it regularly. Always use a chair or stool to sit. The difference between the chair and the stool should be such that you do not have any difficulty while sitting while writing the dictation. Also make sure that when you are writing a dictation you should not be surrounded by any loud noise or noise and dictation should be done in the early morning as the environment is everywhere at that time. Is conductive and pleasant. By the way, the wise say that if one wants to learn or be proficient in any task, he should get up early in the morning and do it regularly.
Special attention should be paid to the equipment required for learning stenography as well as seating. Etc. should be present with you. There is a special copy for cryptography whose lines are wider than the lines of normal copies and it is similar in size to a notepad copy. Use a pencil for writing that is secure so that you do not have to waste time drawing a pencil over and over again. As much as possible, don’t just use rubber when learning to write the script, as it wastes time and makes learning difficult. When you have to write on the copy, bend the bottom end of the copy. If you write with the right hand, keep the page slightly curved from the bottom left corner of the copy and if you write with the left hand, keep the right corner of the copy page slightly curved. Doing so does not take much time to change the page while writing faster.
The practice of cryptography should begin with the practice of its sequential rules. Just like first practice the consonants then add the consonants. Words are formed by adding two letters, three letters or more. Practice the vowels after this. They also practice first the singular and then the combined vowels. This should be followed by a series of regular practice lessons. The learner should understand well that he should practice whatever rule he understands until he has mastered that rule. Once you understand the rules, use them with the comfort of words in mind. Students should pay special attention to the structure of the outlines and their location while learning the script. When learning to write diagrams, do not skip the exercises until the structure of the diagrams is clear in size and clear in reading. In addition to learning the sequence of lessons, one should keep practicing the word symbols, appropriate phrases and abbreviations used in the script, as doing so will result in some words being written at a faster pace which are repeated in a language. The times used are less time consuming to write.
As mentioned earlier, continuous practice helps in achieving success. The same applies to practicing different subjects for cryptography and its series of rules. In cryptography you do periodic dictation to speed up your writing and here is one thing to keep in mind that the person who is going to be a dictation speaker should have complete proficiency in cryptography rules and dictation speaking ie a skilled stenography. Dictation should be taken from the dictator. First of all, practice the linguistic vocabulary, the vocabulary of special and respectable and the names of great personalities and then the practice of paragraph writing. When writing a paragraph you have to be punctual as sign language is the only subject in which you can succeed if you are punctual. First of all, do the dictation at a normal speed of two or three minutes. Once you start successfully dictating two or three minutes easily, you can extend the dictation time. After writing the dictation, read the dictation again and if possible, try to read the dictation written two or three days ago. Doing so will increase your ability to read.
While taking a stenography course, every student should dictate magazines, newspaper magazines, articles and debates on various topics. The more subjects a learner dictates the more extensive and mature his word knowledge will be. Also practice dictating articles related to political, technical, agricultural, scientific, etc. topics as such topics contain different and scientific terminology from our commonly used words. The learner has always tried to use all the morphology and all the vowels of each word but this is not possible in abbreviations and symbols. In addition, some students who practice regularly begin to understand the vowel lines. This is possible only when you are constantly practicing different subjects for a long time. Initially dictate at a normal pace of five minutes and then gradually increase the number of words and speed. When dictating, instead of getting into the habit of correcting misspellings at the same time, keep in mind that you should never misspell a word. As the wise say, hurry up and learn from this proverb, remember that you should not hurry while doing the course on the subject of cryptography. Understand each of these exercises in a systematic way and practice it for several days. If you try to learn the alphabet quickly, you will not be able to master it. So in the end we express the same unanimous opinion that in order to be a successful stenographer and a skilled stenography teacher we must adhere to all sorts of rules related to the subject of stenography.
Ins. Gurpreet Singh Chambal
Zila Sainik Board, Patiala
Contact No:- 98881-40052
E-mail:- [email protected]
