
After a group discussion (GD), it is common to see students com-
plaining about various challenges that they face like “It was a fish
market, and I just could not get into the discussion”, “Whenever I tried
speaking, someone interrupted, and that’s why I couldn’t complete my
point”, “My voice is soft and people with shrill and loud voice took
over the discussion”, or “My points were already spoken by other
members; so I had nothing to speak.” But does any of these reasoning
or excuses help in clearing the GD? None of these explanations are
of any use because the evaluator considers your lack of contribution
in the GD was due to lack of fluenc