70 ways to improve your English.docx

70 ways to improve your English.docx

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70waystoimproveyourEnglish

70WaystoImproveYourEnglish

1.StartyourownEnglishlanguageblog.Evenforpeoplewhodon'thavetowriteinEnglish,writingcanbeagreatwayofproperlylearningthekindofvocabularyyouneedtodescribeyourownlifeandinterests,andofthinkingabouthowtostopmakinggrammarmistakes.Theproblemmostpeoplehaveisthattheydon'tknowwhattowriteabout.OnetraditionalwaytomakesureyouwriteeverydayinEnglishistowriteanEnglishdiary（journal）,andamoreuptodatewayofdoingthisistowriteablog.Populartopicsincludeyourlanguagelearningexperience,yourexperiencestudyingabroad,yourlocalarea,yourlanguage,ortranslationsofyourlocalnewsintoEnglish.

2.Writeanewsdiary.Anotherdailywritingtaskthatcanworkforpeoplewhowouldbeboredbywritingabouttheirownroutinesinadiaryistowriteaboutthenewsthatyoureadandlistentoeveryday.Ifyouincludeyourpredictionsforhowyouthinkthestorywilldevelop（e.g."IthinkHillarywillbecomepresident"）,thiscangiveyouagoodreasontoreadoldentriesanothertime,atwhichtimeyoucanalsocorrectandmistakesyouhavemadeandgenerallyimprovewhatyouhavewritten.

3.SignupforaregularEnglishtip.SomewebsitesofferaweeklyorevendailyshortEnglishlessonsenttoyouremailaccount.Ifyourmobilephonehasane-mailaddress,itisalsopossibletohavethetipssenttoyourphonetoreadonthewaytoworkorschool.Pleasenote,however,thatsuchservicesarenotusuallygradedverywelltothelevelsofdifferentstudents,andtheyshouldbeusedasalittleaddedextraorrevisioninyourEnglishstudiesratherthanasareplacementforsomethingyouoryourteacherhavechosenmorecarefullyaswhatyouneedtolearn.

4.ListentoMP3s.Althoughbuyingmusicontheinternetisbecomingmorepopularinmanycountries,notsomanypeopleknowthatyoucandownloadspeechradiosuchasaudiobooks（anactorreadingoutanovel）andspeechradio.NotonlyisthisbetterpracticeforyourEnglishthanlisteningtoEnglishmusic,fromsourceslikeScientificAmerican,BBCandAustralia'sABCRadioitisalsofree.

5.ListentoEnglishmusic.EvenlisteningtomusicwhiledoingsomethingelsecanhelpalittleforthingslikegettingusedtothenaturalrhythmandtoneofEnglishspeech,althoughthemoretimeandattentionyougivetoasongthemoreyouwilllearnfromlisteningtoitagaininthefuture.

6.Readthelyricstoasong.AlthoughjustlisteningtoasonginEnglishcanbeagoodwayofreallylearningthewordsofthechorusinaneasilymemorableway,ifyouwanttoreallygetsomethingoutoflisteningtoEnglishmusicyouwillneedtotakesometimetoreadthelyricsofthesongwithadictionary.IfthelyricsarenotgivenintheCDbooklet,youmaybeabletofindthemontheinternet,butpleasenotethatsomelyricssitesdeliberatelyputafewerrorsintotheirlyricsforcopyrightreasons.Onceyouhavereadandunderstoodthelyrics, ifyouthenlistenandreadatthesametime,thiscanbeagoodwayofunderstandinghowsoundschangeinfast,natural,informalspeech.

7.SingkaraokeinEnglish.Thenextstageafterunderstandingandmemorisingasongisobviouslytosingit.Althoughsomewordshavetheirpronunciationchangedcompletelytofitinwithasong,mostofthewordshavethesamesoundsandstressedsyllablesasinnormalspeech.RememberingwhichwordsrhymeattheendofeachlinecanalsobeagoodwayofstartingtolearnEnglishpronunciation.

8.Writeafilm,music,hotelorbookreview.AnothermotivatingandeasywaytomakeyourselfwriteinEnglishistowriteareviewforasitesuchasAmazonorInternetMovieDatabase.Manynon-nativespeakerswritereviewsonsiteslikethis,andifyouhavesomespecialunderstandingofthebook,musicorfilmduetoyourfirstlanguageorknowingtheartistpersonally,thatwouldbeveryinterestingfortheEnglishspeakerswhoreadandwritereviewsonthesite.

9.OnlysearchinEnglish.SwitchingyoursearchenginetotheEnglishlanguageversionofmsn,yahoo,Googleetc.cannotonlybeagoodwayofpractisingfastreadingforspecificinformationinEnglish,butcouldalsogiveyouawiderchoiceofsitestochoosefromandgiveyouanideaofwhatforeignersarewritingaboutyourcountryandarea.

10.Readabookyou'vealreadyreadorseenthemovieofinyourownlanguage.AlthoughmostlanguagelearnersunderAdvancedlevelwouldprobablylearnmorefromreadingagradedreaderorsomethingfromtheinternetthantheywouldfromreadinganoriginalbookwrittenforEnglishspeakers,forsomepeoplereadingsomethinglikeHarryPotterintheoriginalcanbeagreatmotivatortoimprovetheirEnglish.Tomakethiseasierforyouandmakesurethatitmotivatesyouratherthanjustmakingyourtired,tryreadingabookthatyoualreadyknowthestoryof.Thisnotonlymakesiteasiertounderstandandguessvocabulary,butyouarealsomorelikelytorememberthelanguageinit.Ifyouhavenotreadthebookbefore,readingaplotsummaryfromtheinternetcanalsohelpinthesameway.

11.ReadatranslationintoEnglish.AnotherwayofmakingsurebooksareeasiertounderstandistochooseabookthatwasoriginallytranslatedintoEnglish,preferablyfromyourownlanguage.Evenifyouhaven'treadthebookinyourownlanguage,youwillfindtheEnglishiswritteninaslightlysimplifiedwaythatismoresimilartohowyourownlanguageiswrittenthanabookoriginallywritteninEnglishwouldbe.

12.Skipthefirsttenpages.IfyouhavegivenupwithabookinEnglishorarereadingitveryslowly,tryskimmingthroughthefirsttenpagesorskippingthemcompletely.Thestartofmostbookstendtobemainlydescriptionandarethereforefullofdifficultvocabularyanddon'thaveaclearstorylineyettohelpyouunderstandwhatishappeningandtomotivateyoutoturnthenextpage.Ifthebookisstilltoodifficultevenaftertheintroductionarypartisfinished,itisprobablytimetogivethatbookupfornowandtryitagainafteryouhavereadsomeeasierthings.

13.Readabookwithlotsofdialogue.Openingupbooksbeforeyoubuyoneandflickingthroughthemtofindonewithlotsofdirectdialogueinithasseveraladvantages.Ifthereislesstextonthepageduetoallthespeechmarksetc,thiscanmakeiteasiertoreadandeasiertowritetranslationson.Dialogueisalsomucheasiertounderstandthandescriptivepartsofabook,andismuchmorelikethelanguageyouwillwanttolearninordertobeabletospeakEnglish.

14.ReadEnglishlanguagecomics.Evenmorethanbookswithlotsofdialogue,comicscanbeeasytounderstandandfullofidiomaticlanguageasitisactuallyspoken.Therecanbedifficultieswithslang,difficulttounderstandjokesand/ordialoguewrittenhowpeoplespeakratherthanwithnormalspellings,sotrytochoosewhichcomiccarefully.Usually,seriousoradventurecomicsareeasiertounderstandthanfunnyones.

15.ReadEnglishlanguageentertainmentguides.NowadaysmostbigcitiesintheworldhaveanEnglishlanguagemagazineand/oronlineguidetothemovies,plays,exhibitionsthatareoninthecitythatweek.ReadingthisinEnglishisnotonlygoodvalue,butitcouldalsoguideyoutoplacesthatEnglishspeakersareinterestedinandwhereyoumighthearsomeEnglishspokenaroundyou.

16.ReadEnglishlanguagemagazines.Likebooks,ifyoucanreadtwoversionsofthesamemagazine（NewsweekinyourlanguageandinEnglish,forexample）,thatcouldmakeunderstandingitmucheasier.

17.Takeaoneweekintensivecourse.AlthoughyoucannotexpecttocomeoutofaveryshortcoursespeakingmuchbetterEnglishthanwhenyoustartedit,ifyoucontinuestudyingalittleoverthefollowingweeksandmonths,theknowledgeyougainedthenwillgraduallycomeoutandmeanthatyourlevelofspeaking,listeningetc.arebetterthantheywouldhavebeenifyouhadn'ttakenthatcourse.Thispositiveeffectcanstillbetrueuptoayearlater.

18.Followyourintensivecourseupwithanextensivecourse.ThemoretimeyoucanspendstudyingEnglishthebetter,butstudyingperiodicintensivecourseswithafewhoursofstudyaweekinbetweenisprobablybettervalueformoneythananyothersystemasitgivesyourbraintimetosubconsciouslylearnandstartusingthenewlanguageyouhavelearntbeforeyouintroducethenextnew"chunk"oflanguage.

19.Supplementyourgroupclasswithaonetooneclass.Anothergoodwaytocombinetwodifferentkindsofclassesistostudybothinagroupclassandonetoone.Havingaonetooneteacher,evenifjustacoupleoftimesamonth,willmeanthatyoucanbetaughtexactlythelanguagethatyouneed,thatyouwillhavemoretimetospeak,andthatyoucanhaveasmucherrorcorrectionasyoulike.

20.Supplementyouronetooneclasswithagroupclass.Thebenefitsofhavingagroupclassareoftenlesscleartostudents,buttheyincludethefactthatyouwilllearntodealwithseveralpeoplespeakingatonce,haveachancetopracticeskillssuchasinterruptingpeople,andwillheararangeofdifferentviewpointsandtopics.

21.TeachyourchildrenorfriendssomeEnglish.RecentresearchhasshownthatelderchildrentendtobeacoupleofIQpointsabovetheiryoungersiblings,andthemostlikelyreasonisthatexplainingthingstotheirlittlebrothersandsistersgivesthemanintellectualboost.Inthesameway,teachingsomeonelowerlevelthanyoutheEnglishyoualreadyknowisagreatwayofpermanentlyfixingthatknowledgeinyourownbrain.

22.AskyourcompanytostartEnglishlessons.Evenifyoudon'tneedtospeakEnglishatwork,Englishlessonscanbeafunand