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How canI improve my English?

 
 
Reply Thu 28 May, 2015 04:28 am
I'm a student in English major, but my English is very poor. As a matter of fact, I don't like English at all. In addition, it's impossible for me to change my major, so do you have some suggestions for me to learn English well?
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Reply Thu 28 May, 2015 04:50 am
@Jessie007,
Look into Stephen Krashen's Second Language Acquisition Theory. Then apply it to yourself. You won't regret it. There are only 5 hypotheses, and they're not hard to understand. The hard part is applying them to yourself.

Also, be aware that the human brain is hard-wired to acquire the 4 language skills in the following order: Listening > Speaking > Reading > Writing. Don't mix them up. Listening helps speaking. Reading helps writing. Don't read a book to improve your speaking skills. That's very inefficient. The brain doesn't work very well that way. To improve your speaking, do a lot of attentive listening. To improve your writing, do a lot of attentive reading.

I showed this to my students this week, and they immediately understood:



I hope that helps.
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Reply Thu 28 May, 2015 05:05 am
@Jessie007,
you should read English News paper and watch English News channel on Daily basis.

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Reply Thu 28 May, 2015 05:33 am
@Jessie007,
Try :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsz6QVZeVE Practicing the sounds will go a long way to improving your speech .
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Reply Thu 28 May, 2015 05:58 am
@weblinkindia,
weblinkindia wrote:

you should read English News paper and watch English News channel on Daily basis.




No offense, weblinkindia, but this post is a good example of why not to do that. Smile
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