advice badly needed

China
September 13, 2007 11:42pm CST
my spoken English and listening is a little poor,can anyone give me some advice ?Thank you!
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9 responses
@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
14 Sep 07
I agree coming on here is a good way to practice, looks to me that you are doing pretty good so far
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• China
15 Sep 07
thank u!
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@060157 (1059)
• Pakistan
14 Sep 07
just know that u can't be good in english in a short time. the best way to improve is to have the intention that u want to learn. first of all, read alot of english material probably newspapers or novels (don't pick up shakespeares, kipling etc. u wont be able to understand these writers). pick up novels like 'the hobbit' or the harry potter series because they are fun to read and ur english will improve at the same time, well u can read agatha cristie if want a thriller. all these books that i have suggested have very simple english. also have a dictionary with u whenever u read so u can look those words up which u don't understand for meaning. another suggestion is that u should watch tv. watch channels like star world. the serials can help u improve your english too and u will also develope understanding of different accents of english. and to improve your speaking, you should start by having conversation with your friends in english. i think that is all.. good luck
• China
14 Sep 07
thank u
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@biggerb (2024)
• India
14 Sep 07
Actually i have been telling so many of my friends to join mylot as this is a great oppurtunity to improve your English.Read alot may be books, magazines anything you can lay your hands on.If you cant understand the meaning keep a dictionary handy.Try communicating with those who speak English.Write as much as you can.Mylot that way is the best.You get to read what others write and you too keep writing You will soon improve.Its just that you have keep at it.I am sure you will gain alot this way.Best of luck. Keep going.You are in the right direction.
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• China
14 Sep 07
I appreciate your advice so much,thank you
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• United States
16 Sep 07
I know only one language, English. The only advice that I can add is to have patience with yourself and never stop trying. Let's see how you are doing at 200 posts! You will get there!
• India
14 Sep 07
In my opinion, you should try and interact in english as much as u could. Then u may also read fiction books, this would help u in increasin ur englich vocablary, ur imagination power as well as ur spoken english. or one of the way could also be by practicin more and more grammar excercises. you know what when i was in class 5 i had the same problem and the abov thing helped me in improvin my englich
@cici6880 (656)
• China
14 Sep 07
I have the same promble with you.So I come here to improve my oral English.And I believe we can make progress .About listening I can give you some advices such as listen to the radio ,do some listening practice as more as possible and you can see some movies .There is a good TV program in CCTV-6 at about 19:00 o'clock,it's a English program and it seems very interesting .I hope you can do well and be good.
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• China
14 Sep 07
thank you ,let`s grow together!
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@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
16 Sep 07
How about reading an English book out loud and look up words you don't know how to pronouce in a dictionary? That is a hard one for me, as it would be hard for me to learn another language. I wish you the best at your journey.
• Philippines
14 Sep 07
Some things that I will advise to you is for you to have a dictionary. This will enhance your vocabulary skills with new words to learn. It will be much better if you will bring a thesaurus as well. A thesaurus is a book of synonyms and antonyms, so that you could find a much better word to substitute to a particular word. It is also good to answer crossword puzzles.
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• Malaysia
14 Sep 07
my advise is to read, write and speak english as much as you can. you can't improve it in a short period. English is my second language as well, it took years for me to be able to speak and write. at least people understands me... hehehhe... :D
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