Hi Dp Members, your valuable suggestions invited, how to improve ENGLISH so that one can impress over seas clients. I think this is kind of the problem specially all non-english native people are suffering.... so contribute your suggestions to improve english skills, (*) Speakng (*) Reading (*) Writing (*) Listening.... Thanks in advance....
Use Firefox, because it has an inbuilt spell-checker Read English news websites/books Listen to our radio online (streaming) Learn how to use punctuation marks but it's a tough world out there, better to stick to people you can articulate to more clearly than impress someone that speaks your second language.
Id recommend reading lots of English literature, it will expand you're vocabulary as well as helping you phrase things differently.
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All of the above. I wish I "spoke" more English. I'm good at writing, but when it comes to pronunciation I get lost.
If you don't mind spending a lot of money and time ... immerse yourself in the language. Travel to an english-speaking country and live there for six months. Don't be afraid to talk to people. You'll be FORCED to talk to people correctly, if they can't understand you, you will adapt.
Take a look at this site. http://www.learnenglish.de/ The Learn English site contains a wealth of resources to help you learn English free online, including help with dictation and pronunciation, along with sections on the basics of English, spelling, grammar and activities such as games, tests and quizzes. In addition there is an extensive vocabulary section which uses pictures and sound and sections on British culture, customs and traditions. Hope this is of help. Jim
If you already understand the basics, the best thing you can do is watch movies and tv shows, listen to music and talk radio, etc. Get a feel for how people really talk.... not just the technical language skills, which won't help you all that much in actually communicating with native speakers.
Hi Thanks for offering you help for the same. I am from india, i do have some good client i am working with from UK. But still i feel that i need to improve to write at least as native one... Looking forward to you.. Thanks for your suggestions... Spelling is not a problem with me.. Reading is a good idea, and going to implement that from today onwards. Can you refer some online radio streaming? Thanks for your help. thanks for the suggestions, sure, this is; what i am looking forward to. Improving vocabulary and learn to frame into sentense. That will always going to help. I also going to have some good book of my interest today, from this way i am not going to charme into the book and will slowly improve my langauge skills, but this will show me a great effect with in one month, that i am damn sure about. Thanks for offering such a great deal for me , sure, i'd like to have some books related to ENGLISH, i can have the benifite from. I have charm to this language and try to learn as much as i can. I am also searching some good books online and free to download, i'll offer the same to all DP members over here, looking forward to improve their english language skills. Regards, Shadab'
It takes time to develop your skills but learning how native speakers is a must. I find it odd when someone sends me an e-mail addressing me by sir/madam, it's a bit too formal picking up "slangs" is okay, but you still want to stick to writing professionally That being said.. TV would work the best imo (don't use documentaries more like.. family shows, etc)
The best place to get the help on any of above points...go to english forums and post your question there. I am sure that some of teachers will help you with your enquiry.
Hi Jim Thanks for update, yes, i have reviewed the website and found it worthy. I also suggest other people looking for improving english skills, this is good website to improve your English with. Thanks.
i appriciate that, but this time i not able to, i have business to run as well. Morover do you think that this is a relevant and feasible to a person seeking to learn good english.
Ah! This is a good one for me. I work as an English as a foreign language teacher in Asia. I began doing Accent Neturalization in India during the first big rush of BPO outsourcing, and was there (South Delhi/Jaipur/Chennai) for 3 years. 4 years of university level teaching in Thailand. I've been teaching at a university in South Korea for the past year. Next month I'll be moving to China to teach at a university in Kunming. So I mention all of that because - What I'm going to tell you is probably not exactly what you want to hear, but I know what I'm talking about. Communicative language skill is not like other skills. For example - You can pick up a php book and teach yourself to be a great php programmer. You cannot pick up an English grammar book and teach yourself how to communicate effectively and comfortably in the English (or any other) language. At least that's not a realistic possibility for most people. Similarly, you can read piano books for years and years, and have voluminous amounts of music theory knowledge. Does that mean that you can play the piano well? Probably not. Language, in practical terms is very similar to music and other kinds of communicative arts. First, you need someone who is qualified (at least better than you!) to help you, and who will correct your mistakes, or at least be able to identify the trends in your mistakes. Second, you need to practice speaking and listening. More speaking than listening if possible. Language isn't as much a type of knowledge as it is a habit. You have to create and constantly re-enforce habits. For example - When you were a baby, and learning Hindi or Urdu or whatever - your mom probably didn't hand you an Urdu grammar textbook and say "Ok, no learn how to communicate in our language". You picked up some simple habits and vocabulary through mimicry and osmosis. You learned to communicate the most simple of needs, desires, emotions and ideas. Then, as time went on, you went to school and studied additional vocabulary, grammar, and so on. You were a fluent speaker of your own language before you ever had any formal training, or study. However, most professional academies and language mills (Korea is the worst for this) still rely on this old, ineffective grammar-translation method, when most applied linguistics experts probably lean more towards the communicative approach. And they know it doesn't work. I can teach someone to communicate effectively (maybe not fluently) within a matter of months. 18 or so - easily. But, there's no money in that, and these types of language institutes want to constantly gouge you for more money. So they create the illusion of progress and due diligence by making you study all of this SAT level vocab and grammar that you won't know how to apply because you haven't already formed any habits to apply it to. The bottom line is that if you want to improve your communicative ability, you have to increase the rate at which you communicate using the given language. There's an observable relation between the two. Spend time writing. You can write some content for my websites! haha Use English when speaking as often as possible, and with people who have a higher level of ability than you, as often as possible. Preferably native speakers. If you live in India for example, there are lots of opportunities for this, as many Indians speak English as a first language, or fluently as a second. Develop a network of people who are interested in the same things as you are. It could be as simple as participating in forums related to your hobbies, profession, etc. and once you've established a rapport with someone - Invite them to have a conversation with you about it via skype or something. Explain that your intention is two-fold. You love talking about subject x, and you would like someone to correct any mistakes you may make. If you have special knowledge about some subject, or are recognized as being competent, most people will want to talk to you. This is a good way to increase your confidence, in a de facto "safe zone" where your money or business success isn't on the line. Finally, I would pick up a book or read stuff on the internet about English idioms, because we seem to use them much more than speakers of many other languages. Don't worry about learning all of them. Try to analyze or guess which are the most common 20-30%, and learn to understand and use them in a sensible manner. There are lots of things you can do which will help, but there are some things which are more or less a waste of your time. Hope that helps.
One way to improve your English writing and speaking skills is to to post on the forum. Practice will ebventually improve those skills.
No, it's not feasible for most people I know. I had a friend who travelled to France to live/attend school for a year, for the sole purpose of learning the French language, and she was practically fluent when she came back! Necessity breeds competence, I think.