Learning English The Easy Way

Welcome again to each and every one of my readers :)  I am really speed-blogging at the moment to catch up with your requests. I have yet to blog on personal updates. Ok let's start!

Every one wants to and needs to speak English. Wherever you go, its a universal medium. If you go to Germany for instance and you don't know German, would you start getting a French dictionary and speak French to them or perhaps Japanese? Oops I don't think so. You will automatically speak English or at least attempt to speak their language. 

If you were raised in an English-speaking environment, then good for you. Practice from the early years makes learning much easier. But if you are planning to start now, its not too late to start :)

Speaking and Writing have different approaches. Speaking requires more practical work, speaking it out to people and while writing can be self-studied within the comfort of your room.

For speaking:

• Always carry a dictionary, preferably one that translate words from a language that you are very familiar with.
• Be brave to speak English even if you are not sure if it is correct.
• Listen to videos on Youtube on "learning english"
• Do not out subtitles for English movies and listen carefully to their pronunciation
• Listen to the news in English
• Tell someone (your mum, dad, sister or a friend) that you are going to speak English with them so they can help respond and ask questions in English
• Do not learn English and grammar from a song ;)
• Do not be discouraged when somebody corrects your English, be more open to learn and improve yourself. Take those mistakes as good lessons that you will not repeat again.

Writing:

• Read and buy more English novels or storybooks.
• Write down words that you do not know immediately, then after reading check them up.
• Get a book for Vocabulary and write down the meaning everytime you learn a new word.
• Read your vocabulary book from time to time.
• Spare some time to write a story about anything, even if it just about your day. You will be amazed by your ideas,phrases and the details you remember after writing them.
• You can even write a blog, wordpress, tumbler or update status/twitter in English. When you write in public, you are more encouraged to get the spelling correct.
• Read the English newspaper, highlight new words and look up the meaning just like in storybooks.
• Get somebody read your work and correct your mistakes.
• For writing, it is more advisable to take up an English class so that you have somebody to check and correct your written work.
• If you want to self-study, begin by getting a grammar book and reading all the basics.
• You can even get an essay book for A-level/ STPM level or equivalent.
• Its not advisable to straight away read advanced English material like Reader's Digest because it may discourage you from learning English as the English level is quite higher than average,
• Reading English blogs and online articles may also be helpful.
• You can even write an article on Microsoft Words and let them check your spelling, sentence structure, etc

Learning English is really fun once you get the hang of it. Enjoy!