I have been working to improve my spoken English since last few weeks. And I have observed a quite a few things.
1) Listening English is better than reading English.
2) Speaking English is better than listening English.
People have this misconception that by reading a lot they can improve their spoken English.
Until you speak English, you cannot improve it. The more you speak, the better you get at it.
Listening to some English training lessons is a better way to start with than reading.
I found several problems with my English at the start.
1) Using some of the words repetitively .Some of those words are that, would have been, should, shall, and would have.
2) Choosing incorrect words .E.g. Saying “ I cannot listen you” on the phone instead of saying “I cannot hear you”
3) Unnecessarily trying to complete the sentence.
4) Translating Hindi to English and then speaking.
5) Grammatically correct English is not always good English.
I downloaded an audio English lesson and listened to it several times. That helped me to gain a little confidence. I try to talk in English as much as I can.
Now, I have brought the following in my practice
1) Watching English movies with subtitles and speak their dialogues.
2) Reading English comics and speaking the dialogues written in them.
3) Making note of phrasal verbs that appear in newspaper
I found that phrasal verbs are the essentials while speaking English as well as in written English.
I have downloaded some apps on my android which have a lot of English grammar exercises. I solve those exercises whenever I get time.
September 20, 2012
I learned about the usage of automatically which I have been using incorrectly. I have been using this word every time .However, this word is used mostly in reference to machines.
September 21, 2012
I learned about usage of for and to.
Don’t use repetitive words .E.g.
I met the client and explained to the client the methods to import the database.
Now, client has been used repetitively in the above sentence. Instead the sentence can be reframed as below.
I met the client and explained them the methods to import the database.
September 22, 2012
When in doubt, look for synonyms.
October 25 , 2012
I am going through the exhaustive list of prepositions and trying to understand the usage of each preposition.
I have earlier written about the importance of phrasal verbs . And the prepositions form an important part of phrasal verbs.
December 8, 2012
Harrap's english verbs is one good book to understand english phrasal verbs.
1) Listening English is better than reading English.
2) Speaking English is better than listening English.
People have this misconception that by reading a lot they can improve their spoken English.
Until you speak English, you cannot improve it. The more you speak, the better you get at it.
Listening to some English training lessons is a better way to start with than reading.
I found several problems with my English at the start.
1) Using some of the words repetitively .Some of those words are that, would have been, should, shall, and would have.
2) Choosing incorrect words .E.g. Saying “ I cannot listen you” on the phone instead of saying “I cannot hear you”
3) Unnecessarily trying to complete the sentence.
4) Translating Hindi to English and then speaking.
5) Grammatically correct English is not always good English.
I downloaded an audio English lesson and listened to it several times. That helped me to gain a little confidence. I try to talk in English as much as I can.
Now, I have brought the following in my practice
1) Watching English movies with subtitles and speak their dialogues.
2) Reading English comics and speaking the dialogues written in them.
3) Making note of phrasal verbs that appear in newspaper
I found that phrasal verbs are the essentials while speaking English as well as in written English.
I have downloaded some apps on my android which have a lot of English grammar exercises. I solve those exercises whenever I get time.
September 20, 2012
I learned about the usage of automatically which I have been using incorrectly. I have been using this word every time .However, this word is used mostly in reference to machines.
September 21, 2012
I learned about usage of for and to.
Don’t use repetitive words .E.g.
I met the client and explained to the client the methods to import the database.
Now, client has been used repetitively in the above sentence. Instead the sentence can be reframed as below.
I met the client and explained them the methods to import the database.
September 22, 2012
When in doubt, look for synonyms.
October 25 , 2012
I am going through the exhaustive list of prepositions and trying to understand the usage of each preposition.
I have earlier written about the importance of phrasal verbs . And the prepositions form an important part of phrasal verbs.
December 8, 2012
Harrap's english verbs is one good book to understand english phrasal verbs.
May 9, 2016
I have learned the usage of have to/ have got to, will have to/will have got to, must.
