ashish1989 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hi guys, I need your help to improve my english language I am only a basic user of English Kindly help me guys how can I command over the language read, write and speak it fluently Looking forward to your valuable advices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyber Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 36 minutes ago, ashish1989 said: language read, write and speak For starters try reading lots of English newspapers and articles and build your vocabulary by referring to any good dictionary, it will help a lot. Learning a language is all about vocabulary, grammar and fluency. OFC if you are talking about IELTS point of view then just refer the study material on the net. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 30 minutes ago, ashish1989 said: Hi guys, I need your help to improve my english language I am only a basic user of English Kindly help me guys how can I command over the language read, write and speak it fluently Looking forward to your valuable advices ashish, that's a big question to answer because different people have different preferences...I mean, some people like to have a private language teacher, others like to be in a class with other students, others like to learn using language DVD's. I can only tell you what made a great difference for me when I was "learning" Spanish. Since I'm living in a Spanish speaking country you would think that it would be easy for me to learn quickly....but, due to the personality that I have (lazy), I seemed to be stuck at the same low level for years. Then I started to do translations of documents in a company where I was teaching English to Spanish employees. The documents had to be translated from English to Spanish. Now at first this was very very slow. I had to keep checking a dictionary for every second word. It was very tedious, but I persevered because I'm stubborn!! lol Anyway, my Spanish improved much faster than in the previous years when I thought I could "pick up" the language just by listening. I was wrong. You need to read and write as much as listen and speak. People began to comment that my Spanish had improved and that gave me the encouragement to go on. So my advice to you is try translating (anything) from your language to English.Start with short texts and then gradually move on to longer ones. I repeat, it IS tedious at first....but you will begin to recognize words and contexts that you didn't know before and your speed will increase. You seem to already have a level of English, so this might help you move up a level. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish1989 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, kyber said: For starters try reading lots of English newspapers and articles and build your vocabulary by referring to any good dictionary, it will help a lot. Learning a language is all about vocabulary, grammar and fluency. OFC if you are talking about IELTS point of view then just refer the study material on the net. HTH. Bro I am reading a english newspaper english newspaper on a daily basis now. I came across many words which I do not know, but still there are some words which puzzles my mind. As far as my grammar is concerned I am looking for an app in which the daily practice can be done to increase my fluency Can you suggest any? 1 hour ago, funkyy said: ashish, that's a big question to answer because different people have different preferences...I mean, some people like to have a private language teacher, others like to be in a class with other students, others like to learn using language DVD's. I can only tell you what made a great difference for me when I was "learning" Spanish. Since I'm living in a Spanish speaking country you would think that it would be easy for me to learn quickly....but, due to the personality that I have (lazy), I seemed to be stuck at the same low level for years. Then I started to do translations of documents in a company where I was teaching English to Spanish employees. The documents had to be translated from English to Spanish. Now at first this was very very slow. I had to keep checking a dictionary for every second word. It was very tedious, but I persevered because I'm stubborn!! lol Anyway, my Spanish improved much faster than in the previous years when I thought I could "pick up" the language just by listening. I was wrong. You need to read and write as much as listen and speak. People began to comment that my Spanish had improved and that gave me the encouragement to go on. So my advice to you is try translating (anything) from your language to English.Start with short texts and then gradually move on to longer ones. I repeat, it IS tedious at first....but you will begin to recognize words and contexts that you didn't know before and your speed will increase. You seem to already have a level of English, so this might help you move up a level. Good luck!! You have done quite good on your own to excel at a different language, I admire you for that I am just reading now not writing and translating the sentences into my mind I used to study editorials but the language and the context is the problem which I thoroughly can not understand So now I read city and nation news as there are little jargons in it as compared to the editorials, now the God knows when I will be excelled in reading the editorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyber Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 hours ago, ashish1989 said: Can you suggest any? Will ask around my friends for that. BTW I liked @funkyy idea better as translation makes you think in different language which is rather more important for fluency and vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/c/EngVidGill/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThE iNsAnE Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 There is a book "word power made easy". Buy and read that. Also, Watch english movies with subtitles. Pause after the sentences and words you don't understand. Google the meaning and try to memorize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trump.dunhill@gm Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Try to watch English movies and communicate with your friends in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurch234 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 When you read, read out loud. It's not enough to think about the words. You need to pronounce them. Fluency comes from practice. I'm a native french speaker and when I'm alone I think out loud and in english. Before doing that I was losing some vocabulary! For grammer and syntax, there's really no short way about it. My suggestion would be to take up night schooling in elementary school english. You wont regret it. Instead of fumbling around you will get a precise curriculum and learn the basics at your own pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 1:29 AM, ashish1989 said: ... As far as my grammar is concerned I am looking for an app in which the daily practice can be done to increase my fluency ... For a student of English (in my opinion) keeping handy a copy of The Elements of Style is a must (in my opinion). For reading practice, another alternative is to read books on a subject that really interests you. @ashish1989 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish1989 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 8/17/2020 at 3:08 PM, ThE iNsAnE said: There is a book "word power made easy". Buy and read that. Also, Watch english movies with subtitles. Pause after the sentences and words you don't understand. Google the meaning and try to memorize it. The book which you are referring to, I have gone through it but I don't think it contain the styles and expressions used today And ya, I was watching english movies with subtitles since many years but ya do not pause it like the way you are telling 4 hours ago, lurch234 said: When you read, read out loud. It's not enough to think about the words. You need to pronounce them. Fluency comes from practice. I'm a native french speaker and when I'm alone I think out loud and in english. Before doing that I was losing some vocabulary! For grammer and syntax, there's really no short way about it. My suggestion would be to take up night schooling in elementary school english. You wont regret it. Instead of fumbling around you will get a precise curriculum and learn the basics at your own pace. I was reading out loud but I didn't continue it for many days, I thought this method was not helping. 2 hours ago, aum said: For a student of English (in my opinion) keeping handy a copy of The Elements of Style is a must (in my opinion). For reading practice, another alternative is to read books on a subject that really interests you. The above advice was given to me when i asked the same question you asked of my English professor who was temporarily visiting my country and was teaching temporarily to meet his expenses. He asked what books i read in my language. Detective (jasusi) stories, i replied. He suggested I read Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Which one first i asked? Start with "The Hound of the Baskervilles" he said. Took me a few months with a dictionary lookup almost every one to five minutes. i followed with "The Sign of the Four." Then it became a marathon and i devoured the entire Sherlock Holmes series in a few years. Slow and steady makes one Ekalavya. @ashish1989 Good luck! I will sure look out for this book, lets hope it will help me. As far as books are concerned I am not reading any but I have started to read newspaper on a daily basis but I can not read for a long time, I loose my focus and interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, ashish1989 said: I will sure look out for this book, lets hope it will help me. As far as books are concerned I am not reading any but I have started to read newspaper on a daily basis but I can not read for a long time, I loose my focus and interest All externals are mere tools. Only you can help yourself. As @funkyy said the process is tedious so one needs a strong motivator to practice. The key is practice, practice, and more practice. An unassailable interest is a prerequisite to maintain focus. A continual reminder that "drop by drop is the water pot filled" does help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 ashish1989....there's a little program called "Q-Translate" that is free to download (search it on Nsane). It's small and very convenient to use. When I need to check a Spanish word's meaning or its spelling I just click on the Q-Translate icon and a small window opens where I can type the word (or even sentence) in English and it automatically shows the Spanish equivalent....or Spanish to English. The program covers a lot of languages not just Spanish and English. It made my translation work much faster...no more turning dictionary pages with bleary eyes!! I also recommended the program to my students when I was teaching. 100% recommended!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gipsy Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 personally do not speak Engish at all irl ,overseas only . for keep my not fluent level in more or less condition usin' two applications-Duolingo & Memrise, uploaded some time ago (long time),can reupload once again, not a big deal. important think in English when learnin' so advice above to watch movies etc is very useful one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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