How to Improve Your English Skills

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Sunday, January 25, 2009
HOW TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SKILLS
English as an international language is becoming more and more important in the world. When you are in forign country which English is not the native language because of trip or business, even though you can't speak local language, you can feel at home if you can speak English, so Many countries teach English as a second language. I have been studying English in the middle school in my country. I think that there are three necesery steps for us to improve my English: making up your fundmatal English skills including vocabulary, grammar and writing; correcting your pronunciation and paticipating the social foundmatal.

This first important step is to make up your foundmatal skill. Leaning English is alike building a house which includes base, body and roof. How many vocabulary you understand, how your base is storg, so abundant vocabulary is the key to success. Grammar is important as same as vocabulary because you can's express your opinion clearly if you are lack of your grammer skill.for example, "Rose liked cats" and "Rose likes cats" is the different meaning because of tense. The first sentense shows that Rose liked cats before, and the other sentense shows that Rose liked cats in the past. When you didn't see you friends for a long time, you reply business letters and you will plan to do a speech in pulic, writing skill is very useful to help you solve this problems.

Correcting your pronunciation is antother important for us to improve our English skills. When we study English, we always are influened by our mother language. To avoid the influence, we must be farway away from mother language tone. Let's study standard pronuntiation from stapes, TV and radios, just like a baby who how to learn speaking from your mother.

After you finish these steps, you should attend the social practice. Many people speak English just at a specialic time, on a giving occasion and with particular person. They perfer to speak their own country language with their famlily, their friends, and their workmates. These actions can't improve their English, otherwise these will become obstcal on their leaning English way.

All in all, There are no short cuts for us to improve your English skills.You must keep going on making up your fundmatal English skills, correcting your pronunciation and paticipating the social pratice. If you follow these steps, you will be succeed.
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Your overall organization looks quite good. You included a thesis statement in the introduction, a topic sentence in each paragraph in the body, and a restatement of the thesis statement in the conclusion. So it looks like you have a good understanding of some of the basics. However, the mistakes in grammar and vocabulary make some of it hard to follow.

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How to Improve Your English Skills

English is an international language, and it is becoming more and more important in the world. When you are in a country where English is not the native language, even though you can't speak the local language, you can often get by if you can speak English. Many countries teach English as a Foreign Language. I am from _______, and I have been studying English since middle school. I think that there are three necessary steps to improving your English: improving fundamental skills (including vocabulary, grammar and writing), correcting pronunciation, and speaking English (instead of your native language).

The first important step is working on the fundamentals. Learning English is like building a house, and vocabulary is the foundation. The more vocabulary you understand, the stronger your foundation is, so an abundant vocabulary is the key to success. Grammar is also important because you can't express your opinion clearly without it. For example, "Rose liked cats" and "Rose likes cats" have different meanings because of tense. The first sentence shows that Rose liked cats before, and the other sentence shows that Rose likes cats now. [YOU NEED TO WRITE ANOTHER SENTENCE, OR SENTENCES, ABOUT THE VALUE OF WRITING.]

Pronunciation is also an important English skill. When you study English, you are always influenced by your mother language. To avoid the influence, you must spend some time away from it. You need to spend some time surrounded by English, like a baby who is learning how to speak. You can study Standard English pronunciation from tapes, TV, and radio.

In addition to these steps, you need to use it as often as you can. Many people only speak English when they have to. They prefer to speak their native language with their family, their friends, and their workmates. This doesn't improve their English, and it can become an obstacle to their learning English.

All in all, there are no short cuts to improving your English skills. You must keep working on your fundamental English skills, correcting your pronunciation, and using it to communicate with. If you follow these steps, you will be successful.