Learn English

Speaking and pronunciation are essential are ingredients of learning any language. These are much sought after skills in learning English. Here are a few tips to speak English with correct pronunciation. Talking to your-self will be the first important technique. Talk about anything and everything you like to. You can practice this at your home itself and also at places wherever you find privacy. If you are not comfortable with this in initial days, try reading out loud until you feel contented hearing your own voice in English. Here are some more tips for you.

1. Take a small audio recorder and record your voice. This might be very uncomfortable. But this will help you a lot in finding weak points in your pronunciation. Listen to yourself a few days later to find the sounds you have difficulty hearing.

2. Keep using telephone / Mobile for conversation. Participating in class and learning common idioms also will help you.

3. Try to understand the sounds that your language does not have in practice. For instance, some languages don’t have the ‘r’ sound. These types of sounds require more practice.

4. Practicing tongue -twisters can be worthy idea. Avoid using a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary. Always have an English-English dictionary nearby. Think of your English- English dictionary as your helping hand. Use online dictionaries when you are using the Internet.

5. Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary and review this every night before going to bed. Write a sample sentence for yourself. Don’t use the one from the dictionary.

Learning is an indefinite activity. One must be keen on practicing everyday without fail. There are plenty of smart ways to improve your English reading skills and vocabulary. At the same time there are no short cuts as well. Keep reading something regularly. You can read children’s books and simplified readers of Penguin. Reading newspapers, magazines, articles on internet, novels and many more can help you in upgrading your language skills. Following are much more smart tips:

1. Start with reading that interests you. You can learn better when you are having fun with reading.
2. You should learn new words and at the same time should be able to understand what you are reading. If you are trying to looking up at each and every word, the reading will be too difficult.
3. Review each story you read at the end. Ask yourself who, what, where, when, why, for each story. You can apply this for any type of reading. This is very helpful when you have no comprehension questions to answer. You can write, articulate or speak your answer.
4. Creating a scheme that combines all four areas of study can produce best results. Allow one type of study and practice to lead to another activity. For instance, read a story and then converse about it with a family member or friend. Watch a movie and next write about it.