Improving your english
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i dun give a damn anyway, speak good english doesnt really matter to me as i not englishman.
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You just need to know good grammar you can search online for itOriginally posted by Xephone_xenon:Any good ways to improve the language english.
I read quite alot. But i dont see it helping me much.
vocab too deep will only annoy everyone -
don't read the new paper. content-wise, read straits times. new paper is full of tabloids. and watch bbc or cna?Originally posted by ghimpheng:
read newspaper like "The New Paper" Or "The Straits Times"
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Besides reading, you have to learn to apply. Reading helps to improve your vocabulary bank, but doesn't teach you how to use the words properly.Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:Any good ways to improve the language english.
I read quite alot. But i dont see it helping me much.
Grammar wise, it's a hard subject. Other than practice, it's still practice. -
Read news paper a lot won't help much. Why? News paper are made with english level of gred 3. It is not that our reporters are lousy, just that news paper must cater for the population of the country. Thus, you won't gain much...
I would beg to differ. While you are right that journalists need to cater to the majority, reading newspapers does improve your English.
The way they structure a sentence, paragraphing, explaining, applying the relevant grammatical rules, etc will help you a lot. -
Watch BBC News, National Geographic, Discovery Channel.. read english novels (proper ones) that interest you.. play full-length english RPG Games that have elements based on real history/historical figures, then go read up about them at the library.
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BBC, Time, Hollywood, etc.
The media is your friend.
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but most teens find straits time boring that why i suggest @ least read new paperOriginally posted by dahliamorie:don't read the new paper. content-wise, read straits times. new paper is full of tabloids. and watch bbc or cna?
or go for adult phonics classes. -
tio la.Originally posted by ShutterBug:IN Singapore, it is difficult to say - speak proper English in daily life. Why? Because when you do, people around you such as the hawker, the Taxi driver, or simply any person on the street you speak 'proper English' to, may not understand you well. Or worse, feel that you are trying to be Ang Mo.
u are dead right on tat!
ppl will usually think you are 'stuck up' if you speak proper english to those
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i dont read at all, other than hp books and mags. newspaper. stupid blogs. haa i watch alot of movies, listen to music thats why i cant write. cos i uh like to uh right luk dat uh shyte uh no? madness!
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most importantly speak more
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Read times.reader's digest and newsweek.That's what i used to read in secondary school and it really helps
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Visit my blog. Look at some of the things i have written and tell me how my english fare alright. I am trying pretty hard to improve on it. As i like writing. But its pretty much meaningless if my writings are so shallow in terms of language.
http://l-lawliet.nutang.com
Let me paste something random that i have wrote here.
"Its actually sad for me looking around. Looking at situations like that.
It cant be helped i think. Everything is just going towards in the wrong direction.
I cant stop it. No matter how hard i try to.
So here i am showing to everyone my agony on the net, making people hate me by saying all this. I dont think many will actually understand how am i feeling towards stuff like that.
When not much people will appriciate it when i go all out directly and truthfully.
It how you see it. As an insult or as a opinion for you people to improve on.
When but most of the people out there wont think much and just choose option "A" directly. Seeing it as a insult.
Its painful like hell. Like maggots eating and rotting on your skin.
This is not a opinion anymore i think. Its a fact."
So how is it for a 16year old to write like that. IMO its pretty average. -
I write better english than speaking it, I suck at articulating english words, sometimes I sound dumb when speaking english and my chinese also not that good. Guess I am not a good communicator.
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have u read this book...Collins Cobuild English Dictionary
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yes. Read colour one right?Originally posted by feb31:have u read this book...Collins Cobuild English Dictionary -
but why? Singlish is better!
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Its more efficent in presenting and explaining yourself.Originally posted by sand king:but why? Singlish is better!
But i dont think its accepted in your test paper. -
Agreed, its really not a bad book (my sch like forces everyone who takes GP to buy)... Though I'd suggest reading good articles like those in newsweek, straits times or actually writing properly...Originally posted by MooKu:You have to try to apply the new words you see.
There's a book by Barron's, written by Murray Bromberg and Melvin Gordon. The title is "1100 Words You Need To Know". Should come in handy for you if you would like to expand your vocabulary.
There is one assignment for each day of the year, and for each assignment, they first give you a short passage containing new words for the day, so you can have a glimpse of how they may be used.
Then there'll be sentences with blanks for you to fill in with the correct words, and lastly you'll be asked to match definitions to words.
At the end of each page, there's also an idiom and its explanation...
Grammar-wise... I don't know, does it come naturally as you read more (good) books? -
Where to buy exactly ?Originally posted by enemychaser:Agreed, its really not a bad book (my sch like forces everyone who takes GP to buy)... Though I'd suggest reading good articles like those in newsweek, straits times or actually writing properly... -
I'd suggest reading more newspapers and use the dictionary more.
Studying grammer books and speaking English regularly helps as well.
Most importantly, improving your english is a long journey. Be patient
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I got it in my school's bookstore, though I remember seeing it in popcentral last I went there. Shouldn't be hard to find though...Originally posted by Xephone_xenon:Where to buy exactly ? -
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