Empty vessels make more noise !I have come across people who speak very
good English .. with correct accent, vocabulary, etc
But considering their knowledge in their subject domain, they turn out to
be empty vessels often ..
Speaking English fluently can cover up many inadequacies ..like poor
technical skills, lack of intellectually abilities etc
'Street-smart' people generally speak the foreign language better than the
really knowledgeable people.
On Apr 29, 2017 10:45 AM, "Dp Tripathi" wrote:
Dear Friends,
I have personally come across the situations several times where I found my
friends stating the problem of English speaking and writing. The reason is
that English is not our mother language. The language English is spoken
throughout the world…in another word, you can say ‘English is an
International Language’ but it does not mean that you can’t learn this
language. Many times, I have met very good and knowledgeable people in
their domain but weak in presentation of their knowledge.
First of all, I just want to suggest that don’t consider English requires
lot of knowledge to speak or write. I shall mention here that English
Speaking is an art and all you need to know is English Grammar and strong
vocabulary with their proper use.
In order to improve English, I suggest the following to do regularly and I
strongly believe that you can improve your English in one or maximum two
months.
1. Learn the Basic Grammar
In order to learn proper English, first you require a good English Grammar
Book which can help you in learning the rules of basic English grammar.
There are many good books on English Grammar which you can buy or even can
get through Internet in PDF format. Read the Grammar and memorize them for
proper sentence framing. English Grammar is very essential for correct
speaking or writing.
You can download or access the page from the following links:
a.
http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/binnur.kavlak/ingilizce/belgeler/
FreeEnglishGrammar.pdf
b. https://www.englishgrammar.org/lessons/
c. http://ugcportal.com/raman-files/app/EnglishGrammarNotes.pdf
d. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-and-vocabulary
Apart from above links, there are many other good books also in market
which you can buy or get from other sources.
2. Read the News Paper / Story
Once you are comfortable with English Grammar, the next is you need the
paragraphs which can enable or bring a situation to understand the grammar
used in paragraph writing. The best method is to read any English News
Paper daily at least for half an hour. In the beginning, you may find this
very boring because you may not understand the lines written in paragraphs.
But best advice is not to leave the habit of reading newspaper daily. To
find the reading more interesting, you may replace the News Paper with
Story Books which creates interest while reading.
While reading, observe the grammar used in paragraphs in News Papers/ Story
book.
3. Note Down the Vocabulary from News Paper / Story Books
While reading the News Paper / Story Book, you will come across many words
which you may not know. Just note down in any note book and keep noting
down regularly the difficult words in your copy. After that refer any good
English dictionary and note down their meaning with examples against the
words you have noted down from newspaper. But the most important part is
the revision every day and see the example of words how they can be used.
4. Speak loudly in front of mirror
After one month of time, you will find that you will have enough vocabulary
to start with speaking. So far, you have learned the Basic English Grammar
and collected the words from News Paper / Story Books. The next is to use
them while speaking or writing. The best method to learn speaking is to
stand in front of mirror and speak loudly starting with small sentences
like I am going, you are coming etc. Many people know English but while
speaking they find difficult to speak because they might not have got
enough environment to speak with perfect pronunciation. While speaking
English, one thing is very important and that is speaking correctly with
correct pronunciation which may be developed with regular practice in front
of mirror.
5. Write your own created story
In order to learn English, you also need to learn writing good
communication skill in English which only can be developed with lot of
writing practice. The best method I suggest is to create your own story and
try to give them a proper shape in paragraph with proper use of Grammar and
Vocabulary with their uses at appropriate places. You will find after
sometime that your writing skill gradually get improved.
6. Apply with your friends, family members etc. to kill hesitation
Generally, you may find difficult to speak English directly with anyone as
English is not our mother tongue and many of us are also not habitual to it
while speaking or writing and because of this many of us have the problem
of hesitation. We get fear in mind of making mistakes which brings
hesitation. The best method to kill hesitation is to find your friends,
family members etc. for half an hour and try to communicate with them in
English. If you continuously do this, you will find that you start getting
correct pronunciation within few days and also the speed with accuracy.
Slowly, you get confidence of not making mistakes and kill your hesitation
of speaking.
7. Learn from mistakes
It is natural that when you start learning English, you will commit lot of
mistakes but it does not mean you should give up learning. The best
suggestion is observing the mistakes and learn from it and don’t repeat the
same mistakes in next conversation. For ex. I have come across many people
who make mistake in gender in the beginning.
8. Have conversation with people who know English
Once you are little comfortable with speaking and writing, try to find
someone who speaks good English. Find some time with the person to
communicate on regular basis. Perhaps, this may not be possible. So in this
case, watch regular English News Channel where you will get appropriate
English Speaking Friend i.e. News Reporter.
Observe thoroughly the way reporter speaks and try to speak in the same
way. You will find soon that you start speaking better English.
Please remember, English Speaking or Writing is not impossible. Only you
need regular practice of the above mentioned suggestions. Definitely, it
will help you to learn English.
Hope the lines will help you all.
You can also download the article in PDF at
http://www.dptripathi.in/download/english.pdf
Thanks
DP Tripathi
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