7 Practical Tips to Enhance English Communication Skills
English is very easy to learn. All you need to do is train yourself to speak English as comfortably as you speak your mother tongue. You need practice in your daily life. Here are some tips to follow:
1. Make friendships.
Find a friend who also wants to improve their English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course, this will help you improve your listening and speaking skills. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people, at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English that require some knowledge of English like Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do this, no doubt you can improve your English speaking skills. The key is to keep practicing.
2. Read English books like comics, magazines, and entertainment.
Comics are always full of idiomatic language and are very easy to understand, but some are difficult to understand the jokes and dialogue. So try to choose comics carefully. Usually, serious or adventure comics are easier to understand than funny ones. Buy the ones you feel most comfortable with and read them. Magazines are also useful for improving language and gaining knowledge. If you can, read two versions of the same magazine, for example, Newsweek in your language and in English; this will help you understand more easily.
3. Read a translation into English.
Choose a book that was originally translated into English, preferably from your own language. Even if you haven't read the book in your own language, you will find the English written in a slightly simplified way that is more similar to how your own language is written than a book originally written in English would be. This will be easy for you to understand and learn the language.
4. Watch films in your language with English subtitles.
If you find English films with English subtitles too difficult, watch films in your language. This is the best option to learn English. Local films with English subtitles can also help you attain a good command of the English language.
5. Watch the same film or TV episode over and over again.
You can learn the language without having to study it. Some comedies can also get funnier the more you watch them, especially if you watch them without subtitles and understand a little more each time you watch.
6. Learn and use the phonemic script.
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics, you can understand these words better. By learning the phonemic script, you can improve your pronunciation and get an idea of how to pronounce words correctly. It can also make things easier by preventing you from trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation in different ways.
7. Read a book with lots of dialogue.
Dialogue is also much easier to understand than descriptive parts of a book and is more like the language you will want to learn to speak English.
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5English is very easy to learn. All you need to do is train yourself to speak English as comfortably as you speak your mother tongue. You need practice in your daily life. Here are some tips to follow:
1. Make friendships.
Find a friend who also wants to improve their English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course, this will help you improve your listening and speaking skills. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people, at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English that require some knowledge of English like Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do this, no doubt you can improve your English speaking skills. The key is to keep practicing.
2. Read English books like comics, magazines, and entertainment.
Comics are always full of idiomatic language and are very easy to understand, but some are difficult to understand the jokes and dialogue. So try to choose comics carefully. Usually, serious or adventure comics are easier to understand than funny ones. Buy the ones you feel most comfortable with and read them. Magazines are also useful for improving language and gaining knowledge. If you can, read two versions of the same magazine, for example, Newsweek in your language and in English; this will help you understand more easily.
3. Read a translation into English.
Choose a book that was originally translated into English, preferably from your own language. Even if you haven't read the book in your own language, you will find the English written in a slightly simplified way that is more similar to how your own language is written than a book originally written in English would be. This will be easy for you to understand and learn the language.
4. Watch films in your language with English subtitles.
If you find English films with English subtitles too difficult, watch films in your language. This is the best option to learn English. Local films with English subtitles can also help you attain a good command of the English language.
5. Watch the same film or TV episode over and over again.
You can learn the language without having to study it. Some comedies can also get funnier the more you watch them, especially if you watch them without subtitles and understand a little more each time you watch.
6. Learn and use the phonemic script.
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics, you can understand these words better. By learning the phonemic script, you can improve your pronunciation and get an idea of how to pronounce words correctly. It can also make things easier by preventing you from trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation in different ways.
7. Read a book with lots of dialogue.
Dialogue is also much easier to understand than descriptive parts of a book and is more like the language you will want to learn to speak English.
From India, New Delhi
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