Language is a way to communicate. The perfection in English grammar, is the key to success. Since it has been international language, a huge number of people are infatuated that is why they try to speak in English. Here are some tips for improvement in your language.

Please note that being perfect in English you need to study some Grammar Books for making a better sentences. The following tips are only making improvement not for starting from the first step especially for improving your speaking skills.

1 Watch English Movies with English sub-titles.

Its an interesting activity. Most of the people enjoy the scenes of English movies i.e the Fighting/action scenes. When some people start conversation in the movie, they feel it boring and miss the planing of the Hero or the Villain. But if you read the sub-title/caption of the conversation, it would be avoid the boredom and would let you help in making and understanding the expressions in the Language.

2 Read English Newspapers.

The English news papers have a proper uniform structure of the language. It can help you a lot in making your language as well as your Current affairs improved. The good news papers in Pakistan are DAWN, The News and The Nation.

3 Listen the English songs

Listen the English songs while keeping the lyrics of the songs in front of you or adding them to a song's file. You can search them from NET and can add those to a song via JET AUDIO or Windows Media Player, which would enable you to read them right with the second-to-second effect. (Click here for a sample. I know em not a perfectionist but lets try

4 Try to learn English Language Grammar in English instead of in URDU or any other language.

Its a big problem that we try to learn English language in some other language, eg in Urdu etc. There are some technical issues involved in it and it has been discussed as a theory Problems in Second Language learning and Acquisition. Try to learn it in the same language, it would be a little bit difficult in starting but lets take a first step.

5 Communicate in English Confidently

Communicate in English with your friends/relatives/teachers. Don't ever think about that you have a bad grammar or if you got a mistake in using the proper words, it would be shameful.

6 Try to 'think' in English

Try to 'think' in English. eg. Think is such ways; OK I will go to market and would fetch some.....and I should talk to him about this issue in such way that he is doing harmful to himself.....and so on....... Try it just once.

7 Note the Routine in English

Note the 'routine' of your daily work in English Language on regular basis. (Routine jisy hum diary likhna kehte hain)

8 Use T9/Dictionary in writing a SMS

USE T9 while sending a SMS.

9 Make a Speech in front of Mirror
Make a speech in English language in front of mirror. You can do it even by reading some passage from some of your text book as well. It would increase your confidence.

10 Try to Copy the Speaking Style of a Celebrity

Try to copy the Speaking style of your favorite leader/singer/celebrity anyone you like to hear and know that s/he is using a Standard language, while you are in the situation of that home-made speech.

If any of you have some comments, please post them. CSP's and Moderators are requested to have a special look.

Regards

also use a good english to english dictionary, such as merriam websters' or oxford.

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Mahmood Khattak
Pakistan Customs Service
36th CTP