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How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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Dear friends,

Please help me to improve my grammar and vocabulary?

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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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Hello there,

Here are some tips for you... in order of priority:

1. Read in English. Read whatever they can, be it novels, a magazine, the newspaper, it doesn’t matter. Whatever subject they like they should read about it in English. Constant reading in English helps all aspects of language sink in and is particularly useful for grammar, and those verb tenses they are struggling with. There is no need to look up words that students don’t know, the key thing is to understand the overall meaning and absorb the syntax, grammar and expressions. Reading well-written English leads to mastery.

2. Keep a notebook and learn ten new words a day, these words can be verb tenses and short phrases, not just vocabulary words. On day one learn ten new words. The words are written in English on the left and the native language on the right. Cover the English side and say the words down the list. Keep doing it until the list of ten is known perfectly without looking once for a reminder. Know how to say the words and how to spell them.

The next day the student learns ten more words and revises the ten from the day before. Keep going all week and on the 7th day the student learns ten new words, ten from the day before and revises ten from the week before. And then at one month the student looks at 40 words, ten new, ten from the day before, ten from the week before and ten from the month before.

That works!

Basically there is no way around it, the more effort students put in the more they will get out of those two hours in English class.

3. Watch any TV or movies in English.

4. Favour listening to music in English and learn all the lyrics.

And in the English classes I would focus on speaking as much as you can because the students can read and write in their own time and for homework, but often the only place they can speak English is in your class.

Let me know your thoughts and add any of your own ideas!

All the best

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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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I agree with "Watch TV" wholeheartedly.

Especially watch cartoons like the Simpsons, Family.

It's a great way to learn about the current culture and conversational English.

I would say this method applies to learning all languages properly. Helped me out a lot!
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This is so true. Kids learn languages so fast while watching cartoons in foreign languages.
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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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Hello - in agreement that reading helps with grammer and vocab this is a recommended reading list for anyone who doesn't know where to start ....

reading suggestions

as qouted “The more that you read, the more that you’ll know" Dr. Seuss.
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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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Hey! From my own experience, I have to say that the best way to improve your grammar is practicing and everyday work on self-development. First of all, try to maintain your time and spend at least an hour per day for studying English. One month of tough work and you will definitely realize how your struggle would be awarded. You may test different sources and techniques of learning, but I am going with forums and social networks. Once you accidentally stumble on a topic of discussion you are interested in - just write and express your thoughts. Don`t be afraid of mistakes or misunderstandings. Very soon you will notice your progress and find a new inspiration to continue with English.

Apart from the social networks, I might admit the crucial importance of grammar exercises which you can find online or in different textbooks. Pay more attention to tenses, gerunds, and conditionals.

Speaking about vocabulary, I advise using online apps like https://www.memrise.com/ or https://www.duolingo.com/. They are easy to handle and provide a wide range of topics together with interactive tasks to solve.

Good luck with your learning!
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Reading daily newspaper is the best way to improve the grammar and vocabulary. While reading, you come across many new words which you can find the meaning and use in your sentences. This for sure will improve the vocabulary. Also, make habit of speaking English in your house and working places. Words from other people also teaches a lot of vocabulary.
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How can we speak better language with grammar? Suppose you are able to speak a few words of a new foreign language, you will become more and more sensitive to the correctness of the usage of the language with regard to its grammar. It is important to practice a learning habit to speak good grammar but how, especially if your profession requires you to learn and yet you have little time to spare for school.
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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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Read books, watch YouTube, listen to your favorite music. The main thing is more practice, don't just read books, find someone with whom you can speak the language. This applies not only to English. What is your level? Choose a book that you like.
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I think that listening to music is a great way to learn, but sometimes it is difficult alone when you can't tell if the words have been adjusted to fit the rhythm.
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Re: How to improve grammar & vocabulary?

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This is a big topic with countless articles of research attached to it.

It depends on who you are. What are your goals?

If you plan on doing academic study at a university in an English speaking country, then I believe a page a day of a grammar book and lots of writing about the topics you read about is essential. You must be able to have that meta language about grammar to take on feedback from your teachers. Watch and read the subtitles on
ted talks
on topics that interest you. This should help get you ready for lectures. Focus on reading and listening to the topics that will be a part of your future profession too.

If you just want to speak to foreigners, many of my past students enjoy watching sitcoms like 'friends'. If you plan to travel to Australia, for example, try watching Australian soap operas. This will get you more aware of the accents. Grammar tends to be less important than when you need to be able to write academic essays! So learn lots of phrases from different contexts. Obviously, practise with others as much as possible too.

For both these ends of the spectrum, I believe that grammar and vocabulary must be learnt as a single unit.

Which vocabulary goes with a grammar point is a type of collocation. This type of improvement rarely comes from specific ESL texts. Textbooks are improving these days though.

As someone else mentioned above, write your own meaningful vocabulary lists as you encounter words, phrases and grammar. And revise it at least a dozen times in different ways so that it goes into memory.

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Haravi wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:17 am Reading daily newspaper is the best way to improve the grammar and vocabulary. While reading, you come across many new words which you can find the meaning and use in your sentences. This for sure will improve the vocabulary. Also, make habit of speaking English in your house and working places. Words from other people also teaches a lot of vocabulary.
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According to my learning experience, learning vocabulary can refer to the Ebbinghaus memory curve. In addition, the vocabulary will be remembered more firmly in the example sentences and contexts.
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My friend, I can tell you that the best way to develop grammar and vocabulary is practice. I can recommend you to sign up for a tutor or group classes, they will be very useful. I used to do a lot of written assignments to master the basics. I even made a manuscript typing, which helped me a lot in the future when I started communicating with native speakers on my own. And in general, it's probably best when you combine individual lessons with group lessons. That way, you can understand and communicate with others more.
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