Dear students,
"How do I improve my written and spoken expression?" , is a question that many of you ask. Speaking and writing a language effectively does not happen overnight. It is a continuous and consistent effort.
Keep at it! I'll risk it and repeat what has been mentioned much too often- Yes! You guessed it! Reading, reading and more reading! There is no substitute to reading good literature.
Get your pronunciation right.
Here I will, highlight one point though, that, since English is not our mother tongue, we will falter. That's okay! Let your learning curve move upwards.
Some common mistakes that I find students making consistently are as follows.
1. Spell "referred" correctly. It's refer-red. Break up a word. It makes it easier to spell.
2. It is contin-U-ous....continuous....don't misspell the word.
3. Get your tenses right. It isn't... I didn't "went" to the market. You didn't "go" to the market.
4. Smaller sentences using simpler words are far better.
"When she sat down to eat lunch, which had been cooked especially for her, she smiled, and thought of all that her mother had done for her." If you can write this correctly....good!
Otherwise....write this.
As she ate her lunch, she smiled. She remembered all that her mother had done for her. After all it had been made especially for her.
Choose your style and then work to improve it.
5. "I am finding my book." Wrong! You can of course "look" for your book.
6. Learn to read and understand phonetics. That way you won't say "fountayne" and "mountayne" but "founton" and "mounton".
7. "I knew the entire story....yet I didn't score well." A common refrain among students. Understand what has been asked for and then attempt to write it.
In no way must be make fun of someone who can't speak English well...after all it is a life skill...not facts to be memorized. I am open to your questions in and out of class!
Happy learning!!
"How do I improve my written and spoken expression?" , is a question that many of you ask. Speaking and writing a language effectively does not happen overnight. It is a continuous and consistent effort.
Keep at it! I'll risk it and repeat what has been mentioned much too often- Yes! You guessed it! Reading, reading and more reading! There is no substitute to reading good literature.
Get your pronunciation right.
Here I will, highlight one point though, that, since English is not our mother tongue, we will falter. That's okay! Let your learning curve move upwards.
Some common mistakes that I find students making consistently are as follows.
1. Spell "referred" correctly. It's refer-red. Break up a word. It makes it easier to spell.
2. It is contin-U-ous....continuous....don't misspell the word.
3. Get your tenses right. It isn't... I didn't "went" to the market. You didn't "go" to the market.
4. Smaller sentences using simpler words are far better.
"When she sat down to eat lunch, which had been cooked especially for her, she smiled, and thought of all that her mother had done for her." If you can write this correctly....good!
Otherwise....write this.
As she ate her lunch, she smiled. She remembered all that her mother had done for her. After all it had been made especially for her.
Choose your style and then work to improve it.
5. "I am finding my book." Wrong! You can of course "look" for your book.
6. Learn to read and understand phonetics. That way you won't say "fountayne" and "mountayne" but "founton" and "mounton".
7. "I knew the entire story....yet I didn't score well." A common refrain among students. Understand what has been asked for and then attempt to write it.
In no way must be make fun of someone who can't speak English well...after all it is a life skill...not facts to be memorized. I am open to your questions in and out of class!
Happy learning!!
