For sure, most of us know that any language deals with four skills ,namely listening ,speaking,reading and writing .Two skills dealing with the input : listening and reading while the other two remaining skills dealing with the output.Let me clarify! let's take the baby ,s/he is born with no specific phonological or linguistic system .That is to say ,the baby is not born speaking a certain language but s/he acquires it from the surrounding.And if you take ,for instance, a baby born in England and brought s/he up in France what language does the baby speak? French is the answer as it becomes the baby's native language.For more explanation, we are all born with an empty phonological box as children we start listening to our native language gradually filling this empty box that is why a child starts by uttering separate words moving to simple sentences jumping to incorrect complex sentences reaching to a whole correct complex ones . We not only acquire languages but also the dialects as well.To summarize, listening and hearing lead to speaking.You may notice that I introduced another term:hearing.Do not worry ,it is not separated from listening with a slight difference.Hearing is receiving sounds with the ear but listening is doing the same but with attention.Clear?So let's follow this natural way in our learning English .let's hear and listen a lot to English native speakers through media , tapes, videos,songs and whatsoever .If you have a native speaker friend with whom you can practice your spoken English ,then lucky you!This cuts the long distance short .( I stress the word native as I do not want you to have a distorted ,exotic,awkward spoken English.)The point is the more you listen,the better you speak. Reading not only the second input skill but also the main source of knowledge .It is your mean to build up vocabulary in different fields and understand the applying of grammar rules.Pick up a series of learning books(They are written in a professional way to take you bit by bit from one level to the upper next one and most of them have a glossary at the end containing the new words you have to learn )For example, there are The Ladybird series .stick to one of these series and study them by heart and try to analyze the sentence structure and grasp it .I have a lot to say about reading with its two main ways skimming and scanning ,however I think this is enough for now.Writing is the out come of reading .You should learn academic writing .One should confess although writing is a talent ,it can be mastered by continuous practice. Practical tips : 1_ Listen to English native speakers a lot through an available media 2_Try to concentrate an pick up new words 3_Read books, try to understand what you are reading and make up your own personal dictionary 4_Try to speak English with a friend and practice what you learn
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Nice One. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot for your encouraging speech.I'll take into consideration every word you told me about.But I don't know whether I have the enough *boldness to start writing in blogs. Although I have many ideas, sometimes I don't know how to explore it in a good way.Another problem I face is that I know a lot of vocabulary but I don't know when& how to use.
To be more practical I'll start writing and I hope u'll be my Mentor if you don't mine.
Again thanks a lot...
Hope we can be friends... *courage* I was confused which word is better
That's what I'm doing but my major problem is the writing I don't like it that much and I don't know what should I do?
I need ur advice please urgently because now I have started to teach English for primary students and I'm good at almost everything except the writing...
I really will appreciate your concern.