how to improve my english skills?

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Answer 1

For starters, do plenty of reading beyond Yahoo Answers -- the spelling and grammar here is atrocious!

Answer 2

To improve your written skills,
Read newspapers daily.
Read some magazines every day.
Start writing letters in English.
Develop the habit of writing diary in English.

To improve your spoken language,
Listen English news and watch english movies.
Start speaking in English with your peers.
Whenever you come across new words, note in a diary and refer the dictionary immediately.

Most of all, don't feel shy to talk in english though some errors are there. No one is perfect here. So, develop your confidence and go ahead.

Answer 3

The obvious would be reading classical literiture, books, the newspaper (which is strict when it comes to grammar).

Or you could try exercises from an SAT PREP BOOK. They are amazing when it comes to improving grammar skills because a large portion of the SAT test focuses on just that. I've learned so much from both prepping for the test and taking the test, even more than I would've learned in an English class (which now focuses more on the composition of books rather than correct grammar.)

You could also try practicing writing essays and submitting them to http://www.rocketreview.com They'll review your essay for free and give you feedback.

If you need to build up your vocabulary, try http://www.dictionary.com and subscribe to their Word of the Day.

Another great resource would be http://www.cliffnotes.com which not only helps with grammar but with analyzing literature also.

Practice it everyday in as many ways as you can think of: reading, speaking, writing, studying, etc. and you will improve quickly.

Hope this helps and good luck!!

Answer 4

I've read that lots of people learning English, read newspapers and even comic books in the past, to better their knowlege of the language.
I read in Dear Abby, that some people abroad, were taught using English newspapers and that they read Dear Abby in class. They not only learned words and language but also lots about our people. ( I'm sure they thought we had lots of weirdos!)

And believe it or not, lots watched American TV shows and learned words (not all good, I'm sure) and the slang words of evreyday living. Not the best or proper way, but whatever works!

The best way would probably be to get a good English dictionary and read the words, definition and pronunciation.

Answer 5

Per day pay your 20 to thirty minutes with speaking and see english news read newspaper and magzine of english edition and take sweet things before speaking english and always listen fast music than You will be perfect in English.

Answer 6

You can improve your english skills easily, just follow these steps
1) Read english news paper
2) Watch news in english, specially watch NDTV- because language they are using is easy to understand
3) watch Hollywood movies
4)Try to speak in english with your good friends, so they can explained your mistakes
Do these things definitely you can improve your english

Answer 7

I agree with the newspaper guy above me. Journalists and editors are trained writers so you will generally find accurate grammar, sentence structure and punctuation usage in newspapers. Watch out for bias though, it'll get you every time.

Answer 8

Read the daily news- paper. Build up your vocabulary. Write something every day. Writing makes a man perfect.

Answer 9

read books/newspapers/magazines, watch english shows/films and most important practice speaking english... as they say practice makes perfect!

Answer 10

read english papers

and watch english channel

interact in english with ur frineds