Is it important to speak english use a good grammar?

Question

i'm a university student and my english is very bad...
do you have any suggestions for me to improve my english?

thank you for answering my question
-Scholaszt-

Answer 1

Most Americans are in a sense bilingual: we speak one way with our families and peers and another, more refined way, in professional situations: talking to our boss, talking to customers, giving speeches and oral reports in classes.

The standard for proper American speech is called American broadcast English. This is what most national news announcers use, and is basically the variety of English used in the upper Midwest: Omaha, for example. Black people, Southerners, People from Brooklyn, Queens, Boston, and the children of immigrants will need more practice at mastering Broadcast English than middle-class Midwesterners.

Learning a language involves two basic elements:vocabulary, or knowing the words and grammar, or knowing how to use the words.

English grammar is not thoroughly taught in American schools. Most of what we study in K-12 is remedial grammar: not to say "ain't", avoidiong run-on sentences, how to put sentences together in a logical way, how to write a paragraph. The actual structure of the English language is quite complex, and is normally taught in grad school under a title like "Transformational Grammar" .

Your university almost certainly has a program for helping you build your vocabulary as well as learning how to write effectively.
You can improve your vocabulary by using one or more of many vocabulary building books available in any public library.

Your remedial English center will have computer programs to help you master the structure of the English language.

And of course, you should read as much as possible. Watch public TV rather than sitcoms, read the New Yorker, Harpers, the Atlantic Monthly rather than the Weekly World News or People or US.

Use your public library. Read book reviews in the NY Times Review of books. All these magazines can be found there.

If there is some person whose manner of speaking you admire, read their biography and try doing what they did.

Answer 2

Hello, As with situations in all languages and cultures, people will certainly make allowances in your favour when English is your second language and you are making a good attempt to at least try to speak English. On the other hand if you are a native English speaker, you will be judged quite harshly and classified as an intellectual, a semi-literate or low life scum based on your grammar and vocabulary. Cheers, Michael Kelly

Answer 3

A decade ago to learn English, you had to attend costly English classes or purchase course material like tapes and books. Now you can learn English for free from the comfort of your home using the internet. The BBC and the British Council offer a number of online courses which teach written and spoken English. You can also improve your English by watching television programs and reading English newspapers. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/qnzpt

Answer 4

I'm an English conversation teacher. i have a back-door approach to learning English. i feel that it's more important to develop conversational fluency and comprehension before working on more than the fundamentals of grammar. it's been my experience that the other 4 element of language acquisition IE fluency, comprehension, pronunciation, and vocabulary are more important than the 5th element, structure. i feel that it's possible to communicate your ideas without good structure.precision in structure develops in time.

Answer 5

Sure, make a conscientious effort to improve it every day for the rest of your life, and start by taking a grammar class. You look pretty good so far; with a little effort, you'll be master of your lingual domain.

Answer 6

Seriously, see if your university doesn't have an ESL (English as a Second Language) department. If it does, I'm sure they can do something to help you get up to speed.