How to improve my English?(I'm a CHINESE)?

Question

Now, more and more students in China are worried about their English, especially me!
Help me, please! I study in a middle school!

Answer 1

Your question was written in perfect English, except for one thing. Most Americans would expect to hear "I'm Chinese" instead of "I'm a Chinese". It's not improper to say "I'm a Chinese", but it just doesn't sound quite right to the American ear. The rules around articles like "a/an" and "the" are really hard to understand. I think native speakers learn from just hearing when they're used and not used, or from teachers and parents who correct us.

In my experience, it's when to use articles and when to use the plural form of a word that are hardest for native Asian speakers to pick up in English. So I would suggest paying close attention to those parts of speech when you hear or read English.

An Example:

A man wrote a story.
The men wrote a story.
A man wrote the story.
The men wrote the story.
A man wrote stories.
The men wrote stories.
A man wrote the stories.
The men wrote the stories.
Man writes stories.
Men write stories.
Man writes the stories.
Men write the stories.

All of these are correct, and each have a slightly different meaning. How do we know when each version should be used? I can't explain it, but I know when I hear it whether or not it's correct. And this is just one simple sentence!

So it's really just something you have to learn by paying attention when listening or reading English from native speakers. I wish you luck. However, you already have had a great start, and I can tell you why: the only reason we're communicating at all is because of your English, not my Cantonese.

Answer 2

Watch English programs, you can learn a lot from television. Read lots of English books, doesnt really matter what kind, pick ones that interest you. It'll stick to your memory more if its something you like.
Converse in English, like anything else that your trying to learn, you wont improve unless you practice it.

Answer 3

1.English movies/TV shows, preferably those with English subtitles.
2.Listen to English songs and sing along with it, but choose the decent ones and not those with bad English lyrics.
3.Dictionaries are must-haves - a)Bilingual (Chinese vs English), b)English dictionary, c) English thesaurus.
4.Magazines/Newspapers
5.Books that teach you on grammars.
6.Practice, practice and practice.
7.If can afford, attend English-language classes.

Answer 4

Listen to Radio NPR http://www.npr.org/ and/or BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ , read a lot, use an English/English dictionary, ask in Yahoo answers in English if you have any doubts.

listen to librivox's audio books, if you find hard to follow, you can check the text at project Gutenberg, so you can read at the same pace you listen, check new words, etc:
http://librivox.org
http://www.gutenberg.org

learn pronunciation:
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/PhonResources.html

Answer 5

you have to expose yourself to the language like read more books, listen to english music, read english comic books... i am also chinese and i speak fluent english and filipino by doing so... and also audio books are now availbe you could read and listen at the same time it is alot faster to learn that way.

Answer 6

i learned by watching tv while growing up like sesame street, family matters, full house. or purchase a english learning dvd.

Answer 7

ask any native English speaking person to talk with you..most will be happy to help..People on the bus, in stores, etc.

Answer 8

Nide yinghua shuo de hen hao. wo shuo putonghua shuo de hen cha. :)

Answer 9

watch many TV shows.

Answer 10

my advice to you, don't make fun of foriengers and call them "lao wai", honestly they don't appreciate it.