Learn English according to a schedule

When we do our work according to a schedule we can achieve our goals much easily.
Be a member of a library borrow two books have a space in your time table to read them this will certainly improve your knowledge and vocabulary.When you borrow a subject that you are interested in ,you not only learn it but also learn English unconsciously.
Be interested in learning new words always.
Thesauruses are wonderful resources to build up your word power.
Try free thesauruses like WORDWEB or the free thesaurus available in Microsoft words.

When you write essays always look for the most suitable word this can be done easily in this way.
Write something every day.

Do you always need two or more to practice speaking?

This has always been a problem for the learner that unavailability of a companion to practice speaking.Let's see how it can be overcome easily.

• Listening to pod casts or recorded dialogues which can be downloaded from the internet easily , repeat the utterances ,mute the sound and do it over and over again.This will certainly improve your readiness to speak as your auditory memory would remember the phrases and reproduce them when it is needed.
• Talking to walls = this is a useful and effective technique to improve your speaking ability.It will also pave the way to release lot of stresses from your mind. Just find a location of  a wall where people are not passing by, relax and be seated ,count from zero to twenty five and  in descending order too until you are relaxed. start ,let loose whatever there in your mind, it may be about a family issue or anything that comes to your mind just unleash, it may be even gibberish
• find a script of a drama. eg: Villa for sale , death of the salesman  or any modern work and act it out in your room with the sound, facial expressions and gestures etc. You don't feel shy when you do it privately.Dramas are a great way to improve your speech.

Try this out and see.

Writing and speaking
I think writing and speaking have an invisible connection .Many teachers of English who teach English as a second language complain that their students make mistakes in grammar, in spite of vigorous teaching and heavy practice.One reason for this situation could be ,teaching grammar without providing a considerable background or context for the learner.This is what many experts and scholars believe.
However speaking skill of the learner is also responsible for this weakness.When learners are trained to speak through vigorous activities they learn grammar better.
Therefore it is always effective and productive to mixed writing with speaking.

Academic Writing

Describing Charts

When describing a chart the writers views about the various situations shown are not expressed.Only an objective description is expected.

• The value represented by charts can be expressed "There is a 12% increase of expenditure on Education."
• Two variables can be compared "Expenditure on health was slightly more than the expenditure on Education"
• When describing the various shapes of the graph following adverbs may be useful.                                  

•  A Considerable…
•  A Sharp…
•  A Significant…
• A Substantial…
• A Moderate…
• 7.A Slight…
• dramatically
• considerably
•  sharply
• substantially
• moderately

Exercises for OL
 This booklet has been designed for the teachers of English who teach for Grade 10 and 11 students the exercises on the book make your students ready for the OL English paper assuring them  a Simple pass .The exercises are specially designed for weaker students .The areas which the students could score marks easily have been touched.Simplification of the OL test items are appreciated by the teachers and students.
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