#2 Helpful Tips to IMPROVE your English…DRAMATICALLY !

#2 Helpful tips to IMPROVE your English…DRAMATICALLY !!!


English_For_You is your inexhaustible source of information and help concerning how to improve your spoken and written English language proficiency and skills! Remember: “practice makes perfect”!



Today…as I promised in my previous post I will give you the second of ten tips that are designed to help you improve your spoken English. These tips can be found in
Barron's , "How To Prepare for the TOEIC Test", pages 250 - 252. by Lin Lougheed (Paperback - March 2003)



Remember, my dear students…..I will be posting a different tip from time to time so check back to get the latest advice and information that can help you improve your spoken English dramatically!

Tip #2…..Make up stories.

Use your imagination.

Look around you on the bus. Who are those people? Where did they come from? Where are they going? What will they do this evening? What are they carrying? What will they do with what they are carrying?

Ask yourself questions about everything and everyone you see: How did it get here? Why is it here? What will happen to it next?

Make it personal. Always involve yourself. If you knew these people, what would you say to them? How would you get them to dress differently? Act differently?


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Ok! That’s it! Short and sweet! Yes, this tip is simple, easy to understand AND it is very useful!
In fact if you follow this tip and use your imagination for only 15 minutes a day you will definitely improve your spoken English!

Of course, the more often you do it …the quicker your spoken English will improve! Let your imagination be an extra teacher and friend that can help you improve your English! Try it….. and leave me a comment about your experience. Does it work for you? Why or why not! Share your realizations with me….and the world! Ok? OK! Thank you!

See you next time with Tip #3 ..on how to improve your spoken English …..DRAMATICALLY !!!

Bye for now!

Shirley Marie Bradby
English_For_You
Teacher, Tutor and Translator
http://shirleymariebradby.spokenskills.com/
BuddySchool Online Teacher, Tutor and Translator

#1 Helpful tips to IMPROVE your English...DRAMATICALLY!!

Hello, Everybody! Welcome to English_For_You!


English_For_You is your inexhaustible source of information and help concerning how to improve your spoken and written English language proficiency and skills! Remember: “Practice improves proficiency”! : )

In fact speaking of practice and proficiency today I will give you the first of ten tips that are designed to help you improve your spoken English. These tips can be found in
Barron's , "How To Prepare for the TOEIC Test", pages 250 - 252. by Lin Lougheed (Paperback - March 2003)



I will be posting a different tip from time to time so check back to get the latest advice and tips to help you improve your spoken English dramatically!


Tip#1.......Talk to yourself!

When you walk down the street, talk about what you see. Describe the buildings, the people, or the weather. Talk about what people are doing. Talk about what you are doing. You can start talking quietly to yourself and, if no one is around, talk out loud. You can also repeat yourself. Say something many times until it becomes natural.

You can talk to yourself at all levels of proficiency. For example, you see a wall. You can say, "There is a wall." But you can also say "There is a wall. It is made of plaster. It is painted white. There are pictures on the wall." Once you describe the components of the wall, you can go back and start again. This time make a more cohesive, coherent paragraph:

"In this room, there is a plaster wall painted white. It needs to be repainted since there are many cracks on the wall. There are two pictures on the wall. Both are fake oil paintings. One is a landscape. The other is a portrait. Both are ugly."

Make it personal. Involve yourself. Choose something you see and tell why you like it or don't like it. What do you see that you would recommend to others to do or see?


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Ok! That's it for today! I have got to run! Students are calling: "Teacher, teacher! Help!" Yes, duty calls! See you here next time ….. on the English_For_You blog….with the second tip that will help you to quickly improve your spoken English!

If anyone wants to leave a comment or share a personal experience about "talking to yourself".....(some funny and humorous things can happen!) then please share it. Or you can make a suggestion or ask a question! I would love to hear from you!

Stay cool! : )

Bye for now!

Your English teacher,
Shirley Marie Bradby
ENGLISH_ FOR_ YOU
http://shirleymariebradby.spokenskills.com/
Buddy School Teacher, Tutor, and Translator

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