Improving English
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Hi all, I am a student sitting for the O's this year, a nd I really need some tips/help oni mproving English, both for compo and comprehension. How to score well in both ?? other than common answers like reading books, what other thing I can do that will have a direct impact on compo  / compre? Also, how to get high marks for oral? Thanks!
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read more newspapers and books.
to improve english some of my schoolmates sacrificed recess time to read books.
and 1 of them manage to get a B4 from D7.
for oral at least practice more on the reading aloud. -
tune in to CNA
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Originally posted by Shuefig:
Hi all, I am a student sitting for the O’s this year, a nd I really need some tips/help oni mproving English, both for compo and comprehension. How to score well in both ?? other than common answers like reading books, what other thing I can do that will have a direct impact on compo / compre?
Also, how to get high marks for oral? Thanks!
Reading what you just read, it looks as though you have a long way to go.
What I tell you is this: immerse yourself in English. Read more English books (no, things like 1001 Best Jokes will not work). Read the newspapers daily. Make an effort to speak good English whenever you can.
In fact, use good English whenever you can. That includes things like WhatsApp messages to your friends and forum postings. Do not use shorthand like '4get' or '2moro'.
In your next posting in this thread (or in any other thread in sgforums, for that matter), please use proper English. After you have typed your post, please refer back to whatever you have typed, and correct whatever mistakes you find.
In fact, please go and edit your original post while you're at it.
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You may tune in to radio BBC (UK English) to improve your oral skills. At first, it is very tough listening to the broadcaster but everyday listen a little, then you will get used to it.
You may at least read the commentary/analysis pages of Straits Times, or scan through a few articles in Time magazine or Economist.(tough to read, but end result good).
Or read a few classic literature texts.
What I propose is real tough but good if you wanna achieve a distinction.
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Pardon me for my English. Left school so long ago.
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Thanks for all your advices!! Looks like it must be really essential to read. Does novel books do the job? Also, anyone knows how to overcome a lisp ? Because it can really affect my oral. and is there any tips for summary? Thanks again!
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Originally posted by Shuefig:
Thanks for all your advices!! Looks like it must be really essential to read. Does novel books do the job? Also, anyone knows how to overcome a lisp ? Because it can really affect my oral. and is there any tips for summary? Thanks again!
A few points:
1. Please read what you just wrote. There are too many blatant errors in grammar that I can point out. At the very least you should know that you should not start a sentence in a lower case letter. I am really serious about why you should use proper English in every setting, including posts on this forum.
2. Any decent, well-written book will do. At your level even something as basic as Roald Dahl will do you a lot of good. Alternatively, you might want to read Readers' Digest.
3. The only way for you to properly improve your proficiency in the English language is through experience. In other words, to improve your verbal skills, you need to practice. Take a short comprehension passage and read it out loud. Do it every single day.
4. I quote you:
'Also, anyone knows how to overcome a lisp ? Because it can really affect my oral.'
I take it that you do not know what a double entendre is. Let's just say that you should never, ever say this. Seriously.
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First of all, leave singlish out in your English. This is the first step to the journey of improving your English. Make sure your composition does not have words like "my one", "your one" "I got go movies ...... " These are broken English and Singlish which are not accepted.
Mix around with people who speak good English, read more, watch and listen to English programmes. Best if you are given the chance to mingle with the natives.
Keep a book for vocabulary.
Check you have all the tenses , sentence structure and spelling correct in your composition. Do not write out of point.
Good lucky.
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You can learn your English through BBC, British Council.
It would be great if you are able to watch the BBC news, British dramas and programmes.