How Can I Improve My English.

How Can I Improve My English...

That is a question asked by many students. For me, to improve one's English, there are four important ways to do so.

As we all know, learning a language is not like learning other subjects. This is because to score in most subjects, you need to expose yourself (by doing a lot of exercise)to the topics that are in the syllabus. Questions that will be asked are taken from the syllabus, without exception . The difficulties will be because you are asked to think before answering when the question is not straight forward.

However, it is different with languages especially English. To learn a language and to be good in a language, you need to be able to listen , speak, read and write well in English. You need to excel in these skills. Usually , you will be considered proficient in the language if you are able to express your opinion well in the language. This is done when you speak or write.

Many students are not able to either speak or write well.. There will always be errors everywhere. So we wonder what is wrong here. On the average,our students learn English for at least 11 years. Still , many are not able to write even one accurate paragraph.

Who is responsible for this low proficiency in English?

Well for me, both the teachers and students are to be blamed. Why? Teachers, because they are not able to provide suitable environment for the students to learn the language. Students also should be blamed because they should try their best to learn the language. This is because learning a language does not require you to study the language only, but you need to practise using the language. Practice Makes Perfect!

Consider this example. A eight year old, a Malay boy.. can speak English well. You might be wondering why. Well, actually he was raised in UK and go to school there. He doesn't have 11 years of schooling , still he talks like a British.

Well , what happen here? What makes him different from other Malay boy. Actually, it's the surrounding. He lives in London, and hears English being used all the time, and he has to use the language to communicate. So , what is important here is you have to use the language often (if not all the time) to be good or proficient in the language..

So , girls and boys.. you know now..how to improve your English. Please start right away..


From me, your teacher, Pn Norlida Abu Bakar..