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How To Improve Your English Language by zeennurei(m): 4:57pm On Apr 29, 2013
Use English Daily
If you are living in an English-speaking country, you have many chances to improve your English outside of class. For example, if you have children who are learning English at school, you can improve your English by talking to them in the language and helping them with their English homework. It also can be helpful to use English in public, such as in conversations with people at the grocery store, on the bus or around your neighborhood.


Use Learning Tools
There are many products that you can use to improve your English, including tutorial books, recordings and computer programs. If you cannot afford to purchase these, you might be able to borrow them from your local library or find free versions that you can download over the Internet. One advantage of these is that they allow you to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule.


Watch Movies with Subtitles
If English is not your first language, consider watching movies that are in English, with subtitles in your native language. Another option is to watch movies in your native language, with English subtitles. Either of these methods will help you associate the English words and phrases with the corresponding words and phrases in your native language.


Keep Reading
As you become more comfortable reading English, be sure to read things other than instructional materials. For example, reading books and news in English can really help you improve your English. It can be beneficial to choose topics in which you are especially interested, which not only will increase your motivation to read, you also will be more familiar with the subject and might be able to understand the material better.


One Word at a Time
If you want to improve your English vocabulary, it can be helpful to focus on learning a few new words at a time. For example, you could learn one new word every few days and look for opportunities to use them in conversation. Another approach is to learn two or three new words each week and spend the entire week trying to use them when appropriate. You also could look and listen for words that you don't know, write them down, then look up their meanings later.

Please if you have any idea you can share so that we can all learn form it.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by chukxie(m): 1:39pm On May 01, 2013
Learning the 48 Phonetic symbols can help to sharpen one's pronunciation skills.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by fckyourman: 8:43pm On May 15, 2013
is this a joke?

where was skales mention in this thread.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by gluv01(f): 8:44pm On May 15, 2013
Is this about Improving English or skales?
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 8:46pm On May 15, 2013
wtf? I thought this was meant to be some music video with skales and ezi emela.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 8:48pm On May 15, 2013
undecided
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 8:54pm On May 15, 2013
Always make it a point of duty to watch nigeria legislators talk on session in either house of assembly or senate..your english will soar like an eagle
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by IAMBREEZY: 8:56pm On May 15, 2013
Where's the video
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 8:56pm On May 15, 2013
sad where is the download link?? cry
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by supaeagles(m): 8:56pm On May 15, 2013
This is on FP with a different title : "video of secret lover ....".
It is a trap??.... it surely got me undecided

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by flyforall: 9:40pm On May 15, 2013
Study a page of the dictionary daily
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by modextus(m): 10:26pm On May 15, 2013
Wetin con be this wan naaa
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by delors(m): 10:49pm On May 15, 2013
Okay! So Seun self don dey scam us abi? Wasnt this supposed to be a Skales' video? shocked Correct. Correct. I guess scamming runs in the blood...its a Nigerian thing. Let's go

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 12:41am On May 16, 2013
Lol!
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 8:57am On May 16, 2013
Improve your own first!
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by kingingkinging: 9:01am On May 16, 2013
fckyourman: is this a joke?

where was skales mention in this thread.

Pls open your eyes.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 9:02am On May 16, 2013
zeen nurei: Use English Daily
If you are living in an English-speaking country, you have many chances to improve your English outside of class. For example, if you have children who are learning English at school, you can improve your English by talking to them in the language and helping them with their English homework. It also can be helpful to use English in public, such as in conversations with people at the grocery store, on the bus or around your neighborhood.


Use Learning Tools
There are many products that you can use to improve your English, including tutorial books, recordings and computer programs. If you cannot afford to purchase these, you might be able to borrow them from your local library or find free versions that you can download over the Internet. One advantage of these is that they allow you to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule.


Watch Movies with Subtitles
If English is not your first language, consider watching movies that are in English, with subtitles in your native language. Another option is to watch movies in your native language, with English subtitles. Either of these methods will help you associate the English words and phrases with the corresponding words and phrases in your native language.


Keep Reading
As you become more comfortable reading English, be sure to read things other than instructional materials. For example, reading books and news in English can really help you improve your English. It can be beneficial to choose topics in which you are especially interested, which not only will increase your motivation to read, you also will be more familiar with the subject and might be able to understand the material better.


One Word at a Time
If you want to improve your English vocabulary, it can be helpful to focus on learning a few new words at a time. For example, you could learn one new word every few days and look for opportunities to use them in conversation. Another approach is to learn two or three new words each week and spend the entire week trying to use them when appropriate. You also could look and listen for words that you don't know, write them down, then look up their meanings later.

Please if you have any idea you can share so that we can all learn form it.

And how is somebody who doesn't understand English supposed to read this epistle?

Over-Sabi and Under-Thinking dey worry this OP

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by tejpot(m): 9:07am On May 16, 2013
I tire ooo
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Temismith(f): 9:13am On May 16, 2013
Hahaha!
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by iheneme(m): 9:14am On May 16, 2013
jackbauersballs:

And how is somebody who doesn't understand English supposed to read this epistle?

Over-Sabi and Under-Thinking dey worry this OP
The thread is about IMPROVING your English, not for people who DON'T UNDERSTAND it at all (like you). So please let the OP be.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 9:18am On May 16, 2013
iheneme: The thread is about IMPROVING your English, not for people who DON'T UNDERSTAND it at all (like you). So please let the OP be.

Alright Prof Emeritus.

We both agree that the target audience is people who are deficient in English.

This is an epistle advising people to learn one word at a time- and you think the intended audience will be able to comprehend the essay up there?

Over-Sabi and Under-Thinking dey worry you sef.

Olodo
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by iheneme(m): 9:20am On May 16, 2013
jackbauersballs:

Alright Prof Emeritus.

We both agree that the target audience is people who are deficient in English.

This is an epistle advising people to learn one word at a time- and you think the intended audience will be able to comprehend the essay up there?

Over-Sabi and Under-Thinking dey worry you sef.

Olodo
If you are able to read it, then any other person deficient in the language also can.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 9:21am On May 16, 2013
I can't even read in English!
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by gramci: 9:21am On May 16, 2013
Read Musiwa's thread shikena!
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by yuzedo: 9:22am On May 16, 2013
Brooo, can u hep me pliss, af rily sufer bicos of dis englis mater. Seun and his aunty spamm butts always ban me dammit!! angry angry cry

I need a carin, rich, sweeet, sexxxxxy Femail englis teacher. sweet ice cream laps. no miget allow! angry for home lessin in my house (u no were dat is yo) wink cool tenks for ur corporation. plis PM me if u haf recomendation. smiley sad

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Israel5(m): 9:23am On May 16, 2013
make sure the films you watch are foreign precisely hollywood, a film with more words than actions. listen more to british news and interviews. if you find it difficult to read books; you could still make friends with learned people, avoid thugs and wafi(pidgin) freaks.

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by Nobody: 9:25am On May 16, 2013
iheneme: If you are able to read it, then any other person deficient in the language also can.

Lol you really are a classic dunce.

How is anyone who can read this 'deficient' in the language?

Me thinks English is not the only area in which you are deficient...
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by thundey95(m): 9:25am On May 16, 2013
ummm sad sad sad sad this post suppose to be written in pidgin "how we fit take understand am now ojoro
Re: How To Improve Your English Language by dridowu: 9:26am On May 16, 2013
How can i improve my dialect ( IJEBU ) ?

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Re: How To Improve Your English Language by iheneme(m): 9:27am On May 16, 2013
jackbauersballs:

Lol you really are a classic dunce.

How is anyone who can read this 'deficient' in the language?

Me thinks English is not the only area in which you are deficient...
Now, that's one of many deficiencies of yours!

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