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MP007 (m)
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1. stop watching nigerian movies
2. stop all forms of brokenn english
3. read foreign novels
4. listen to foreign radio programs , eg bbc world service,voa, o' reilly factor
5 watch foreign tv shows,, cnn,fox,sky news
and above all , speak in english, i'll give u an exaample
During my first senior year in secondary schooll in nigeria, I had a classmate , DEmi. Demi was terrible at putting sentences together. He couldnt even speak for 10 seconds without eliciting laughter from people, Guess what he did?
He started askingg questions duringg lectures,fellowships,student meetings wiithout minding or fearing whatt people had to say about him.People laughed at him sometimes but it just didnt not bother him a bit.Teachers aand fellow students corrected him and he always took to correction
DEmi begged his waay into rep. the class during iinter-class debates(other class members didntt want to facce the whole school, 4000 folks looking u, ,thats scary for a typical ss1 student).ss1C student could hardly watch Demii speak, iu ever had your heart beat so fast when someone uu know is giving a speak on stage?
Demi improved and RIGHT there before our very eyes , started representing the school by the time he got too ss2.His english improved so much to the extent that other students felt inferor when speaking to him.His confidence grew more and more as he won more prices for the school(literary and debating society, folks that finished from the public schooll sys in ng understand). He was made a prefect in his final year. He just changed in every aspect.His grades changed, his attitude changed, hope my little storyy motivates u
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