5 Top tips for you How to improving your English skills

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Here are Five top tips for improving your spoken English and having a great time while you do it!


1. Learn a new word every day Choose a word you would like to work on and use practice it in different sentences. Use the word until you have learnt it and keep using it regularly.


2. Turn on music in English. Rhythms and rhymes have been found to stimulate the brain and improve learning. In fact, our research found that music can be an invaluable tool when learning English, as it helps with pronunciation, word boundaries and vocabulary.


3. Use a dictionary Online dictionaries often have audio examples so you can check your pronunciation and there are lots of great dictionary apps that you can take everywhere with you on your smartphone. Make sure not to become too reliant on these tools, though.


4.Tell your family and friends about your study plan. Get them to push you to study and also don’t let them interrupt you.


5.Practise the 4 core skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. They all need to be worked on for you to improve.


Speak, speak, speak!

The more you practice the better and more confident you will become in your pronunciation and vocabulary.


Remember, speaking is a skill like learning a musical instrument or new sport – the only way you can get good is to actually do it!