Improving your english

last SG · 2007-02-08T20:56:02+00:00

dont mix with people like curio t

aku1b0d0 SG

Use proper English when you surf forums.

MyPillowTalks SG

Originally posted by aku1b0d0:
Use proper English when you surf forums. DO NOT be like stooki or forum_dude.][/b]

yes, i agree that we should use good english while surfing sgforums. if not, our english will become liddat:

eg: yea, i agree tht we ish to use proper england when sgofruming, if no use good england, your england will be damn powderful like thish....hor?

the Bear SG

i would say, read and read and read...

proper stuff that is...

one of the best things to read, i would say, is the Asterix comics... although a lot is lost in the translation, the translators have done a great job with the stories...

you will slowly pick up the words as well as how you use them when you start to discover that each line, each name and everything they say mean more than just what is written... just like their names..

Asterix, the hero, comes from the word "Asterisk" which is usually used in books and documents to denote something special.. because he is the hero, he's intelligent and the star of the series... that is, he's special..

Obelix, comes from "obelisk" which is a huge rock carving that stands up.. he is also a menhir-carver and deliveryman.. menhirs are obelisks.. and he is also a rock which Asterix can depend on.. he's also a big man.. someone dependable, a rock...

then there's Cacophonix, the bard, whose name comes from "cacophony" or noise.. he thinks he's a musician of exceptional talent but his sonnets and songs drive people away.. in other words, he is a "noise maker" or a source of a cacophony...

go read the comics.. and look for the hidden meanings in the stories... the meaning written there is funny but the hidden meanings are funnier.. which is the genius of this series..

good luck! Very Happy

OO_OO_OO SG

i find that reading is quite pointless.

you have to write, speak and listen.
for a start, try listening to cnn or smt

valentinoo SG

i used to read lots of asterix, my favourite comics

798 SG

i dun give a damn anyway, speak good english doesnt really matter to me as i not englishman.

Eric Cartman SG

You just need to know good grammar you can search online for it
vocab too deep will only annoy everyone

dahliamorie SG

don't read the new paper. content-wise, read straits times. new paper is full of tabloids. and watch bbc or cna?

or go for adult phonics classes.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Besides reading, you have to learn to apply. Reading helps to improve your vocabulary bank, but doesn't teach you how to use the words properly.

Grammar wise, it's a hard subject. Other than practice, it's still practice.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Read news paper a lot won't help much. Why? News paper are made with english level of gred 3. It is not that our reporters are lousy, just that news paper must cater for the population of the country. Thus, you won't gain much...

I would beg to differ. While you are right that journalists need to cater to the majority, reading newspapers does improve your English.

The way they structure a sentence, paragraphing, explaining, applying the relevant grammatical rules, etc will help you a lot.

spinsugar SG

Watch BBC News, National Geographic, Discovery Channel.. read english novels (proper ones) that interest you.. play full-length english RPG Games that have elements based on real history/historical figures, then go read up about them at the library.
Smile

RETARDED_MORON SG

BBC, Time, Hollywood, etc.

The media is your friend. Cool

ghimpheng SG

but most teens find straits time boring that why i suggest @ least read new paper

Mitsubishi hater SG

tio la.
u are dead right on tat!
ppl will usually think you are 'stuck up' if you speak proper english to those
mixed language ppl. lol

BizarreRocksD12 SG

i dont read at all, other than hp books and mags. newspaper. stupid blogs. haa i watch alot of movies, listen to music thats why i cant write. cos i uh like to uh right luk dat uh shyte uh no? madness!

FBI SG

most importantly speak more

SMLJ.sg SG

Read times.reader’s digest and newsweek.That’s what i used to read in secondary school and it really helps

Xephone_xenon SG

Visit my blog. Look at some of the things i have written and tell me how my english fare alright. I am trying pretty hard to improve on it. As i like writing. But its pretty much meaningless if my writings are so shallow in terms of language.

http://l-lawliet.nutang.com

Let me paste something random that i have wrote here.

"Its actually sad for me looking around. Looking at situations like that.
It cant be helped i think. Everything is just going towards in the wrong direction.
I cant stop it. No matter how hard i try to.
So here i am showing to everyone my agony on the net, making people hate me by saying all this. I dont think many will actually understand how am i feeling towards stuff like that.
When not much people will appriciate it when i go all out directly and truthfully.
It how you see it. As an insult or as a opinion for you people to improve on.
When but most of the people out there wont think much and just choose option "A" directly. Seeing it as a insult.
Its painful like hell. Like maggots eating and rotting on your skin.
This is not a opinion anymore i think. Its a fact."

So how is it for a 16year old to write like that. IMO its pretty average.

Eternal-fire SG

I write better english than speaking it, I suck at articulating english words, sometimes I sound dumb when speaking english and my chinese also not that good. Guess I am not a good communicator.

feb31 SG

have u read this book…Collins Cobuild English Dictionary

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