English language is extremely important as far as communication is concerned. Most of the interviews conducted for jobs or viva exams conducted for professional courses like medical, engineering, management courses are conducted in English language.
Good parents should always choose the best possible school for the baby so that from childhood, child will develop interest in English language.
Improving one's language skills is a very essential requirement and is a broad concept. It can be done in more than one ways at the same time which is highly recommended. One can not become better in one area e.g. grammar, one must improve skills in all aspects of the language.
Learning language requires strong will power.
1. Be as active as possible and make the learning fun for oneself. Taking tuitions / lessons is always important.
2. Join some reputed " spoken English" class where proper grammar is taught. Some classes will just advertise that " speak English in 1 week" or in a similar way. Remember that this is just a marketing strategy. One has to devote adequate time.
Other important aspects are as follows:
Be a good listener and observer
This is the basic rule in any language improvement programme.Listen to internet radio stations. Famous radio stations are BBC, etc. Watch TV shows, news in English, general knowledge quiz etc. First listen news in Hindi or mother tongue and then listen news in English. This will help you in better understanding of the language.
Write/communicate
Join online discussion forums / communities. Discuss about subjects that you find interesting ( study groups, music/various artists, hobbies, etc.) and start communicating there with other people using English. Start using instant messaging systems in case you find some new friends or start emailing them.
Use a proper dictionary and each time when you see a strange word that you do not understand, search for it. Oxford dictionary is a standard one.
Make a group of friends. Discuss about various incidences in life. Discuss about political situation, economy, sports, etc. At home, discuss with parents in English. Use phrases, idioms, analogy, synonyms, antonyms,etc.
While writing, be careful about avoiding grammar related mistakes. be careful about punctuation, question tags, etc.
Try to make language learning as fun as possible. Try to find topics that interest you, read online newspapers, listen to BBC/NBC and other radio stations online, if you find a discussion forum for e.g. your favourite hobby or your idols in music do participate there, etc.
Hardwork is the key. There is no shortcut for this, one really must develop language skills in all these language "levels".
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