#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH READING BOOKS HOW TO#
#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH READING BOOKS MANUAL#
#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH READING BOOKS PROFESSIONAL#

And how to avoid common mistakes.Д«efore I close this section, I should emphasize that you get better at speaking through more speaking. Give people fundamentals, insights (and not just lists) on how to learn different components of spoken English. TheyвЂ™ll get all the variety on their own. In other words, instead of selling hundred types of fish to someone, teach them how to catch fish. To sum this part, a book on speaking should explain tactics that people can use to learn on their own. I know of people who adopt watching movies and reading newspapers as the main tools to get better at speaking English. The book can prescribe 1-2 (you donвЂ™t need more) exercises that you can practice anywhere, anytime to identify gaps in your vocabulary and consolidate existing vocabulary.ДЄnd mistakes to avoid? People spend months and years in futility trying things that donвЂ™t work. It may also talk about how people who pause a lot for want of good vocabulary (they know the word in their native language, but not in English) can build their basic vocabulary fast. On vocabulary, the book, instead of listing just words, their meaning, and few example sentences, can talk about tactics to learn vocabulary that you can actually use in speech and retain it for long. ThatвЂ™s the way most of us have learnt pronunciation вЂ“ by listening to others or directly to pronunciation of words on Google.

(You may have figured out вЂ“ especially from the non-phonetic form вЂ“ that the word in question is вЂrefrigeratorвЂ™.)Д«etter yet is to listen to pronunciation. The second (non-phonetic) is far more intuitive, but itвЂ™s missing from most books. If youвЂ™re like most, youвЂ™ll struggle with the first (phonetic) because of its alien symbols. Source: Phonetic form and non-phonetic form Here is an example so that you can understand this. In the same vein, pronunciation is hard to learn by going through phonetic form as mentioned in most books. A real conversation on any topic, say weather, can go in million directions. Moreover, how many situations can possibly be covered in a book and how many can one remember? To add a layer, more often than not, you wonвЂ™t find a situation unfolding exactly the way youвЂ™ve read in the book. Some focus on vocabulary and pronunciation as well.Д¬ommon situations may serve some purpose for absolute beginners, but not so much for others. They focus heavily on grammar and model sentences for common situations (how to greet, how to talk on phone, how to make a sales call, and so on). I went through number of books on how to speak English well, and theyвЂ™re woefully short on fundamentals and insights on most components of speaking.

#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH READING BOOKS PROFESSIONAL#

This book is more for professional writers, but even a beginner can gain few useful tips from the book. This book covers how to write for the web, which has its own nuances. IвЂ™ve gone through this book around 8-10 times, and every time IвЂ™ve learnt something new.

If you pick this up, read it 2-3 times at least. However, itвЂ™s not an easy read for beginners and every time you read it, you discover few new lessons on writing. Thin (around 100 pages) and yet quite comprehensive, this book remains a long-standing favorite of learners of writing. So if youвЂ™re new to writing, this could be a better option. Unlike other books in this section, this book also covers basics such as grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation).

#HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH READING BOOKS MANUAL#

The Penguin WriterвЂ™s Manual by Martin Manser and Stephen Curtis Here are few books on writing IвЂ™ve gone through myself that you may find useful: Besides writing practice, you should read a lot and absorb the nuances and practices of the best writers. Writing is a skill and youвЂ™ll get better at it through more and more writing. And itвЂ™s an easy read too.Д«ut if youвЂ™re not looking for an in-depth read, your purpose will be served by High School English Grammar and Composition Book (referred above) and The Penguin WriterвЂ™s Manual (covered further below). ItвЂ™s quite comprehensive (to give an example, I havenвЂ™t found such coverage of capital letters elsewhere), with plenty of examples. If youвЂ™re looking for an in-depth understanding of punctuation, this is the book. Penguin Guide to Punctuation by R L Trask Intermediate English Grammar by Raymond MurphyД«esides, the first book in writing section further down this post too covers grammar in an abridged form, but it doesnвЂ™t have any practice exercises.

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