Learning English

Indian students are not properly motivated to know about the importance of English

for their academic achievement and job opportunities. They are not aware of self- learning strategies using their personal language laboratories which are available in their homes. English language cannot be taught but it has to be picked up and has to be acquired by their self-effort.

The English learners face two difficulties in mastering the language.

1.      Lack of Native Speaker’s Model

2.      Mother tongue influence

These two difficulties can be overcome by conscious listening to News Readers’ voice

The following tips will help students to improve their learning of English quickly.

     

1.      Imitation of English teachers’ voice

                  Or

       Class room English

2.      Practicing English dialogues by memorizing a few of them

3.      Manipulation of sentences

4.      Creating their own micro or macro-dialogues

5.      Using Electronic gadgets in their homes or Personal Laboratories

6.      Integrating the four skills of Learning  (LSRW)

7.      Using good dictionaries and thesaurus

8.      Making notes and expanding them into complete sentences

9.      Accumulating words, phrases, sentences and dialogues and

10.  Repetition of the above activities continuously     

  

The English teachers’ task should be to train the students in all the above self-learning   activities.