10 Real Tips for Improving Your English - Do This To Improve English

10 Real Tips for Improving Your English - Do This To Improve English Im frequently  asked by students and by people who join  me on  my channel, how do I speak  better English.  How can I improve my  English and is there an easy way?Well, you wont be surprised if I tell you  that there is no easy way.  The only way  that youre going to be able to improve  your English is to work hard and to  practise.But there are certain tips that  I can give you.And Im going to give you  a list of 10 tips. If you follow  these tips Im sure youre going to be  able to improve your English.Theres a little story  about the person wandering around London, and hes trying to find the Albert Hall  which is a beautiful music event in  London and he stops this stranger and he  says to the stranger:  â€˜How do I get to the  Albert Hall?’  And the guy looks at him and  he says:  â€˜Practice.’And its the same with your English. You have to continue and  practise and practise.  Practise repeat. Practise and repeat.And its the only thing that will help you improve your English .So these are the  tips that Im going to give you. Share, help other students to improve English: 10 Real Tips for Improving Your English TIP 1Know exactly what your level of English is. Theres no point starting to learn English if you dont know what level youre at because you either get books or teachers that are too easy or youll get something that is too difficult. And if its too easy, you’ll get bored. And if its too difficult, you wont have the motivation.Once you establish your level, then youll be able to set a plan for yourself to improve your English.  TIP 2is  about vocabulary.  Everybody wants to  improve their vocabulary  in English.Everybody is told that if you have a  wide and broad vocabulary,  its a good  sign that youre able to speak good  English.  Well,  yes thats important but  what do you do with it?  I see and I hear  teachers teaching English telling  students learn ten words a day,  eight  words a day. Memorise the words.  Thats  rubbish. It just doesnt work.  As soon as youve  memorised them and as soon as youve  repeated them to the teacher  within a  day youve forgotten the words.  The only  way that you can use vocabulary is when you know how to use the words. So dont just  swallow a dictionary,  dont just learn the meaning by heart.  Learn new vocabulary words in context. Practise putting words into sentences with your teacher. When you put words together, we can communicate with one another. You dont see people in the street ust talking: moon, dog, tree, whatever. No. Theyre putting the words in phrases, in sentences and then that way theyre communicating.   Things You Can Do to Improve English TIP 3is about reading and this is how I get my students to improve their English. Pick an article based on your level. Something thats not so difficult for the beginners and something thats challenging for those at intermediate level. Read it, repeat it, read it again.Reading is not only about recognising the words.Its also about the pronunciation. It is also about the intonation. It takes a while but if you want to speak better English, then reading pronunciation and intonation are really important. And only when you are feeling comfortable, should you move on.TIP 4is about speaking. English is all about communication. Its important to be able to read. Its important to have vocabulary. Obviously, it is very important to understand the grammar.But we are in a language of communication, so we want to speak.When you go on holidays you want to be able to talk to somebody in the train station, the airport, the hotel, wherever it might be. You want to have the comfort and confidence about speaking English. The more frequently you speak with other people, the better your English will become.And  again it’s all about practice.  It  doesnt matter what you talk about. The important  thing is communication frequency and use  it as often as you can.  Copying people is  the best way. In fact, it is  the only way  that youre going to improve English  quickly.  Listen  to other people,  see how they pronounce  it and copy them.Important thing here  though is to make sure that the person that  youre talking to has English at your  level minimum or better,  still above  yours.So if its not a teacher that you  can find,  find a friend or colleague or  relative somebody that has language  level above yours so that when they are  talking to you youre going to be able  to learn from them.TIP 5is about istening. It is an important aspect of English. We have to listen to different accents. We have to understand different voices. We have to understand intonation.If you want to lear n British  English  theres no point listening or watching  â€˜Friends’,  for example,  which I hear a lot  of people do.  All youre going to get are  American accents and youre going to  get confused  between words. So if you want  to speak British English, then  obviously  go to British sites which  will give you  the access to that listening  content.The BBC have wonderful podcasts that you can download.  Theyre  very professional.  They talk on  different topics. I  would certainly recommend that you  consider using those.I  often hear from  students whove watched American movies  the word ‘gonna’.  â€˜Im gonna do this’,  â€˜Im  gonna do that’.  But its not English.Thats American slang and its  not something youll hear a lot in  British English.  So make sure that  whatever youre listening to is  appropriate to the English that you want  to learn.Of course,  if you want to speak  like an American, there’s  nothing wrong with it. Focus on American movies and American   production.Another important part of listening  for people is to listen to music.  If you  have a look at the old music  from  the 60s and the 70s, particularly groups like ‘The Beatles’, there are lots of interesting stories in their  music.  Download the lyrics,  listen to the music  and youll understand  it.  Itll help you to understand your  English a little bit better. TIP 6Im giving you a don’t. Please don’t use Google Translate. I really really hate it. Its not going to give you good English. Full stop.TIP 7I always try and get my students to keep their English simple. Some students get a little bit frustrated with me.Theyd like to use big words and they think that using these big words is a sign of perfect English. And of course it can be, if you can use the words correctly.If you want to communicate better in English, keep your English simple. Particularly at the beginning when youre learning. I have this little phrase Keep It Simple Stupid KISS. So remember that KISS. Its not to downgrade the level of your English, its not to get you to talk like a baby: ‘I am Harry’. No.It gets you to use simple English that people can understand. When you understand it and they understand you, then over a period of time you can build on that and improve your level of English. Incorporate more complex sentences, introduce more clauses and that will show an improvement in your English very quickly.TIP 8find a good teacher. Finding a good teacher is really important for you to improve your English and you know there are lots and lots of good teachers out there. The world is full of people who want to teach English.Not all of  them are experts,  not all of them  are  trained and  not all learn have  the appropriate  qualifications.  But  leaving those aside, there are a lot of really good teachers  out there.  If you want to learn  English and you want to learn good  English and you want to speak English  more fluently,  please get yourself a good  native English  teacher.TIP 9use technology. Record on your mobile phone or some other gadget. Record, repeat, listen to it again, replay. It is important that youre constantly getting English as part of your life. It’ll help you to immerse you into the English language and enable you to improve English quicker.TIP 10practise your written English. Find somebody who can correct it for you and write letters, short essays, reviews, post, etc. You have to practise your written English, it is a really important part of communication. Repeat, repeat, repeat… The more you do, the better youll become.So Ive given you hopefully ten really really good tips as to how you  can improve your English.  If  you have any questions you can always  follow me up and join me on www.englishlessonviaskype.com  and subscribe to  my channel.Were going to have some  really important announcements soon.  Youll also find a link to my online English courses, which are really good value. And hopefully well catch up with  you soon.