Hello everyone and welcome to English for learners in today's video i'll be talking
about five excellent ways to improve your english communication skills these skills are crucial to
your success in any english proficiency test including the Duolingo english test
I have tried all these ways or resources myself and in a way i'm sharing my own
experience with english language learning so let's see what i have at the top of my list
at the top of the list i have podcasts podcasts are a great learning resource
you should not miss since all of us have access to online learning resources
i would encourage you all to listen to podcasts if you're not listening to the podcast already
you're missing out a great learning resource we can all access podcasts through our computers
or our cell phones and the podcasts have a great variety of topics for example you can learn
english conversations you can listen to news you can listen to stories comics,
drama even scientific and research based stuff sports you name a topic and you'll
find a podcast for it so what are you going to get by listening to our podcast
the podcast will teach you new vocabulary and expression it will teach you correct pronunciation
and it will boost your english listening and speaking proficiency skills within days
and on top of that you will get a lot of knowledge and information about a variety of topics
and the topics can be from your everyday life like shopping outing spending habits
studying vocationing as well as topics related to social problems political issues
etc and you all would agree that you're looking for this type of information for your test because
in the dilango english test or in any other english proficiency test like ielts or toefl
you need to have a knowledge of a variety of topics before you go to write your exam
this is how a podcast looks like when you open it if you type something in the search bar
like i have typed here learn english you will see a list of podcasts here i have chosen one
podcast and see how i subscribed to it or follow it i have opened adapt english podcast and i have
clicked the plus button on the top right corner and now i'm following it if you scroll through the
podcast you will see more episodes if you go to your library you will find the podcast over there
the next important tip to enhance your knowledge of english language and attain
language proficiency is to read a newspaper the newspapers always have above average writing style
because they are written by professionals you do not learn just english from the newspapers you
can keep yourself updated about current affairs politics science and technology sports and fashion
etc if you are going for an english proficiency test like duolingo english test or ielts test or
even toefl reading a newspaper is a best practice for you before you take your exam but in order to
gain insightful information about various topics from the newspaper or learn the language you have
to be very consistent and a consistent practice is something that you do regularly without breaks
now coming to the next point how we should read a newspaper so here are some tips pick and choose
news item of your interest don't push yourself to read something that is too hard to read by this i
mean that sometimes you pick a news item or an article which is really hard to read or it has
difficult vocabulary or expression and you read one paragraph and you don't really like reading
more but you still push yourself if you think something is too difficult for you or you get
bored by reading it just quit that find something that is really interesting and there are a lot of
articles and other news items that will definitely be interesting for you so look for those articles
or items in the newspaper another important thing is to underline new words or expressions and look
for their meaning in the dictionary make it a habit to learn new words and their meanings and
make sure that you're able to use them in your spoken or written language sometimes we know
the meaning of a word but we do not know how to use it in a sentence if you just note down words
and their meanings in your diary or in your notebook but you don't know how to use them
then there is no use learning new vocabulary one good practice is to look for the word
in the dictionary and then type it in google and see how it is used in sentences for example if you
have learned a new word abundance or ameliorate you should type in the google search box
sentences with ameliorate or sentences with abundance and you will find a list of sentences
that way you will be able to remember and use that word correctly another good use of your
time is to read online newspapers and i believe it's quite easy to do because we are all used to
scroll our cell phone screen so if you download a news app you can just select a couple of news
items and read every day and within few days you will find out about yourself that your english
language skills have significantly improved so don't take this language resource for granted
one good way of staying in touch with english language is to write a diary
does it sound too much but believe me it's a really interesting practice you can write
about anything you like anything because it's your diary right you can write about your daily routine
your plans your thoughts on a certain topic an interesting incident you want to talk about
actually just anything you don't need to write too much you can only write a paragraph or so if you
want as we talked about consistency consistency is all we need to be successful at anything so
be regular and consistent in all your efforts of learning the english language by being consistent
in writing a journal or a diary you will be able to keep track of your performance as a writer
you will know how well you can write and you will be able to use the new words and expressions you
have been learning by reading the newspapers and by listening to podcasts and other stuff
now i cannot emphasize enough the value of watching english movies plays or documentaries
you might have seen that even the small kids learn a lot of english language by only watching
cartoons they even start using the same accent and it's really interesting so we can do the
same as an adult we can watch english movies or plays or shows that are really interesting for us
once again you don't have to push yourself to watch very dry or boring academic discussions
there is a great variety of interesting stuff on the television and on the internet itself
that you can choose and watch but focus on the accent and pronunciation of the speaker
the main point is that the more you immerse yourself in english the quicker you will stop
learning and start living it by which i mean that you will start using the language and your writing
and speaking you will start practicing your learning or what you have learned i have used
the word immerse in the sentence which means that if you dip yourself you cover yourself
you soak yourself in something and here i said english if you immerse yourself in english the
more you get exposed to the english language the better and quicker you will learn it
one last tip i have is to maintain a word bank by which i mean that you
should be keeping a record of the words or expressions or idioms that you have learned
and the easiest way to do that is to keep a notebook to record the meaning and the use of
the words idioms and expressions where will you learn all this vocabulary you will learn it from
the newspapers from the tv shows from the podcasts right one great way of keeping all those words and
expressions in your memory forever is to revise them revise and go through what you have recorded
in your notebook at least once a week don't just write and forget about it now all these tips are
great tips to be proficient in english language and fluency and proficiency will come naturally
to you when you're consistent and regular in your efforts of learning the english language
so good luck to you i'll end my video here stay tuned for more videos bye now