how to improve capability of english?

China
November 25, 2007 6:40pm CST
hello, everyone, i come from china. now i work in a foreign company, the capability of english is essential. how can i improve my listening and talking quickly? could you give me some advice. thanks a lot.
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8 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
26 Nov 07
Listen to the world service in English, speak with people from England, read English news papers or books. Native speakers of the English language tend to speak rather slowly in comparison to those for whom a different language is their mother tongue. You might say: "Hello everyone, I'm from China and work now in a foreign company, which requires that I am competent in English. How might I improve both my listening and talking skills. I should be grateful for any advice you might proffer." all the best urban
• United States
26 Nov 07
LOL - I agree. Communicate with people from England, not with people from the United States.
@urbandekay (18278)
26 Nov 07
Well, he said it was English he wanted to learn, not Americanese all the best urban
• China
26 Nov 07
en... the sentence that you said is pretty better than me.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
26 Nov 07
Well I think you could set up your own messenger with some of your friends and you all have microphones and actually talk to each other but make it a rule you have to speak English unless you are translating something..you can have fun while you learn...
• China
26 Nov 07
thanks for you response, i will try it.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
26 Nov 07
Those that answered before me have given you some good advise. but I would suggest that you get a paper book and an audio book and as you read the book listen to the audio book. This will help with your pronounciation.
@chunter (1759)
• Singapore
26 Nov 07
Tune in to English radio channels, TVs and movies....by exposing yourself greatky to the language medium, you would get familiarised easier
@nkhanna (922)
• India
28 Nov 07
i think you should try ot converse with everyone around you in english only.initially you might make some grammatical errors but then its ok,you start talk.make this your habit.donont shy or feel embarrased if you are saying wrong english.many a times i have seen that because of the fear of failure people donot want to give a try.donot do like this.also see BBC news channel.read englisg magazines a lot.slowly and steadily you will become an english speaking person.
• India
20 Apr 08
if u want to improve u r english just try to read english paper , some english books, novels , try to learn 1 to 2 new words from dictionary if u read atleast 1 word so u can learn very easily and try to communicate with the people in english talk in english talk with english people go to yahoo chat room with mic go to england or any english room try to communicate with them try to understand share conversation. Watch English movies,English news,english papers,english novels,englihs books u can easily improve capability of english doing all these
• China
26 Nov 07
I don't think that there are quick method to have good English. The more you practise, the better you will get. I am chinese too, working in the exproting company.
@Estina54 (385)
• United States
26 Nov 07
You don't need to speak quickly, you need to speak fluently. As for listening, a Close Captioning TV set will help. You will see captions in the English laguage when you watch a movie, with this TV.