Uni Too Tough For Me!!!

Yes, English can be a major factor in almost everything after your high school life. I'm from Malaysia as well so I thoroughly understand how you feel. Sometimes watching television helps especially in capturing the communication skills as well as gaining vocabulary knowledge. Reading magazines and newspaper helps too, try to find categories that interest you so you won't get dizzy.

There are many ways to improve your level of English. Join an English course, read a book, learn a new word a day, watch an English film and many more. Your eagerness and motivation to learn is the best key to improve your English. If you are not motivated to learn you will become frustrated and give up.

This is a common problem in all those areas where English was used extensively in the colonial days…our countries just cant seem to decide whether they want to continue with English or start using the mother tongue as the sole business language. India is no exception…we have all government and legal and business papers in English…at the same time the vernacular language is given much importance in the school level. As a result, children from the vernacular medium schools suffer a lot in future prospects. We have these spoken English classes and study centres all over who train such children to understand and write English better…maybe you too can see if you find similar training centres in your place. Or else the net has wonderful English training sites but they start from very preliminary stages and might not be very helpful to you at the university level.

It's bad, but I think you can study by yourself. I dont know how does education system work in Mala, but usually tertiary education system needs students to study a lot after the class. For example, the uni I studied in australia, it needs 2 hours study time for each credit point, for a 6 cp subject, there would be 2 hours lecture, so the other 4 hours you should study at home or in library. For me, I didnt attend lectures, but I studied by myself at home. I is quite enough. Lecturers teach by speaking, we can study by reading books. I read about 5 or more books for every subject in my first semester just tried not to fail. Trust yourself, and it would be difficult at first, but you will be all right onece you get used to it. Good luck.

Hi lchiat, I also face the same problem with you before. It is hard to understand what other people said especially if they are from South Asia. I can't understand a single word pronounce by my lecture from Bangladesh before. It is easier if the lecture is from your own country. The best way you can do is try to communicate with others using English. This is very important for your speech. There is no other way to improve it without using it. If your are shy about your proficiency, try it with your friends first or someone who you are known to. For writing and vocabulary purpose, dictionary is a must. There is a lot of good dictionary you can use. If you are looking for English to English translation, you can use Oxford dictionary. But if you are looking for English-BM or vise verse translation, DBP dictionary is the best. Good luck and have a nice day.

Hi there mylotter.. I understand your situation. It's very big differences level when you at the uni than your level before. So it is the callenge for you, make sure you never give up so easily. More reading and studying. Those are you needed to improve your situation. Good Luck and never give up..

Maybe visit England or America and attend a language course. Look around for a cheap one as some are very expensive. If you're uni uses American Engligh then it's better to go to America - ask at uni what they use.