heck, i find myself not really fluent in english, my english is not really good.but for casual or communicating purposes I guess people can still understand me. still, I wish I can do better in writting and listening. Last time i hit a mere BAnd 4 for MUET. Band 4 is not a bad band after all, as i am really satisfied with my result.
communication is the best tool to improve one's language proficiency. In local, we are lacking of english speaking environment in our daily social life,thus we do not utilise the powerful tool of communication to brush up our proficiency. For those abroad, studying environment is a perfect place for them to interact with others, hence they are able to improve their speaking skill in English more efficiently as compared to us in local.
would say that one should start from the grammar and sentence pattern parts. I believe that the primary reason why a lot of people couldn't really speak English is due to the fact that they are afraid of making mistakes, and thus 'lose face'. It is pointless to watch TV shows why you have little to no understanding of how sentences are correctly structured. It is only meaningful to watch when you can understand them. Of course, everything has a beginning, but you can start from understanding the sentence pattern first because those Americans like to play around with their grammar.
The priority should be: First, understand most of the sentence patterns and have at least 95% of confidence on your grammar. Second, bring in the vocabularies. Third, start the speaking and listening. Of course you can do these all at once, but do make clear of your division of efforts. For instance, as a beginner, you won't want to listen to a lot of news and TV shows but do very little practice on your grammar.
It is important to note that if you speak broken English, you are not speaking English. It may be Manglish, Singlish, or whatever you call it. It just isn't English.
i found BBC website to be great learning platform for all to improve their English.
The listening audio files and perhaps the pieces of writings may help learners to step by step to enhance their English proficiency.
I always download the audio files into my MP3.with the Flash Get software aiding, i can easily download it and put into use.
