How to improve your English?

1. How to improve your English? Writing a leaflet Writing a speech

2. Writing a leaflet • You are the chairperson of the English Club. Complete the following leaflet, giving advice to students on how they can improve their English. Follow the given subheadings and write about 60 words.

3. subheadings • Read English newspaper every day • Listen to English songs • Do more grammar exercises

4. any useful words?

5. Read English newspaper every day • Good points/ Benefits/ Advantages? • Refer to the work sheet (Part A), tick the possible reasons.

6. Correct answers • Reading English newspaper can improve your vocabulary. • Reading English newspaper can broaden your horizons. • If you read English newspaper every day, you will understand what is happening around you. • It is necessary for learners to read English newspaper every day, because they can learn more spelling and grammar. • It is useful for young students to read English newspaper every day to improve their knowledge of vocabulary. • I would suggest reading English newspaper every day to improve your reading skills and writing skills. • I would recommend reading English newspaper every day so that you can learn more about how to write good sentences.

7. Listen to English songs • What can listening to English songs help you improve your English proficiency? • Look at Part C and form good sentences with the given words.

8. Sample sentences • Listening to English songsis a relaxing and enjoyable activity. • Ifyou turn on the radio or television, youcanlearn English without pain. • Listening to English songscan help you learn a lot of vocabulary and pronunciation. • The melodies of the songscan help you remember a lot of vocabulary easily. • Youcan learn English at any time, for example, on a bus, on a train whenyouare on your way to school.

9. Do more grammar exercises • A lot of people hate doing grammar exercise because… • However, grammar is ….. part of learning English. • Drilling of grammar exercises will ….

10. Writing a speech • Write a speech to your fellow schoolmates to give them some advice on how to improve their English. • Give new suggestions: • Watching English television programmes • Talking to native English speakers • Reading English novels

11. Beginning of a speech (p.16) • Good morning, fellow schoolmates, recently I’ve heard from some students that they find studying English very boring and demanding. • As the Chairperson of the English Club, here I’d like to give you some advice to solve your problems.

12. 3 suggestions, 3 connectives • To commence with, you can (verb)… • To commence with, you can learn English by watching English television programmes. • In addition, why don’t you (verb)… • In addition, why don’t you learn English by talking to native English speakers. • Last but not least, it would be very interesting and useful to (verb)… • Last but not least, it would be very interesting and useful to learn English by reading English novels.

13. Watching English television programmes • http://www.ychlpyss.edu.hk/~lpy/composition/composition.php

14. Talking to English native speakers • Speaking is a stressful activity. • With constant practice in speaking, we can overcome the anxieties and worries when we use English. • Native speakers can provide a good model for learning pronunciation and vocabulary. • We can talk to our Native English teacher, Mr Raymond Stehling every day at the English Corner.

15. Ending of the speech: conclusion • All in all, I’m sure there’re many ways to learn English effectively and efficiently. I hope all of you’ll understand that learning English is interesting, relaxing and enjoyable. Just try your best! • Thank you.