TEN+TIPS

10 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH OUTSIDE CLASS

1. Read free daily newspapers like the **//Metro//**  and the **//Evening Standard.//** is West Greenwich Library, right next door.
 * ===**2.** Join a Public Library.The nearest ===

Use the ‘Skills for Life’ Section

where graded and simplified readers

are available for English learners. ||  || from the Resource Centre. ||
 * [[image:library.jpg width="211" height="107" align="right"]] || Borrow graded readers

3. Do your homework. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do a little every day rather than a lot now and then. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">4. Keep a Vocabulary Notebook. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">with __English__ subtitles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">5. Watch a DVD in English

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Or a film on TV, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">if there are <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">__subtitles for the deaf__. || ||

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;">6. Join a club. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">The best way to learn a language is by using it for something you enjoy.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">7. Go to the BBC Learning English website. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Download MP3 files, so you can listen again (and again)...  [|www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish]

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">8 //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">. No-one to speak to? // //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Speak to yourself! // //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Seriously, saying words and sentences in your head will help you improve. Say them out loud. If you dare, record yourself and compare your English with a native-speaker model. // <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">9. Use the Internet : <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">English learner sites like **//Dave’s ESL Cafe//** [] ... or **chat rooms**, **blogs**, and **//social networking websites//**. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">10. Listening to good clear English provides you with a good model for your own pronunciation. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Concentrate not only on the sounds, but also on the rhythm, stress, intonation, and pausing.