Help Each Other with English

[stabwounds]

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english movies will help you a lot

[Blah-Blah]

tan-aw nalang ug daghang english movies bai..

[etsirkoid]

nothing beats practice kana kung dli ka mauwaw mag iningles...hehehe

[yasmin]

personally, i find watching news in english e.g. cnn,bbc etc. and other english palabas really help plus reading loads of books kaya if you want to be fluent in speaking english quit watching tagalog soap opera, wowoweee and the likes

[Miss Mae]

you can learn a lot from reading. while reading, have a dictionary on hand, and make sure u remember the words that are new to you. ang daghan jud siguro ug errors kay kanang subject-verb agreement ug tenses. so heads up.
practice makes perfect. very true. dont hold back when you speak the language. when you realize that you've made a mistake, acknowledge it and correct yourself.

[splendid moonlight]

Well be sure to make it fun. If you have to read, read something you are interested in. Start first with easy reads. Sing English songs, learn to rap even, just to exercise your tongue a bit.

Naa koy mahinumduman sa mga tiguwang ba, mag kanta kanta unya, naay tig translate sa kanta into bisaya or english. Now that is fun. Helps you to translate thoughts from English - Bisaya/Tagalog, or vise versa. It might seem crazy but I taught my sisters to be more confident in reading by writing the lyrics of their favorite songs. Of course they try to sing them right because they don't want to murder their favorite song. Hehe. Bitaw oi, I think that's one fun way to help with some pronunciations and sentence constructions. Dili nuon tanan kay naa may naay poetic license wrong grammar na nuon . Just a suggestion.

[libido]

hayz salamat naa ra gyud diay diri ang akong gi pangita...

what if kabalo gyud bisan basic then shy lang sa pag speak sa english language... ana man gud ko usahay... kanang naay panahon feel nako nahan ko mo storya english then ma hutdan ko sa akong mga tinaguan nga words ba... naa moi tips ana?...

ako aunti naa sa states pag uli nya diri ako gyud gi try nga mag English ko nya mag storya... waaaa gi kataw-an man noon ko kay permi daw ko wrong grammar ahehehe then ma hutdan ko sa words.... big problem kaau an nako.

pwd raba nga mo speak sa sa words as simple as it is nalang. kanang dili kamo gamit ug mga technical na kaau nga words like kanang mga lisod nga words then inig tan-aw nato sa dictionary parehas ra diay meaning... ahehehe..

then last gyud... unsaon man pag construct ug sentence nga imo syang e sulti lang. mura call center agents ba?. na moi tipz...

need badly help gyud dili man sa ingon nga nahan ko mo work as a call center agent pero tabang nalang sad sa akong self nga ma improve akong english. kay sa akong pag ka college gud... wala man gud kaau important ang english namo... kay sa among batch kaniad2 (Computer Science diay ko). puros man programming language ang gi master ug dili man ang english language ahehehe..

salamat salamat salamat sa maka help nako... kung naa moi e-books ana or asa ta maka download... mas maau

P.S

naa diay ko na sudlan nga site last 2 weeks diay to search ra gud ko. English Grammar exams... at first naa silay pre-review nimo kung unsa gyud ang basics like unsa meaning anang adjectives etc... basta naa did2 tanan...

pag exams 1-20 ang itemz... kabalo mo sa akong score aheheh 11... ahehehe lipay nalang ko kay at first nakong take 5 ra ako kuha PAET... ahehehehehe salamat again

[Velvett]

^sulayi ni bro. shortcut ni, ma expand imong vocabulary and sentences in a short time.

1. choose a common or popular english phrase or sentence.
*example : Have you really loved a woman? (that song by Bryan Adams)

2. study the construction
*kuhaon nato ang "really" to simplify it -> have you loved a woman?
*the structure is: have/has + subject + verb + object ------>sakto ba, istoryans?
*notice that the verb has the "-ed"...kung have or has gani, ang verb kay in its past participle form

3. study about past participle
*love - loved
*eat - eaten
*ride - ridden
*sell - sold
*write - written

etc.

3. substitute the subject, verb, and object to make your own questions
*Examples:
1. Have you ridden a camel?
2. Have you written to your mom already?
3. Have you sold any items today?
4. Have your friends informed you of the upcoming EB?
5. Have Stan and Emily gotten married?

1. Has he tried kissing him?
2. Has she seen the two of them kissing?
3. Has Willie apologized to Joey?
4. Has Joey accepted the apology?

etc.

Hope that helps!

[diem]

[color=navy]@libido, here are some more tips for you to try aside from the other suggestions mentioned in the thread.

1) Improve your English Vocabulary. Try to learn a new word everyday. Understand its meaning and how to use the new word properly in several sentences.

2) Learn to WRITE properly in English.

If you know and constantly practice WRITING well in English, soon you will be THINKING in good English and then it makes SPEAKING in English with confidence all the easier.

You can begin practicing in your posts here in iStorya.net~ you can practice the basic grammar rules frequently as you post. Do not post anymore in Filipino or Bisaya. Make sure the spelling of the words is correct. No textspeak.

If you're really serious in achieving this goal, then you can do this.

3) Reading English books. Reading English does help but let me add to it that reading only one book will not help you in improving your English, not even TEN books. If you have just started reading in English, then it will takes A LOT of books.

You must constantly read books written in English, you have to understand the text and absorb it in your mind.

You can do this by memorizing quotes or phrases, that you like, from the books, or any other article that is written in English.

4) Being FLUENT in English does not mean a person is TALKATIVE in English.

There is nothing wrong with taking your time in expressing yourself in English, as long as you able to CLEARLY deliver what you want to say in English then it is okay.

Do not panic, if you sound slow-- it is all right as along as you frequently practice. Soon, you will become comfortable and confident in speaking English. You will develop a way of speaking English that is natural for you.

Hope these help you in improving your communication in English. Please remember that nothing comes instantly. You must be patient with yourself but persist and practice constantly if you want to be better.

[black sky]

3) Reading English books. Reading English does help but let me add to it that reading only one book will not help you in improving your English, not even TEN books. If you have just started reading in English, then it will takes A LOT of books.

You must constantly read books written in English, you have to understand the text and absorb it in your mind.

You can do this by memorizing quotes or phrases, that you like, from the books, or any other article that is written in English.

And to add to that, feel free to have a dictionary beside whilst reading your book. That way, if there's a word you can't understand or pronounce well, you could just look it up right away.