Are you learning English? Which practical skill do you think you’re good at; listening, speaking, reading, or writing? And which are you not so good at? For the next three posts, I will write my thoughts on these skills and how they can support your English learning.
I believe if you’re good at one skill, it can support at least one other.
Good ears – listening
Having good ears – Some of my students have great ears; I don’t mean they look great, or they are big in size. I mean, some of my students can hear sounds easily. Having good ears is ideal for listening skills; being able to tell the difference between similar-sounding words, and hearing the individual words from a fast speaker.
How to use your Good Ears? If you are good at hearing a sound and individual words, look at how to read them. Use one of the many textbooks with CDs you can buy; listen to the CD and follow the text. As you can easily hear the sound, connect it to the written word to improve your reading skills. Watch a DVD in English and read the English subtitles. Repeatedly doing this, you can hear how the sound connects to the word, improving your reading skills further. You know the sound of a word and how it is written. Good Ears also help speaking skills and writing skills.
Articulate mouth – speaking
Having an Articulate Mouth – Being able to control your entire mouth, lips, jaw, tongue, and voice will support your speaking skill. Different languages have different sounds. Being aware of how the different parts of your mouth move to make a sound will make pronunciation easier. Not having to concentrate on pronunciation gives you the freedom to say what you are thinking, not how to pronounce it.
How to use your Articulate Mouth? If pronunciation is easy for you, you’ll probably have good ears, too. An articulate mouth can help you with your spelling, example, you hear a new word and can copy the pronunciation exactly. As you can say it correctly, you can find out the spelling and meaning of the word. By repeating it back to a teacher, a Native English speaker, or using any speech recognition applications on smart-phones; you connect the sound to the spelling and learn a definition, “How do you spell cone, and what does it mean?”
Expand your skills
Use the skills you’re good at to support other skills that need improving.
Having good ears can help your reading skills.
An articulate mouth can help your spelling.
Expand your skills!
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