A basic knowledge of English is a requirement of most professionals and companies as it is the way to reach to a large number of people residing in different part of the globe.
Learning to write in English has a lot to do with other things also. Let’s start by discussing why we should learn English, and the reasons are as follows:
· Global Medium:
English is a universal language and thus a person knowing it is at advantage in many ways. They won’t be in need of a translator and can at least roam in a country with one common language to converse in, irrespective of them not knowing the language of that country.
· Advantage In Education:
It is an added advantage when you go for higher studies, jobs or any opportunities in the fast growing world and economy.
· Connect Better:
It helps connect better with different cultures and people..
· Business opportunity:
Most of the work done in business world is in English. For example: the e-mails, agreements, important documents, etc. all are in English.
· Technology:
Most of the software, be it in computers, laptops, tablets or cell phones are in English and thus knowing the language is good.
· Easy To Learn:
It is a relatively easy language to learn, speak and write in comparison to Mandarin or French.
If a person wants to improve his/her English writing or speaking skills, the best way to do that is by practice.
Both writing and speaking English require certain skills which are as follows:
- Good Grammar:
The first and the most important step to improve one’s English skills is to have knowledge of grammar. The mistakes made in grammar are that of most basic in nature. For e.g.:
A apple instead of an apple.
- Vocabulary:
One should try and improve their vocabulary as that is their knowledge of words. The more words you know, the more it gets easier for you to write or speak in English. Read or go through the dictionary whenever you don’t understand a word, or want to expand your database of the word.
- Spellings:
Spellings are an integral part of the learning process. To learn English, one must know their spellings correctly. If the spellings are wrong, then they may acquire a totally different or contrasting meaning. Sometimes they can make no sense at all.
Once you have written something in English, either get it checked by somebody who knows their spellings well or with the technology we have today, just run a ‘spell –check’ on your laptops/computers.
To improve your spellings you should look up in the dictionaries more often ang go through the various spelling related websites on the internet.
- Reading Skills/ Pronunciation :-
When learning English one should read a lot, be it stories, articles, online forums, blogs or whatever interests you.
Reading helps one not only to improve their reading skills but also their writing skills which, in turn, also result in the knowledge ofgood spelling and different usage of words.
- Converse more:
One should converse more often in English when learning it. It is always better to have someone around to correct you. Conversing more in English will also improve one’s pronunciation skills, which are very important to have good command over the language.
- Revise:
This applies basically to the written part though. It is always good to revise once whatever you have written as there may be mistakes, which might not be visible to us but can result in big blunders.
The best way to revise is to run an error check on the laptop as there is already an option for that or you can always do that with the help of software available online.
You can also ask somebody, whose English is good, to go through the article once, just in case to check the errors made.
English is a beautiful language but people learning it may face some problems with it. The mistakes made are of the most basic problems one can think of. Some of the common mistakes made in English are as follows:
· Revise or proofread to see if there are any spelling mistakes or not.
· Use the words carefully and never over use the words while writing. E.g.:
The party was a blunder mistake. (Wrong sentence)
The Party was a blunder. (Correct sentence)
Or
The party was a big mistake. (Correct sentence)
· Wrong usage of articles like a, an, the. E.g.:
An umbrella (right)
· Wrong usage of similar words. E.g.:
The wait of the box is 10kgs. (Wrong word)
The weight of the box is 10kgs. (Right word)
· The usage of tenses should always be kept in mind, i.e., whether the conversation or the sentences are being written in past tense, present tense, future tense. E.g.:
I slept. (Past tense)
I sleep. (Present tense)
I will sleep. (Future Tense)
· The speech needs to be kept in mind while talking. E.g.:
He will eat dinner.
He told he will eat dinner. (Wrong speech)
He said that he will have dinner. (Right speech)
· Use punctuation marks like comma (,) , hyphens(-) etc., carefully and only where required.
· Use idioms carefully or they may change the whole meaning of the sentence.
· Never end a sentence with a preposition. e.g.:
The flowers bloom in September as it has the pleasant weather. (Wrong sentence)
The flowers bloom in September as the weather is pleasant. (Right sentence)
· Never start a sentence with a conjunction. E.g.:
And the game begins. (Wrong sentence)
The game begins. (Right sentence)
· Always write or talk according to the occasion, i.e., formal or informal. E.g.:
Hi, what’s up? (Informal)
Good morning. How are you? (Formal)
By keeping all these little things in mind, people can very easily overcome the mistakes they make in English.
And apart from following all these, “Practice is what makes one perfect”, so keep practicing!
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