English Olympic Contest Full name: Phạm Gia Thịnh Class: Travel administration K31 Topic HOW DO YOU IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH WITHOUT SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY Good… Jury! My name is Pham Gia Thinh, I come from Class Travel administration K31 Today, I feel very happy to be presented here, and take part in an english contest That contest name is English Olympic The name of the topic I will talk about is “How you improve your english without spending lot of money” Now, I feel so nervous, but I think in my mind that “if I try more, everything will be better” We also know that English is considered the international language, nowaday It plays an important and neccesary not only for our life but also for our job in the future But, learning english is a very difficult problem, it’s not easy We need study hard and laboriously Therefore, learning english needs carefull investments But, many people don’t have a good condition to learn english well Me too I like learning english, but I don’t have good condition, so I always find many ways to study english without spending lots of money There are many ways to learn and improve knowledge of English, i think it is very effective • Making a habit: I my english homework everyday, as well as learning new words and doing 10 minutes or more listening practice every day I think this will make me get a habit of learning english • Watching TV in other languages can also be enjoyable, such as watch English language films with English subtitles • Learning vocabulary effectively A way to learn new words is that I always try to find out the words to describe everything around me For example: In other to learn body vocabulary, I write down all words which refer to body (head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hand, foot, ect) • Get amongst people who only speak English: Find friends to study and speak each other Learning English together can be very encouraging • Listen to English music Even listening to music while doing something else can help a little for things like getting used to the natural rhythm and tone of English Olympic Contest English speech, although the more time and attention you give to a song the more you will learn from listening to it again in the future • Learning the lyrics and singing along This can help you learn vocabulary and work on your accent • Listen and repeat: I also often listen to tapes and repeat after them, try to imitate them • Read the lyrics to a song Once you have read and understood the lyrics, if you then listen and read at the same time, this can be a good way of understanding how sounds change in fast, natural, informal speech Sing karaoke in English If you want to get a understanding and memorising a song, obviously, you have to sing it more and more Learning english by singing English song is also a best way! • Read English language magazines, newspapers Like books, if you can read two versions of the same magazine (the newspaper in my language and in English, for example), that could make understanding it much easier • Use a dictionary while you are watching a movie Films often have the same words many times, so if you look up important words the first or second time you hear them, you should have learnt them by the end of the film It is easier to use a dictionary if you watch with English subtitles Talking with the foreigners Besides, I think my everyday conversations with the foreigners I meet in the street will enable me to accquire a proper accent • Teach your friends or someone some English Teaching someone lower level than you the English you already know is a great way of permanently fixing that knowledge in your own brain • Spend your time on things that interest you If you like cooking then buy an English cookbook or find recipes on the net and practise following the recipes You'll soon learn the recipes as well as english grammar and vocabulary! My most important piece of advice is: "Do anything If you don't anything, you won't get anything Make it your hobby, not a chore, but above all have fun!" Just remember, it doesn't matter how well you think you know the English language, there is always something new to learn In short, if you want to study well English, you have to try your best and set yourself achievable goals And if you want to study English better without spending lots of money, you have to take advantage of all opportunities, time, places, ect, to stdudy it Actually, I hope what I gave above will help you a little bit Thank you so much for your English Olympic Contest attention And I would like to give the greatest wishes to all here! Thank you again and have a good day! ... 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