Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[linglove1124]

Althoght I major in English Department, my listening and writing skills are still not good. Therefore, I hope someone can tell me how to improve the two important skills.
Thank for the person who helps me!

[advoca]

To improve your writing you must write, write, write. Also find someone who will correct your writing.

To improve your listening skills go to this web site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

You will find plenty of interesting lessons and stories read out for you to listen to. The site is specially deigned for those wishing to learn English

[sharonbabe]

i think there no other way to learn a second language, just keep practicing!

For improving listening, you can watch the English news, listen to the ICRT, or watch a movie whiout seeing the chinese subtitle. Try to keep up their speaking speed and figure out what they said.

For improving writing, i must say that grammar is a very boring thing for me, but without grammar, you just can't write a good article! In fact, writing has its own structure, introduction, body, and summary.
you can read more newspaper, books, editorials.
In this way, you can not only learn to write a good article but also learn more vocabularies.

[sharonbabe]

i think there no other way to learn a second language, just keep practicing!

For improving listening, you can watch the English news, listen to the ICRT, or watch a movie whiout seeing the chinese subtitle. Try to keep up their speaking speed and figure out what they said.

For improving writing, i must say that grammar is a very boring thing for me, but without grammar, you just can't write a good article! In fact, writing has its own structure, introduction, body, and summary.
you can read more newspaper, books, editorials.
In this way, you can not only learn to write a good article but also learn more vocabularies.