My name is laheem I am from Yemen

[laheem]

I want to improve my English language, listing, writing and speaking my language very bad and I tried to study many courses at many institutes but I feel no progress on my language ,I tried to listen to English channels like BBC and CNN so what can I do ,can any one help me ,
English language is very very important on my work and I need it every time

[laheem]

what does that mean!!!!!!!
Why I don't see any one answer ,is there any thing wrong
if you see any thing wrong please tell me I am very frustrated

[Torsten]

Dear Laheem,

Welcome to our forum, it's great to hear you want to improve your English. Could you please tell us a little more about yourself? What kind of job do you have? How much time do you spend to listen to the BBC and CNN?

Talk to you soon,
Torsten
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[laheem]

Very sorry for my delay and Thank you so much for your fast response,
First I am so glad to join to u forum and I hope to get benefited as much as I can
As you now my name is laheem ,I am computer network engineer (cisco,Microsoft product) and I am working with GSM company I have been in this field 5 years
I need to learn English more and more, every time I meet or make conversation with Foreign persons I have to speak English,
My problem is how I can arrangement Sentences in the correct and strong way and also I have big problem in grammar that I can’t use it correctly also I can’t speak very will.
About listening to English channel TV (CNN,BBC) I try to listen to them when I get free time specially on weekend in average half hour per day that’s because I am very busy on my work
Could you please help me as possible as you can?
and also could you please give me your advice and what should I have done to improve me language skill

best regard and so much thank for your cooperation
looking forward for your feedback

[Torsten]

Good morning Laheem,

Thanks a lot for answering all my questions about your situation, the more information I have on you the better I will be able to steer you in the right direction. You said that you don't have much time to listen to English and that's the challenge most of us are facing. Now, let's take a closer look at your daily routines. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? It should be switching on an English language news channel. You don't need to listen very closely to it but you must have it play in the background. You will be amazed by the amount of English phrases your brain will absorb this way.

Please tell me more about your job. How often do you receive emails in English and are they written by native speakers? Do you have any coworkers who are English native speakers? How much time do you have for lunch and how do you spend it?

Have a great day and speak to you soon,
Torsten
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[laheem]

Thank u M.Torsten for your attention and I am so glad to make you as friend and consulter ;
I would like to answer all your question and I’ll give you my daily routines
I always get up late in the morning so I take my dinner hurry and ride the bus to my job ,I do my work till noon after that I have my lunch maximum 45 minutest sometime I take it alone and sometime with my colleagues but unfortunately my colleagues don’t like talk English.
when I get back to my job also no one speak English at all (even they can but they don’t like speak English (I don’t now why))
There is only one thing I interested on it, that’s my Email all messages received to me are written in English (some of them are written by native speaker) also if there is any international support, we will make it in English
Regarding native speaker in my company, there are some people in another section and they are always busy and I don’t know them very well
This is my situation and what is the solution

[Torsten]

Hi Laheem,

Thanks for telling me more about your situation. One thing you can do immediately is get your hands on an MP3 player. Download audio files from voanews.com and put them on your player so you can listen to them while you are on the bus in the morning. Also, the first thing you should do after (or even better before) you wake up is switch on an English language news channel so you start your day with English. During your lunch break you can put your headphones on again to feed your ears with more English. When you get back home, the first thing you should do is switch on your English language TV channel.

You need as much English input as possible. Make sure that a large amount of your daily information intake is in English as opposed to your native language. When you write a message in English, try to use phrases you know are correct. Don't invent your own phrases. If you don't know what phrases to use, read messages composed in English and copy sentences and expressions that are appropriate for your situation.
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[laheem]

Hi Torsten

You mentioned that I have to put correct phrases and I shouldn’t have invited my own phrases!!!
Is that meaning my writing very bad?
If yes please give me the mistake and what is the correct phrases also please advice me if there is any good reference to improve my phrases I will memorize them as possible as I can
Finally thank u so much for your advice and I will tell you when I get MP3 player

[Torsten]

The best way to avoid mistakes is to use phrases you have read or heard before. Whenever you write a sentence you should ask yourself this question: 'I am using expressions and phrases a native speaker would use?' Of course this is not always possible but if raise your own awareness of language, your English will improve.

As for your message, just two things: 'Advice' is a noun and 'advise' is a verb. The word 'u' does not exist. The verb 'mean' is stative verb so your question should read 'Does that mean that my writing is very bad?'

Let me know what you think.
Regards,
Torsten
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[laheem]

Ok, and thanks a lot
How about the phrases references
Also I want to ask you what the deferent between (what have you been doing lately)and what have you done lately ) the meaning is confusing

Thanks for your kind cooperation