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How to improve English? Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:15 am  How to improve English?		  
Hi sir,

Recently, i have taken TOEFL IBT test and my result is quite bad. I just score 36/120 in my TOEFL test. I'm really sad fo that. Now i'm study in college and suppose to be i can improve my english as well but not. My friend told me should read a lot of english book and watching english movie, it help a lot but have try before. It is not useful for me. My vocabulary is limited, when i test myself in Toefl vocabulary i just score 5/10 only. Please help me! What is the best way to improve my english?
Thanks for helping!
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How to improve English? Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:27 pm  How to improve English?		  
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Hello, beam-- and welcome to English-test.net.

Improving one's foreign language is a long, slow process, and there are no magic answers.

Improving vocabulary depends mostly on extensive reading and word study; watching movies will not help much.

If they do not have subtitles, movies can help your listening comprehension, but more helpful are sound recordings that include tasks and exercises.

If you are focusing on a good TOEFL score soon, then your best strategy is to take sample TOEFL tests-- as many as you can.

I hope this helps.
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How to improve English? Mon Jul 21, 2008 15:27 pm  How to improve English?		  
Thanks for giving some advise about the way to imporve english! I will do the toefl test sample as much as I can. I know that if want to improve englsih not 1 day or 2 day, it need a long time to do it. Actually everyday i'm using english in my studies and supposed to be improve a lot....But for me is not...I'm not improve anymore and my writting is too bad and my speaking also not so good. My pronunciation very bad!
What should i do...I'm so anxious and don't know what should i do....The another thing my vocabulary is limited and grammar is very bad! How to improve? Is it i need to read stories book or what else i can do? What is the best way can improve in a short time?
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How to improve English? Mon Jul 21, 2008 15:36 pm  How to improve English?		  
beam_12 wrote:
My pronunciation very bad!

What should i do...I'm so anxious and don't know what should i do....The another thing my vocabulary is limited and grammar is very bad! How to improve? Is it i need to read stories book or what else i can do? What is the best way can improve in a short time?

Hi beam,

To improve your pronunciation, you should try to imitate spoken words as often as possible. Here is our audio course to help you get going!

Learning vocabulary needs time and patience. Read as much as you can and don't get disappointed when you feel you're not making enough progress.

It takes time! But once you've reached a certain level, you'll find that learning new vocabulary will com much easier to you Smile
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How to improve English? Mon Jul 21, 2008 15:58 pm  How to improve English?		  
Quote:
My pronunciation very bad!

What should i do...I'm so anxious and don't know what should i do....

If you can afford it, I suggest you buy this book:

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/elt_projectpage.asp?id=2500225

Many of our students have found it quite well-organised and helpful.

For vocabulary, maybe the pre-intermediate version of this book:

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/elt_projectpage.asp?id=2500218

And, a bit later, a good collocations book, such as:

http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521603782
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