Hai sahabat Bersama Aafiyah! Today we are going to discuss how to improve English skills. Don't forget to share and noted!
1. Watching a movie, drama, or cartoon
Basically, watching cartoons can not only be done by generations of children, but adults can also do it. Especially if watching cartoons has aims to improve or improve English language skills. A lot of cartoon movies can be watched by friends with Aafiyah to improve English language skills. Let's look at the 2 example below:
(-) Dora the Explorer
This cartoon movie has a simple storyline but also has interaction between the audience and the characters in the movie. Although sometimes Dora's character seems annoying because she always repeats the questions, but it can make the audience remember the vocabulary very clearly.
(-) Spongebob Squarepants
Apart from Dora the Explorer, Spongebob Squarepants also have an important role in the audience who watch their movies. With a storyline that seems to be in no hurry, even each episode has a different storyline, this movie is very good to watch in improving English language skills. Eits, but sahabat Bersama Aafiyah must watching this movie with English audio! Don't forget to use Indonesia substitle
In addition to cartoons, you can also watch your favorite English movies that don't seem forced in terms of plot, setting, or dialogue. If you are confused in choosing a movie to watch, you can try to watching an English movie that has a high rating or is currently viral.
2. Reads the novel or short story by using English language
Have you ever heard the saying that book is a window to the world? So that's true. By reading a book we will gain broad insight. Reading books is not only focused on non-fiction or encyclopedia genres, sahabat Bersama Aafiyah can read novels in the fiction genre. Adapt it to the genre you like.
There are lots of English books that you can read to improve your English skills. According to the Gramedia website, there are 10 recommended English novels that you can read. Two of the example is:
(-) Alma Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
This book is included in classic literature because it tells the story of a young character named Dorothy and her dog named Toto who are trapped in a typhoon and end up in a Kansas farmhouse. They are finally taken to the magical Land of Oz. After being told that the only way back is to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, home to the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy embarks on an extraordinary but dangerous quest, where the Wicked Witch of the West lurks around every corner of the streets they pass. With an unforgettable cast of iconic characters such as the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became popular when it was published more than a century ago.
(-) Percy Jackson Series
Sahabat Bersama Aafiyah must be familiar with the name of this book. This book consists of 5 different titles and has a fantasy genre about ancient Greek gods. Apart from telling the story of Percy Jackson who is the son of the god Poseidon, this book also tells the adventures experienced by the main character in this book. At first Percy thought he was just an ordinary human who didn't know how to read properly, but when his mother explained, he finally understood why there had always been so many dangers approaching him.
Apart from reading novels, sahabat Bersama Aafiyah can also read short English stories to improve their English language skills. You can get English short stories by typing in the Google search bar "English Short Story" and after that all searches will come up.
3. Listen to the English songs
According to the annual report published by UNESCO, developing listening skills is critical to learning how to effectively acquire knowledge and information and achieve success in communication. We may practice and review a great deal of English usage by getting in the habit of listening. This includes practicing and reviewing vocabulary, grammatical structure, accent, intonation, and interpretability.
Don't be concerned; In order to prevent your training from becoming tedious, you can start by establishing a routine in which you regularly listen to songs. It is thought that taking this step can help you improve your English skills because it will prevent you from feeling overwhelmed, unfocused, and uncomfortable. When we listen to songs, our hearing, brain, and memory will feel relaxed and excited, and it will boost our mood.
As a result, our left brain will focus on the rhythms and language that are contained in the song. Several supplementary resources are available, such as Spotify, Joox, and Google Play Music for learning a language through songs.
4. Build your own vocabulary through writing
Sahabat Bersama Aafiyah, you can write essays, journals, or even your own articles in English that you have learned in the past. In addition to furthering your English skills, you will also get other benefits, such as the public visiting your writing projects. Just make sure not to plagiarise other people's work and try to make your work in accordance with the standards of the writing industry.
Before start writing an essay or journals, you can write some of vocabulary that you get by watching a movie or listen a songs. It can help you in write step by step.
5. Talk with native speaker via online application
By using the English chat application, you can take advantage of the free space on your smartphone, take advantage of the internet connection and make friends with other users from various parts of the world. If you currently want to chat with foreigners to test your English skills, especially speaking, here is an English learning application by chatting that you can use.
(-) Speaky
Speaky is a chat application that helps you meet and learn with native speakers to improve your English skills. There is a sophisticated feature in this application, namely the automatic word correction feature. This means you can check for word errors directly before sending a message.
(-) Hello Talk
The HelloTalk application has a chat feature to improve English skills. This feature allows you to communicate in English from users in other countries. Using HelloTalk can hone your speaking skills. You can feel the fun of chatting in English on a short messaging application. It's just that every word you type will be detected by the application system.
(-) Moco
The next English learning application with chat is Moco. Use the chat application as a reference for making foreign friends. Not only chatting with foreigners, you can also enjoy the chat feature, namely games. Moco offers a chat room feature so that users can have discussions together.
(Reference)
https://www.gramedia.com/best-seller/novel-berbahasa-inggris-di-gramedia/