Perform well in your Exams!

My dear student friends as you are going to write your exams within couple of days, I wish to give you some hints/tips to perform well in your Examinations.

• You should design your own time-table which directs all the material that has to be covered within the time.
• Tough subjects should be given more hours and easier ones should be given less hours by you.
• You should overcome fear and stress to perform well in the exams.
• Try to meditate or pray to God well before the exam which will help you to relax your mind and also you will get some positive energy.
• Don’t forget to sleep well and eat well.
• Write your answers neatly and legibly.
•  Never leave the examination hall early, write answers by guessing even if you don’t know the exact answers.
• Understand the question carefully before answering.

All the Best for your exams!

Byreddy Balaji Reddy
Senior Lecturer in English.

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Improve your English by reading Newspaper

There are many interesting ways that one can apply to improve his/her English Communication skills. Reading English newspaper regularly is one among them and there are many significant benefits if one reads newspapers.

How to improve your English by reading newspapers?

• Choose a newspapers that suits you best. Reading the standard newspaper like – The Hindu is little bit difficult for you to understand. So select the newspaper which uses simple language and simple words. I suggest you to read The Hans India or The Deccan Chronicle newspapers in the initial stage.
• Then read the newspaper for at least 30 minutes daily.
•  Note down difficult words and learn their meanings with the help of a dictionary.
•  While going through the sentences observe very carefully how they are written.
• Guess the meaning of the words that you don’t understand. Don’t refer to a dictionary immediately.
• Try to use the words and sentences/expressions that you read in the newspapers in your day-to-day conversations.
•  Make it a regular habit of reading newspaper. You will not witness much progress if you give up this habit.
• Don’t try to read the entire newspaper. Select any 3 or 4 articles and read them slowly by understanding each and every word and sentence.
• Although it is a newspaper don’t read it like that; instead read the newspaper of English just like your academic subjects.
• If possible write your views/suggestions and send them to the Editors by e-mail.
• Keep a pocket note book and enter the new words and expressions that you learn every day by reading newspapers of English.
• Revise them (the new words and expressions) at least twice in a month. If you have forgotten them, this sort of revision will help you to recollect them again.

                 ***ALL THE BEST***

How to learn English naturally?

In spite of writing many articles on how to improve English speaking skills, I do not feel happy about the student community. As a senior teacher of English I think that it is my responsibility to share my views and experiences with the students those who are really interested to develop or improve their English language speaking skills.

Let me share my experiences about learning English—

1.    Do you know I studied in Telugu medium that to in Government schools and Colleges but now discharging my duties as a Senior Lecturer in English? You will be surprised more if I tell you that I scored average percentages in my studies.
2.     You might wonder then how did I learn English – Learning English is really very easy for your kind information. Yes! I tell you learning English is really easy!!

Some Hints for improving your English speaking skills:

• Speak in English with someone who is good at English or at least with your classmate who is really aspiring for becoming a good speaker. While speaking you will struggle a lot, of course it is quite common that you will struggle; but don’t bother about it – keep on talking in English, English, only in English with the people whom you consider good at English speaking.
• Learn some very important topics in English Grammar such as –

1.       Tenses in English.

2.       How to ask/put questions.

3.       Articles.

4.       Prepositions.

5.       Passive Voice.

6.       Indirect Speech.

7.       Some required Verb forms for day-to-day conversations.

          By learning these seven topics or concepts perfectly you can speak English almost fluently.

• Buy children novels and read them. Find out the sentences are constructed there carefully. With this observation you will gain a very good idea on sentence formation in English.
• When you are learning English, reading is one of the most important skills to develop. Shall I tell you one secret tip to learn English very easily is – read and by heart the situational dialogues and conversations by purchasing some specified books. Learning English in the form of dialogues is a best technique to gain command over it.
• Spend your time with the people who speak good English. Listen very carefully the words and sentences that they speak.
• If you think too much about what you are going to say, it will make you more nervous. So start with simple English. But if you just speak simple sentences you won't feel too pressured and you will feel more confident.
• Before speaking a sentence, try to form it correctly in your mind first slowly. It may take some time in the initial stage but in course of time you will speak fast.

Note:  A small appeal to my dear students! Please be practical in your life. In this article I have offered you some valuable tips. After reading them try to put them in practice without fail so that you will succeed with in no time.

 I wish you all the very best in your endeavour.

Yours…….

Byreddy Balaji Reddy,

Senior Lecturer in English.

Practical ways to improve your English

Every learner of English would like to speak English well. They are excited at the idea of being able to communicate in English fluently. However, they usually don’t care about the learning process itself. To be successful in any field first of all you should love it and work hard every day with commitment and dedication.

Here are some practical ways to improve your English Communication skills:

1. Reading English newspapers, magazines and easy understanding novels will help you to understand how those sentences are constructed. Do this reading almost daily without fail for 6 months and then see the change in your life!
2. Learning new words from a dictionary is another way to develop your vocabulary skills.
3. While conversing in English with someone give importance to the message and do not be preoccupied with grammatical accuracy. If you are much worried about grammar and pronunciation errors, you will not develop your fluency.
4.  If you know someone who speaks English well, try to converse with him regularly. Find out from him how he mastered certain language skills and try them by yourself.
5. Be a good listener always to become a good communicator in English.
6. Read more conversations and situational dialogue books and try to learn them so that you can use them in your day-to-day conversations.
7. Have a burning zeal to develop your English speaking skills with that zeal and intension you will surely improve your English speaking skills in course of time.

***ALL THE BEST***