20 Tips to Improve Your English While
Studying in the United States
- Listen, speak, read and write English every day.
- Attend all your English classes.
- Watch TV with captioning.
- Rent a video/DVD and watch movies—over and over
again.
- Carry your electronic dictionary with you – and
use often!
- Develop friendships with Americans – classmates,
neighbors, coworkers, or even a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Read a news story – in English – on the Internet.
- Watch a newscast of the same story at night.
- Eavesdrop – be curious – just for fun!
- Use American mail catalogs and call the 800 number
to practice English.
- Make a list of questions to ask ahead of time for
the 800 number call.
- Call up movie theatre multiplexes for listings of
show times.
- Borrow a book on tape from the library – perhaps
a book you already know and love in your best language.
- Read an American paperback bestseller.
- Scan the classified ads for an ideal home.
- Watch videos in English on TED.com or YouTube.com
- Create an online vocabulary log to document your
expanding English vocabulary.
- Interview a native speaker for tourism and dining
advice.
- Create mini-conversations when buying your coffee,
waiting in lines, or riding public transportation .
- Experiment with your English. Make new and different
“good mistakes” everyday.
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