If you are not american, how did you learn english?
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I'm from Mexico and i have taken english classes since i was like 8 years old. \n\nI took particular english lessons with a teacher at home.\n\nI took lesson at secondary and highschool.\n\nA company i worked payed some advanced classes to me after i graduated.\n\nBesides at college i had to read papers, books, manuals, most of the material i used was in english.\n\nI like to watch movies, TV series in english.\n\nI chat with some friends and family in the USA in english.\n\nNow i'm playing a game Yahoo Answers - that allows me to practice my english a litte more.\n\nI am pretty bad at talking and listen, but i try!\n\nAre you not american? How did you learn? you didn't say!!!
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For a non-native speaker, your spelling and grammar are much better than most I have seen here :_)\n\nKeep it up. Maybe try to join a conversational English class. You will likely get more exposure to the slight nuances,slang, and day to day expressions that make up\nthe majority of daily speach. The thing to learn about english is, very few words are spelled like they sound, and there are three exceptions for every rule.\n\nI can't believe anyone can learn it.
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first you gotta learn English.
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U have studied in a vernacular school and U have difficulty in communicating in English... Please do not get scared. Be bold and tell yourself that U can be the best.... That should be the mindset.... U know little English.. good. Read the editorial column of a good english daily and read it loud in front of a mirror. If U have a tape recorder, record the same and then hear the tape after that, See if what U have spoken is OK. Show that tape to ur friends or teacher who is good in English and take their advice on ur shortcomings if any. 2) Form a group and discuss subjects in English giving ur ear to what others say. Avoid speaking to ur friends in ur regional language... this will improve ur English langauge. 3) when reading the newspaper U may find words U dont understand... take the oxford dictionary and view the word which will tell u the meaning as well as how 2 pronounce the word..... and step by step U will be in a position to get over the fear of not being able to communicate with others around U. ... Dont get mad if anybody laughs at U during this period of learning..... because these are stepping stones to success. Last but not least please join some Public Speaking School.. like the ones conducted by The Indo American Sociey... God Bless & Good Luck 2 U.
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You should get an American or English girlfriend - always the fastest way to learn!  If you're already married/involved, sorry, hope that doesn't offend you ;)
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The best way to learn English is to get someone to teach you, read simple English story books - elementry, and speak it, not minding if anyone laughs at you. You must attempt to speak to learn
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You are right.  Americans, who almost *never* learn a foreign language, don't appreciate how difficult it is to actually learn new languages!\n\nBy the way, you English is excellent (not perfect, but better than a lot of English-speakers I've seen!).  If you *do* want suggestions, use capital letters--at the beginning of a sentence, and when referring to languages and nationalities (English, England, France, French, Hindi, etc.).
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Just ask people(that speak english fluently)  that you are friends with to correct you if they notice you pronoucing or using a phrase wrong or write a sentence wrong.\n\nBTW this flows a lot better. " I'm bad at speaking English. What are some steps I can follow to improve on speaking English?"
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Go to www.bbc.co.uk and there's something called ESL or English as a second language. You get a lot of material there to learn english as a beginner. \n\nOtherwise go to www.google.com and search for "English basic tutorial" or "English basics" You will get tons of sites to teach english from
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immerse or expose yourself that is expressed in English...\n\n-watch english programs (tv, movies, etc.)\n-read newspapers / books written in english\n-listen to radio programs in english\n-go to an english class\n-socialize with people who are fluent in the language\n\nit will be easier for you to learn english when you are exposed to it.  good luck :)
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if you mean improve your English language...that's a good question\n\nwhat i usually tell my friends who struggle with their English (like i do lots of times)...are the following:\n\n1. watch as much English movies and TV shows as you can...\n2. learn an English song, at least one or two would be good\n3. keep a journal where you write all your thoughts...it's amazing at how evolved will be your use of written English as time goes by\n4. find new English-speaking friends online (pen pals are good too) and email regularly\n5. travel to English speaking countries if you can or make friends with lots of English speaking people\n6. read lots of English books\n7. find an excellent English tutor/teacher \n\ngood luck!
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first learn english language
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I from the USA and I speak English aka American
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the simplest way i can say... is to read  newspapers - ..English dailies of course  .\n\nIf u wanna speak good English... start watching the news bulletins. The 24x7 news channels (BBC , NDTV -India etc..) keep repeating the same trash for 3-4 bulletins. Listen carefully to how they speak, and try repeating few lines after them. Well.. if u miss it the first time .. dont worry .. the same bulletin would come up in say half an hour after the first. \n\nu can also check out :\n\nhttp://www.englishforums.com/\nregister over there and chk out the forum's pages. Pretty interesting grammar and vocabulary info given there. \n\nAnd of course.. pick up grammar books for sharpening ur grammar skills .\n\nTalk to people in English (ur friends who speak pretty good English) and insist that they reply in English ..bcos i have seen many who have made attempts to talk in English... but their attempts have been turned - down by their peers.\n\nWell... u might try Enid Blyton's books for a start .. those are books written esp. for kids (don't mistake me but that is THE basic English).\n\nAnd when u feel that ur English has improved.. start reading the novels / literature works etc...\n\nAnd looking at ur question.."how can i learn English?"\nu r not that bad at all.. Trust me.. there are a lot  who make an ass out of this wonderful language.
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If you have access to American television shows, watch a lot of them. We don't speak the king's (British) English, which is what is taught in most foreign countries. \nWe use a lot of slang and contractions, among other things. And we also spell and pronounce a lot of words differently.\nReading books by American authors would help somewhat, but you still would not know how we pronounce things, or how we like to run words together.
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Go to your local cultural society-it is a good resource for new commers, they often have beginners english classes for free or very little money.Also listening to music and reading newspapers is a good way to learn.
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The best way to learn english is to first go through a few books for grammitical rules. Then next you build your vocabulary. This can be done by reading a few good books. Finally you need to learn to speak. This is done by carrying out frequent conversations with your friends, relatives and other people. Start using Yahoo! voice chat to talk to people!!