Some tips to help you improve your English

Below are 8 tips I came up with to take your English to the next level

The first tip: IDENTIFY the words and expressions you inevitably use day in, day out, as well as the environment that accompanies them. You should be able to name, in the target language, everything that you are used to or encounter in your daily life, for example, things in your room, throughout your house, things at work or at school as well.

The second tip: LEARN the phrases and words you often use in the source language, in the target language. You need to be able to take the heads side of the coin with expressions in the source language, flip it to the tails side of the coin, and translate them all into the target language.

The third tip: LISTEN to native English speakers without translating into your own language to begin with, in order to refine your listening skills and master tone of voice, as English is a tone language, meaning the bar graph would move up and down depending on the words spoken unlike French or German (two languages which I know rather well) which are much flatter tone languages.

The fourth tip: REPEAT what native speakers say, exactly as they say it, even if you get it wrong, get stuck or mispronounce, you can make mistakes. But don't give up! Rome wasn't built in a day. It will therefore take several practices before it can see the light of day.

The fifth tip: CONSTRUCT sentences linked to concrete situations, such as: 'I have to go because I'm late, I'll contact you' or 'its time for me to go to bed as I'm exhausted' or 'I'm glad to see you again, how are things?'

The sixth tip: READ magazines, newspapers and books in English to enrich your vocabulary and grammar skills. Make a chart in which you write down the words and expressions to memorize.

The seventh tip: THINK in English in a simple way by gradually mastering the specific terms and expressions to use in a given context: 'sit down at table'; lunch (or dinner / supper) is served'; 'something happened, as a result, the 3pm meeting will be postponed until Wednesday morning at 10am.

The eighth tip: TALK to people who can understand the target language even if you make mistakes. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect! Therefore, you should try to adapt your speech to the accent of native speakers. No more systematic translation! Just name things directly in the target language.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, Ladies and Gentlemen. 

FOLLOW the 8 steps that I have just put together for you in this post and English will gradually cease to be foreign to you.