![]() At this stage, the students should look out for examples in books, newspapers, magazines and try to work out the structure of the sentences and their grammar. I went back and forth, did all the exercises, compared, contrasted, and reviewed it many times. No, you can’t read this book once and become good at it. The left-hand page explains the theory with examples while the right-hand page has carefully designed exercises to practise the theory. It is divided into a large number of small chapters and each chapter has 2 pages. It teaches just enough grammar to get the students started. It doesn’t go deep into the elements of grammar as does the book by Wren and Martin. It teaches grammar without making us aware that we’re learning grammar. I came upon this book: Essential English Grammar by Raymond Murphy. Right then, I’d break down my journey from a complete novice to decently fluent into 3 phases.īeginner So, here I am. It’s something you have to work on for a very long time. There is a constraint of time - you can’t think first and speak and there’s a fear of inadequacy, psychological blocks, and just the unfamiliarity with using foreign language. When it comes to speaking, a lot of constraints come into play. But it takes much longer to get any command of spoken English. All you have to do is understand a few principles of grammar and usage. It doesn’t take much time to get a good command of written English. One complements another but neither alone can make you fluent. Then, there is receptive vocabulary and productive vocabulary. Now, there’s fluency in written English and fluency in spoken English. Though we’re quite familiar with the English language, achieving fluency is different matter altogether. This article explains how I did it and provides a complete road map for learners.Įnglish is a foreign language to us Indians. I taught myself English and became quite fluent in written and spoken aspects. ![]()
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