اتقان اللغة الانجليزية عن طريق التعليم الذاتي

Dear all

First, I am so sorry that I haven't added any thing to this topic for over 6 months.

I am so pleased of the so many visits to this topic it indicates our enthusiasm and eagerness for learning the language.

Whisper, (ابن البوادي) and(مضيع وقت)
You are welcome and all the luck with your study.

عربية بعمق
For improving pronunciation, have a look at the homophones list, you will find differently spelled words which are pronounced almost the same. Look at the word which you feel hard to pronounce and look at its homophones. I am sure you will find one of them easier to pronounce. Also, try to listen to English news and movies. It is a very effective way in learning pronunciation.

By the way, English is not my major. My major has all to do with pure science. I have been studying English in Oman and almost all of us started in the public schools. Despite our majors and location, we can still do well in acquiring the language. Devote your time and efforts in away that moves well with your other responsibilities. Please don't come up with depressing excuses, we will not go any better if we think this way. I know people who are doing well in French, they got the language here in Oman, imagine!

Tenderness

Well, as I said, neither English literature nor Education is my major. My recommendations and views are all out of personal experience. You might be right about that point. But I think those lists are still useful for beginners and those how are more concerned with vocabulary in a particular field. [/INDENT] [/INDENT]

These are some rules on spelling,
I got them from, amity.org.uk/Training/Spelling%20Rules/Spelling%20Rules.htm



"q" is always written as "qu". It never stands by itself. e.g. quick, queen, quarrel.




We double "l, f, and s" after a single short vowel at the end of a word. e.g. call, tall, toss, miss, stiff, stuff.
Exceptions: us, bus, gas, if, of, this, yes, plus, nil, pal.




Regular plurals are made by adding "s". e.g. animals, horses, monkeys, and cliffs.




The sound of "ee" on the end of a word is nearly always "y". Exceptions: committee and coffee.




"y" and not "i" is used at the end of an English word and is usually pronounced as a short "i". Exceptions: macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli (Italian), and taxi (short for taxicab).




A silent "e" on the end of a word makes the vowel in front say its own alphabetic name. e.g. hate, ride, cube, bake, shire, mare, lobe.
Exceptions: done, come, some, give and have.




"ck" may only be used after a single vowel that does not say its name at the end of a syllable or root word. e.g. track, pick, rocket, wreckage.




To form plurals of words with a hissing ending, add "es". i.e.after "s, x, z, sh, and ch".
e.g. buses, foxes, buzzes, wishes and churches.




Words ending in an "o" preceded by a consonant usually add "es" to form the plural. e.g. potatoes, volcanoes.
Exceptions: pianos, solos, Eskimos




Nouns ending in a single "f" change the "f" to a "v" before adding "es" to form the plural. e.g. leaf – leaves; wolf – wolves.
Exceptions: dwarfs, roofs, chiefs.




If a word ends in a consonant plus "y", change the "y" to and "i", before adding any ending. Except: "ing". e.g.
party – parties;
heavy – heaviness
marry – married;
funny – funnily
carry – carriage;
pretty – prettier
but; cry – crying;
hurry – hurrying





When "w" comes before "or" it often says "wer" as "worm". e.g. worship, worst, worth, work.
Exceptions: worry, worried, wore.




Words ending in both a single vowel and a single consonant always double the last consonant before adding an ending. e.g. stop, stopped, stopping.
flat, flatter, flattest.
swim, swimmer, swimming.
Exceptions: fix, box, fox, mix. "x" is the same as "ck"; that is it counts as a double consonant ending.





When "c" is followed by "e", "i" or "y", it says "s". Otherwise it says "k". e.g. centre, ceiling, circle, cycle.
cottage, cave, cream, curious, clever.




When "g" is followed by "i", "e" or "y", it says "j". Otherwise it says "g" as in gold. e.g. gentle, giant, gymnastic.
gallon, gold, guide, glass, grow.
Exceptions: get, got, begin, girl, give, gear, geese, gift, girth, geyser, giddy.




Drop the final "e" from a root word before adding an ending beginning with a vowel, but keep it before a consonant. e.g. love, loving, lovely.
drive, driving, driver.
settle, settled, settling.
grace, graceful.




"ti", "ci" and "si" are three spellings most frequently used to say "sh" at the beginning of all syllables except the first. e.g. national, patient, palatial, infectious.
gracious, ancient, musician, fiancial.
session, admission, mansion, division.
Exceptions: "ship" as a suffix, e.g. "worship".




"i" comes before "e" when it is pronounced "ee", except when it follows "c" – or when sounding like "a" as in "neighbour, or weigh". e.g. brief, field, priest.
receive, deceive, ceiling.
Exceptions: neither, foreign, sovereign, seized, counterfeit, forfeited, leisure.




"all" and "well" followed by another syllable only have one "l". e.g. also, already, although, welcome, welfare.




"full" and "till" joined to another root syllable, drop one "l". e.g. useful, cheerful, until.




Almost no English words end in "v" and none in "j". Since publishing this page on the Web, Alistair Ewan of the University of East Anglia has reminded us of the word "spiv".




For words ending in a single "l" after a single vowel, double the "l" before adding a suffix, regardless of accent. e.g. cancelled, traveller, signalling, metallic.




If a word of more than one syllable ends in a "t", preceded by a single vowel, and has the accent on the last syllable, then double the final consonant. e.g. permit; permitted.
admit; admitted.
regret; regretted.
But, if the accent is on the first syllable, don’t double the "t". e.g. visit; visited.
benefit; benefited





"ous" at the end of a word often means "full of". e.g. famous: full of fame.
glorious; full of glory.
gracious, ridiculous, furious, dangerous.




"al" at the end of a word often means "to do with". e.g. musical:to do with music.
criminal:to do with crime.
historical:to do with history.




"er" or "or" endings. The most common everyday words end in "er". e.g. baker, painter, teacher.
If in doubt, use "or", when the meaning of the word is "one who" or "that which". e.g. author, director, instructor, indicator, conveyor, escalator.





"ery" or "ary" endings. Words ending in "ery" are often obvious. e.g. very, brewery, flattery, bakery, nursery.
If in doubt, use "ary". e.g. dictionary, secretary, commentary, stationary.

Seven words ending in "ery" that might cause trouble. e.g. distillery, confectionery, millinery, cemetery, dysentery, monastery, stationery (paper).





"ise", "ize" or "yse" endings. Most of these words end in "ise". e.g. sunrise, surprise, supervise, exercise, disguise, unwise, surmise, advertise.
Only two common words end in "yse". i.e. analyse and paralyse.

Only two common words end in "ize". i.e. prize and capsize.





"ceed", "sede" and "cede". Three "ceed" words; succeed, exceed, proceed.
One "sede" word; supersede.
All others "cede" e.g.intercede, antecede, precede.





"able" or "ible" endings.

Use "able": After root words. e.g. available, dependable.

After root words ending in "e". e.g. desirable, believable, usable (drop the "e").

After "i". e.g. reliable, sociable.

When other forms of the root word have a dominant "a" vowel. e.g. irritable, durable, abominable.

After a hard "c" or "g". e.g. educable, practicable, navigable.

Exceptions: formidable, inevitable, memorable, probable, portable, indomitable, insuperable.




Use "ible" After non-root words. e.g. audible, horrible, possible.

When the root has an immediate "ion"form. e.g. digestible, suggestible, convertible.

After a root ending in "ns" or "miss". e.g. responsible, comprehensible, permissible.

After a soft "c" or "g". e.g. legible, negligible, forcible, invincible.

Exceptions: contemptible, resistible, collapsible, flexible.

adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

There is one more way that helps us enrich our vocabulary. This is one of my favorite ways of memorizing words since I learn it in a context and so it teaches me the word and how to use it.

Try to collect itemized sayings, proverbs, life tips… etc. Print them on pieces of paper or write them by hand and stick them on your room door, toilet mirror, by your office, by your computer or any other place where you can see and read them from time to time.

I will start with some of them and please if you have any, do post them…………

Five reasons to believe computers are female:


1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else.

3. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If
you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell
you".

4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later
retrieval.

5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending
half your paycheck on accessories for it.

Five reasons to believe computers are male:


1. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.

2. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they
are the problem.

3. As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a
little longer, you could have obtained a better model.

4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

5. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night.

Sorry about the missy format .......... .

it is funny huh.... being a funny article, it provokes you to check the dictionary for the words that you don't know just to enjoy the joke... also if you like it, it will automaticlly stick in your minds with its vocabulary and structure... this will save you time in memorizing the word and it will also hlp you retrieve the word when you need it

Dear all,
Thanks for your replies, if you have any questions or looking for any help on in learning English please send me or post your question here. I will try, of course with other members, to help you all,
inquisitive

Here is a very useful link that gathers all useful sites that you all need to improve your English and also to those who are fond of the English language and like to know more about it.

geocities.com/alazri25/english.html

There is one more helpful way to learn English vocabulary and colloquial English.

After watching a movie in the cinema, try to read its reviews in amazon.com. You can locate the movie by typing its title in Amazon website (amazon.com) and then select DVD from the displayed product.

Those reviewers usually give a brief description of the movie story which you will have already known and then they post their opinion on that movie. Most of the reviewers use colloquial English and everyday expressions and idioms.

Go now to amazon.com and read the reviews of one of the movies that you have already seen and still remember. See how it works!

Well
I still believe in its goodness and i still practise it