Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. 【小题1】You must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. But as a foreigner, you can listen to English programs on the computer. 【小题2】 It doesn't matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.

Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He's afraid of making mistakes. 【小题3】 Don't be afraid. You must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone as long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important, when there's nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It's interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. 【小题4】

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First you must choose the books you're interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.Keep writing English diaries. You can also write English articles.【小题5】 Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well, let's do more practice from now on. I'm sure you'll learn English well in this way.

Do you have any problems or worries about written English? If you think it is really difficult to improve your written English, or if you want to improve your written English, follow these tips.

Increase your vocabulary

To express yourself clearly, you need a good active vocabulary. That’s not just being able to know lots of words—it means actually being able to use them right. 【小题1】

Tip: When you learn a new word, try to learn all the forms of that word.

Read widely and often

【小题2】 Reading in English is useful in many ways. It is a great way to get an idea of the different style of writing and see how to use words properly.

Tip: 【小题3】 Learning shouldn’t be boring. Read each text several times to make sure you understand how to use new words and expressions in the text.

Improve your grammar

Grammar is very important because it improves the quality (质量) of your writing.

Tip: 【小题4】 The first time, look for general mistakes and the second time look for mistakes with the particular (特定的) grammar point you are studying at the moment.

Just do it.

The best way to improve your writing is to get a pen and paper and writer. Be prepared to write several versions (版本) of each text. 【小题5】

Cami’s husband was promoted to manager and was going to Japan to work. Cami had to go to the country with him. Cami had never taken any Japanese lessons, so a month before they left New Zealand, she started to learn Japanese on her own. Soon after arriving in Tokyo, Cami got a job of teaching English at a language school.

Since Cami arrived in Japan, she had begun a hard period of learning Japanese in her free time. She bought the popular textbooks Japanese for Busy People I and Japanese for Busy People II. It took her three months to finish reading the two books. Although she had to work at the same time, she tried to study for about three hours a day. She read the books and learned about the grammar and the vocabulary. She also listened to the tapes on her way to and from work. She liked to listen to some Japanese songs when she was doing housework or doing some sports. When she was at home, she often watched television shows or movies in Japanese.

After studying Japanese for about half a year, Cami started talking more in Japanese. One of the problems Cami had was finding people who would talk with her in Japanese. Luckily, some of her students liked to talk with her in Japanese. So she practiced speaking with them for an hour every day. And then she began to make more progress in Japanese.

Cami’s Japanese is pretty good now and she had made friends with a lot of Japanese people. Sometimes, she can even help her husband translate some articles from Japanese to English. She really enjoys her work and life in Japan.