Unique Effective Techniques to Master English

by Alvina Yolanda , 2011

English is an international language that almost used around the world. English has important rule within facing globalization. It as a vehicle for human being to do anything nowadays. All of the aspect of life related with English such as economy, politic, social, technology, industry, education and so on. Considering that important role, we effort to be able to learn and use English (as our need) effectively in our daily life. Even, we have to try to master English by using some techniques which delivered to master English, yet some of the techniques are still general to obtain expected result. Therefore, we need unique effective techniques to master English.

The unique effective techniques are particular tricks, stratagems or contrivances used to accomplish the expected result by using unusual, different and interesting way for learners to master English. The techniques may be fun, easy, even comprise exciting method within learning English. The unique effective techniques are crucial for developing   our knowledge, abilities and skills in English. In addition, being master of English means we are considered mastering on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation which implemented in both our performance and competence. In term of the perfomance, there is a scope of English, pronunciation. How well our pronunciation in English? Practically, It could be measured through our speech and conversation because both of them cover our speaking skill, whereas in the competence there are grammar and vocabulary. Those, could be measured by writing & reading skill .Nonetheles, both performance and competence have strong chain upon skills (including listening which being the skills in performance and competence) .

There are several unique effective techniques to master English. They are reading magazine or English newspaper, making journal (diary) in English, playing adventurer video games and speaking to native speaker. The techniques are unique because those are unusual, so interesting, and different with other way to master English. Few techniques which are widely use today more focus on the theory while the implementation is narrow. In addition, these technique are actual and contextual so the learner will not feel bored during learning and using  English to master English itself.

 First , we may  read as many  English magazines and newspapers as we can to explore English grammar and improve our English grammar. Although it is said that reading might not appeared to be an effective grammar-learning activity, the truth is that the more we read, the more we are able to observe sentences that are grammatically correct. When reading the magazine or newspaper, we should focus on how the passages and sentences are constructed. We should look out for the grammar rules used for that particular sentence that we are not sure. We then need to remember, mark them and think about why it is used the way it is. We may need to refer to a good grammar reference book or dictionary to confirm its grammar usage. This will eventually help were grammar in a long run when we realized the patterns of the sentences encountered as we read. In addition, we will raise our vocabularies through reading   English magazine or newspaper because there are new so many vocabularies

Second, we may create our own journal that commonly called diary to develop our skill in writing. In our own diary we are unimpeded to express our thought which concern in the activities and events that happen to us in everyday into story. Then, we arrange it into the sentence pattern that based on the grammar that we get from exploration on the magazine or newspaper. So, we apply our grammar or structure into the sentence pattern orderly.

Third, we may express our emotion through adventurer video games to improve vocabulary and pronunciation. There are so many adventurer games that available for English education. The adventurer games will program our brain with good English. When we play an adventure game, we have contact with a large number of correct sentences in real, conversational English. These sentences are not only spoken (as on TV). In many adventure games, we can also turn on subtitles. If we do, we will hear the pronunciation and see the spelling at the same time. In effect, the sentences stick in our head more strongly, and we gain the ability to produce similar sentences. The adventurer games give understanding of spoken English. In modern adventure games, we can hear all the characters speak real English. The dialogue is easier to understand than in movies: it is slower, clearer, and they can often stop the action and listen to a phrase again. Also, the adventure games help us add vocabularies. All of the words on that game are written in English .For instance, the rules are written in English. So, we as the players will pay big attention upon the game. Indirectly, we have tried to find out and comprehend the meaning of words through the rules.

Forth, we may speak with the native speakers. There are so many ways to make conversation with native speakers. They are may be done directly or indirectly. We can do direct conversation by making relation with native speaker, friendship. We have to try to find out the native speaker around us and make a friendship with them, so we are more often communicate in English and we know how well they pronounce English. It will train us to speak English in their way. While indirect conversation that means we use media to make conversation with native speaker. For example , making friend with native speaker through social network which being outstanding feature now day ( website, blogger, yahoo messenger, facebook, twiiter, skype ).Through  these features ,we are more easy to make a friendship with native speaker rather than  directly one due to the fact that the function of social network basically is  connecting people around the world. In term of that function, we should figure out some or many native speakers as our contact, then we can do conversation with them because various features in social network provide us to make conversation by chatting and using voice and video call.

In brief, there are some unique effective techniques to master English. Those ways are reading magazine or English newspaper, making journal (diary) in English, playing adventurer video games and speaking to native speakers. All of them are categorize as simple and different even cool way to master English because these techniques are not rigid upon the English theory .These ways are inclined to oral practice and situational, so the English skills ;writing, reading, speaking, and listening may be achieved effectively. Also, the implementations of English are more actual and contextual.