BASIC STUDY SKILLS- LSRW




LISTENING - Sub-skills of listening



Silence

Active

Interest

Attention

Concentration

Note making

Repetition

Recall

Recite

Think



SPEAKING-Sub-skills of Speaking


Talk less
Group discussion
Syllabus-based learning
Using right words in speech
Ask questions
Think and speak
Practice self-talk
Memorize dialogues and practice them with friends
Use five to six syllables in a second while speaking in English
Listen carefully to English Speech and imitate it


READING – Sub- skills of reading


Speed reading
Skimming
Scanning
Follow Silent reading
Ask pre-reading questions
Comprehend ideas
Note make
Compare and Contrast
Find out the topic sentence
Leave out the small words
Underline the key words
Think over the materials
Ask post-reading questions
Collect new ideas
Follow the formula of self –learning SQR3MW
Guess the meaning of new words
Learn the difference between intensive and extensive reading


WRITING – Sub-skills of Writing

1. Select a topic
2. Collect materials
3. Brainstorm to create new ideas
4. Write in simple sentences
5. Write in small paragraphs
6. Choose words which are effective in the context
7. One paragraph should contain one main idea
8. Write a topic sentence for each paragraph
9. See that all the paragraphs are lined properly
10. Use quotations and proverbs to support your argument
11. Have a beginning , middle and an end
12. Avoid spelling and grammatical errors
13. Ask as many questions as possible to get new ideas
14. Read it many times critically and revise it
15. Get the help of an expert to guide you in your writing







IMPROVING WORD POWER
Syllable method
Word method
Phrase method
Sentence method
LSRW
Active vocabulary
Passive Vocabulary
Small words
Big words
Change of parts of speech (NAVA)
SAT word list
CAT word list
200 word list
500 word list
3000 word list



IMPROVING SPOKEN ENGLISH – AN INTEGRATED APPROACH


Improve your word power
Master the Daily used words and phrases
Memorize Micro-dialogues
Master Macro-dialogues
Practice these dialogues silently and with friends
Learn Spoken English using a good dictionary like OALD
Listen to Radio News and imitate it
Record the news and listen to it again and again
Master the oft-repeated words, phrases and sentences and try to use them in your speech
Master the 44 sound symbols
Use Spoken English cassettes and CDs and master dialogues to practice
Learn the use of small words (grammatical words)
Learn the Irregular words which are repeated in speech
Learn to speak with 5 to 6 syllable a second
To get International Intelligibility listen to BBC or CNN news
Indulge in self-talk.