In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It’s the groundwork(基础) of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak while you are doing much listening. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English . While you are doing this, a good way is to keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some others to go through what you have written and they will tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry about it. One of the helpful ways is to read—read
aloud or read to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read, and it mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up
the new words if you can guess their meanings or when they have something to do with the sentences. But you can do that some other time.