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LEARNING

UPGRADE YOUR ENGLISH
SHORT CUTS TO BETTER ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS A GUIDE TO READING LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Welcome
Learning English can be exciting and stimulating. Finding out that you can have a good conversation or write a letter to a friend in English can give your confidence a tremendous boost. However, it can sometimes be difficult to recognise the progress you are making. Learning English, like learning any new skill, takes time and patience – but there are some shortcuts which can help you make an almost instant improvement to your English language skills.This booklet introduces you to some ideas which can help you upgrade your English. Using extracts from BBC World Service Learning English radio programmes, this booklet will help you to…
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get out of a learning rut. widen your vocabulary. give yourself time to think in conversations. change the tone of what you say. keep the conversation going. change your pronunciation. improve your spelling. upgrade your emails.

On the final page you will find a glossary explaining some of the words and phrases in the booklet.Words in the glossary are underlined.

How to use this booklet
Each page looks at a different topic. On each page, you’ll find… • a short introduction which explains the topic. • an extract from one of the BBC World Service’s Learning English programmes. • a reading task to accompany the extract. • key tips to help you upgrade your own use of English. • a task to help you practise what has been explained. Free radio programme schedules Depending on where you are in the world, you can hear BBC World Service Learning English programmes on short wave, medium wave or FM. Details about programmes you can hear in your area and where to find them on your radio are contained in a series of programme schedules.You can get a programme schedule… On the BBC World Service Learning English website Go to: