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What is your favorite way of practising your language skills?

Hello Zeeshan:

Here is my method.



First, I give a student a song to study. I sometimes sing the song for the student, and e-mail them a copy of the words.

I give them a link to you tube or suggest that they find a video performance of the song on some website.



After that I read over the words, and have the student repeat the words for me, a few words at a time. This method works.



If you can actually sing the song for yourself, so much the better.

Music and rythm are powerful aids to learning, as you will learn if you try this.



This works, because the words (lyrics) to songs use common spoken language.

I explain the slang, and give definitions where I can.



I usually work on about 1 song per week, but you can practice the song over, and over and over,

which gives you the pronunciation practice and vocabulary practice you need.



I do not recommend a movie per se, unless you can read Subtitles or have a copy of the script.

You need to be able to See, Hear, Say, and even write out by hand, the words, to have the full Multi-Sensory effect.



Merely reading English does not help very much unless you are already advanced in speaking.



I usually begin with the Carole King song, "You've Got a Friend".

I have dozens of songs prepared to give to students.



After several months of practicing this way, the student finds that they can being to speak with some ease,

without the difficulties commonly associated with Shyness and other problems.



I have taught many students from many countries using this method.

You can even look for a teacher or friend who will agree to teach you this way.



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Still, movies can be used, for example if you have the lyrics to the songs of a "Musical" that you can listen to over and over by watching the movie.

One movie that I currently do this with is the Musical "Oliver" by Lionel Bart, starring Mark Lester as the boy.

The other benefit of this movie is that it makes you familar with the roots of Western Culture. This movie is based, for example, upon the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist.




The vocabulary contained therein is even stronger. I guide the student carefully into a basic comprehension of concepts in Science, Law, Philosophy and Theology,
by which means he or she can draw upon the Ideas so that they can write about ideas and speak about ideas and abstract conceptions with confidence.----Warm Regards, Bruce

My favourite way is to actually practice speaking the language.

yes by text chatting and writing emails and also by speaking with friends and at school and also i go to private school for learning french
i find this very helpful too

These are my preferred ways of practicing:
- my reading skills by reading online newspapers, magazines and forums
- my writing skills by participating in online forums about topics that are of interest to me
- my listening skills by watching online TV and movies
- my speaking skills by immersing myself in an environment (via travel) where the language is primarily spoken and is required to simply get by on a daily basis

I think the key here, to answer the "why" part of your question, is to do things that you enjoy doing, because that will give you a greater motivation to learn and practice the language.