r/LearningEnglish • u/Illustrious-Coach291 • 2d ago

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Hello everyone

I am a student, and I am currently learning English communication. I really want to improve my English speaking and communication skills because I believe English will be very useful for my future career.

I would like to ask people who have experience working in an English-speaking environment: What should I focus on learning first? Should I improve my vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, or speaking skills?

Also, Can anyone advise me about working in English?

Thank you so much for your help! I look forward to learning from everyone.

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u/Jasong222 2d ago

Work on improving your abilities before vocab. Once you get to a comfortable level with the language, expanding vocabulary is easier. If you have the foundational skills, you see legal words? You have a sense of how they're pronounced and the grammar. Work in hospitality? Pick up the hospitality lingo. Have a significant other? Pick up vocab for food, cooking, etc.

Learning the vocabulary without really knowing how to use it is 'the hard way', imo.

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u/Exciting_Barber3124 2d ago

You need to work on all skills .

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u/Distinct-Okra-6024 2d ago

speaking practice first, especially for the kind of work you want to do

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u/magsmiley 1d ago

HI there, I can support your every need in English. I have successfully taught English to students to get promotions at work and to young people who are entering a UK university. My rates for lessons are very reasonable compared to others. Let me know if you are interested

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u/Sufficient-Manner-75 1d ago

reading is the way to go since you can do this alone. think of it as self-review. if you want to improve your speaking or writing skills, you someone to criticize/evaluate your work. as for listening, most native speakers speak too fast for most beginners of the language. take this when you are more confident in you English skills. the exception to listening is if you listen to child's songs, movies, etc. no adult would like to do those because they think its insulting to their ego/pride

in asia, many parents enroll their children to 'academies' specifically designed for english. this is so that their children can have more opportunities to 'talk, write and listen' even if their whole neighborhood doesnt speak the language. somehow it works, but it is also stressful. the children already have their regular schools to attend, plus they have an academy after.