Hi there,

i'm looking for english course/tuition/class for university student..
what is the best english course/tuition/class that u know?
can u all tell me? i hope the provided cert so that is easy for me to find job later..
hopefully the cert is approved by LAN or whatever that authorized the cert.
rite now i still study but my english is not2 very good.
i hope u guys can give me the best place to learn,write and speak in english..
i really want to make it..!!
so guys, help me!!

This post has been edited by jch: Mar 8 2006, 05:06 PM

If you can afford it, get a course from Britsh Council.

The Power of Three will set us free.

Seriously, tuition will not get you too far sometimes.

You can always start up a topic here and ask grammar problems you have or any other problems you have. I'm sure many of us here will try our best to help you out.

Another thing is that, try watching proper movies to improve your spoken English. Grab any chances you have to speak in English as it's the best way to learn.

The most important thing is that, you must have the desire to improve and the determination to do so. If you do not have the will to do it, getting the best English tuition teacher will not help you much.

All the best to you

yea i know that tuition is not enough for me. I have the desire to learn and speak english because it is for my future. I must learn from the beginning because my english is very2 bad..even i cant write a letter in english..!! i think i will try to do your suggestion.

Thanks Geminist for your suggestion. i think it will help me.. Thanks again.

what is the fee? do they give certificate? is the certificate approval? i dun know anything about british council..

No problem at all. I'm sure alot of us are always willing to help those who want to help themselves.

Just post up any problems you need help with. However, at the end of the day, it still depends on yourself to learn something.

By the way, just a suggestion, perhaps you can try writing up a short article and post it up here. I'm sure some of the forummers here will be willing to correct any grammatical errors you might have.

All the best to you.

try reading harry potter for starters

ehm, but i'm so weak in writing. i only can use standard 6 english words, other than that, i dunno. But i will try to post a short article in here.
Thanks for your support.

which one? there are a lot of harry porter books. where can i get the cheapest book?
because i'm a student, so money is a big problem for me..

Besides Harry Potter, you can just walk into any second hand book store and pick up a book that you like.

Reading your fav. magazine will be great too

This post has been edited by Geminist: Mar 8 2006, 03:16 AM

Get along a good dictionary. You might a dual-language dictionary as well in order to get the meaning of the English word you don't understand in the language you're more familiar; i.e. Chinese or Malay.

The Power of Three will set us free.

So i've been hearing about this british council, question is has anyone been there, they say that upon entering they will give you a test to determine which class that you go to, so if you score relatively high they'd put you in an uber english class which is awesome for improvement. Did you guys know that as we grow our language deteriorates.

my english actually improve at decreasing rate hehe....

read thestar more often then u can at least able to communicate n understand ppl in msia...i found wallstreet journal n etc something like that...not suitable to our standard hehe

owh, british council is so good ar? are the fees expensive?
i will try to read as many book as i can. I will start with reading story book. Then i will read newspaper. Rite now, when i go anywhere, i bring my dictionary along. Thanks guys for your suppport..!
any other suggestion?

If you want to improve your English conversation skill, then you need to start converse with your friends using it. Watch more English news ...

The Power of Three will set us free.

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 8 2006, 12:36 PM

Start from the first......

i recommend Harry Potter because of the language, it is ideal for beginners
Yes, they do.
Yes, quite pricey
CNN or BBC would be good.

For beginner, they should start with something local first. As CCN and BBC will have reporters which their accent is different from us.

The Power of Three will set us free.

Our local news stations?

to tell you the truth, it shouldn't be the place to learn english.......

Accent is not a problem, what we want is correct and concise english.

Did I say "just start with ... "? Of course, when your ears can adapt to it, you can always switch to higher level later on.

Listening to CNN and BBC will be quite difficult for beginners. Accent and pace ...

The Power of Three will set us free.

Haha...it's not that our language deteriorates. It's our ability to learn new languages that deteriorates.

ehm.. i cant study alone. i need somebody to guide me. That's why i need teacher/lecturer to guide me. I'm a very 'lemah semangat' person. Must have someone to guide me. I'm very2 desire to learn english.
I needed english english because i dun hv much time to read a book.

I suggest you fork out some money and go to take some course.

The Power of Three will set us free.

Haha,in the sense of expressing yourself or open to two or more interpretations, meaning you tend to forget words as you age.

ehm, what is ur suggestion other than british council? Got any english course that is cheap and its certificate is approval from LAN?

Then any tuition centre will do, but don't make a fuss if the standard is lousy.
The standards would be guaranteed at British council.

you don't need LAN approval......what's with everyone and LAN?

My English improved alot eversince I join the forums (not only Lowyat.net). But, sometimes I still have problem like, can't think of a proper word to start a sentence, and I frequently use the same words.

Sometimes, you might see my sentence abit 'cacated'.

I observe alot too, that's how I learn.

There's other language centre like Erican and etc. You may try those if you want. I guess the fee might be lower than British Council.

British Council costs more because they have quality and you may be learning the finest English in Malaysia. I didn't take any course at there and I'm not sure with the environment at there. Perhaps their lecturers might come from England. That's why you're paying more.

You doesn't need a LAN approval to conduct a English language course. LAN is doing accreditation to be more precise and MOE or MOHE is doing the course apparoval.

Perhaps, people are paranoid with unemployment and not recognized courses taken at the tertiary level.

The Power of Three will set us free.

BBC is stand for British Council? is that rite? i go search in newspaper and many english course provided by the BBC. I dont know what is BBC. Are BBC is good?

As far as I know, isn't BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation?

Are the BBC is the part of British Council? They are from same company?