Improving Communication

Here follows a list of activities that can help you guys improve your oral expression in English.

1. Do the homework given by the teacher.
2. Listen to songs in English.
3. Listen to songs in English and search for the meaning of the words ( English dictionary searching for synonyms and antonyms; and google image).
4. Listen to songs in English and sing alone and repeat the lyrics.
5. Do a list of the words you have studied in each class.
6. Create your own dictionary- using words you have learned.
7. Write post-its/notes with everyday expressions and stick around your bedroom, bathroom or in the hallways of your house.
8. Associate new words that you have learned.
9. Write cards to retain the meaning of new words, back and forth, writing on the back the synonym/ antonym of words in English or even pictures/ draws.
10. Try to identify the word classification: verb, noun (substantive), preposition, adjectives, etc.
11. Record yourself reading texts or spontaneous audios to listen afterwards to observe your pronunciation (you can always ask your teacher in case you have any doubts).
12. Record expressions and lines from film/series characters and try to repeat them.
13. Watch some news in Portuguese and after in English or vice-versa, to contextualize it.
14. Read synopses of films and books' abstracts- from books and movies you've read and watched and also from the ones you intent to read/watch;
15. Invite friends to study and to practice English. Teach the things you know to family and friends.
16. When you watch a foreign movie, try not to read the subtitles.