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FROM AVERAGE TO A-LIST Chetan Bhagat shares tips on how to take your English to the next level 1) Read something in English you enjoy. People may prescribe classics and you may look good reading them, but if you don’t enjoy it, you wont absorb it. Typically, you will enjoy something that is slightly above your current level of English. And if that means comics instead of classics, so be it. 2) Watch English movies with English subtitles. Many TV channels have this now. Listen to the dialogue first. If you cant follow it, read the subtitle. Keep doing this until your dependence on subtitles declines. Spend time with friends, relatives or colleagues who often speak in English. While you may not feel confident enough to keep pace with them, at least you can listen and understand them. 3) Create a group of people whose English is at your level. Meet every week and debate a current topic, making it compulsory to use as much English as possible. 4) Work on your inner confidence. There is a stupid arrogance in people who know English well and they often make fun of people who don’t know it. Let that not deter you. Every mistake is a lesson learnt. Remove the fear of people laughing at you. Even if you don’t know English very well, speaking is the only way by which you are going to learn it. 5)Remember, English is not a monster. It is a silly little language that is easier to learn than making good paranthas or driving a car in rush hour Indian traffic. And once learnt, all the benefits of the globalized world it offers are yours for life! Terms you can use to deal with difficult work situations Constructive disagreement I wouldn't do that if I were you.. I'm afraid I disagree with you on this. You may have a point, but

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