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আমার জীবন বৈচিত্রময় ! জীবনের প্রতিটা পদে পদে বাধা পেয়েছি কিন্তু এসব বাধা গুলো খুব সফল ভাবেই উত্তিণ্ণ হয়েছি আলহামদুলিল্লাহ ।
Whenever there is a silly spelling mistake of a grammatical error(like using "He" after a female gender or mistakes in subject-verb agreement),it has really negative impact on marks.It is better to write simple but correct sentences than writing complex sentences with mistakes.
So,by "Has a good command in English" I mean "Someone who can write simple,correct English".
HOW TO IMPROVE FREEHAND WRITING
STEP-1:READING
To be a good writer you must read first.Read English comics,newspapers,whatever you feel like.I read it in a book which is very true:"Nobody became dumber by reading".If you read a lot,you will unknowingly find that writing correct English is not very tough.
Start with English Newspapers,second-hand English novels found in Nilkhet,Archie Comics or whatever you feel like.Read,read and read-this is the only way through which your subconscious mind will prepare a very strong English base for you.If you read a lot,after couple of months you will find that you are writing correct English automatically,your subconscious mind will help you to write complex yet correct sentences without any extra effort.
As a BCS candidate you need to know what is going on around you,for which English newspaper(Daily Star/Independent/new Age etc) can be really helpful.From today onwards,spend at least 30 minutes a day in reading.I can guarantee that you will feel the change in you after 30 days.The number of unknown words in reading will be reduced dramatically and it will be fun for you to read.
STEP-2: WRITING
To achieve the level of writing simple and correct English, you should start writing at least 3 pages a day everyday.Select any topic and write 3-5 pages everyday.You can start with easy topics like "My family","Why I want to join civil service" and then gradually write about serious topics like "How to fight terrorism","Economic development in Bangladesh" etc.After you have finished writing,take a red pen and revise what you have written.Point out the mistakes in spelling/grammar and try to avoid it in your next writing.You can take help from your teacher or anyone who has a good command in English to point out your mistakes.
While writing on a topic,you will face difficulty in expressing what you are thinking.This is exactly why you need to write 3-5 pages because you will face the same difficulty in the BCS exam.By continuing writing 3-5 pages everyday,your fear about writing on an unknown topic will be gone and your writing will be smooth.Once you have the smoothness,English exam will be your biggest friend in getting you your desired cadre.
TOPIC-BY-TOPIC PREPARATION TIPS:
1) ESSAYS(60 marks):
In most of the cases recent burning issues come as the Essay topic in BCS exams.Believe it or not,I got 'common" in essays both the time:In 28th BCS I read "Global Financial crisis" and in 29th I studied "Global Climate Change".Both were "common" for me when I read the question paper.So,you should keep your eyes open about the important topics that might come as essays.You can buy market guides to see what essays they are emphasizing but please,DO NOT MEMORIZE FROM GUIDE BOOKS.These guide books have hundreds of mistakes and thousands of people directly memorize them.To secure better marks,you have to show something original.
Select 10-15 topics that you think is important(hot issues from newspapers/most talked issues/common issues like corruption.traffic jam etc).After selecting the topics start collecting data/article in newspaper about those topics.Search the internet and you will find dozens of articles on these topics.Read those articles and make a final copy on every topic which you will reproduce if that topic comes in the exam.Try to use relevant quotations(you can get them from internet) in the introduction of an essay.Using maps,statistics is also a very good tecnique to get better marks.About statistics,you do not need to memorize every single data-just have the approximate data in mind and use them in a table/chart.
2)TRANSLATION(40 MARKS):
Reading is directly related with translation.If you read regularly,40 marks translation will be very easy for you.So,my dear friends,you need to read not only for the sake of a distant goal like "Improving your English" but also for doing well in translation section.For translation practice,take the editorial of a Bangla and an English newspaper.Translate them at least 3 editorials(both in English and bangla) a week.Translation is a very time consuming task in the real exam.If you practice it well,it will take less time and you will be in an advantageous position.by practising you will be able to know what to do when you don't know the exact meaning of a particular word/sentence.The more you practice,the easier the job will be for you.
3)GRAMMAR(25 MARKS)
The first thing you need to do is to solve the previous year's grammatical questions from all the BCS exams.You can collect the questions from market guide books but DO NOT trust them with answers.As I said again and again,they have zillions of mistakes.As reference book,you can use 9-10 and 11-12 textbook.Another good book is "English Grammar and Composition" by Wren and Martin. "A Passage to English Language" by SM Zakir Hossain is also a very good book.While facing problem in "correction" questions you can use internet as a source.GMAT books has excellent sentence correction practice sections,one can practice from there too.Good command in conditionals/Subject-Verb agreement/Tense/Voice/Narration/other topics mentioned in the syllabus can be achieved by reading grammar textbooks(any good one will do).
It is very important to do well in this part because these 25 marks are solid marks.Full marks in this section not only helps to cut a good score but also helps to give a very good impression of the candidate-which might be translated into good marks in freehand writing section too!
4) SUBSTANCE/PRECIS WRITING(15 marks):
Keep in mind that substance/precis writing is a tough job because you have to express a long passage in a nutshell in your own language.Some basic guidelines are:the length should not exceed more than one-third of the original passage.You must not quote any direct line from the passage and avoid all the examples used there.Try to write summary of the newspaper editorials/articles.Enough practice wil help you speeding up your summary writing skill.
5) AMPLIFICATION OF IDEAS(20 MARKS):
Dear friends,you all know how to write amplifications.My request is,once again,DO NOT MEMORIZE IT FROM MARKET GUIDEBOOKS.Write them in your own language,use quotations/examples that you have collected personally from internet/newspaper/any other source.To get good marks,you have to show the examiner that you worked hard by your own and you are not one of the common thousands who use market guidebooks.
6)OBJECTIVE WRITING(20 Marks):
The best source to prepare yourself in objective writing is to read newspaper articles.Whenever there is an incident(accident,bomb-blast,road-accident,fire,storm,economic problem etc) we can see wonderful articles in the newspaper.In BCS exam we are asked to write exactly that type of articles.You can get the format of objective writing from any English newspaper report.Practice writing by following those reports.Do not forget to add an attractice and short title in each of your objective writing exercise.
7)LETTER WRITING(20 MARKS)
It is better to write official/demi-official/Memorandum or business type letters than writing personal letters.Check out the previous years questions.Format is very important in Letter writing,so you must consult a standard textbook to check out the format.For business letters,Business Communication textbook can be a good source.
CONCLUSION:
I have tried to depict a 200 marks topic-by-topic guideline.As I am a human being,there might be some errors/typing mistakes.I will be grateful if anyone kindly point out those mistakes.Any constructive criticism/suggestion/opinion will be most welcome.
Let me conclude with a famous quotation-“DO YOUR BEST,GOD WILL DO THE REST”.
Best of luck!!!
Mashroof Hossain
BCS Police(28th BCS)
Merit Position-4th
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