{"id":692,"date":"2018-01-24T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T12:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thehindustep.in\/?p=692"},"modified":"2025-12-25T07:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:37:44","slug":"the-staircase-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/step.thehindu.com\/blog\/the-staircase-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"The Staircase Workout Method to Improve Your English Step by Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What\u2019s fitness got to do with language you ask? How to Improve Your English can be fun and active, and It\u2019s a great way to exercise the brains and the muscles. Here are two staircase workouts for you to try and <strong>improve your English<\/strong> while you are working out.<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Step workout 1:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a transcript of a portion of <strong>John F. Kennedy\u2019s speech in 1961<\/strong> on his decision to go to the moon. It\u2019s a simple enough task. Do this when you have energy. Of course, it is recommended to try this in the morning. \u00a0Whether you have a staircase at home or work, here\u2019s a little exercise for you to try. Put this speech in your mobile. (We recommend writing it down)<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read this speech every day as you climb up the stairs. Do it until you can say it from memory. Once you have perfected it, try delivering it with one emotion while going up and the opposite emotion while coming down. Alternatively, deliver it slowly while going up and fast while coming down.<\/p>\nRead more like this <a href=\"https:\/\/step.thehindu.com\/blog\/5-step-strategy-to-improve-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Formula to Improve your Reading Skills<\/a>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How will this help?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, this speech is rich with words. You\u2019ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/step.thehindu.com\/blog\/vocab-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building your vocabulary<\/a>. Second, you will learn stress pause as this is one long sentence with many commas. Third, trying it with different emotions will help you experiment with voice control and using voice as a form of expression. Fourth, trying different speeds will help you with enunciation which is important for clarity of communication.<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Step workout 2:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choose a word at the landing of the staircase. For every step you climb up or down, you have to think of synonyms of that word. For instance, if you began with the word plead. Then at each step you\u2019ll think of a synonym that matches with plead. At step 1 beg, step 2 beseech, step 3 implore, step 4 request and so on. At the next landing you pick another word.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How will this help?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will help you enrich your vocabulary with synonyms of words you already are familiar with. It helps your brain think in context.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A step workout is good to improve your lung\u2019s capacity for breathing as well as the leg muscles. Adding a language workout to it will help you multitask productively and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Step up champion!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to take your English to the next level?<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --> <!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nJoin the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/step.thehindu.com\/blog\/step-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online English Course<\/a>\u00a0by STEP from The Hindu Group and gain the skills to speak and write English accurately and effortlessly. Start learning today \u2014 your fluency begins here!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s fitness got to do with language you ask? 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