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HowToLearnEnglish
HowToLearnEnglish
MycatspeaksEnglish.
Sometimesmycatcomestomeandtellsmethatsheishungry.Orthatherleghurts.Howdoesmycattellmethesethings?
Idon'tspeakpussy-catlanguage.
TipsandideasonthebestwaystolearnEnglishfaster.
TipsforBeginners
1.Youarelikeanewbaby
Babieslearntheirlanguageslowly.
Firsttheylearnto listen.
Thentheylearnto speak.
Finally,theycan read and write.
2.ListentoEnglisheveryday
ListentoEnglishradio.
WatchEnglishTV.
GotoEnglishmovies.
Useonlinelessons.
3.MakeanEnglish/ESLfriend
Makeupconversations.
Practisedialogues.
Usebeginnertextbooks.
4.ReadEnglishstories
Startwithchildren'sstorybooks.
TryESLreaders.
Readadvertisements,signsandlabels.
TryEnglishCforYoungLearners.
5.Writedownnewwords
Startavocabulary(newword)notebook.
Writewordsinalphabeticalorder(A...B...C...).
Makeexamplesentences.
AlwaysuseanEnglish-Englishdictionaryfirst.
6.KeepanEnglishdiary
Startwithonesentence.
Howdoyoufeel?
Howistheweather?
Whatdidyoudotoday?
Writeanothersentencetomorrow.
7.VisitanEnglishspeakingcountry
LearnEnglishmorequickly.
StaywithanEnglishfamily.
Hearnativespeakerstalk.
Haveafunexperience.
MyEnglishLearningContract
SampleLearningAgenda
WheredoIstart?
WhydoyouwanttolearnEnglish?
Beforeyoubegin(orgobackto)studyingEnglish,askyouselfonequestion. WhydoIwanttostudyEnglish?
Isitbecauseyouwantto,orbecausesomeoneelsewantsyouto?
Likeeverydecisioninlife,studyingEnglishmustbesomethingyouwanttodo.
Setgoals
Ifyouknowwhyyouwanttostudy,settinggoalsiseasy.Forexample,maybeyouwanttotraveltoanEnglish-speakingcountry.Great.Yourgoalmightbetolearn"SurvivalEnglish".Perhapsyoualreadyknowmanyusefulphrases,butyouwanttoimproveyourlisteningskillsandpronunciation.Whateveryourgoalsare,writethemdown.
Makeanagenda
Howlongdoyouneedtostudytoachieveyourgoals?
Thisanswerisdifferentforeverystudent.Theimportantthingistoberealistic.Ifyouwork60hoursperweek,don'tplanonspendinganother40hoursaweekstudyingEnglish.Startoffslow,butstudyregularly.Usematerialthatischallenging,butnottoodifficult.Findoutwhatworksforyou.Afteryouhavestudiedforafewweeks,adjustyourstudyscheduleaccordingly.Doyoustudybestatnight,oronthebusonyourwaytowork?
Doyouliketostudyaloneinaquietplace,orwithfriendsandbackgroundmusic?
Clickherefora sample4weekagenda.
Makeacommitment
LearningEnglishrequiresalotofmotivation.Nobodyisgoingtotakeyourattendancewhenyouaren'tinclass.Ifyouaresureyouarereadytobeginstudying,makeacommitment.Clickhereto signacontract withyourself.
HavefunlearningEnglish!
Thethingswedobestinlifearethethingsweenjoydoing.Ifyouaren'thavingfunlearningEnglish,you'renotstudyingtherightway!
Youcanbeaseriousstudentwhohasfunatthesametime.Makeupyourownrewardsprogramtogiveyourselfincentivestostayontask.
StudyaBalanceofthe4KeySkills
(Listening,Speaking,Reading,Writing)
MoststudentswanttocommunicatebetterinEnglish.Ifthisisoneofyourgoals,itisimportanttostudya balance ofthefourmajorskills.Listening,Speaking,ReadingandWritingarethemain(macro)skillsyouneedtocommunicateinanylanguage.Beingverygoodatonly one oftheseskillswillnothelpyoutocommunicate.Forexampleyouneedtobeabletoreadwellbeforeyoucanwritewell.Youalsoneedtobeabletolistenbeforeyoucanspeak.Ithelpstothinkofthesecommunicativeskillsintwogroups.
∙INput<<<
oListening(inthroughyourears)
oReading(inthroughyoureyes)
∙OUTput>>>
oSpeaking(outthroughyourmouth)
oWriting(outthroughyourhand)
It'ssimple.Thinkofitthisway.Firstyouhaveinput.Nextyouhaveoutput.Firstyoulistentosomeoneaskyouaquestion.Secondyouspeakandgivethemyouranswer.Firstyoureadaletterfromsomeone.Afterthatyouwritebacktothem.Theseareexamplesofcommunicating.
Inputandoutputdon'tnecessarilygoinaspecificorder.Sometimesyouspeakfirstandthenyoulisten.Sometimesyouwriteaboutsomethingyouhear.Duringcommunication,thepersonyouarecommunicatingwithusesoneoftheoppositeskills.Therefore,inordertounderstandeachother,everyonemustbeskillfulinallfourareas.
Somestudentswanttoknowwhichskillisthemostimportant.Sincealloftheskillsrelyoneachother,theyareallimportant.However,tocommunicatewedousesomeskillsmoreoftenthanothers.Forexample,about40%ofthetimethatwespendcommunicatingwearesimplylistening.Wespeakforabout35%ofthetime.Approximately16%ofcommunicationcomesfromreading,andabout9%fromwriting.ThesestatisticsareforanaveragecommunicatorinEnglish.Dependingonsomeone'sjoborsituation,thesenumbersmayvary.
Eachofthesemainskillshavemicroskillswithinthem.Forexample,pronunciationisatypeofspeakingskillthatmustbepractisedinordertoimprovecommunication.Spellingisaskillthatmakesunderstandingthewrittenwordeasier.Grammarandvocabularyareothermicroskills.Microdoesn'tmeantheyareunimportant.Macroskillssuchaslisteningareverygeneral,whilemicroskillsaremorespecific. (Moreaboutinputandoutput)
Forthebestresults,createanagendathatcombinesallfourareasofstudy.Allowonetypeofstudyingtoleadintoanother.Forexample,readastoryandthentalkaboutitwithafriend.Watchamovieandthenwriteaboutit.ThisiswhatteachersinanEnglishclasswouldhaveyoudo,right?
EnglishChaslessonsinall4keyskills(andallminorskills),aswellasmanyoutsidelinkstohelpyoustudyfurther. (ESLInternetresources)
1.HowtolearnLISTENING
∙Listentotheradio
Don'talwayshaveapeninhand.Sometimesithelpstojustlisten.
∙WatchEnglishTV
Children'sprogrammingisveryusefulforESLlearners.
Chooseprogramsthatyouwouldenjoyinyourownlanguage.
RememberthatmuchofwhatyouhearonTVis slang.
∙CallAutomatedAnsweringMachinerecordings
YoucanfindthesenumbersatthefrontoftelephonebooksinmanyEnglish-speakingcountries.Beforeyoudial,makesurethatyouarecallingthefreenumbers.
∙Watchmovies
Chooseoneswithsubtitles,oronefrom ESLN (providesusefulnotesonpopularmovies).
∙UseInternetlisteningresources
Everydaytherearemoreandmoreplacesto listentoEnglishonline.
∙UsefulListeninglinks:
EnglishCEnglishListening
Morelisteningtips
2.HowtolearnSPEAKINGandpronunciation
∙Talktoyourself
Talkaboutanythingandeverything.Doitintheprivacyofyourownhome.Ifyoucan'tdothisatfirst,tryreadingoutlouduntilyoufeelcomfortablehearingyourownvoiceinEnglish.
∙Recordyourownvoice
Thismightfeelveryuncomfortable,butitwillhelpyoufindyourweakpronunciationpoints.Listentoyourselfafewdayslater.Whichsoundsdoyouhavedifficultyhearing?
∙Usethe telephone.
∙Participateinclass
∙Learncommonidioms
∙Understandthesoundsthatyourlanguagedoesn'thave
Forexample,manylanguagesdon'thavethe"r"sound.Thesesoundsrequireextrapractice.
∙Recognizethatteachersaretrainedtounderstandyou
Whenyougetoutintotherealworld,averagepeoplewillhaveamoredifficulttimeunderstandingyouunlessyoupractisespeakingslowlyandwithproperpronunciation.
∙Practiseminimalpairs
∙Studywordandsentence stress
∙Practice tonguetwisters
∙UsefulSpeakinglinks:
EnglishCEnglishSpeaking
EnglishCEnglishPronunciation
Speakingtips
Morespeakingtips
3.HowtolearnREADINGandvocabulary
∙Readsomethingeveryday
Children'sbooks,simplifiedreaders(Penguin),newspapers,magazines,Internetsites,novels,andmuchmuchmore...
∙Readwhatinterestsyou.
Rememberthatyoulearnbetterwhenyouarehavingfun.
∙Readattheappropriatelevel
Youwanttolearnnewvocabulary,butyoualsowanttounderstandwhatyouarereading.Ifyouarelookingupeveryword,thereadingistoodifficult.
∙ReviewWho,What,Where,When,Whyforeachstoryyouread
Youcandothisforalmostanytypeofreading.Whoisitabout?
Whathappened?
Whydidithappen?
Wheredidittakeplace?
Whendidittakeplace?
Thisisveryusefulwhenyouhavenocomprehensionquestionstoanswer.Youcanwriteorspeakyouranswers.
∙AlwayshaveanEnglish-Englishdictionarynearby
Itisabadhabittoalwaysrelyonatranslationdictionaryorelectronicdictionary.
Thinkofyour English-Englishdictionary asyourlifeline.
UseonlinedictionarieswhenyouareusingtheInternet(keywordonlinedictionary).
∙Recordvocabularyinapersonaldictionary
oKeepthisnotebookseparatefromotherwork
oRecordvocabularyinalphabeticalorder(anEnglishaddressbookworkswellbecauseithaslettersofthealphabet)
oRecordthepartofspeech(sometimesthereismorethanone)
oWriteasamplesentenceforyourself(don'tusetheonefromthedictionary)
oReviewyourpersonaldictionary(especiallynewentries)everynightbeforebed
∙UsefulReadinglinks:
EnglishCEnglishReading
EnglishCEnglishVocabulary
Morereadingtips
4.HowtolearnWRITINGandspelling
∙Keepadiary/journal
Don'talwayspayattentiontogrammar.Free-writingcanbeveryuseful.Itcanshowyouthatwritingisfun.Havefunwiththelanguage.
∙WriteemailsinEnglish
Stayincontactwithteachersorotherstudents.
∙RewriteyourlocalnewsinEnglish
Thisisanotherexercisethatcanbedoneonadailyba