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101 Ways to Learn English
http://www.ecenglish.com/101-ways-to-learn-english
Here are 101 things (in no particular order) you can do
to improe your English:
1. Dont be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident. People can only correct your
mistakes when they hear you make them.
2. Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all English speaking
enironment where you can learn passiely. !he best way to learn is through
speaking.
". Practise eery day. #ake yourself a study plan. Decide how much time a week
you are going to spend studying and stick to it. Establish a routine.
$. !ell your family and friends about your study plan. %et them to push you to
study and also dont let them interrupt you.
&. Practise the $ core skills' reading( writing( speaking and listening. !hey all need
to be worked on for you to improe.
). *eep a notebook of new words you learn. +se them in sentences and try to say
them at least " times when you speak.
7. ,isit E-s free learn Englishwebsite at least once a day and complete a lesson.
. #emorisation of lists is one of the most common ways of learning ocabulary
for a test. /t0s only a good eercise for short term studying because you often do
not retain the information that you hae learned for a test.
. +se your body clock. /f youre not a morning person( study in the afternoon.
13. 4ou will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an eample
sentence using that word rather the word on its own.
11. Plan to take a test. 4oull find that you work harder when you need to study forsomething.
12. Saying that( its better not to studyjustto take a test. !hink of the bigger picture.
5hat can you do when you hae a good command of English6 7ow will the
8uality of your life improe6
1". %ie yourself a long term goal. 9ocus on working towards it.
1$. %ie yourself short term goals too and reward yourself when you achiee each
one.
1&. -reate an atmosphere in which you want to learn( not because you hae to.
4oull learn more when youre learning because you want to.
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1). *now what works best for you. !hink about what methods hae been successful
for you in the past and stick with them.
17.9igure out how you learn. /t can be by memorising( reading( speaking(
summarising or other methods. 9ind out how you study best. /t can be in a 8uiet
place by yourself or with a group.
1. %et help: /f you dont understand something youe got to ask someone. ;sk
your teacher( classmates or friends for help.
1.
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"$. Dont translate into English from your own language. !hink in English to
improe your fluency. !alk to yourselfGbut not on the bus otherwise people
will think you hae gone craHy:
"&. 4ou cant learn English from a book. ?ike driing a car( you can only learn
through doing it.
"). !he most natural way to learn grammar is through talking.
">. *eep an English diary or ournal. Start by writing a few sentences a day and
then get into the habit of writing more.
". 5hy not start an online blog and share your writings with the world6
". !o become a better writer brainstorm as many ideas and thoughts onto paper
without worrying about grammar or spelling. !hen think about the structure.
;fter that( write your piece using good grammar and spelling. 9inally( read it
through or gie it to someone else to check for mistakes.
$3. *eep an eye on your punctuation as it can totally change what youre trying to
say. -heck out the difference in meaning between these two sentences' IA
woman without her man is nothingJ and IA woman: without her, man is
nothingJ.
$1. Sing your heart out: Show the world your beautiful oice: ?earn English songs
and sing along with them to improe fluency and intonationG anyone for
*araoke6
$2. %et a penfriend or use chatrooms( forums and community sites. /f you cant
speak to someone in English( this is the net best thing.
$". Shadow English -Ds. ?isten to a few sentences then repeat what you heard.
9ocus on the rhythm and intonation.
$$. 7ae English radio on in your house. Een if you are not actiely listening to it(
you will still be training your ears.
$&. #irror -Ds. . =obody likes to hear their own oice( but be brae and try it:
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&1. Dont become too reliant on your dictionary. 4our dictionary should be an aid(
not your main teacher. !ry to guess the meaning of words rather than going
straight for your dictionary.
&2. Dont gie up: Stay positie: Sometimes you will feel that you arent learning
8uickly enough. Eeryone feels like this( dont worry about it. 4oull get therein the end.
&". Enoy it: 5e learn more when we are haing fun:
&$. /f you get nerous when speaking( take two deep breaths before you say
something. 4oull speak better when you feel relaed.
&&. *eep yourself motiated by looking back at the tetbooks and -Ds you used in
the past. 4oull be surprised at how easy they seem to you now:
-ongratulations( your leel is improing:
&). 4ou are neer too young or too old to start learning English. Dont makeecuses not to learn. 5hat are you waiting for6
&>. Procrastination can stop you from being successful. !o stop procrastinating( it0s
important you understand if your procrastinating is to aoid studying( or if it is
your bad habit.
&. /f you haent gotten the results you wanted yet( its not because youre bad at
languages( its because you haent found your own special way of learning yet.
&. +se resources which match your leel. Dont use tetsKlistening eercises which
are too difficult or too easy. +se materials which challenge you but dont
frustrate you.
)3. Dont worry about making your accent perfect. /ts an important part of your
cultural identity to keep your accent. =atie English speakers enoy hearing
English spoken with an accent.
)1. !here are many types of English' British( ;merican( South ;frican and so on.
=one of these are wrong or not as important. English is English.
)2. /nstead( be aware of the differences in ;merican and British English and use
your words accordingly. 9or eample'ElevatorA+SC KLiftABritishC.
)". -arry cue cards with you. !hese are small cards which you can write new wordson. 4ou can pull them out and look at them wheneer you a free minute.
)$. +se postit notes and stick them around your home. 4ou can use them to label
things. Stick one on your pet dog:
)&. 4ou cant ignore phrasal erbs Atwo words erbsC( there are hundreds of them in
English and theyre widely used. !he more you focus on their meaning( the
more youll be able to guess the meaning of new ones. 4oull start to recognise
their patterns.
)). +se your intuition. %o with your gut feeling( youll be surprised how often yourfirst guess is the right guess. ?ike we said before( be confident.
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)>. %ather your thoughts. !ake a second to think about what youre going to say.
4ou know the grammar( but maybe you dont use it correctly when you speak.
). #eet new people. #ake the effort to mi with English speakers in your town.
4ou could oin a club or go to bars where foreigners hang out. Buy one a drink(
they loe that:
). Be the person to start conersations in English. !ry to keep the conersations
moing and use listening words ALreally? K Lgo onGK Lwhat happened then?C
Dont wait for others to speak to you. %et in there:
>3. Debate. Discuss topics in a group. Each person should choose a iewpoint Aeen
if you dont agree with itC and debate it within the group. #ake sure you get
your point across. ?earn to listen actiely. ;ctie listening will help in the
classroom and it will help you get more out of( and contribute more to( group
study sessions. 9ocus on the person who is talking. Dont fidget or become
distracted by other people or eents. -oncentrate on the speaker with your ears
and eyes. 9ollow the moements the speaker makes in an effort to hear more. /tmay help to repeat what you hear others say in an effort to understand their
thoughts.
>1. /ts not enough to only learn English words. 4ou can teach a parrot English
words but that doesnt mean it can speak English: 4ou still need to hae an
understanding of grammar.
>2. ,erb tenses are used by English speakers to talk about the timing of actions.
4ou might not hae the same epressions in your own language. /ts important
that you know these tenses and when to use them.
>". English has many irregular erbs. 4ou should drill yourself on them.
>$. *eep it up: /f you take a break from speaking English( you will find that your
leel decreases and all your hard work has been wasted.
>&. Dont be put off by a bad test score. Sometimes students hae the ability to pass
an English test( but cant communicate well with English speakers. /f you can
speak freely in English( you should be proud of yourself.
>). >. ?earn English with a friend. 4oull hae someone you can practise with and youcan motiate each other to study.
>. . %et used to the Lschwa sound ' an unstressed and toneless neutral owel
sound. L!chwa is the most common owel sound in English. 9or eample( the
0a0 in aboutand the 0u0 insupply.
3. *eep in mind that it takes longer to improe when our leel is high. +sually the
fastest progress is made when we are beginners. Dont think that youresuddenly not learning anymore( its ust a less noticeable progress.
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1. #ake sure that your English matches the occasion. /ts F* to use slang with
friends but not in a business meeting. Decide in which situation its appropriate
to use the words and phrases you hae learned.
2. !etbook English is often different from the way we casually speak. !o learn
casual Lslang watch moies.
". /dioms can be difficult to memorise( but they are great fun to use and theyll
make your English more colourful.
$. 5hen talking we usually link words together so that two words can sound like
one. Simply put( we link words ending with a consonant sound to words
beginning with a owel sound Aconsonant M owelC. 5e link words ending with
a owel sound to words beginning with a owel sound Aowel M owelC. Practise
these to improe your listening and pronunciation.
85.#ake use of the internet. /ts full of resources to help you learn' BB- ?earning
EnglishN learnenglish.ecenglish.com
). !hink about your strong and weak points. 5rite down which areas you want to
improe on and work on improing them. Ff course( dont ignore your strong
points. -ongratulate yourself on how well youe done:
>. +nlearn your mistakes. 4ou probably make the same grammar mistakes oer
and oer again. +se English tests results as a study tool. %o oer your mistakes
and choose one or two that you want to focus on. +se your faourite grammar
book to check rules.
. +se the correct article AaKan( theC. Be aware that there is more to this rule than
aKan@ non specific( the@specific. 9or eample'A universityAnotan university
because it begins with a consonant soundC.An hourAnot a hourbecause the Lh
is often silentC.
. 9or fluency( try image training. Before you go to that restaurant think through
what the waiter is likely to say to you. !hink of what phrases you are going to
use.
3. #uch communication comes through body language and gesture. !hese can be
different between cultures and countries. 9or eample( the twofingered O,O for
ictory symbol is fine palmsout. /f you make it with you palm facing toward
you( you0ll offend a British person. /t meansGwell( you ask a British person andfind out for yourself:
1. !he easiest one Sleep: 4oull learn more after a good nights sleep. 4oull be
able to concentrate more.
92.!ake an English coursein an English speaking country.
". /f you studying abroad( mi with people from other countries not only people
from your own country. /ts not a good idea for you to lie in a shared house
with people from your own country. Enoy a more cultural eperience by
spending time with other nationalities.$. 7ae you thought about getting a ob or doing an internship abroad6
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&. %et yourself a 8ualified teacher. 5ho wants to learn wrong things6
). =obody can learn all of the English language. =o need to worry about trying. ;
useful shortcut to learning is that in English we hae lots of words that hae the
same pronunciation( but a different spelling and meaning. 9or eample( Lcome
here has the same pronunciation as( L/ can hearthe birds. 4ou might find iteasier to build ocabulary by knowing the different meanings.
>. Fnce you hae a basic leel of English eplore the different ways you can say
the same thing. !his makes your English more interesting to the listener and it
shouldnt be too difficult for you because you already know the basics. 9or
eample( how many ways can we say( L"oodbye0 in English6
98.5hen you are on your English course( be prepared for your class. Do your
homework as soon as possible and hand it in on time.