..for those who wants to learn English :)..
1. DON’T learn only from books. We need text books as sources of knowledge. However, practice and
interactions are also critical. Try to have interaction with Native English speakers.
If there aren’t any where you live, you can find online friends or someone with
whom you can practice. You can join forums or mailing lists of your interest.
2. DON’T learn only grammar.
You need
to learn grammar, but knowing the rules
doesn’t mean you know how to use them. If you don’t understand a particular
grammar rule, don’t get stressed out trying to figure it out. Understanding
might come after hearing and using the language. Listening and speaking are
also parts of learning process.
3. DON’T be shy! One of the major reasons why people don’t improve their
spoken English is because they are too shy to speak. Maybe they are worried
about making mistakes, or sometimes they are just naturally shy people. Don’t
worry! Be brave! People will know you are not a native English speaker, so they
won’t expect you to get everything 100% right.
It is better to try and to make mistakes, than not to try at all.
4. DON’T try to be perfect. Even English speakers make mistakes sometimes!
5. DON’T worry about having a ‘perfect’ accent. As long as your pronunciation is
good enough for people to understand you, then don’t worry if you can’t
pronounce all the sounds correctly. There are lots of videos on the internet
that can help you.
Do you know that most of online dictionaries are
now equipped with recording of pronunciation of words. For example: open the following link http://bit.ly/P9WJei and click the speaker icon(s) next to the word “Collection”.
6. Don’t spend a long time trying to remember a particular word. If you
can’t remember the word, think of a different way to say it. For example:
Poke – stick a finger and press someone’s arm. Duplicate – make two
of the same thing.
7. DO take responsibility for your learning; how much and how fast you
learn is directly related to your sense of responsibility. Good materials, great
schools, excellent teachers and living in an English speaking environment is NOT enough. It is not what you have, but what you do with what you have that
matters. Want to improve? Be active in the learning process!
8. DO be patient with yourself; everyone learns at a different pace and
has different challenges. Don’t get frustrated. Take a deep breath and accept that you will improve in time.
Learning is a process, it ain’t magic!
9. Mistakes are a natural part of learning anything; the more you make, the more opportunities you have to learn. Practice
may not make you perfect, but it will make you better. Perfection comes after LOTS of practice!
10. Listen to as much English as you can preferably spoken by native English speakers.
11. Use new vocabulary as soon as you can. Making your vocabulary ‘active’ is a
very important part of improving your speaking.
12. Communicate in English with different people. Everyone speaks in a
slightly different way. So talking with people who have different accents and
different styles of speaking will help you.
13. If you have a good friend who speaks English then ask them to correct
you sometimes. The more you use the correct version of English, the more you
will start to know what ‘feels’ right.
14. Join a conversation class, any kind of
English speaking club or society (a group
of people who meet to converse in
English).
15. Ask people to repeat something if you don’t understand them. You could
ask them to say something in a different way, or slower.
If you are not sure if you heard them correctly, repeat information back to
them. It’s better to check than to get it wrong.
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to learn grammar, but knowing the rules
doesn’t mean you know how to use them. If you don’t understand a particular
grammar rule, don’t get stressed out trying to figure it out. Understanding
might come after hearing and using the language. Listening and speaking are
also parts of learning process.
3. DON’T be shy! One of the major reasons why people don’t improve their
spoken English is because they are too shy to speak. Maybe they are worried
about making mistakes, or sometimes they are just naturally shy people. Don’t
worry! Be brave! People will know you are not a native English speaker, so they
won’t expect you to get everything 100% right.
It is better to try and to make mistakes, than not to try at all.
4. DON’T try to be perfect. Even English speakers make mistakes sometimes!
5. DON’T worry about having a ‘perfect’ accent. As long as your pronunciation is
good enough for people to understand you, then don’t worry if you can’t
pronounce all the sounds correctly. There are lots of videos on the internet
that can help you.
Do you know that most of online dictionaries are
now equipped with recording of pronunciation of words. For example: open the following link http://bit.ly/P9WJei and click the speaker icon(s) next to the word “Collection”.
6. Don’t spend a long time trying to remember a particular word. If you
can’t remember the word, think of a different way to say it. For example:
Poke – stick a finger and press someone’s arm. Duplicate – make two
of the same thing.
7. DO take responsibility for your learning; how much and how fast you
learn is directly related to your sense of responsibility. Good materials, great
schools, excellent teachers and living in an English speaking environment is NOT enough. It is not what you have, but what you do with what you have that
matters. Want to improve? Be active in the learning process!
8. DO be patient with yourself; everyone learns at a different pace and
has different challenges. Don’t get frustrated. Take a deep breath and accept that you will improve in time.
Learning is a process, it ain’t magic!
9. Mistakes are a natural part of learning anything; the more you make, the more opportunities you have to learn. Practice
may not make you perfect, but it will make you better. Perfection comes after LOTS of practice!
10. Listen to as much English as you can preferably spoken by native English speakers.
11. Use new vocabulary as soon as you can. Making your vocabulary ‘active’ is a
very important part of improving your speaking.
12. Communicate in English with different people. Everyone speaks in a
slightly different way. So talking with people who have different accents and
different styles of speaking will help you.
13. If you have a good friend who speaks English then ask them to correct
you sometimes. The more you use the correct version of English, the more you
will start to know what ‘feels’ right.
14. Join a conversation class, any kind of
English speaking club or society (a group
of people who meet to converse in
English).
15. Ask people to repeat something if you don’t understand them. You could
ask them to say something in a different way, or slower.
If you are not sure if you heard them correctly, repeat information back to
them. It’s better to check than to get it wrong.
By: Arda Himura on facebook
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