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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