My most important advice is: "Do something (anything). If you do not do anything, you will not get a place. Make your hobby, not a duty, but above all have fun!"
Do not be too hasty. You go a long way and there will be delays and frustrations along the road. Sometimes you will be in the fast lane and the next time you'll be stuck in traffic, but also there will be many interesting things and interesting people along the road. Take your time to really enjoy the experience.
There are many ways to increase the level of your English language skills, but only you can find the right way for you. Here are some tips that might help: --
Improve Learning Skills
My most important advice is: "Do something (anything). If you do not do anything, you will not get a place. Make your hobby, not a duty, but above all have fun!"
Do not be too hasty. You go a long way and there will be delays and frustrations along the road. Sometimes you will be in the fast lane and the next time you'll be stuck in traffic, but also there will be many interesting things and interesting people along the road. Take your time to really enjoy the experience.
There are many ways to increase the level of your English language skills, but only you can find the right way for you. Here are some tips that might help: --
Improve Learning Skills
Learning is a skill and can be improved.
Your way to learning effectively is through knowing
* Self
* Capacity to learn your
* Your process was successfully used in the past
* Your interest, and knowledge about what you want to learn
Motivating yourself
If you are not motivated to learn English you will become frustrated and give up. Ask yourself the following questions, and honest: --
* Why do you need to learn / improve English?
* Where will you need to use the English language?
* What skills do you need to learn / improve? (Reading / Writing / Listening / Speaking)
* How long do you need to see results?
* How much time can you afford to devote to learning English.
* How much money can you afford to devote to learning English.
* Do you have a plan or learning strategy?
Set yourself achievable goals
You know how much time you can dedicate to learning English, but a short time each day will produce better long-term results of a full day on the weekend and then nothing for two weeks.
Joining a short intensive course could produce better results than joining a course that took place once a week for six months.
Here are some goals you could set yourself: --
* Join an English course (and attend regularly).
* Do your homework.
* Read a book a month.
* Learn new words every day.
* Visit the English-speaking forum every day.
* Read the news article on the internet every day.
* Do 10 minutes listening practice every day.
* Watch an English film at least once a month.
* Follow a soap, comedy or radio or TV dramas.
A good way to meet your goal is to build a system of rewards and punishments.
Find the gift you will give yourself to fulfill your goals for a month.
* A bottle of your favorite beverage
* A meal out / or a fine meal at home
* New clothes
* A manicure or massage
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December 21, 2009
December 20, 2009
Vocabulary - Learning English Tips
* Vocabulary Learning Tip One: Read, Read, Read! Most vocabulary words are learned from context. The more words you're exposed to, the better vocabulary you will have. While you read, pay close attention to words you don't know. First, try to figure out their meanings from context. Then look the words up. Read and listen to challenging material so that you'll be exposed to many new words.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Two: Improve your context skills. Research shows that the vast majority of words are learned from context. To improve your context skills pay close attention to how words are used. Doing a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) will give you many examples of how that word is used in context. Play our Daily Context Vocabulary Quiz.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Three: Practice, practice, practice. Learning a word won't help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word - both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word - perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it. Review your index cards periodically to see if you have forgotten any of your new words. Also, do a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) to get many examples of how the word is actually used.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Four: Make up as many associations and connections as possible. Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word GARGANTUAN (very large) has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge, large, etc. You could make a sequence: small, medium, large, very large, GARGANTUAN. List as many things as you can that could be considered GARGANTUAN: Godzilla, the circus fat lady, the zit on your nose, etc. Create pictures of the word's meaning that involve strong emotions. Think "the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!"
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Five: Use mnemonics ( memory tricks). For example, consider the word EGREGIOUS (extremely bad). Think EGG REACH US - imagine we've made a mistake so bad that they are throwing eggs at us and a rotten EGG REACHes US. Such funny little word pictures will help you remember what words mean, AND they are fun to make up. Also, find out which learning style suits you best. Everyone learns differently!
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Six: Get in the habit of looking up words you don't know. If you have a dictionary program on your computer, keep it open and handy. America Online and other internet services have dictionaries and thesauruses on their tool bars. Find them and look up any word you are not absolutely sure of. Use a thesaurus when you write to find the word that fits best.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Seven: Play with words. Play Scrabble, Boggle, and do crossword puzzles. These and other word games are available for the computer, so you are not dependent on a partner to play. Also, try out the Franklin Electronic Dictionary that features built-in word games.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Eight: Use vocabulary lists. For the serious vocabulary student, there are many books that focus on the words most commonly found in standardized tests, such as the SAT and GRE. There are also many interesting word sites on the Internet, many of which will send you a word a day by email.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Nine: Take vocabulary tests. Playing games, such as the ones on this site, that test your knowledge will help you learn new words and also let you know how much progress you're making. Offline sources for vocabulary tests include SAT prep books (we recommend "10 Real SATs" by ETS), and the Reader's Digest Wordpower section. For more, check out Amazon.com or your local bookseller.
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* Vocabulary Learning Tip Two: Improve your context skills. Research shows that the vast majority of words are learned from context. To improve your context skills pay close attention to how words are used. Doing a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) will give you many examples of how that word is used in context. Play our Daily Context Vocabulary Quiz.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Three: Practice, practice, practice. Learning a word won't help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word - both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word - perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it. Review your index cards periodically to see if you have forgotten any of your new words. Also, do a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) to get many examples of how the word is actually used.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Four: Make up as many associations and connections as possible. Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word GARGANTUAN (very large) has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge, large, etc. You could make a sequence: small, medium, large, very large, GARGANTUAN. List as many things as you can that could be considered GARGANTUAN: Godzilla, the circus fat lady, the zit on your nose, etc. Create pictures of the word's meaning that involve strong emotions. Think "the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!"
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Five: Use mnemonics ( memory tricks). For example, consider the word EGREGIOUS (extremely bad). Think EGG REACH US - imagine we've made a mistake so bad that they are throwing eggs at us and a rotten EGG REACHes US. Such funny little word pictures will help you remember what words mean, AND they are fun to make up. Also, find out which learning style suits you best. Everyone learns differently!
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Six: Get in the habit of looking up words you don't know. If you have a dictionary program on your computer, keep it open and handy. America Online and other internet services have dictionaries and thesauruses on their tool bars. Find them and look up any word you are not absolutely sure of. Use a thesaurus when you write to find the word that fits best.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Seven: Play with words. Play Scrabble, Boggle, and do crossword puzzles. These and other word games are available for the computer, so you are not dependent on a partner to play. Also, try out the Franklin Electronic Dictionary that features built-in word games.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Eight: Use vocabulary lists. For the serious vocabulary student, there are many books that focus on the words most commonly found in standardized tests, such as the SAT and GRE. There are also many interesting word sites on the Internet, many of which will send you a word a day by email.
* Vocabulary Learning Tip Nine: Take vocabulary tests. Playing games, such as the ones on this site, that test your knowledge will help you learn new words and also let you know how much progress you're making. Offline sources for vocabulary tests include SAT prep books (we recommend "10 Real SATs" by ETS), and the Reader's Digest Wordpower section. For more, check out Amazon.com or your local bookseller.
December 13, 2009
Learn to Talk English From Native Speakers
When you want to learn how to talk English, it is important that you do so by listening and speaking to those for whom English is the native tongue. The best way to become a fluent English speaker is to immerse yourself in the language. This means living in a community where the people speak English. For example, if you go shopping all the sales staff speak English and in order for you to communicate with them you do need to be able to say some words. Many non-English speakers who want to learn the English language do move to an English speaking location and attend school, but in many cases this is not always possible. For these people, there are online courses that they can take and stay at home while they are learning
You have to be aware that when you first start learning English, you will make mistakes. Making mistakes is an important part of learning in all cases. You will learn from your mistakes, especially if you have good support from those around you. English speaking children make mistakes when they first start talking and the parents and those around them correct them when they say the words incorrectly or use them improperly. The same is true of adults who are learning the language so when someone does correct your speech, you need to accept it as constructive criticism and know that they are trying to help you.
One way of learning to talk in English is to watch English television. If you use subtitles in your own language then you can understand the story line of movies. However some aspects of the speech, such as the use of sarcasm, do not translate well when using close captioning because the language translates literally.
Language dictionaries that translate words and phrases from your native language to English are really helpful in teaching you the vocabulary you need to communicate when visiting an English speaking country. You do need to practice the speech in order to be able to say the words properly. The essential part of learning English is to learn the alphabet and the ways in which the letters are pronounced. When children first start school they learn the sounds of the letters and then learn how to combine them into words. If you start reading beginning books for children, these books have pictures for the words and in books that tell stories, the pictures correspond with the storyline. Most of these books are available as audio books so that you can read along on your own as you listen to the story being read.
In an online audio English course, you listen to native English speakers reading passages that start off relatively simple and gradually progress to more difficult topics. The topics are those that you need for conversational English and ones that read passages from the news and informational passages. These passages also have comprehension exercises you can complete to make sure that you understand the meaning of what you listened to and read on your own. With these passages, you can listen to the passage being read and then practice reading it on your own.
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You have to be aware that when you first start learning English, you will make mistakes. Making mistakes is an important part of learning in all cases. You will learn from your mistakes, especially if you have good support from those around you. English speaking children make mistakes when they first start talking and the parents and those around them correct them when they say the words incorrectly or use them improperly. The same is true of adults who are learning the language so when someone does correct your speech, you need to accept it as constructive criticism and know that they are trying to help you.
One way of learning to talk in English is to watch English television. If you use subtitles in your own language then you can understand the story line of movies. However some aspects of the speech, such as the use of sarcasm, do not translate well when using close captioning because the language translates literally.
Language dictionaries that translate words and phrases from your native language to English are really helpful in teaching you the vocabulary you need to communicate when visiting an English speaking country. You do need to practice the speech in order to be able to say the words properly. The essential part of learning English is to learn the alphabet and the ways in which the letters are pronounced. When children first start school they learn the sounds of the letters and then learn how to combine them into words. If you start reading beginning books for children, these books have pictures for the words and in books that tell stories, the pictures correspond with the storyline. Most of these books are available as audio books so that you can read along on your own as you listen to the story being read.
In an online audio English course, you listen to native English speakers reading passages that start off relatively simple and gradually progress to more difficult topics. The topics are those that you need for conversational English and ones that read passages from the news and informational passages. These passages also have comprehension exercises you can complete to make sure that you understand the meaning of what you listened to and read on your own. With these passages, you can listen to the passage being read and then practice reading it on your own.
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