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Where do I start?
Why do you want to learn English?
Before you begin (or go back to) studying English, ask yourself one question. Why do I want tostudy English? Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision inlife, studying English must be something you want to do.
Set goalsIf you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to
an English-speaking country. Great. Your goal might be to learn "Survival English". Perhaps you alreadyknow many useful phrases, but you want to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Whatever your
goals are, write them down.
Make an agenda
How long do you need to study to achieve your goals? This answer is different for every student.
The important thing is to be realistic. If you work 60 hours per week, don't plan on spending another 40hours a week studying English. Start off slow, but study regularly. Use material that is challenging, but not
too difficult. Find out what works for you. After you have studied for a few weeks, adjust your studyschedule accordingly. Do you study best at night, or on the bus on your way to work? Do you like to study
alone in a quiet place, or with friends and background music?
A sample 4 week agenda:
Week 1
Sunday Read an English children's story. Do exercises. Summarize story in my journal.
Monday Write a journal entry about my weekend. Review some English spelling rules.
Tuesday Learn How to say Hello and Goodbye in English
Wednesday Read the useful phrases used in a telephone conversation. Write out a simple conversation Iwould have with my best friend.
Thursday
Review the prepositions of place that I learned. Practice talking (out loud) about the
placement of objects in my bedroom. If there are any objects in my room that I don't knowthe name for, look them up in a dictionary. Record them in my own personal dictionary.
Friday Listen to one hour of English radio. Don't write anything down. Just listen.
Saturday Review all of the new vocabulary I have learned this week. Write a story using as many ofthe words as I can.
Week 2
Sunday Try the practice sessions and quiz in the Telephone English section. If I have difficulty doing
them, review the telephone language I learned last week.
Monday Watch video: Parts of Speech on Youtube
Tuesday Rent an English movie. Choose a movie that I can get notes on. Watch the movie without
writing anything down.
Wednesday Learn Phrasal Verb with GET and GO
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Thursday Schedule a partner practice session on the telephone. Talk for at least half an hour using onlyEnglish. Keep notes in front of me and try to use the telephone phrases I've learned.
Friday
Watch the English movie again. This time stop and start the film when I don't understandsomething. Look up and record at least ten English words and try to understand them incontext.
Saturday Read Easy Stories to Improve Vocabulary Quickly
Week 3
Sunday Review all of the vocabulary I learned last week. Write a letter to an English friend orteacher using as many of these words as I can.
Monday Listen to the radio for one hour.
Tuesday Read the biography of William Blake. Look up and record any words that I don't know.
Write a biography of a famous person in my culture. Use the Internet to help with research.
Wednesday Read the exercise about English word stress. Try the word stress quiz.
Thursday Spend an hour or two doing online listening exercises.
Friday Begin the small talk exercise. (Read the WHO, WHAT,WHERE, WHEN, AND, WHY.) Inmy notebook, summarize the points in my own words.
Saturday Learn How To Talk About Shopping and Buying in English
Week 4
Sunday Test myself on all of the vocabulary I have learned in the past three weeks
Monday Watch Video: Secrets to Improve Your English Listening Skills
Tuesday Work on some dictation exercises. Write out 20 words that I often have difficulty spelling.
Review them before bed.
Wednesday Read a short story (out loud) such as The Chapel. Do the exercises and quiz. Record 10
difficult words.
Thursday Listen to English music for at least one hour. Use the radio or Internet. Don't write anything
down. Just relax.
Friday Convert my favourite recipe into English. Invite a friend over to enjoy this meal (speaking inEnglish only).
Saturday Learn Most Common Phrases in English
Note: This is just an example of one student's self-study agenda for one month. You should make your
own personal agenda. Make sure to use the appropriate level of materials. It is useful to write a 7-dayagenda before you go to bed every Sunday night. Most importantly, make sure to study a balance of skills,
including listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Make a commitment
Learning English requires a lot of motivation. Nobody is going to take your attendance when you
aren't in class. If you are sure you are ready to begin studying, make a commitment.
Sign a contract with yourself:
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My English Learning Contract
I, ______________________________ (your name),
promise to study English for a minimum of
__________ (your realistic number) hours per week,
from ________/________/20______
to ________/________/20______.
(no more than three months)
My #1 goal is to:
___________________________________________
(Example: improve my listening and speaking skills)
Other specific goals include:
________________________________________
(Example: learning 100 new words)
________________________________________
(Example: writing an email in English every day)
________________________________________(Example: improving my pronunciation)
I will re-evaluate my study sessions and goals and sign a new contract at the end of this
study period.
If I keep to the above program and achieve the above goals I will REWARD myself
with:
___________________________________________
(Example: new shoes/mini vacation/new dictionary)
Signed: ________________________ (your signature)
Witness: ________________________ (signature of friend, teacher etc)
Dated: ______/______/20____
PLEASE POST ME SOMEWHERE VISIBLE!
Have fun learning English!
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The things we do best in life are the things we enjoy doing. If you aren't having fun learning English,you're not studying the right way! You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time. Make upyour own rewards program to give yourself incentives to stay on task.
Study a Balance of the 4 Key Skills (Listening,
Speaking, Reading, Writing)Most students want to communicate better in English. If this is one of your goals, it is important to
study a balance of the four major skills. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are the main (macro)
skills you need to communicate in any language. Being very good at only one of these skills will not helpyou to communicate. For example you need to be able to read well before you can write well. You alsoneed to be able to listen before you can speak. It helps to think of these communicative skills in two groups.
INput
o Speaking (out through your mouth)
o Writing (out through your hand)
It's simple. Think of it this way. First you have input. Next you have output. First you listen tosomeone ask you a question. Second you speak and give them your answer. First you read a letter from
someone. After that you write back to them. These are examples of communicating.
Input and output don't necessarily go in a specific order. Sometimes you speak first and then you
listen. Sometimes you write about something you hear. During communication, the person you arecommunicating with uses one of the opposite skills. Therefore, in order to understand each other, everyone
must be skillful in all four areas.
Some students want to know which skill is the most important. Since all of the skills rely on each
other, they are all important. However, to communicate we do use some skills more often than others. Forexample, about 40% of the time that we spend communicating we are simply listening. We speak for about35% of the time. Approximately 16% of communication comes from reading, and about 9% from writing.
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These statistics are for an average communicator in English. Depending on someone's job or situation,these numbers may vary.
Each of these main skills have micro skills within them. For example, pronunciation is a type ofspeaking skill that must be practiced in order to improve communication. Spelling is a skill that makes
understanding the written word easier. Grammar and vocabulary are other micro skills. Micro doesn't mean
they are unimportant. Macro skills such as listening are very general, while micro skills are more specific.
For the best results, create an agenda that combines all four areas of study. Allow one type ofstudying to lead into another. For example, read a story and then talk about it with a friend. Watch a movieand then write about it. This is what teachers in an English class would have you do, right?
EnglishClub.com has lessons in all 4 key skills (and all minor skills), as well as many outside links to helpyou study further.
1. How to learn LISTENING
Listen to the radio
Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen.
Watch English TV
Children's programming is very useful for ESL learners.Choose programs that you would enjoy in your own language.
Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang.
Call Automated Answering Machine recordings
You can find these numbers at the front of telephone books in many English-speaking countries.Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers.
Watch movies Choose ones with subtitles,
Use Internet listening resources Every day there are more and more places to listen to English online.
Useful Listening links:
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2. How to learn SPEAKING and PRONUNCIATION
Talk to yourself
Talk about anything and everything. Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can't do this atfirst, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English.
Record your own voice This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak pronunciation points.
Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing?
Use the telephone.
Participate in class
Learn common idioms
Understand the sounds that your language doesn't have For example, many languages don't have the "r" sound. These sounds require extra practice.
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Recognize that teachers are trained to understand you When you get out into the real world, average people will have a more difficult time understandingyou unless you practice speaking slowly and with proper pronunciation.
Practice minimal pairs
Study word and sentence stress
Practice tongue twisters
Useful Speaking links:
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o http://beglobal.club/Effortless-English
o http://beglobal.club/Pefect-English
3. How to learn READING and vocabulary
Read something every day Children's books, simplified readers (Penguin), newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, novels, andmuch much more...
Read what interests you. Remember that you learn better when you are having fun.
Read at the appropriate level You want to learn new vocabulary, but you also want to understand what you are reading. If you
are looking up every word, the reading is too difficult.
Review Who, What, Where, When, Why for each story you read You can do this for almost any type of reading. Who is it about? What happened? Why did it
happen? Where did it take place? When did it take place? This is very useful when you have nocomprehension questions to answer. You can write or speak your answers.
Always have an English-English dictionary nearby It is a bad habit to always rely on a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary.
Think of your English-English dictionary as your life line.
Use online dictionaries when you are using the Internet (keyword online dictionary).
Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary
o Keep this notebook separate from other work
o Record vocabulary in alphabetical order (an English address book works well because ithas letters of the alphabet)
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Record the part of speech (sometimes there is more than one)o Write a sample sentence for yourself (don't use the one from the dictionary)
o Review your personal dictionary (especially new entries) every night before bed
Useful Reading links:
o http://beglobal.club/really-learn-english
4. How to learn WRITING and spelling
Keep a diary/journal Don't always pay attention to grammar. Free-writing can be very useful. It can show you thatwriting is fun. Have fun with the language.
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Write emails in English Stay in contact with teachers or other students.
Rewrite your local news in English This is another exercise that can be done on a daily basis. Remember that regular activities are the
best ones.
Learn important spelling rules Remember, you won't always have a dictionary or a spell-checker handy, especially when you are
writing a test. Even native English speakers need to review the spelling rules from time to time.
Useful Writing links:
o https://youtu.be/axHcf4SXr1I
Improve your homework skills
Stay organized. Keep separate notebooks for exercises, writing, and vocabulary.
Use a pen that you love. Study in short, regular periods.
Allow a short amount of time for review.
Study in a place where you feel happy and comfortable.
Don't allow distractions. Consider email, TV, and the telephone (unless in English) off limits whileyou are studying.
Have a drink and snack handy so that you don't have to get up.
If you study in pairs or groups, make an English-only rule.
Visit an English-Speaking Country
Take a language holiday. Stay with a homestay family.
Learn from native English teachers.
Gain access to English culture.
Get a part-time job.
Volunteer.
Make native English friends.
Make friends with people from other countries.
Become more confident.
Hire a tutor.
Offer language lessons/swap in your own native tongue.
Don't be afraid of grammar
Grammar is for communication Sometimes students get obsessed with grammar. This is especially true for students who grew up
with strict grammar schooling. Remember that you only study grammar in order to communicate.
Practise with a few exercises, then write an essay or have a conversation and try to use your newtools.
Isolate your weak points Don't waste time on grammar exercises that you already understand just because they are easier foryou. Concentrate on grammar that is difficult for you. If you are unsure of where your problems
are, write a few short essays or paragraphs and ask a teacher to circle repeated errors. Then you can
look up your problem and practise it.
Teach grammar points to a friend
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Find a friend who studies at a lower level than you. Teaching will force you to remember the rules andto understand them properly. Try preparing a worksheet for your friend.
Useful Grammar links:
o
https://youtu.be/316x8DO3V7Y
Prepare for a standardized test such as TOEIC or TOEFL
Qualify for a better job in your country (TOEIC).
Get accepted to an American college or university (TOEFL).
Use guided-study text books.
Study a broad range of whole language.
Track your improvement easily (test scores).
Learn idiomatic language.
Learn business English (TOEIC).
Improve your vocabulary quickly.
Take classes and get access to many listening exercises.
Challenge yourself to improve your score.
Learn and practise proper essay format (TWE/NEW TOEFL).
Become a grammar expert.
Improve your general knowledge.
Fun with English Ideas
Have an English-only evening once a week. Cook in English (rewrite your recipe in English) orwatch English movies.
Write an English love letter. (If your loved one doesn't understand English that's even better!)
Write English limericks. (These are excellent and simple for writing, pronunciation and rhythm
practice.)
Rewrite fairytales, jokes or instructions in English.
Go out and pretend you don't understand your native language (try to get by in only English).
Go online and find the lyrics to your favourite English songs and sing along to them (use a search
engine).
Learn the words to English national anthems. Sing along when you hear them on TV (sportingevents).
Invent an English character for yourself (with job, family, etc). Write this person's biography.
Buy an English board game (like Monopoly or Scrabble).
Play cards in English.
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Start up or join an English reading or conversation club.
Talk to yourself in English while you clean or do the dishes.
Go around the house and try to name everything in English (furniture, clothes etc). Look up words
you don't know.
More TIPS for learning English Faster
1. You are like a new baby Babies learn their language slowly.
First they learn to listen.
Then they learn to speak .Finally, they can read and write.
2. Listen to English every day Listen to English radio.
Watch English TV.Go to English movies.Use online lessons.
3. Make an English/ESL friend Make up conversations.
Practice dialogues.Use beginner textbooks.
4.
Read English stories Start with children's storybooks.
Try ESL readers.
Read advertisements, signs and labels.Try EnglishClub.com for Young Learners.
5. Write down new words Start a vocabulary (new word) notebook.
Write words in alphabetical order (A...B...C...).Make example sentences.
Always use an English-English dictionary first.
6. Keep an English diary Start with one sentence.How do you feel?How is the weather?
What did you do today?
Write another sentence tomorrow.
7. Visit an English speaking country Learn English more quickly.Stay with an English family.
Hear native speakers talk.Have a fun experience.
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