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How to learn English outside the classroom ?

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1st class lesson about learning English, techniques for learning new words, etc.

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Page 1: How to learn English outside the classroom

How to learn

Englishoutside

the classroo

m?

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If you’ve enrolled for a course…

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Use grammar and vocabulary books at home, such as:

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Read in English: you’ll learn new words in an interesting context &

you’ll consolidate grammar

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Read graded readers,

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Read magazines for students, articles with a

glossary for a quick check

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Listen to an American,

Australian, Scottish or

English online radio

e.g. BBC

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Watch films with subtitles

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Study English online

e.g. BBC learning English

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Sing in English

in

the shower!

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Watch the news in English on TV or

online

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… or your favourite sitcoms

or TV shows

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listen to your favourite songs

with lyrics

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do crosswords

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YOU

The person who

decides what and how fast you will learn is:

Remember!

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... not your teacher

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Discuss with a partner:

*Which of the techniques do you find most effective? Why?*Which of the techniques have you already used?*What other ways of learnig English at home have you used or heard of?

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*read the list of words a lot of times*translate them into Polish*draw a picture representing the new word*write it with an opposite (e.g. rough – smooth)*write synonyms (e.g. awful = terrible, horrible)*write a sentence with it (Hail destroys farmers’ crops)*record the words on your MP3 player and listen to

them on your way to school or work*put the new words in categories or make a mind map

… any other suggestions?

How to remember new words?

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THANK YOUKatarzyna Zakrzewska