101waystolearnenglish

101WaystoLearnEnglishHereare101things(innoparticularorder)youcandotoimproveyourEnglish:1.Don’tbeafraidtomakemistakes.Beconfident.Peoplecanonlycorrectyourmistakeswhentheyhearyoumakethem.2.SurroundyourselfinEnglish.PutyourselfinanallEnglishspeakingenvironmentwhereyoucanlearnpassively.Thebestwaytolearnisthroughspeaking.3.Practiseeveryday.Makeyourselfastudyplan.Decidehowmuchtimeaweekyouaregoingtospendstudyingandsticktoit.Establisharoutine.4.Tellyourfamilyandfriendsaboutyourstudyplan.Getthemtopushyoutostudyandalsodon’tlettheminterruptyou.5.Practisethe4coreskills:reading,writing,speakingandlistening.Theyallneedtobeworkedonforyoutoimprove.6.Keepanotebookofnewwordsyoulearn.Usetheminsentencesandtrytosaythematleast3timeswhenyouspeak.7.VisitEC’sfreelearnEnglishwebsiteatleastonceadayandcompletealesson.8.Memorisationoflistsisoneofthemostcommonwaysoflearningvocabularyforatest.It'sonlyagoodexerciseforshorttermstudyingbecauseyouoftendonotretaintheinformationthatyouhavelearnedforatest.9.Useyourbodyclock.Ifyou’renotamorningperson,studyintheafternoon.10.Youwillfindwordseasiertorememberifyoutrytorememberanexamplesentenceusingthatwordratherthewordonitsown.11.Plantotakeatest.You’llfindthatyouworkharderwhenyouneedtostudyforsomething.12.Sayingthat,it’sbetternottostudyjusttotakeatest.Thinkofthebiggerpicture.WhatcanyoudowhenyouhaveagoodcommandofEnglish?Howwillthequalityofyourlifeimprove?13.Giveyourselfalongtermgoal.Focusonworkingtowardsit.14.Giveyourselfshorttermgoalstooandrewardyourselfwhenyouachieveeachone.15.Createanatmosphereinwhichyouwanttolearn,notbecauseyouhaveto.You’lllearnmorewhenyou’relearningbecauseyouwantto.16.Knowwhatworksbestforyou.Thinkaboutwhatmethodshavebeensuccessfulforyouinthepastandstickwiththem.17.Figureouthowyoulearn.Itcanbebymemorising,reading,speaking,summarisingorothermethods.Findouthowyoustudybest.Itcanbeinaquietplacebyyourselforwithagroup.18.Gethelp!Ifyoudon’tunderstandsomethingyou’vegottoasksomeone.Askyourteacher,classmatesorfriendsforhelp.19.Review!Review!Review!Makesurethatyoutakethetimetoreviewthingsyouhavestudiedinthepast.20.It’snotagoodideatostudyonyourownformorethan30minutesatatime.Takeregularbreaks,getsomefreshairandstretchyourlegs.21.Don’tbeinsuchahurrytomoveupalevel.Concentrateonthelevelyouareatnow.22.WatchDVDsratherthanTV.It’sbettertousesomethingthatyoucanwatchoveragaintocatchinformationyoumighthavemissedthefirsttime.23.WatchingTVonlygivesyouthechancetohearsomethingcorrectlyfirsttime.Thisisbetterforhighlevelstudents.ItcanbegreatpracticeforspeakingtonativeEnglishspeakerssoyoudon’thavetoaskthemtorepeatthemselves!24.Readgradedreaders.Thesebooksareespeciallywrittenforyourlevel.Readawholenovel.Youcandoit!You’llfeelgreatafterwards.25.Children’sbookshaveeasierwordsandareagoodalternativetogradedreaders.26.Newspapersareagoodplacetofindpassiveconstructs.Readthroughanarticleandseeifyoucanfindthepassivesentences.27.Readforthegeneralmeaningfirst.Don’tworryaboutunderstandingeveryword,thengobackandlookupnewwords.28.Forawordyoudon’tunderstandinasentence,lookattheotherwordsaroundit.Theywillgiveyouahint.Trytoguessthemeaningfromthecontext.29.Learnrootwords.They’llhelpyouguessthemeaningofwords.Forexample:scrib=write,min=small30.Whenyoulearnanewword,thinkofallitsotherforms:Beautiful(adjective),beauty(noun),beautifully(adverb).31.Learnprefixes(dis-,un-,re-)andsuffixes(-ly,-ment,-ful),thesewillhelpyoutofigureoutthemeaningofwordsandbuildyourvocabulary.32.English,unlikeJapaneseorFrench,useswordstress.Fornewwords,countthesyllablesandfindwherethestressis.Onlyonestressperwordandalwaysonavowel.Twosyllableverbshaveastressonthesecondsyllable(beGIN).2syllablenouns(TEAcher)andadjectives(HAPpy)stressthefirst.33.UseEnglishwheneveryoucan.It’sassimpleasthat!34.Don’ttranslateintoEnglishfromyourownlanguage.ThinkinEnglishtoimproveyourfluency.Talktoyourself…butnotonthebusotherwisepeoplewillthinkyouhavegonecrazy!35.Youcan’tlearnEnglishfromabook.Likedrivingacar,youcanonlylearnthroughdoingit.36.Themostnaturalwaytolearngrammaristhroughtalking.37.KeepanEnglishdiaryorjournal.Startbywritingafewsentencesadayandthengetintothehabitofwritingmore.38.Whynotstartanonlineblogandshareyourwritingswiththeworld?39.Tobecomeabetterwriterbrainstormasmanyideasandthoughtsontopaperwithoutworryingaboutgrammarorspelling.Thenthinkaboutthestructure.Afterthat,writeyourpieceusinggoodgrammarandspelling.Finally,readitthroughorgiveittosomeoneelsetocheckformistakes.40.Keepaneyeonyourpunctuationasitcantotallychangewhatyou’retryingtosay.Checkoutthedifferenceinmeaningbetweenthesetwosentences:“Awomanwithouthermanisnothing”and“Awoman:withouther,manisnothing”.41.Singyourheartout!Showtheworldyourbeautifulvoice!LearnEnglishsongsandsingalongwiththemtoimprovefluencyandintonation…anyoneforKaraoke?42.Getapenfriendorusechat-rooms,forumsandcommunitysites.Ifyoucan’tspeaktosomeoneinEnglish,thisisthenextbestthing.43.ShadowEnglishCDs.Listentoafewsentencesthenrepeatwhatyouheard.Focusontherhythmandintonation.44.HaveEnglishradiooninyourhouse.Evenifyouarenotactivelylisteningtoit,youwillstill