| There are many ways to learn English as a Second | | | | study and more like play. Are you a Visual – |
| Language: you can go live in a country where the | | | | Spatial learner who likes pictures, drawings, graphics |
| language is spoken like the UK, USA or Australia, | | | | and extensive use of color? Then watch some ESL |
| attend a formal language class, get a private language | | | | videos! A Musical – Rhythmic type that would |
| tutor or use books and written materials. Other ways | | | | benefit from having your lessons and materials set to |
| to learn ESL is to listen to CDs or audiocassette tapes, | | | | music, rhythm or rhyme? Perhaps you’re the |
| watch TV, movies and watching television , memorize | | | | athletic type who’d derive more success with |
| phrase books, use the Internet or employ a | | | | learning by motion, movement, mime or even dance? |
| combination of all the above. In the year 2000 there | | | | Playing the works of Mozart in the background while |
| were 10,000 internet users in BURKINA FASO. This | | | | studying has been shown to enhance learning in a |
| year there are approximately 80,000 internet users in | | | | number of areas. |
| BURKINA FASO. This is a growth in internet use of | | | | 3. Practice reading skills |
| 700.0 % from the year 2000 until the present so the | | | | Literacy is one of the 21st century’s most |
| internet has been a viable option for a while and if the | | | | innately valuable compound skills. After all, |
| trend continues will be the overwhelming option for | | | | you’re reading THIS now, aren’t you? |
| most ESL learners. | | | | Few would wish to be illiterate in their new foreign |
| Native speakers of the language may not be available | | | | language so practice of reading skills is paramount. |
| in Africa. One answer of course, is the internet. Plug | | | | Online newspapers, magazines, newsletters and blogs |
| “foreign language courses” into an internet | | | | can provide the needed practice and learning materials. |
| search engine like Google or Yahoo and more than 6 | | | | Currently there are 80,000 internet users in BURKINA |
| million hits instantly come up. From tuition to free ESL | | | | FASO that have access to internet based reading |
| teachers , thousands of listings lay before you only a | | | | materials so there is not excuse not to get some |
| mouse click away. How exactly then, can the internet | | | | reading done every day. |
| be used to tackle learning a foreign language? Start | | | | 4. Help in developing listening skills |
| off effectively by using these six ways: | | | | Considered to be the most difficult of the language |
| 1. Do an initial evaluation | | | | skills to develop, listening cannot be taught. Rather, you |
| The first thing you may want to know is where you | | | | must practice, practice, practice and then practice |
| are in the scheme of learning the language. An initial | | | | some more. This is where all you 80,000 internet users |
| language skills evaluation is in order; are you a true | | | | in BURKINA FASO have to take advantage of the |
| beginner? False beginner? Intermediate level? Higher? | | | | internet as a resource. There are many videos online |
| English proficiency diagnostics tests are free online. | | | | that you can watch repeatedly to grow you listening |
| With the percentage of internet users on Africa is 0.2 | | | | skills. Start with online English lessons that have a chat |
| % percent. Most students could and should go online | | | | room but also go over to and search for listening and |
| every quarter and check their language learning | | | | or pronunciation. There are thousands of videos just |
| progress. | | | | for ESL students. Look up your favorite English songs |
| 2. Become familiar with language learning strategies | | | | and find a music video with subtitles. You can even |
| How do YOU learn? Knowing this can make the | | | | download the video for repeated viewing later on . |
| daunting task of foreign language learning less like | | | | 5. |