| When you speak in your native language, you don't | | | | sentence when you have to think of all of the English |
| have to think about the grammar or the words you | | | | language grammar rules. When you talk to someone, |
| use. Correct sentences seem to just come to you. | | | | you don't have time to do that. The input-based |
| Your brain uses sentences you've already seen or | | | | approach may seem to be more demanding, but it's |
| heard. If you want to learn to speak the English | | | | the only way to achieve fluency. |
| language fluently, you have to learn it the way you | | | | If you have ever attended English language classes, |
| learned your native language, by reading and listening. | | | | you have probably been asked to read a text and |
| Reading and listening to the English language will help | | | | then complete a task connected with it. Most teachers |
| you develop English language intuition. Learning the | | | | encourage students to read very quickly, just to get |
| English language is all about putting lots of proper | | | | the main points out of the English language text. You |
| sentences in your head. Your brain can then imitate | | | | might think that this way you will improve your English, |
| them and produce similar English language sentences | | | | but it's the other way around. Reading in such a way |
| to express the meaning you want. When you read | | | | isn't very useful; it could even slow down your |
| and listen to the English language a lot, paying close | | | | progress! |
| attention to useful English vocabulary, you will soon | | | | When you read in your native language, you read for |
| start to use new English language words and phrases | | | | content. Your brain focuses on key words that |
| in your speaking and writing. Not only that, but you will | | | | convey the meaning of the text. This way you are |
| develop English language intuition. You will start to feel | | | | able to read faster. But this is the wrong thing to do |
| what sounds good and what sounds incorrect in the | | | | when reading in the English language. You want to |
| English language, just as you do in your native | | | | concentrate on the grammar, too. You should analyze |
| language. | | | | the sentences closely. When reading content in the |
| To get a good feeling for the use of articles in the | | | | English language, try to notice interesting things in every |
| English language you need to read lots of sentences | | | | sentence you read. It could be a useful phrase or an |
| and analyze them closely. It seems like it would be | | | | expression that you could have written wrongly. In this |
| easier to read a unit on English language articles in a | | | | way you can learn how to use the English language |
| grammar book, but it takes lots of time to build a | | | | more correctly, faster. |