| Learning doesn't end when your English lesson is over! | | | | interesting and fun that you chose for yourself (not a |
| The best way to learn English is to try to immerse | | | | boring and unrealistic ESL textbook from the school) it'll |
| yourself in the language as much as you can. The | | | | motivate you and help you learn more easily. |
| more resources and methods you use outside the | | | | It's a much nicer way to work on your grammar |
| classroom....the faster you'll learn. | | | | too....you'll want to read it....and not see it as work or a |
| There are lots of things you can do to improve your | | | | duty. You'll learn stuff without even knowing it! The |
| English.... | | | | same goes for watching movies and listening to music. |
| What's the Best Way To Learn English? | | | | You can find English language magazines about almost |
| - Buying, and reading as many English language books | | | | anything these days. It shouldn't be too hard to find one |
| as possible | | | | on a topic that interests you. |
| - Listen to English language radio stations | | | | What do you do if you don't have any English |
| - Watch English TV, Movies and news | | | | language magazines in your area? Yep.....you guessed |
| - Listen to Native Speakers | | | | it.....go online! |
| - Home stay/Study abroad - Truly adventurous....total | | | | Most popular magazines and newspapers are also |
| immersion | | | | available to view online, and they're sometimes even |
| - Use the internet | | | | better, because they have more stuff available. |
| - Use language software | | | | Newspapers will also help you learn more about the |
| - Test yourself | | | | culture of the country too. |
| Reading Improves Speaking | | | | Try reading a book out loud to practice your |
| Students usually attend a conversation class with a | | | | pronunciation. You could also record yourself while |
| native speaker to help them improve their speaking | | | | reading to check your errors at the end. |
| skills. However, reading a lot of English language books, | | | | A note on ESL textbooks |
| magazines and website pages - made for native | | | | I'm not saying to completely avoid your class |
| readers - will greatly improve your speaking skills. | | | | textbook...or that they're useless. They definitely have |
| Reading will help with sentence building and grammar | | | | a place in your English learning, but unfortunately.....some |
| skills - Because You can see natural phrases in writing, | | | | authors tend to only include a lot of uninteresting and |
| easily remember them, and apply them in your real life | | | | unnatural sounding dialogues. |
| conversations. Listening can be hard work for a lot of | | | | They're not too full of free talking practice either. This |
| people. Reading is definitely easier, as the dialogue is | | | | can leave you sounding a bit "robotic" when trying to |
| written down in a book in front of you. | | | | have a conversation in the "real" world. So...not really |
| Which Books Should I read? | | | | the best way to learn English. |
| My wife's English level is considered near native...but | | | | They're good for testing yourself and they do have a |
| she still loves learning new phrases and vocab from | | | | progressive system and structure (Good for |
| reading. She reads anything from Grisham, Ludlum and | | | | reference). A good teacher will use the textbook's |
| Clancy, to Harry Potter and Roald Dahl. | | | | content and structure, to create their own |
| Reading lower level or children's books is | | | | lesson.....hopefully making it more interactive and fun. |
| OK...whatever works for you. Just Read something | | | | |