First, let's make some things clear here. You may, or may not know that conventional language teaching methods...well...are kind of 'ineffective'. Do you want to see it by yourself? Ask 5-10 of your friends how much the school helped them to learn English.
I'm sure you'll get responses like: "Not at all", "I learned more from the movies" and so on.
Why is this? Simple reason...as I said, the methods are terrible. The more terrible thing is that most of the "beginner learners" use them when trying to learn Basic English! Not only they waste their time and energy, but they are destined to see failure!
To stop that, I've compiled a list of these mistakes and their solutions. Here you have the top 3:
1. Stop learning individual words. Think about it. How did you learn the English words you speak now? You repeated them mechanically by reading from the dictionary? Nah, I don't think so. I bet you listened to them many times within a sentence before memorizing.
Well, that's the solution! When learning a word, use it within a phrase or a sentence. You will learn it 5 or 10 times faster.
2. Listen first. Listen most of the time. The beautiful thing is that English is everywhere. Especially on TV. So listening shouldn't be a problem for you.
3. English grammar. This is a tough one. When you mention English grammar to someone, you don't usually get smiling faces. I think this is within reason. Not only it's boring, but also it's very, very inefficient.
I want you to remind yourself how you learned your native language. By learning Grammar first or after you mastered the listening and speaking part? Hmm...
After you apply these principles, I guarantee you'll be able to learn Basic English in a much easier way.
Good luck!
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