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Study
English Language With These Five Ideas
(and These Five
Idioms!)
Hana needed
to study English language
so
she could do her job better. She worked in the import/export business,
and regularly used the phone and e-mail for communication.
She
knew a lot of grammar but still couldn't use it when she was
talking.
A good way to study English, I told her has FIVE
important things.
ONE
A lot of
study methods.
A good student does not just
read and write. She watches videos and television (internet
TV!).
She listens to CDs, podcasts, native speakers of the language
(and of course, English Listening World!). She
draws
pictures to represent language. She joins speach clubs.
She
makes friends with English speakers. The list is endless.
TWO
A lot of listening.
She
listens to several sources of English everyday. This might
include videos (in short segments) from DVD's or youtube.
Podcasts are an obvious source (there are podcasts on so many
topics... find one you are interested in). She tries to find
places where native speakers frequent and watches their behaviour and
listens carefully, sometimes making friends.
THREE
A lot of speaking.
He
goes to English conversation classes. He joins volunteer
organizations that contact native English speakers. He
records
his own voice practicing English for pronunciation, grammatical
correctness or speed, and
listens
to it after! He makes videos of himself speaking English with
a target in mind like the recordings before (and watches them
after!).
FOUR
A lot of regularity.
She
practices English everyday. She has a set routine that has
places
where she can practice english without too much difficulty (words
posted on the fridge, or other places in the house). Some of her
activities are done in English only... cooking, or cleaning... all self
talk is in Enlglish.
FIVE
A lot of persistence.
He
knows the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. The tortoise
moves
slowly and gets to the finish line first. If you study
English language never, never gives
up!
Parting of the
Ways
Idioms List
1. Reach the parting of the ways:
to end a relationship or association
2. Pick a fight with: to start to
quarrel deliberately with someone
3. Bury the hatchet: to agree to
stop quarrelling with someone
4. Strike a bad patch: to
experience a period of difficulty in which there are many problems
5. Paper over the cracks: to
pretend that everything is all right when this is not the case
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