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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. ONEA 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. TWOA 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. THREEA 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!). FOURA 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. FIVEA 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 WaysIdioms List1. 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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