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Some Strategies for
Learning English
Learning English is by no means
easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.
Nevertheless, while you
cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work,
there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task
easier. Here are some of them.
1. Do not treat all new
words in exactly the same way. Have you ever
complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize
all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is
at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them
are bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal with new words in
different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use.
While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be
committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations
require just a nodding acquaintance. You will find concentrating on
active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary.
2. Watch out for
idiomatic ways of saying things. Have you ever wondered why we say, “I
am interested in English”, but “I am good at French”? And have you ever asked
yourself why native English speakers say, “learn the news or secret”, but “learn
of someone’s success or arrival”? These are all examples of idiomatic usage. In
learning English, you must pay attention not only to the meaning of a word, but
also to the way native speakers use it in their daily lives.
3.
Listen to English every day. Listening to English on a regular basis
will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking
skills. In addition to language tapes especially prepared for your course, you
can also listen to English radio broadcasts, watch English TV, and see English
movies. The first time you listen to a taped conversation or passage in English,
you may not be able to catch a great deal. Try to get its general meaning first
and listen to it over and over again. You will find that with each repetition
you will get something more.
4. Seize opportunities to
speak. It is true that there are few situations at school where you
have to communicate in English, but you can seek out opportunities to practice
speaking the language. Talking with your classmates, for example, can be an easy
and enjoyable way to get some practice. Also try to find native speakers on your
campus and feel free to talk with them. Perhaps the easiest way to practice
speaking is to rehearse aloud, since this can be done at any time, in any place,
and without a partner.
For instance, you can look at
pictures or objects around you and try to describe them in detail. You can also
rehearse everyday situations. After you have made a purchase in a shop or
finished a meal in a restaurant and paid the check, pretend that all this
happened in an English-speaking country and try to act it out in English.
5. Read widely.
It is important to read widely because in our learning environment,
reading is the main and most reliable source of language input. When you choose
reading materials, look for things that you find interesting, that you can
understand without relying too much on a dictionary. A page a day is a good way
to start. As you go on, you will find that you can do more pages a day and
handle materials at a higher level of difficulty.
6. Write
regularly. Writing is a good way to practice what you already know.
Apart from compositions assigned by your teacher, you may find your own reasons
for writing. A pen pal provides good motivation; you will learn a lot by trying
to communicate with someone who shares your interests, but comes from a
different culture. Other ways to write regularly include keeping a diary,
writing a short story and summarizing the daily news.
Language learning is a process of
accumulation. It pays to absorb as much as you can from reading and listening
and then try to put what you have learned into practice through speaking and
writing.
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