Hello, everyone. Stephen here.
I'm your online English teacher.
Now, some of you might be thinking
Stephen, how can I learn English?
How can i improve my English?
How can I focus when i'm learning English?
Those are very good questions.
That's what we're talking about in today's video
So let's get started
In this video I'm going to share with you five simple steps
That you can use to get focused when you're learning English
Alright, step number one
You need to answer the question
You can say- I want to learn English
Because my job requires it
I need English for my work
Or maybe you want to learn English because of school
Maybe at school you have english class
Or you need to take an English test for university
Or maybe you want to learn English because
You really like to listen to English music
And watch American movies
So there can be many different reasons
Why you want to learn English
So that's the first step
Is thinking about why do I want to learn English?
Step two- answer the question
skills do i need to reach my goal again
the question is what english skills do i
need to reach my goal
so for instance if your goal for
learning English is to take an English
test then you have to think about what
types of things will be in that test
will they test me on pronunciation on
conversation skills reading writing
vocabulary grammar so what is going to
be in that test
ok maybe your goal is to improve your
English for travel because you want to
go and travel and speak English to
people if that's the case then you have
to ask yourself what skills do i need
when I'm speaking English or using
English in another country now for
traveled most likely it's going to be
conversational English and reading
English so these are good questions to
ask what skills do i need maybe your
goal is to improve your English for work
because you have to write emails to
clients in other countries or talk on
the phone or have a business meeting
with people in English so in this
this case the question is what skills
will i need to use English at work and
it might be for you conversational
English when you're talking with people
or maybe it's writing in English email
to someone in another country
step three is to answer the question
what resources do i have now you let
lolo Stephen resources
that's a big word resources just means
what things what materials that you will
use so in this case for learning English
what book what movies what cds what
maybe website or different materials you
will use to learn English it can also
mean access to people who speak english
so like an English teacher or your
neighbor or friend or a co-worker these
can also be considered resources for you
helping you to learn English step four
is to answer the questions how much time
can i spend learning English everyday
how much time can i spend each day
learning English so this is very very
important because you might have a good
goal you might have a clear idea what
skills you need you might have materials
available but if you're so busy you
can't practice every day and you're not
going to meet your goal so it's very
important to set aside time to practice
every day you might be asking me Stephen
how much time should I spend every day I
don't know I'm not you
so you have to think about in your
situation how much time you want to
study how much time do you need to study
and that really depends on what types of
English you're learning so but there's
one thing i can do i can tell you that
it's better to study every day a little
bit then once a week and a lot so as far
as time is concerned it's better to
study a little bit every day
instead of once a week and a long time
ok that step four is to decide how much
time i can spend on learning English
Step five is simply get started today
now don't wait and tell everything is
perfect until you have the best
materials or until you hire an English
teacher
it's just important to get started today
and keep going
so get started today and keep going and
don't stop some of you might want to
start to get really excited I'm going to
learn english i'm going to be fluent in
two weeks
no you're not so just get started and
pace yourself to a little bit every
single day get started and don't stop
thank you so much for watching please
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website at english stream com for more
lessons and more resources i can't wait
to see you there and I would like to end
this by asking you one question what is
the biggest problem and challenge you
face when you're learning English please
tell me about it down below in the
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learning English and using it every day
we will see you next time