Hello. My name is Emma; and in today's video, we are going to talk about
English for beginners. I will tell you my top tips to help you learn English.
So, let's get started. My first tip: Learn common words first. So, learn the
popular English words. For example, there are 50 verbs or action words that
are very common in English. Here is the 50 most common verbs in English — I
recommend you learn these verbs first. So, let's go through this list. Think:
"What verbs do I know? What verbs are new?" Learn the new verbs. Okay? So, the
top 50 most common verbs in English. Number one... Well, so, alphabetical.
These are alphabetical. There is: "ask", "be", "become", "begin", "call", "can",
"come", "could", "do", "feel", "find", "get", "give", "go", "have" — this one
is very important — "hear", "help", "keep", "know", "leave", "let", "like" —
again, this is also very important — "live", "look", "make", "may", "mean",
"might", "move", "need", "play", "put", "run", "say", "see", "seem", "should",
"show", "start", "take", "talk", "tell", "think", "try", "turn", "use", "want" —
very important one — "will", "work", and "would". So, what should you learn
first? I recommend learn verbs; learn action words. These are the most common
action words in English. Most English sentences have one of these verbs; they
are the most common words or verbs in English. So, that's my first tip: Learn
these words. Okay?
So, tip number two: You don't need perfect grammar. Okay? You can make
mistakes — it's okay. Communication is more than grammar. Sometimes people make
mistakes, and we can still understand them, so you don't need perfect grammar.
My third tip: In English, there are twelve different verb tenses in English.
So, there are about twelve different verb tenses in English. Many students
find it difficult to learn the twelve verb tenses. When you start learning
English, at the beginning, the three most important tenses are the simple
present, the simple past, and the simple future. These three verb tenses are the
tenses you should learn first. Okay? So, learn one, two, three. The first three
tenses you should learn. Here is the simple present: "On Mondays, I work" —
the verb "work" is in the simple present tense. So, "work" is the verb and it is
in the simple present tense. So, right now, on Mondays, I work. The second verb
tense you should learn is the simple past. The "past" is before. "Yesterday"
is the past, "last month" is the past, "2000" is the past. So, before is the
past. In English, it's important to be able to talk about the past — we use the
simple past tense for this. Here is an example: "Yesterday, I worked." So, the
verb is the same. This verb is in the simple present; this verb is in the
simple past — it has "ed". So, those are the first two tenses to learn. The third
verb tense to learn is the future. "Tomorrow" is the future, "in 50 years"
is the future, "next year" is the future. It's important to be able to
talk about the future in English. So, here is an example of the simple future:
"Tomorrow, I will work." When we talk about the future, we can use the verb
"will": "I will work." So, the first three grammar tenses to learn, the first
three verb tenses: The simple present — check, the simple past — check, simple
future — check. And then you can learn the other verb tenses in English. So
first, these three, then the other nine tenses.
Tip number four: When you start learning English, it's difficult to listen. My
recommendation is: Listen for a short amount of time. So, listen for a small
amount of time; not a long amount of time. So, a small amount of listening is
good. Small. Movies in English are about two hours. If you watch a movie in
English, this is not small; this is long. It's difficult to listen to a
movie in English for two hours. I recommend: Don't do this. I recommend
short listening for maybe ten seconds of English to one minute of English — this
is better for you to learn how to listen in English. Let me tell you some more
tips on how you can learn English as a beginner.
Here is tip number five: Start with English that is important for your life.
The English for your life might be different than the English for my life.
So, for example, think about your family. What family words do you need?
Do you need words for children? Maybe for "mother", "father", "sister",
"brother". Think about your family, and learn words about family that are
meaningful to you. Think about work: What words are important for your work?
Learn these words first. Think about your life every day: "What do you do
every day? Do you brush your teeth?" Probably. "Do you clean your house? Do
you...? Do you watch TV?" Think about your life, and learn the vocabulary or
the words for your own life for the routines you do. Weather words are very
common words. It's good to learn weather words as well. In English, we talk about
the weather a lot. I recommend learning weather words, like: "It's cold", "it's
hot". These are very important words. So, learn the English that is meaningful
Okay. My last tip, number six, is: Practice. Practice English. A little
practice every day is important. Ten minutes of English every day will help
you a lot in your learning. So, practice makes perfect. Review new words often.
If you learn a family word on Monday — review or study it again on Tuesday,
study it again on Wednesday. To remember a word, you need to see the word many
times, so review many times. Test yourself — this is a good way to help
you learn new words. When you learn a new word, wait a minute, and then think:
to your life.
"What is the word I just learned?" Test yourself, and that will help you to
remember new words.
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