Hi, how are you? I'm Gabby Wallace your American English teacher here to help make the world a more fluent place with your help
so if you'd like to know how to express yourself and
Impress others with your awesome English keep watching what if there was a way to?
Accelerate your English learning to learn more in less time
What if there was a way to become?
Almost a language learning expert so that you're not only learning English, but you're able to
Easily learn or absorb any language you wanted to learn
Well, that's what I teach here at go natural English as the first step of English language learning is how to learn the language
So we don't just dive right into what is the past present tense or?
Lists of vocabulary words in fact. I don't like lists of vocabulary words
I like to teach them in a more meaningful way, but you get my point before learning any
specific English lessons we have
To make sure that we have a learning mindset and that we understand
Strategies for language learning because the way that we were taught to learn English or other languages in school
Hasn't been working very well, and I know that firsthand because it didn't work for me, and I know as an English teacher
Having to teach in traditional methods at traditional
Schools in a traditional classroom with a traditional textbook that it doesn't work for English language learners either
So in this lesson, I want to share several
Strategies that you can use to become kind of a language learning expert whether you're learning English or other?
Languages too, so let's go. Let's dive right into
Strategy for language learning now this lesson is brought to us by the English fluency formula
Which is an e-book that I wrote to put together?
My best lessons and strategies and techniques for you in one easy
to read
downloadable
Resource it's also available streaming online
There's audio so that you can listen to it as you read or just listen or just read there's a lot of options, so
Anyway on page seven we have several
strategies
One thing that's really helpful when you're learning a language is to read a little bit every day
This is especially helpful if you're not in an English environment
so if you're not living in the United States, maybe you're in your home country and
What you see around you is actually in your native language?
so if you go to a restaurant the menu is in your native language if you
Drive around your city signs are in your native language
If you view the news it's in your native language
So you need to challenge yourself you have to actually push yourself to select something every day to read in
English now I would suggest that you automate this make it something that is easy and
Automatic for you to read every day
so maybe it's the news on the BBC or NPR or Voice of America which is a
special news site for English learners
You could make sure that every day you're reading part of a book that you want to read maybe a fiction or nonfiction
Book, I personally love reading
biographies and I love reading nonfiction or
real stories real history or
self-help books too actually
I love those because I love to always learn about how to become a better person okay anyway more strategies
review and
Repeat what you've already learned because if you don't review it and repeat it well
It's kind of like riding a bicycle after a while if you don't ride your bicycle
You know it takes a little time maybe a few minutes to actually remember how to keep your balance
But it'll come back to you easily
but if you continue riding a little bit every day you're gonna get stronger and faster and better and
Improve and build some muscles and endurance, too
next keep a positive
can-do
So don't focus on what you can't do don't
worry about
Thinking thoughts like oh my English is so bad. I'll never learn English these thoughts are not helpful really
Keep a positive mindset, and think about all the things that you've already learned if you can understand me right now
You're doing a great job
So remember that you are 100%
capable of learning English fluently I believe in you and I want you to believe in yourself and to stay positive too so next
Related to that don't focus on the negative
Don't focus on what you can't do don't focus on your mistakes
But actually focus on what you can do and what you can improve
Maybe there's just one little thing that you could learn today or one mistake that you could improve today mistakes are
amazing opportunities
to learn and improve
So if you learn just one little thing one new thing every day
or you make an observation of a new way to use a vocabulary word or a
new proverb a new idiom or maybe just
Observing the way that words are pronounced if you just try to
Learn one little thing every day your English is going to improve a lot over time
So don't feel like you're not doing enough. Don't get down on yourself. Don't feel bad
If you're not able to study for hours, and hours every single day. I'm telling you you'll
Definitely improve if you just do a little bit every day if you can do more
That's great, but I know you're busy
And I know that a little bit every day will definitely help you to improve, so just keep at it
Okay
two more quick tips use a variety of resources
And a variety of different kinds of media like text audio
video and especially
Use things that you enjoy so use a variety of different
Resources that's one strategy for learning
You know don't just rely on your textbook or reading because then you're not gonna know how words sounds so be sure to listen
To people speak or watch videos or TV programs as well and finally select
media that you enjoy books that you enjoy music that you enjoy because
English should become a part of your life that you love at least that's my hope for you because I know that
With that kind of strategy making English part of your life and making English something that you look forward to
Doing every day or experiencing every day is gonna
Help you to learn a lot faster, and of course. It's gonna be more fun
So I hope that these strategies are helpful for you
I know that they've been helpful for me as I've studied different languages
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