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hello everyone how are you today is Mark
I'm an English teacher and coaches from
Toronto Canada and a leading role see
something in teaching English in 1996
students have often asked me the same
question how can I learn English faster
and more efficiently the answer to that
question has been rolling around in my
head
for some time now I'll give you advice
on what not to do when learning English
first off don't translate word by word
from your own language try to figure out
the meaning by reading through the
sentence and then trying to understand
it from the contest if you don't know
how to say a certain word in English try
to explain it by using the vocabulary
you already know secondly don't give up
on your studies be constant never stop
learning research shows that if you give
up on your studies
you'll regain your English to the back
of your mind it's like going to the gym
for a year and then taking a year off
when you return all your muscles will
hurt not because you didn't work out for
a year so never give up thirdly don't be
shy when you speak English by gaining
confidence in the language you'll become
better at it if you are confident you
won't think about your grammar mistakes
when you speak to people in English they
understand you're learning the language
so don't worry nobody expects impeccable
English from you so how about those
points are you actually using them I
hope so
now let's talk about what you should do
when learning English first try to
immerse yourself in the language what do
I mean by in
well let me tell you about my own
experience with Italian I moved to Italy
in 1997 for the first two months I had
360 degree contact with the language and
I spoke Italian and not that much
my friends were Italians the environment
was Italian the earth that I breed was
Italian and the whole contest was
Italian
well I've learnt Italian in two months I
was able to have a real conversation
with someone even making some mistakes
obviously I don't expect you to move to
the US or to Canada or to the UK or even
to Australia however you can recreate
your English learning environment but
how well for your listening
comprehension I suggest watching TV in
English by renting or by movies or by
using the internet you can find movies
with English subtitles complete series
or TV programs even on YouTube you just
need to google English movies series
like the mist or friends or Sex and the
City all TV programs like 20/20 or
headline there is a myriad of links to
shows programs or movies in English I
would also recommend English podcast
they are easy to get you just need to
subscribe to the ones you are most
interested in and again there are tons
of the English podcast English grammar
podcast English pronunciation podcasts
English vocabulary learning podcast etc
when listening you don't need to pay
particular attention to what you're
hearing your mind will subconsciously
retain the English you hear so don't
worry about that much getting used to
the sound of English will definitely
help you improve your comprehension
skills this is particularly true if you
live in a context where every American
or British movie is dot
like here in Italy so um in order to
learn new vocabulary
I'm suggest reading a book you've always
wanted to read in your own language for
example a book that you'll enjoy when
you learn a language it is extremely
important you enjoy what you're doing
when reading it isn't important to look
up all the words you don't know it is
however important to try and understand
new words by context when an author
write a sophisticated words they usually
explain it in the successive sentences
likewise when an author uses this kind
of word one you'll often find it
repeated several times throughout the
rest of the book in this way by the time
you've got to the end of the book you
you will have found this several times
in contest and you will have definitely
learned what me I've seen students
strands in every single word they didn't
understand for long term retention this
has been proved to be ineffective after
few weeks of not actively using or Rhian
counting the words they so basically
looked up in the dictionary they simply
forget them in order to use what you've
already learned I suggest going to
venues where foreigners usually hang out
try and meet new people they don't have
to be native English speakers they could
be from anywhere but your own country
tell them you're learning English and
you would like to practice what you've
learned talk about the weather the city
is there or your life in general the
news anything you think will be
appropriate for that context meet new
friends online there are hundreds of
chat rooms offer English students even
on Facebook there are millions of
English speaking groups just search for
them is that easy by now you know you
can either test or speak live with
anyone on the Internet
I suggest you always mention
learning English if you want to practice
there are many people who are learning
English and wish to practice with
someone traveling this is a place
outside your country anywhere you go
you'll find people who speak English by
traveling you can practice the English
you've learned firsthand transfer put
yourself in situations where you have to
speak English in order to communicate in
this way you're forced to use what
you've learned I strongly suggest
travelling along so that you don't speak
your own language and us speak only
English if you live in a country where
English isn't the first language
I strongly such as attending English
lessons make it a habit
don't stop attending this will
definitely increase your level of
English and will maintain what you've
learnt so far well I hope you found my
advice useful if you'd like to make a
comment or to post a question just do so
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have a nice day and see you next week
with a new video lesson thank you for
watching bye bye
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