What advice would you give to someone who is just begining the study of English language?
Learning English is the most difficult tasks I have ever encountered in my life. There are moments that I am extremely hopeless and I do not even know what I should do. As a result, I need teachers and students’ advice. In this post, I give some advice based on my personal experiences to my friends who is just begining the study of English Language and in upcoming posts, I will write about teachers’ advice, which I collect from different teachers and students who learned English successfully. The advice is related to how students can learn English better and effective ways of English studying. Here is some of my advice:
Do not look for shortcuts. I was looking for a simple and fast way to learn English but I understood that there is no such a way. The only way is studying hard and being responsible for my learning. The only person that can help me is just me. Learning a language is not easy and fast. It needs time and patience and of course discipline.
Attitude is the most important factors in the learning process. Learning English is like a road with a lot of bumps in it, up and down. Sometimes one skill will be improved easily and another time is the opposite. You do not even understand a talk or a reading passage. You can not comprehend a grammar rules and so on. All these difficulties make a student disappointed, thinking that there is no desire to continue learning English. But, a positive thinking overcome all the problems. All these negative thoughts has come to people’s mind while learning a second language. So, you are not the only person who faces these dilemmas. Consequently, think positive and imagine the time you understand English like a native speaker.
Repetition is a key role for learning. I thought that studying a lot of materials is better than one material. For example, reading 10 passages is better than one passage. But, I was totally wrong. Studying one passage carefully is more effective because every time you study mind catch more words from the passage and comprehension becomes more effective. Using a new vocabulary over and over makes learning easy and naturally. So, focus on one material and read or listen to it as much as possible.
What advice would you give to an English learner? I appreciate if you give your advice.
koahh Said,
December 21, 2008 @ 1:52 am
keep watching movies , dramas. cartoons, and anything esle in english. it really would help you to improve english skill. in every weekend just i turn on tv and raise volume to listen english exactly
i hope it helps ur improving english skills . good luck!
nafis Said,
December 21, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Dear Koahh,
Thank you so much for your suggestion.
Good luck to you!
Cris Said,
January 10, 2009 @ 2:18 am
Hi every one!!!
listening, and reading english books is a big help to us. study english is not easy but it’s very difficult, but if you are interested to study there’s nothing impossible about that. focus your heart and mind is very important. you should think always that you can do it!!!!!!you can do i!!!!
thank you & happy new year everyone.
regards,
from Philippines
tina_chiang Said,
February 10, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
well done! Thank you for your suggestions.
I think this language learning site : www.sanbit.com will useful for you to help others.
shiva Said,
February 19, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
Nice it is most useful to me.
I really thankful to you,
Regards,
Shivapindi
nafis Said,
February 20, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Dear Shiva,
Glad you liked it.
Nakedi Said,
July 1, 2009 @ 8:31 am
Thank you a lot for your advices, as I experience difficulties in understanding the native speakers when speaking in English, I hope following your suggestions guys, will help me.
Many Thanks
nafis Said,
July 9, 2009 @ 8:35 am
Dear Nakedi,
I am so glad that you found the advice helpful. I wish you more success.
Good luck,
Nafis
massoud Said,
August 9, 2009 @ 4:47 am
hi…Im a persian 33 male and I like to learn English .If anyone want to learn persian I ready to learn you..plz add my messenger ID…..my English is not strong..plz help me
kkarwan@yahoo.com
nafis Said,
August 26, 2009 @ 11:26 am
Dear Massoud,
It is my pleasure to help you in English.
Best regards,
Nafis
massoud Said,
September 28, 2009 @ 6:19 am
dear nafis!
thanks to you I waiting for adding me……reagards