Ways to Learn English Effectively

Movies, Songs and Magazines would be a great help – this is the easiest DIY (Do It Yourself) way to enhance your English speaking while you are learning at the same time. You can also enjoy watching your favorite movies and songs that you are familiar with and it will be much easier for you if the movie has sub-titles and lyrics to your favorite songs so you can follow word by word and if a word will appear new to you, pause and make a research on it so that you can fully understand each sentence. Do this simultaneously and you will see your progress.

Get a Partner to make a conversation – what is learning English without communication? Have a partner that knows how to speak in English, so he/she can correct your mistakes. You can also have a partner who is still learning English, you can learn together. It is much better if you have someone to talk or ask for while learning English.

Sign-up to YouTube channels – before enrolling in a school there are many tutorial video on YouTube that you can watch, this can help you gain more basic knowledge in English language, it can boost your confidence in class to participate because you have a little background about English. There are also different kinds of topics that you can choose, it can be about politics, news or different kinds of blogs that can keep your interest with. If you are a fan of a foreign actor you can go online and watch all his/her interviews, write down the expressions that they are doing and imitate their accent.

Ask questions, as many as you can possibly think – asking questions can drive you to learn fluently the English language. While you are learning English you will soon compile a bunch of question, for example when to use the “there and their”, so be curious and learn how to use it. If you are enrolled in a course, then it is an advantage for you because you can always ask your teacher (this is why you are enrolled, after all).

Know why you are doing this and believe – when you doubt yourself, think about your motivation on why you pursue on learning English, is it for a job or is it for enrolling in an international school. If it is for school purpose, then focus on vocabulary that is related to the course that you want. Don’t hate yourself when you come to the point that you’ll say to yourself “I’ll never get this”, it is effective when you avoid saying this phrase, you’re making and convincing that your goals of speaking English fluently is unreachable. Instead, say “I’m making improvements day by day”. Remind yourself the reason why are you doing this. In no time you will notice the difference. This is the best way to maintain your language skills in a long term, it is not easy, but it will be all worth it.