WHY IS LEARNING ENGLISH SO DIFFICULT? & HOW YOU CAN MAKE IT EASIER - AND FUN!
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How long have you been learning English?
If you have been learning English for years, why are you not confident about your English level?
The reason for this is often because of how you were taught English.
In school, you learned grammar and vocabulary by studying books, but with little or no opportunity to practice the language in a real way.
As an adult, you may have attended classes but again, you haven´t had the opportunity to practice your knowledge, and no one ever showed you how you could do this in a real and effective way.
So in reality you have spent a BIG amount of time learning, but not being able to communicate effectively. In addition, the lack of practice means you are not confident and you are embarrassed at times because you make mistakes and you think your English isn´t good enough.
This is very frustrating and it is difficult to maintain motivation because of this.
But there is a simple way to improve your English, by yourself, from home.
Without the need to move to another country, or study grammar and vocabulary for hours every night, or pay for an expensive intensive programme.
This blog will outline these steps very simply.
The way to improve your English significantly is by IMMERSION.
I have been teaching English in Spain for more than 10 years to businesses and professionals, and those who are the most successful with their English are the ones who IMMERSE themselves in English more. English is part of their routine, and they ENJOY it.
It is not enough to go to English class once or twice a week - this will, of course, help you and it is a very useful part of the journey of learning a language, but you should also incorporate English into your life in order to improve.
I am not saying that all those years learning grammar in school are wasted - having a grammar base is very useful. Think of grammar and vocabulary as the tools to help you in the practice of communicating. But the real magic happens when you directly interact with the language -by speaking, listening, watching, reading, and writing.
In order to improve your English in a planned way, you should think of what your goal is, when you need/want to achieve that goal, how much English immersion you need per week to do that.
Then:
Think of activities you can do that help you improve in the areas you need e.g. if you need to improve your understanding, listen to podcasts in English every day
Think of how you can incorporate these activities into your daily routine, e.g. listening to a podcast while exercising or driving.
The next step is to make a timetable/schedule of your weekly activities, put is somewhere where you can see it every day, and DO IT.
This way, you will improve in the areas you need to, in the time that you need to - by taking control of the process yourself.
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