How to learn English?

[Toanciem]

Hello everybody,
Now, I would like to share my experience in learning foreign language (FL).
First of all, I want to say "thanks" to http://www.english-test.net -- especially Mr. Tostern who sent a lots of exciting topics and exercises for me! Thanks again!
And next is my experience in learning FL. It's very very very very simple. I did and now still doing.
Let's collect some complete sentences that you want to talk in FL. Listen carefully how to pronounce each word in this sentences. After that, practice pronounce again and again correctly.
Each day, try to learn by hard a complete sentence. Apply this in every situations. Talk and talk every ways, every where if you can. Don't mind wrong! But try to avoid wrong! hehe..
One day you get one sentence. Two day you get two sentences. And a month you get 30 sentences. And a year you get 365 sentences. A BIG NUMBER OF SENTENCES! If you can use 365 sentences fluently, you will become a PRO. CAN YOU?

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[Kenpetro]

Hello torsen, that's not what i meant, i mean at my work place,i'm always busy.it's only during the break time, that i normally join the English class,but the time is not enough for me.But i will be trying even with that little time ,till i get what i want.

[Torsten]

Hi Kenperto,

Most people say that they don't have enough time to learn English because they think they can only English by attending classes. What you need is exposure to spoken English on a daily basis. "Exposure" means you feed your subconscious mind with spoken English through your ears. That's something the vast majority of English learners usually don't do. Here is what you need to do. When you get up in the morning, the first you do is switch on an English language TV or radio channel. Don't try to understand everything you hear -- do whatever you have to do and keep the audio playing in the background. Do the same on your way to work: Listen to an audio book or a podcast -- any piece of recording in English. When you come home, switch the TV or radio channel on again. You don't need more time to learn English. You just have to start changing your habits.

Let me know what you think.
Regards,
Torsten
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[Nola]

Hello everybody,
All of know well that the best way to learn English is to read more, listen more and speak more. But the question is ...

Do we need to read topics or listen to audible English in all the fields? for example: policy, low or even medication?

Once I tried to read an English book about agriculture, you can't imagine how difficult it was to understand many idiomatic terms in it. I had to use the dictionary many times just to be able to understand the meanings of some insects which hurt the crops. The same thing with the commercial, medical and many other kinds of books. On the other side, the social life doesn't need all of that to use English in the normal life.

Nola

[Thu Huong]

Hi everybody! This is a very exciting topic for us to discuss. In my opinion, the best way to improve English is living in an English-speaking country. Otherwise, if we don't have that opportunity, we can make friends with native speakers. Through communication, we can learn and make progress very fast. That's why I participate in this forum. I would be very happy and honoured to be your friend! Please contact me by e-mail: daohuong08@gmail.com. Hope to talk to you soon!

[Sayyida]

Dear Torsten
Thanks to give me the opertunity to write in this forum. I am a working woman. So I have lot of work before go to office. In my busy time I try to listing at list one to two hour a day. So, in the morning, when I got up first I try to on my TV and listing the BBC news. I don’t understand all the time. Some time I understood to saw the picture, some time by the word and some time by the issues. In the morning before left the bed I have think by English what I will do today. And same do when I go to the bad. That time I thought what have done whole day.
I have try to write what I listened to day. But I am so surprised I can’t write a single word. I was very up sad. But I manage myself. So I write what particular word and issue I listened. Now I am happy.
Thanks
Sayyida

[Learnermoh]

Hi Torsten,

Many thanks for lessons, in my view learning of English depends on more studying and hardworking, who studies more gets more, but its very necessary to learn the phonetic symbols in order to pronounce the word correctly even without listening to audio files, the second thing is listening to news, actually I cant understand all words of the English speaker, the third is practicing, the forth is writing the words without mistakes and maybe the electronic devices facilitate this task but the mistakes appear on hand writing, finally it depends on the ability of the student himself and the studying resources that he has such as good books, dictionaries, etc..

Best regards
Moh

[Yousefhubail]

[Ralf]

Hi Yousef,

Did you press the wrong button or did you just want to quote Torsten?
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[Yousefhubail]

[Ralf]

Hi Yousef,

Maybe we can help you find the right button... Just ask!
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[Yousefhubail]

Hi Torsten,

First of all I would like to thank you for all your efforts and time you have put in order to improve our English skills.

I think people can learn English faster and most effectively through continuous and consistent practice, especially speaking. Furthermore, they need also to read English stories, Magazines in addition to the listening either through radio or watching movies.

However, my instructor told me one day at the university you will not be able to learn English and be fluent (strong) unless you go to England or USA and stay there for at least one year. Frankly speaking I'm close to agree with him, because I read a lot of English magazines and try to leran vocabularies and the structure of sentences but I find myself weak in front of those who are studying in USA or England. And by time I always forget the vocabularies that I learnt previously.

I believe, The more you talk, the more sharp your tongue is.

Thank you once again

[Ralf]

Hi Yousef,

You are absolutely right in what you're saying, but your written command of the English language is rather impressive
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[Nola]

Hello Ralf
Could you tell me how to make a quotation of a member's speech cause I can't do it

Thank you

[Ralf]

Hi Nola,

All you need to do is hit the 'quote' button, and off you go!
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