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How to achieve better results, learning English through Skype

Learning English is a hard work – so we were told at school , but nobody even tried to explain  us why.  Why  must  we sit and learn grammar and words?  The  answer  is quite simple – we must not.  Human brain is a peculiar thing – it remembers only what is interesting to it.  That is why classes need to make one interested in learning, need to motivate a person.

There stands up a second question – how?

Every person has different wants and needs. One needs English for travelling, another – for business trips, and it is quite stupid to teach  both of them same things. A teacher is needed to coordinate and train student’s skills in language, but the most important thing is that every student should try to achieve something outside language classes. That is why we give you home tasks and reading materials.  Will that be enough?  Of course if you have plenty of time it is, but unfortunately many of  us are limited in time. That’s the reason they asked for our help.  45 minutes+20 minutes of home task  ones  in two days is really not enough.

That little article is about what to do to improve your English, when your teacher is offline)

Listening skills

Try to watch your favorite movies in English. There are plenty of download links on the net. While watching, you will surely attach English phrases with ones in your native language,  that you’ve heard before, watching this movie in translation. Later on you can start watching  movies, you never  had seen in your native language. Watch BBC or Euronews in English.  Listen to the English-speaking radio on line. You’ll like the result.

Speaking skills

That’s simple. Sing songs. You like Madonna? Great, turn her CD on and sing along.  That is simple and pleasant, but it does work!

And there are always dozens of phonetic exercises for you on the net.

Reading skills  Understanding

Switch your cell into English.  Get yourself an English language version of Windows.  Hang an English calendar on your wall. Surround yourself with English!

Write words and phrases on sheets of paper and put it everywhere you can see them. That’s an old thing, but it works.

And finally – read English books, newspapers, magazines, blogs – anything you can find and anything that may be just interesting for you.

Writing

Try writing a diary in English.  You can tell yourself about your lessons, plans, big dates and many other things – just write.

I do hope written above had been useful for you and helped you to develop your own ideas of how to learn English effectively.

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