How to learn English yourself

With my experience learning english for years, i just want to share what i have been through to help you can learn enlgish more quickly and easier. At first, i should show up about me. I am living in a country which does not use english daily (weekly or even yearly). And the motivation i learn it is seeking a job, searching web and reading my major document. Before i entered University, my english score at school was always at the lowest of my class and i could not use it even i had been over 5 years teached by teachers. That time i found that the way learning english in school was not suitable for me, so i found another way. And my trying at university time was taken me into success (as i estimate) since i could use english as i wish, i can communicate with foreigner when i am working now.
And, i hope i can help you to find your own way to learn ENGLISH!

Find the way to do
There are many ways to educate you. If you got low enlgish score at class, it does not mean you are not good, it just means that class is not suitable for you. So, find another class more interested you. If not suitable again, find others. Find until you feel satisfy. OR, your wallet is so hurt as changing class by class, i suggest you should make a class by yourself (= learn by yourself). It is better than arranging time to attend class, and many complication due to a english class such as clothes chosing, transportation, text books, exercises, the way going to your class safety or not, etc. IF your learn it yourself, you can make it at any style you like, at any place you feel comfortable. It sounds interesting, right? BUT, learning alone is always boring and boring. In addition, how to do it when we are LAZY???

You should love it firstly
Let's think about one thing you love (i'm sure you do love at least one thing, don't you?). What happened when you do that? You will feel comfortable, excited, the time seems stop elapsing, you taste every enjoy when you do it. So why it is not happened to English learning? Because you don't like it (same as to me before). It will become good so much if we love Enlgish, right? So, how to love it, then we can learn it in excited? Find what things English can bring to you, for example: you can communicate with every foreigner in your country, you can search international web, it can help you to study oversea, many and many the good things English can bring to you, just imagining :)
One thing you should know is autosuggestion. If everyday you repeat in your mind some sentences like "I love english" or "I will be good at English", I am sure you will love it automatically. You do not belive? Just try!
Remember: You have to do everything to make you LOVE Enlgish. This is an important step to become good at English.

Learn Grammar
I have to inform you that, I really dont like grammar (that's why you can recognize that in this article some sentences are wrong in structure, the way using word. It is because i am still learning English haha). Anyway, grammar will help you how to make a sentence. There are not much law of using English. So you should try to learn grammar until you can not forget it.

Learn new Words
Vocabulary in foreign language is VERY important. It plays an important role in your successful. Keep in mind that, you should use English-Enlgish dictionary, it is very helpful to accelerate your english skill when you get familar with it.

Thinking by English
When you read any English sentence, do not translate it into your native language (i mean don't translate out lould or translate in mind). Otherwise, it will destroy all your effort. Step by step, you will think by english quickly.

Learn how to Speak
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Exercise 1-17: Staircase Intonation Practice

Draw one step of the staircase for each word of the paragraph. Start a new staircase for every stressed word. There usually is more than one staircase in a sentence. New sentences don't have to start new staircases; they can continue from the previous sentence until you come to a stressed word. I'll read the beginning sentences. Check the first sentence against the example. Then put the words of the second sentence on a staircase, based on the way I read it. Remember, I'm exaggerating to make a point.

V Write out the rest of the staircases.
× Turn the CD back on to check your staircases with the way I read the paragraph. × Pause the CD again to check your staircases in the Answer Key, beginning on page 193. × Back up the CD, and listen and repeat my reading of the paragraph while following the staircases in the Answer Key.





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