5 WAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH FAST AND EASY!

1. Practice, practice, practice.

As we’ve seen, there’s no magic way to learn English instantly. You’ll have to work at it a lot. Let’s face it, academic phrases won’t just fall from heaven and straight into your brain. Even if your English is already quite good, don’t be complacent and underestimate stressful factors such as the time pressure in an exam. You still have to practice, no matter how much time you have left before your big day. Try coming up with a word of the day, and then try to employ it as often as possible. If you do this, don’t waste time on extremely specific words you will never actually use. Instead, focus on conversational English, which is likely to be relevant in the exam.

2. Immerse yourself in English language news.

Try to sample a broad range of English language newspapers, including broadsheets, as well as magazines and tabloids. As well as helping you keep up to date with current affairs, this range of news sources will also expand your vocabulary. Another advantage is that you will also become more comfortable with how words are spelt and the contexts in which they are used.

3. Watch And Listen To English Films And Music.

One of the best and most entertaining ways to practise your English skills is by watching films or listening to music. Find as many opportunities as possible to listen to the language you are improving.

4. Don’t translate everything.

The students frequently have this problem. It used to be hard to look up every word in a dictionary, but with the internet and Google Translate, it has become easier than ever to get fast “translations.”

The reason is that if you literally translate every single word of a sentence, it will probably sound terrible to a native speaker. That’s true for every language. Word-for-word translations generally don’t take things like idioms, auxiliaries, and preposition changes into account, and as a result, it’s nearly always obvious when students are translating every single word.

5. Have conversations in English.

As helpful as listening and reading tasks may be, you also need to use English interactively and practice your own speaking skills. If you’re lucky, you’ll be friends with a few native speakers who can help you out, but if not, then try to meet up with someone else studying English. Another option is to talk to yourself in the mirror or record yourself. Listening to the sound of your own voice might be a little bit awkward at first, but you will be able to hear mistakes of which you weren’t previously aware.

We hope you have found some of these tips for improving English useful. Follow these tips, apply them every day and improve English quickly. Any exposure to English, whether it is in your head, in class or looking it up in a dictionary is beneficial and helps you to become fluent quickly.

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