Oct 26. things to put in mind before starting an English studying plan

While often being ask how I practiced English, I decided to organize my past experience in learning and studying English as a review to response these questions. Basically, there are a few parts in learning a language, which are: listening, speaking, reading, and writing; each of these sections would need different or even specialized methods to gradually improve our language fluency from what we can already comprehend. In the following paragraph, I will explain in detail how I intend to study English in order to become a fluent speaker and be able to reach my goal in leaning English.

First of all, ask yourself what is the motive or intention of learning English. It is important for everyone to reflect why we want to study English; answer such as: “everyone else is studying English” is definitely not a reasonable answer. As a matter of fact, if we don’t have a strong intension or goal to target to, as a result, we may easily abandon what we had planned to do, because we simply cannot remember why we are doing so or working hard for. In other words, be sure to ask yourself what our purpose is, to illustrate: is it for preparing some examinations, are you trying to improve speaking and listening skill so that one day you can be able to speak fluently with a foreigner, or are you just trying to enhance your reading ability to be able to read some advanced essay paper. In a word, be sure you know what your notion is in learning English, because it will greatly influence your attitude toward studying it.

Second of all, studying habit plays a major role in the efficiency of our study. Since no one knows better than us about our studying habit, we must be honest of ourselves in mapping out or scheduling our studying plan. On one hand, some people study more efficiently when they have some pressure threatening them that they could spare no effort in anything else, such as a fixed examination date; on the other hand, some people prefer to follow their own pace in planning out their studying scheme, and be able to leisurely make their way toward their goal.

In addition, provide yourself with what you enjoy the most, and then you might be able to get a feel that learning is not such a bad experience but rather a happy one. In my own perspective, it is quite silly to attend some class learning colloquial English. Spoken English is live English! The best way to learn colloquial English is either to go abroad or watch a movie and listen to what they speak of. This is definitely better than repeating sente