A good way to learn English!

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What is the most important English skill?What skill must you have to communicate well?

Obviously, number 1 is Fluency. What isfluency? Fluency is the ability to speak (and understand)

English quickly and easily... WITHOUTtranslation. Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers--theyeasily understand you, and you easily understand them. In fact, you speak and understandinstantly.

Fluency is your most important English goal.

The research is clear-- there is only ONEway to get fluency. You do not get fluency by reading textbooks.

You do not get fluency by going to Englishschools. You do not get fluency by studying

grammar rules.

Listening Is The Key

To get English fluency, you must have a lotof understandable repetitive listening. That is the

ONLY way. To be a FANTASTIC Englishspeaker, you must learn English with your ears, not with your eyes. In otherwords, you must listen. Your ears are the key to excellent speaking.

What kind of listening is best? Well, itmust be understandable and must be repetitive. Both of

those words are important--Understandableand Repetitive.

If you don't understand, you learn nothing.You will not improve. That's why listening to English TV does not help you. Youdon't understand most of it. It is too difficult. It is too fast.

Its obvious right? If you do notunderstand, you will not improve. So, the best listening material is

EASY. That’s right, you should listenmostly to easy English. Most students listen to English that is much toodifficult. They don’t understand enough, and so they learn slowly. Listen toeasier English, and your speaking will improve faster!

Understanding is Only Half The Formula.

Understanding is not enough. You must alsohave a lot of repetition. If you hear a new word only

once, you will soon forget it. If you hearit 5 times, you will still probably forget it!

You must hear new words and new grammarmany times before you will understand them

instantly.

How many times is necessary? Most peoplemust hear a new word 30 times to remember it forever. To know a word andinstantly understand it, you probably need to hear it 50-100 times!

So, the two most important points are:listen to easier English and listen to each thing many

times.

Powerful Listening and Excellent Speaking

1. Practice “Narrow Listening”

“Narrowlistening” means listening to many things about the same topic. This method ismore powerful than trying to listen to many different kinds of things. Studentswho listen to similar things learn faster and speak better than students wholisten to different kinds of things.

For example, you can choose one speaker andfind many things by him. Listen to all of his podcasts, audio books, andspeeches. This is powerful because all speakers have favorite vocabulary andgrammar. They naturally repeat these many times. By listening to many things bythe same person, you automatically get a lot of vocabulary repetition. Youlearn faster and deeper!

Another example is to choose one topic tofocus on. For example, you could read an easy book, listen to the same audiobook, listen to a podcast about the book, and watch the movie.

I did this with my class in San Francisco. We read“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Then we

listened to the audio book. Then we watched(and listened to) the movie. Then we listened to interviews with actors in themovie. My students learned a lot of vocabulary in a short time, and their speakingimproved very quickly.

2. Divide Your Listening Time

Which is better: to listen for two hourswithout a break, or to divide that time during the day? Well, dividing yourlistening time is best.

By dividing your time throughout the day,you remember more and learn faster. So its much better

to listen 30 minutes in the morning, then30 minutes in the car or train, then 30 minutes coming

home from work, then 30 minutes beforesleep. In fact, this is the exact schedule I recommend to

my students!

3. Use an iPod or MP3 Player

iPods are fantastic. You can put a biglistening library on one. Then you can carry your English lessons everywhere.You can learn English while walking, while shopping, in the car, in a train,while cooking,.......

With an iPod or MP3 player, you don’t haveto worry about CDs. Also, you can find a lot of English listening on theinternet. You can find lessons, stories, podcasts, TV shows, interviews, andaudio books. Simply download the audio, put it on your iPod.. and learn Englishanywhere!

4. Listen To Movies

Movies are great for learning English BUTyou must use them correctly. Don’t watch all of an

English movie. You will not understand it,and therefore you will not learn anything. Only watch one scene or segment perweek (maybe 2-3 minutes). Follow this method:

a) First, watch the scene with subtitles inyour language. This will help you understand the general

meaning.

b) Second, watch the scene with Englishsubtitles. Pause. Use a dictionary to find new words you

don’t understand. Write the new sentencesin a notebook.

c) Listen to the scene a few times, withEnglish subtitles. Do not pause.

d) Listen to the scene a few times, withoutsubtitles.

e) Repeat a) - d) everyday for one week.

On the second week, go to the nextscene/segment and repeat again. It will take you a long time to

finish a movie. That’s OK, because you willimprove your listening and speaking VERY FAST. This method is powerful-- useit!

5. Read and Listen at the Same Time

Listening and Reading together are very powerful. While youlisten to something, also read it. This will improve your pronunciation.

Reading while listening also helps you understand more difficult material.Read and listen to learn

faster. After you do this a few times, putaway the text and just listen. You will understand a lot

more and you will improve faster. Alwaystry to find both audio and text materials.