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1.Dont e afraid to make mitake. e condent. People can onl correct our mitake
whenthehearoumakethem.

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2.urroundourelfinnglih.Putourelfinanallnglihpeakingenvironmentwhere ou canlearnpaivel.
Theetwatolearnithroughpeaking.

3.Prac eeverda.Makeourelfatudplan.Decidehowmuch meaweekouaregoingtopendtuding

and cktoit.taliharou ne.

4.Tellourfamilandfriendaoutourtudplan.Getthemtopuhoutotudandalodontlettheminterrupt
ou.

5.Prac e the 4 core kill: reading, wri ng, peaking and litening. The all need to e worked on for ou to
improve.

6.Keepanoteookofnewwordoulearn.Uetheminentenceandtrtoathematleat3 mewhenou
peak.

7.Doaleonatleatonceada.

8.Memoria onoflitioneofthemotcommonwaoflearningvocaularforatet.Itonlagoodexercie
forhorttermtudingecaueouo endonotretaintheinforma onthatouhavelearnedforatet.

9.Ueourodclock.Ifourenotamorningperon,tudinthea ernoon.

10.Youwillndwordeaiertorememerifoutrtorememeranexampleentenceuingthatwordratherthe
wordonitown.

11.Plantotakeatet.Youllndthatouworkharderwhenouneedtotudforomething.

12.aingthat,ite ernottotudjuttotakeatet.Thinkoftheiggerpicture.Whatcanoudowhenouhave
agoodcommandofnglih?Howwillthequalitofourlifeimprove?

13.Giveourelfalongtermgoal.Focuonworkingtowardit.

14.Giveourelfhorttermgoaltooandrewardourelfwhenouachieveeachone.

15.Createanatmophereinwhichouwanttolearn,notecaueouhaveto.Youlllearnmorewhenourelearning
ecaueouwantto.

16.Knowwhatworketforou.Thinkaoutwhatmethodhaveeenuccefulforouinthepatand ckwith
them.

17.Figure out how ou learn. It can e memoriing, reading, peaking, ummariing or other method. Find out
howoutudet.Itcaneinaquietplaceourelforwithagroup.

18.Gethelp!Ifoudontundertandomethingouvegottoakomeone.Akourteacher,clamateorfriend
forhelp.

19.Review!Review!Review!Makeurethatoutakethe metoreviewthingouhavetudiedinthepat.

20.Itnotagoodideatotudonourownformorethan30minuteata me.Takeregularreak,getomefreh
airandtretchourleg.

21.Donteinuchahurrtomoveupalevel.Concentrateonthelevelouareatnow.

22.WatchDVDratherthanTV.Ite ertoueomethingthatoucanwatchoveragaintocatchinforma onou

mighthavemiedthert me.

23.Watching TV onl give ou the chance to hear omething correctl rt me. Thi i e er for high level
tudent.Itcanegreatprac ceforpeakingtona venglihpeakerooudonthavetoakthemtorepeat
themelve!

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24.Readgradedreader.Theeookareepeciallwri enforourlevel.Readawholenovel.Youcandoit!Youll
feelgreata erward.

25.Childrenookhaveeaierwordandareagoodalterna vetogradedreader.

26.Newpaper are a good place to nd paive contruct. Read through an ar cle and ee if ou can nd the
paiveentence.

27.Readforthegeneralmeaningrt.Dontworraoutundertandingeverword,thengoackandlookupnew
word.

28.Forawordoudontundertandinaentence,lookattheotherwordaroundit.Thewillgiveouahint.Trto
guethemeaningfromthecontext.

29.Learnrootword.Thellhelpouguethemeaningofword.Forexample:cri=write,min=mall

30.Whenoulearnanewword,thinkofallitotherform:eauful(adjec ve),eaut(noun),eaufull(adver).

31.Learnprexe(di,un,re)anduxe(l,ment,ful),theewillhelpoutogureoutthemeaningofwordand
uildourvocaular.

32.nglih,unlikeJapaneeorFrench,uewordtre.Fornewword,countthellaleandndwherethetre
i. Onl one tre per word and alwa on a vowel. Two llale ver have a tre on the econd llale
(eGIN).2llalenoun(TAcher)andadjec ve(HAPp)trethert.

33.Uenglihwheneveroucan.Itaimpleathat!

34.Donttranlateintonglihfromourownlanguage.Thinkinnglihtoimproveouruenc.Talktoourelf
utnotontheuotherwiepeoplewillthinkouhavegonecraz!

35.Youcantlearnnglihfromaook.Likedrivingacar,oucanonllearnthroughdoingit.

36.Themotnaturalwatolearngrammarithroughtalking.

37.Keep an nglih diar or journal. tart wri ng a few entence a da and then get into the hait of wri ng
more.

38.Whnottartanonlinelogandhareourwri ngwiththeworld?

39.Toecomeae erwriterraintormamanideaandthoughtontopaperwithoutworringaoutgrammaror
pelling.Thenthinkaoutthetructure.A erthat,writeourpieceuinggoodgrammarandpelling.Finall,read
itthroughorgiveittoomeoneeletocheckformitake.

40.Keepaneeonourpunctua onaitcantotallchangewhatouretringtoa.Checkoutthedierencein
meaningetweentheetwoentence:AwomanwithouthermaninothingandA woman: without her, man i
nothing.

41.ing our heart out! how the world our eau ful voice! Learn nglih ong and ing along with them to
improveuencandintona onanoneforKaraoke?

42.Getapenfriendoruechatroom,forumandcommunitite.Ifoucantpeaktoomeoneinnglih,thii
thenextetthing.

43.hadownglihCD.Litentoafewentencethenrepeatwhatouheard.Focuontherhthmandintona on.

44.Havenglihradiooninourhoue.venifouarenotac velliteningtoit,ouwill lletrainingourear.

45.MirrorCD.ReadoutloudalongwithaCD.Again,thiigreatforintona on,pronuncia onandrhthm.

46.Dicta on.LitentoaCDorfriendandwritedownwhatouhear.

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47.Noodliketoheartheirownvoice,uteraveandtrit!Recordourvoiceandlitentoourpronuncia on
andintona on.Itwillhelpoutoiden fourprolemarea.

48.Ak our helpful teacher if ou can record hi leon. Thi i a great wa to review. You can alo liten to our
teacherpeakingpeedandintona on.

49.Ueannglih/nglihdic onaraitwillhelpoutokeepthinkinginnglihandnottranla ng.

50.Ifannglih/nglihdic onareemcar,therearelearnerdic onariefornglihtudentofourlevel.

51.Dontecometooreliantonourdic onar.Yourdic onarhouldeanaid,notourmainteacher.Trtogue

themeaningofwordratherthangoingtraightforourdic onar.

52.Dontgiveup!tapoi ve!ome meouwillfeelthatouarentlearningquicklenough.veronefeellike

thi,dontworraoutit.Youllgetthereintheend.

53.njoit!Welearnmorewhenwearehavingfun!

54.Ifougetnervouwhenpeaking,taketwodeepreatheforeouaomething.Youllpeake erwhenou
feelrelaxed.

55.Keepourelfmo vatedlookingackatthetextookandCDouuedinthepat.Youlleurpriedathow
eatheeemtoounow!Congratula on,ourleveliimproving!

56.You are never too oung or too old to tart learning nglih. Dont make excue not to learn. What are ou
wai ngfor?

57.Procra na oncantopoufromeingucceful.Totopprocra na ng,itimportantouundertandifour

procra na ngitoavoidtuding,orifitiouradhait.

58.Ifouhaventgo enthereultouwantedet,itnotecaueoureadatlanguage,itecaueouhavent
foundourownpecialwaoflearninget.

59.Uereourcewhichmatchourlevel.Dontuetext/liteningexerciewhicharetoodicultortooea.Ue
materialwhichchallengeouutdontfrutrateou.

60.Dontworraoutmakingouraccentperfect.Itanimportantpartofourculturaliden ttokeepouraccent.
Na venglihpeakerenjohearingnglihpokenwithanaccent.

61.Therearemantpeofnglih:ri h,American,outhAfricanandoon.Noneoftheearewrongornota
important.nglihinglih.

62.Intead, e aware of the dierence in American and ri h nglih and ue our word accordingl. For
example:levator(U)/Li(ri h).

63.Carrcuecardwithou.Theearemallcardwhichoucanwritenewwordon.Youcanpullthemoutand
lookatthemwheneverouafreeminute.

64.Uepotitnoteand ckthemaroundourhome.Youcanuethemtolaelthing. ckoneonourpetdog!

65.Youcantignorephraalver(twowordver),therearehundredoftheminnglihandtherewidelued.
Themoreoufocuontheirmeaning,themoreoullealetoguethemeaningofnewone.Youlltartto
recognietheirpa ern.

66.Ueourintui on.Gowithourgutfeeling,oulleurpriedhowo enourrtgueitherightgue.Like

weaidefore,econdent.

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67.Gatherourthought.Takeaecondtothinkaoutwhatouregoingtoa.Youknowthegrammar,utmae
oudontueitcorrectlwhenoupeak.

68.Meetnewpeople.Maketheeorttomixwithnglihpeakerinourtown.Youcouldjoinacluorgotoar
whereforeignerhangout.uoneadrink,thelovethat!

69.e the peron to tart convera on in nglih. Tr to keep the convera on moving and ue litening word
(reall?/goon/whathappenedthen?)Dontwaitforothertopeaktoou.Getinthere!

70.Deate. Dicu topic in a group. ach peron hould chooe a viewpoint (even if ou dont agree with it) and
deateitwithinthegroup.Makeureougetourpointacro.Learntolitenac vel.Ac veliteningwillhelp
intheclaroomanditwillhelpougetmoreoutof,andcontriutemoreto,grouptudeion.Focuonthe
peronwhoitalking.Dontdgetorecomeditractedotherpeopleorevent.Concentrateonthepeaker
withourearandee.Followthemovementthepeakermakeinaneorttohearmore.Itmahelptorepeat
whatouhearotherainaneorttoundertandtheirthought.

71.It not enough to onl learn nglih word. You can teach a parrot nglih word ut that doent mean it can
peaknglih!You llneedtohaveanundertandingofgrammar.

72.Ver tene are ued nglih peaker to talk aout the ming of ac on. You might not have the ame
expreioninourownlanguage.Itimportantthatouknowtheeteneandwhentouethem.

73.nglihhamanirregularver.Youhoulddrillourelfonthem.

74.Keepitup!Ifoutakeareakfrompeakingnglih,ouwillndthatourleveldecreaeandallourhardwork
haeenwated.

75.Dont e put o a ad tet core. ome me tudent have the ailit to pa an nglih tet, ut cant
communicatewellwithnglihpeaker.Ifoucanpeakfreelinnglih,ouhouldeproudofourelf.

76.Rememerthatalongaouhavetriedourhardet,ouhaveucceeded!

77.Learnnglihwithafriend.Youllhaveomeoneoucanprac cewithandoucanmo vateeachothertotud.

78.Rememer, the wa we write nglih i not the ame a how it pronounced. For example Ough ha over 6
pronuncia on. Familiarie ourelf the Phone c Alphaet. It will help ou correctl pronounce word in the
dic onar.

79.Get ued to the chwa ound [] an untreed and tonele neutral vowel ound. chwa i the mot
commonvoweloundinnglih.Forexample,theainaoutandtheuinuppl.

80.Keepinmindthatittakelongertoimprovewhenourlevelihigh.Uuallthefatetprogreimadewhenwe
areeginner.Dontthinkthatoureuddenlnotlearninganmore,itjutaleno cealeprogre.

81.Makeurethatournglihmatchetheoccaion.ItOKtouelangwithfriendutnotinauinemee ng.
Decideinwhichitua onitappropriatetouethewordandphraeouhavelearned.

82.Textooknglihio endierentfromthewawecauallpeak.Tolearncauallangwatchmovie.

83.Idiomcanediculttomemorie,utthearegreatfuntoueandthellmakeournglihmorecolourful.

84.When talking we uuall link word together o that two word can ound like one. impl put, we link word
endingwithacononantoundtowordeginningwithavowelound(cononant>vowel).Welinkwordending
with a vowel ound to word eginning with a vowel ound (vowel > vowel). Prac ce thee to improve our
liteningandpronuncia on.

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85.Make ue of the internet. It full of reource to help ou learn: C Learning nglih

(h p://www.c.co.uk/worldervice/learningenglih/) ; learnenglih.ecenglih.com
(h p://www.ecenglih.com/learnenglih/)

86.Think aout our trong and weak point. Write down which area ou want to improve on and work on
improvingthem.Ofcoure,dontignoreourtrongpoint.Congratulateourelfonhowwellouvedone!

87.Unlearn our mitake. You proal make the ame grammar mitake over and over again. Ue nglih tet
reult a a tud tool. Go over our mitake and chooe one or two that ou want to focu on. Ue our
favouritegrammarooktocheckrule.

88.Uethecorrectar cle(a/an,the).eawarethatthereimoretothirulethana/an=nonpecic,the=pecic.
Forexample:Auniverit(notanuniveritecaueiteginwithacononantound).Anhour(notahourecaue
thehio enilent).

89.Foruenc,trimagetraining.eforeougotothatretaurantthinkthroughwhatthewaiterilikeltoato
ou.Thinkofwhatphraeouaregoingtoue.

90.Much communica on come through od language and geture. Thee can e dierent etween culture and
countrie. For example, the twongered V for victor mol i ne palmout. If ou make it with ou palm
facingtowardou,oulloendari hperon.Itmeanwell,ouakari hperonandndoutforourelf!

91.Theeaietoneleep!Youlllearnmorea eragoodnightleep.Youllealetoconcentratemore.

92.Takeannglihcoure(h p://www.langport.com/tudop on/ufo/)inannglihpeakingcountr.

93.Ifoutudingaroad,mixwithpeoplefromothercountrienotonlpeoplefromourowncountr.Itnota
goodideaforoutoliveinaharedhouewithpeoplefromourowncountr.njoamoreculturalexperience
pending mewithotherna onali e.

94.Haveouthoughtaoutge ngajoordoinganinternhiparoad?

95.Getourelfaqualiedteacher.Whowanttolearnwrongthing?

96.Noodcanlearnallofthenglihlanguage.Noneedtoworraouttring.Auefulhortcuttolearningithat
in nglih we have lot of word that have the ame pronuncia on, ut a dierent pelling and meaning. For
example, come here ha the ame pronuncia on a, I can hear the ird. You might nd it eaier to uild
vocaularknowingthedierentmeaning.

97.Once ou have a aic level of nglih explore the dierent wa ou can a the ame thing. Thi make our
nglih more intere ng to the litener and it houldnt e too dicult for ou ecaue ou alread know the
aic.Forexample,howmanwacanwea,Goodeinnglih?

98.Whenouareonournglihcoure,epreparedforourcla.Doourhomeworkaoonapoileandhand
itinon me.Reviewournoteandourlatleonafewminuteeforethecla.Doingthiwillrefrehour
memorandoullewarmedupforleon.

99.Dont get ditracted in cla. Focu on the leon, dont tare out of the window. Dont e late, arrive a few
minuteeforethetartoftheleon.Dontitnexttopeoplewhowontpeaktoouinnglih.witchoour
phone.eorganied,rememertotakeourtextook,noteookandpen.

100.Findacomfortale,peacefulplaceforquiettud.Youneedomewherewhereoucanfocu100%.

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