How do you study English ??Improve your English with these tips.Check here.

There are may ways to study English.Students ask me how we should study the language and as a result (1) learn more vocabulary, listening and/or improve speaking.Well, in fact, that's not an easy question to answer.Many students find it difficult when they have to improve their skills (2).The point is persistence: you don't need to study one or two hours everyday, but fifteen minutes of good study might be effective (3).Do you like music ??If so, listen to one of your favourite songs and try to write one or two lines from it.This can take some time, it doesn't matter.Be convinced that you listen and rewind your cd player as many times you need.It's short activity, but effective to your ears.That's what you need.Don't you always complain you can't understand what you listen ?Try this activity everyday and in some days you will feel some difference the next time you listen to someone in a film or a song on the radio, for example.Don't forget to correct what you write from the song with the lyrics (or words) of your favourite tune (4).Get this from the internet or from your cd.


If you want to comprehend a text read some articles from a magazine or book: choose a short article from 'Speak Up' for example, a pocket book of your preference or any article from the internet.You can check newspapers (New York Times, The Herald Tribune, Washington Post), radio stations like 'Voice of America' (in this case they have articles narrated by their jornalists, just click on the top right signs) which is excellent or BBC group (in this case BBC has an online English course for you).You should read the article without any checking the vocabulary, as many times as you want, when you feel you could get the most out of it (5) go to the dictionary and check the terms that you couldn't understand first.Don't forget to underline words or expressions from the text before.After you have checked it read the text again with your recent discoveries.You don't need to read a long article or the article completely.Go step by step with your studies.You have your rhythm.You have your own way of studying.


After you do these activities I'm posting here please tell us what your results are.Remember: be persistent and you will reach to the point.Be confident !!


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I wish you all the best this week and may God bless you on these days.


Glossary:

(1)as a result: em resultado disso

(2)skills: habilidades

(3)effective: eficaz

(4)tune: canção, música

(5)out of it: disso


Teacher Fábio Pires