WHAT SHOULD I DO TO LEARN ENGLISH? SIX TIPS FOR LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Have you studied English for years and all you can now say is hello? Have you tried to speak and you mix Enlglish and Spanish? Not everything is lost. Read these tips that will help you to learn faster and easily.

1° CHOOSE A FUNNY WAY OF LEARNING: Learning a new language should be a fun adventure, not a chore. Using games is a great resource. And if you have internet at home, you can find a lot of very good material around the Internet for free!

2° PRACTISE REGULARLY: As with any skill that you are trying to learn, progress and mastery come with regular practice. A good daily routine is 10-15 minutes a day. And if you have a friend who is also learning the same foreign language than you, talk to them using that language. It will be very useful and funny.

3° REPEAT WORDS AND PHRASES OFTEN AND RECORD YOUR VOICE: Start right away with learning real language. You want to be practicing phrases and sentences that are part of a conversations that you would encounter. At first you'll feel that you are way in over your head, but you'll be surprised how quickly you improve.

4° FIND A FAVOURITE SINGER AND LISTEN TO THEIR SONGS: Sing along everytime you can. Mary McLaurin explains in her article about music-based learning: "Music exaggerates stresses [and sounds] and makes them easier to hear and understand.… It's a much more subtle way to get at the grammar and syntax.”

5° START READING FUN THINGS: For example, follow Twitter posts in the language you want to learn. Or find online news texts, etc. Reading, any kind of reading, has a huge, positive impact on second language learning. (Google now has an instant translation service for any text. The translation may be horrible, but you'll get the gist of the meaning.)

6° REINFORCE YOUR LEARNING WITH THINGS YOU ENJOY: Watch a movie from time to time, look at YouTube videos, or news videos in your new language. Find a language-exchange partner on a social networking site and start conversing via Chat or Skype.

So, what are you waiting for? Learning English has become you choice!

This article has been retrieved in October 21, 2011 from A blog About Games, Languages & Learning. Web site: www.gamesforlanguage.com.blog and it has been adapted for this use.