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Study skills tips

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your reading skills. You'll learn some great study
tips at the same time!

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Many studies about language learning

ask the question: What makes a good
language learner? There are some
things that good language learners
do and some things they don't do. Here
are some of the most useful
suggestions from studies.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

People often get things wrong.
Good language learners notice their
mistakes and learn from them.
Do group activities. People use
language to communicate with other
people. A good language learner
always looks for opportunities to talk
with other students.
Make notes during every class.
Notes help you to remember new
language. Look at your notes when
you do your homework.
Use a dictionary. Good language
learners often use dictionaries to
check the meaning of words they
don't know. They also make their
own vocabulary lists.
Think in the language you're
learning outside the classroom.
When you're shopping or walking
down the street, remember useful
words and phrases. Sometimes,
when you're at home, say new
words to practise your
pronunciation.
Do extra practice. Test and improve
your language, reading and listening
skills with self-study material. You
can find a lot of this online.
Imagine yourself speaking in the
language. Many good language
learners can see and
hear themselves speaking in the
language. This helps their
motivation.
Enjoy the process. Good language
learners have fun with the language.
Watch a TV series or film, listen to
songs, play video games or read a
book. It's never too late to become a
good language learner.

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Discussion
What other tips do you have for learning a new
language?

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Submitted by Safe_Mode on Thu,

22/06/2023 - 17:26
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I think you should have the close

contact with language. First of all, you
should listen a lot. You could even re-
listen some familiar records twicw or
more it can improve listening and
understanding aurally. You could
change interfaces of all programms and
applications to language you're leaning
and you should read the books, I hope
it helps to top up your vocabullary. I
think it's not needed to learn grammar
at the start of your journey, it's too
tiresome and even native speakers
make grammar mistakes it's not so
horrible

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Submitted by Yu Wadi on Fri,

12/05/2023 - 09:34
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Read lots of books written in English.

Do extensive reading. Currently, I'm
reading "Never Let me go by Kazuo
Ishiguro", which I borrowed it from
British Council Library (Yangon,
Burma).

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Submitted by dave124 on Fri,

05/05/2023 - 10:37
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Like tips , i suggest to watch the films in

English and listen the musics in English

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Submitted by MarlenBorubaev on Mon,

17/04/2023 - 01:29
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I changed my telephone`s language in

English. It is really helped to me. Also it
is kind of practise, because we mostly
use our telephone during the day. I
suggest this method to everyone!

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Submitted by Miss zahra on Mon,

03/04/2023 - 13:10
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I think learning new language is not a

big deal but how to learn it is a very
important issue. So from my experience
I think more vocabulary cause more
understanding so It can helps the
motivation. First of all try to learn new
and on topic vocabulary and usage of
them. make sentences with them and
use them while you are talking about
the topic. then record your voice and
listen to it to correct it as possible as
you can.

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Submitted by Msy4252 on Tue,

31/01/2023 - 05:19
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Writing,reading,speaking,listening,watching

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Submitted by Ruslan Novikov on Sun,

29/01/2023 - 21:38
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Write down new words and keep them

in plain sight, for example on stickers
until they are remembered.

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Submitted by Ibrahimyousef on Thu,

22/12/2022 - 14:52
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The tips to learn and development skills

language , first of all use apps
including: four skills languages ( listen,
whatch a series and film , reading ,
speaking and writing).

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Submitted by Nelly.py on Sun,

11/12/2022 - 21:02
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About the first test of true or false, I

think no 5 is false because it's said
"language you know" but in the text
said "language you're learning"

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Submitted by Kirk Moore on Mon,

12/12/2022 - 06:33
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Hello Nelly.py,

When question 5 says 'Think of

language you know', it means think
of words and phrases in the
language you are learning. In other
words, try to think in the language
you're learning when you're living
your daily life. With that in mind, the
answer is 'True'.

If we want to refer to the language

we already know, we say something
like 'Think of your native language'
or 'Think of your own language' or
'Think of your mother tongue'.

Does that make sense?

All the best,

Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team

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