into English from your own language. Think in English to improve your fluency

You will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an example

sentence using that word rather the word on its own.

Be confident, don't be afraid to make mistakes. The best way to learn is

through speaking. Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all

english-speaking environment where you can learn passively. Establish a routine

make yourself a study plan decide how much time a week you are going to spend

studying and stick to it.

Tell your family and friends about your study plan get them to push you to study

and also don't let them interrupt you.

When you learn a new word think of all its other forms for example: adjectives

beautiful, noun beauty, adverb beautifully.

Practice the four core skills improving your writing reading and listening

skills. Keep a notebook of new words you learn.

Plan to take a test. You'll find that you work harder when you need to study for

something.

Children's books have easier words and are a good alternative to graded readers.

Use English whenever you can it's as simple as that!

The most natural way to learn grammar is through talking

procrastination can stop you from being successful, to stop procrastinating it's

important you understand if your procrastinating is to avoid studying or

if it is your bad habit

if your English is still basic or lower intermediate then don't try to read the

New York Times yet it will only discourage you instead look at resources

such as VOA special English News where you can listen to news stories in clear

slow English

if you're an intermediate English speaker reading children's storybooks or

Wikipedia in simple English might make you feel confident if you understand

every word why not start an online blog and share your writings with the world

sing your heart out show the world your beautiful voice learn English songs and

sing along with them to improve fluency and intonation anyone for karaoke

get a pen friend or use chat rooms forums and community sites if you can't

speak to someone in English this is the next best thing

make sure everything you do in your English Studies brings you closer to

your goal if your goal is to talk with native English speakers about films then

watch English films

if you want to pass an English exam so you can study abroad get a tutor who's

qualified to prepare you for that exam

nobody likes to hear their own voice but be brave and try it record your voice

and listen to your pronunciation and intonation it will help you to identify

your problem areas ask your helpful teacher if you can record his lesson

this is a great way to review you can also listen to your teachers speaking

speed and intonation find English resources that match your goal make sure

everything you do in your English Studies brings you closer to your goal

Karrie cue cards with you these are small cards which you can write new

words on you can pull them out and look at them whenever you a free minute use

post-it notes and stick them around your home you can use them to label things

stick one on your pet dog

be the person to start conversations in English try to keep the conversations

moving and use listening words really go on what happened then don't wait for

others to speak to you get in there make use of the Internet

it's full of resources to help you learn

enjoy it we learn more when we are having fun

review make sure that you take the time to review things you have studied in the

past don't give up stay positive sometimes you will feel

that you aren't learning quickly enough everyone feels like this don't worry

about it You will get there in the end