This is the second post on how to learn and pass English. Some of the tips and techniques mentioned here can also be applied to other languages as well. If you haven’t done so already, I’d invite you to read the first post in this series entitled how to pass English.

In the first part we covered reading, the issue of communication and what we called the two P:s namely patience and perseverance. In this part let us instead of discussing the prerequisites of learning the language give some practical advice on how to go about learning English.

1. Daily schedule

Begin by making your very own daily reading schedule. Each week pick out a different book that you want to finish reading within that week. In the beginning the book might not be that very thick but that’s OK, when it comes to languages we begin from scratch and work our way up. You should be making progress for every week that passes by. A good way to keep track of your progress is by making a simple chart where you track your development as it goes. A basic table could look something like this:

If you want to I can try to provide a printable version of that above table, please leave a comment if you’re interested in such a document.

2. Listening

When listening to someone speaking English and he or she used a word or phrase that you are not familiar with, make sure you ask the person what that word meant. If you leave it to the future, chances are that you won’t ever learn it. Once you’ve acquired a new word make sure you try to use it yourself in a dialogue with someone else. By practicing using new words you will remember them easily in the future.

3. Speaking

Don’t be afraid to commit mistakes when you’re speaking the language, it’s entirely normal. Also, don’t settle speaking adequately if you can learn to speak fluently. There are lots of people who have learnt this language in their later years and have managed to comprehend it’s grammar and pronounce the words correctly, why not do the same?

If you are speaking to someone and you can see them react when you say a word in a particular fashion do ask them what – if anything – you did wrong in pronouncing that word. Sometimes people might feel shy or rude to correct you but in reality it is also somewhat rude to leave you thinking that you’re doing something right when you’re in fact doing it wrong. I’d rather be corrected (and I commit a lot of mistakes, that’s for sure) than to be left thinking that I was correct even though that wasn’t the case.

In closing don’t forget to check out our very own learning guide to help you out with your studies. Until next time, have a pleasant day!

Learning a new language and want to know how to best tackle it? Nadas problemas, just follow the guidelines set up in this article to get going!
You see, there are a number of things to consider when learning a new language.

1. Establish The Purpose

Why are you learning this particular foreign language and not another one. Are you 100% absolutely sure that you are willing to invest the energy, money and most importantly the time that it takes to learn a new language. If no, please take some time to think things through. It is often easier to change track in the beginning.

2. Be structured

You are by no means obliged to enroll in a language course in able to learn a new language (even though that might be helpful), however it is important that you study in a structured and organized manner. Make sure you are always keen on observing the time that you have allocated to study. Don’t put it off! If you for instance would only study as little as 1 hour per day you would learn the basics of that language within a few weeks. The more time you invest the more you’ll be able to learn.

3. Don’t forget about pronunciation

You can’t claim to have mastered a language until you are speaking in a fashion that is understandable by native speakers of that language. Put some extra time to learn how to pronounce all the letters and make sure you verify that your pronunciation is indeed correct. Remember, you should put some extra energy into pronunciation in the beginning of your journey. Once you’ve grasped how letters and words are pronounced it is fairly easy to guess how a new similarly structured word ought to be pronounced.

4. Grammar is key

There are different theories on how to best learn a language but they all include someway or another the acquiring the internal logic of that language, otherwise knows as its rules of grammar. Studying directly and exclusively from a grammar book may not be the best way to achieve results. Instead make sure you have a solid textbook + a grammar book that is used as a way of reference and not as the primary literature.

5. Compile word lists

Whenever you learn a new word be sure to place it in your word list. The longer time you study the language the larger that list should become. Make sure you rehearse the list every now and then to make sure that you still remember the old words.

6. Track Progress
How can you know if you’re improving if you aren’t tracking your progress? Define explicit goals; when do you want o be able to communicate in that language, how many words do you wish to have learned before the end of the year and so forth. The beauty with goals is that it gives you a frame of reference, an ability to see where you’re doing fine and where there’s need of progress.

7. Immerse yourself into the language

Don’t limit yourself to textbooks. Immerse yourself into the world of that language, if you truly want to learn a new language you need to talk, walk and breath in that language!

This post is part of a series, I would -as always- appreciate it to hear what you have to say on this. A good way too keep up with new updates on the subject is by subscribing to this blog.

It’s been a while since we did this series, hasn’t it? On day 4 we will examine how a writer can find inspiration. It’s funny how I decided to write about this subject by the way. You see, I was pondering on this issue (what I should write about) so I decided I might as well look into how I could find inspiration to write this blog…

So I decided to writer about finding what I was searching for in the first place. Weird.

Anyway, finding inspiration for writing is not only experienced by those who write fiction such as poetry, novels etc but it could also face those write scientific literature & research papers.

I am not talking about writers block which is a closely related problem that I’ve been discussing here: How To Overcome Writers Block, but I’m talking about the total lack of inspiration or an “inspiration block” if you would like.

The funny thing is, the most random piece of information can remove this inspirational block so it’s very difficult to find methods to get inspiration. I would thus say that if you are looking for inspiration, then try to remember how you found inspiration the last time you wrote this article/paper or what ever.

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How did you do it, did you take a walk for instance?

When you’ve done that, then try to apply that same method for all your other works if the method in question is good & ethical of course. Do you have any suggestions on how to get inspiration? Please feel free to share by commenting.

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