By:Munshirahat G & A Ali High School
If you want to learn English quickly and easily, we will tell you what works best. It is clear that if you go to London and you are 24 hours a day with native people, combining your stay there with classes, you will get it fast and easy, but the key is:
How to get it from home, with your work and your normal life?
How to prepare your trip to an English-speaking country by improving your English level before?
What tricks can help you feel more confident with English at work or in your studies?
We are not going to give you a list of grammar books or academies, but 18 creative tricks for your day to day, which allow you to improve your English quickly and easily without much expense .
1. Use the Papora method of learning English
It is a series of simple lessons that help you improve level step by step. You can practice when you are on your way to work, at night or in your spare time. It is a pleasant and easy way to improve every day. Click here to try it.
2. Sing in English
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If you are one of those who like music , or even sing in the shower, take songs of the moment that motivate you and learn the lyrics well.
You will get acquainted with the accent, new vocabulary words ... and most importantly, you will enjoy!
It is shown that when we enjoy we learn better.
3. Search for an English league
If you like flirting apps and are open to experiment, try meeting a native person from an Anglo-Saxon country.
So you can practice English, with the incentive of illusion, curiosity and intrigue that are linked to meet a special person.
4. Watch movies and series in English
Do you watch TV or Netflix every day? Change the language on the remote and it will be worth it.
If your level of English still does not allow you to follow the thread of the series, do five-minute cycles so that you can write down a word that you have been able to capture.
5. Learn English sleeping
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Don't think it's a joke, it's possible to learn English sleeping. If you learn English just before bedtime, you will let your unconscious mind better assimilate the language.
If you want to know more about this topic, we encourage you to read this article .
6. Exchange languages online
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Search for people online who are willing to exchange languages. For example, an Englishman who wants to learn Spanish and in return can teach you English.
7. Think in English
We spend the day talking to ourselves, sometimes unconsciously and sometimes we realize. Try to think in English and so your brain will become more receptive to the language.
For example, if you are making the shopping list, thinking about something that happened to you yesterday or planning the weekend, think in English. You will have doubts about vocabulary, that's why you need point 8.
8. Buy a notebook for your English
Every time you learn with the rest of the tricks on this list, you will need to write down what you have learned from vocabulary.
Write down everything you learn, and spend ten minutes at the end of the day to review what you have advanced in the language.
9. Download apps on your mobile
Today there are many apps to learn English of all levels and styles.
You have Duolinguo, Busuu, Voxy and many more. When you go by subway or bus, take advantage of small times of the day to do some exercise.
10. Ask your partner to speak English with you at dinner
One trick that can work very well for you to learn English quickly and easily is to ask your partner, family, a friend, or a co-worker, to commit to you to speak English every day.
You can, for example, assign English for dinner at home.
Do not worry if others do not speak English either, because it is about forcing yourself to speak, make mistakes and test yourself. You must combine this trick with many others on this list, so as not to catch language vices from non-native people.
11. Read the daily press in English
If you read some online media every morning, try to make the effort to search the New York Times, BBC, CNN or other websites in English. This way you can find out what's going on in the world while practicing English.
12. Learn with the dictionary
A simple and very effective technique to improve the language is to pick up a lifelong dictionary, from English-Spanish, Spanish-English, and start with the letter A. Take advantage of the day-to-day dead times to memorize new words, and remember Write them in your notebook.
13. Compete with Google Translator
Think of a phrase in Spanish and how you would say it in English, and then write in the translator, to see how it translates. They look alike? Do you translate better than the translator? That is that you are already improving, because it is not perfect because it is a machine and does not always understand the context of the phrases!
14. Learn the 1000 basic words
Of all the words of the language, in the end we always end up using a few.
Learn the essentials and you will notice impressive progress!
Of course, beyond vocabulary, you need speaking, listening ... That's why the other tricks are also important.
Here is a list of words in English !
15. Read easy books in English
If the novels in English seem too complicated for you, look for an easy and fun book that helps you read in English.
Think that reading is an element that you must include in one way or another, because that way you can improve your spelling in the language.
16. Watch funny Youtubers videos and copy how they speak
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Surely you see some video on your mobile from people like Rubius or who you like.
Find American, English or Australian youtubers, and choose one.
Watch their videos daily and so you will learn typical phrases. Youtube often allows you to add subtitles, which are not accurate but serve as a guide.
17. Do memory exercises with mnemonic rules
When you look at your notebook at the end of the day, it may cost you a little to memorize.
Use mnemonic rules such as repetition, sing words or associate them with things you like.
18. Watch memes in English
It is clear that your English will not advance too much if you only make this point, but it is another help to boost your English quickly and easily.
Go to some memes website in English, and you'll laugh while you practice reading in English.
Laughter is a great learning friend, so you don't think you're wasting your time if you spend about ten minutes a day.
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To achieve this, remember that in addition to these tricks, you need to motivate yourself every day, leave laziness and take it as an Olympics!
You have to go win with all your strength! Fall in love with English and put it in your life even in the soup.
Good luck and many successes!