As the language learner, you might find learning language other than your mother tongue is a painstaking task to do. You start wondering how to absorb the language that you learnt immediately as you always want to speak like a native speaker. However, no matter how hard you try, or worse still, no matter how much time and effort you have put in learning English, you could hardly grasp those essential words. Now, start asking yourself whether you are fed up of learning English. Are you frustrated watching English words you spent so much time learning simply disappear from your brain? I know you will feel horrible and bad, aren't you?
Now, I want you to consider how different things are if you could absorb large quantity of English words like a sponge which may actually retain in your brain for much longer. Just think for a minute how your life changes if you could actually remember all those words rather than forgetting them as what you have been doing lately.
Well, learning English and even other foreign languages require certain skills and technique. With the appropriate methods, you could learn English with ease and in less time than you previously thought possible.
Here, I will guide you with tips to assist you mastering the language effectively. The nightmare of not being able to acquire 10,000 English words that you have struggled to learn can quickly fix into your mind in a series of tips that you can begin to put into action in less than 120 days. But, bear in mind that you should follow these tips constantly and correctly. By following them closely, you will discover that how easily to acquire large amounts of words of your language choice rather than forgetting them as most of you likely have been doing.
Forming a Sentence from Some Short Phrases
The foremost step to learn English is to practice the words or vocabulary that you have learnt by making a sentence. You can first start forming short phrases and later forming them into a long sentence. For example, you have some short phrases of “red clothes”, “a woman”, “is going to”, “tomorrow night” and “put on”, and with these phases you can form them into “A woman is going to put on red clothes tomorrow night.”
Listen, Imitate, and Practice
Listening and imitating should go together to grasp English words faster. Listening is always the best option to learn words or vocabulary faster as you will be more concentrate to catch each word being said either from the broadcast or radio. At the same time, you should employ the LIP method: Listen, Imitate and Practice.
Immerse Yourself in Learning
Use all your five senses to learn. You should listen to English, read English, touch English, smell English, and taste English. In a nutshell, you should immerse yourself to learn English by beginning to think in a more natural or diverse form of English communication and writing.
Be Consistent While Learning
Rome wasn't built in one day. Learning English or any other languages require your patience, perseverance, determination and dedication. Therefore, you should put in more effort than the native speaker and try to grab every chance you have to get yourself exposed to the commonly used words, expressions, phrase words or even proverbs in English communities. I assure you that your hard work will be rewarded one day.
Bring Along a Dictionary Wherever You Go
Use a quality and comprehensive dictionary to guide your grammar. You should always bring a small pocket dictionary with you wherever you go. This will help your understanding particularly when you encounter any English words that you do not know their meanings and usages. Specifically, whenever you see a new word, look it up in the dictionary. After looking up for its meaning, use it in your daily life.
Practice Makes Perfect
Practice as much as possible for the tenses you have just learnt. Remember to study the various forms of a new verb you came across to further grasping more words instead from the one new verb you have learnt. As there is no quick-fix solution to one's linguistic shortcomings, one can only master English by building a solid grounding in basic vocabulary and grammar and to use it to communicate as frequently as possible.
Knowing the Cultural Background is an Important Asset to Learning Faster
Besides learning the words or vocabulary, you are recommended to learn more about the culture of each language you learnt. When you understand the cultural background of the particular nation, you can better acquire more words in order to promote the better use of the language.
Do Not Hesitate to Ask Questions
