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what is the best and more importantly easiest way to learn english?
i receive similar question quite often. but to date i still do not have any proper answer.
inspired by pipit's post on how to improve english command, let me share you some tips that may help :
1. when speaking, don't be afraid of making mistakes. don't let your strive for accuracy hurt your fluency. i am not implying that you go and keep abusing english structure when speaking hehehe... but at least during you learning process, keep talking, it will help you a lot, nevertheless fluency is more important when speaking. CMIIW. also there is this element of 'as long as the message is delivered and understood'. interesting justification, no? :p of course at the same time you need to keep improving your command of english structure and enrich your vocabulary
2. don't stop talking just because you do not know or forget about a certain word. let's say you are talking about animals and forget the word elephant, you can go on describe it with it is big, big ears, heavy, etc until you eventually remember or your counterpart helps you with the word.
3. write down new words will help you with spelling. especially those with many consonants in them. do it again and again. try them in sentences. try also to mental picture the spelling in your free time while in the toilet for instance? :D read a lot can help too. many packages nowadays have english wording in them, from instant noodle to medicine packages, read them while preparing your instant noodle for once? hihihihi...
4. now, it will be much different when it comes to writing. i know i still make mistakes here and there when writing. but i always try to minimize them by applying the minimal requirement mistake rule. i learned this during my uni years. so when writing, do pay serious attention on things that are considered as minimal requirement mistake. to be, the addition of s or es to verbs, the use of auxiliary, the correct verb form etc. for example she go to school everyday. you know something is wrong. it should be she goes to school everyday. also because when writing you can always read, reread, edit, reedit such minimal requirement mistake is quite intolerable :D
5. well your strive to eliminate minimal requirement mistakes can certainly help also in speaking. believe it or not when you pay close attention to those minimal requirement mistakes while writing, somehow when you utter a sentence and there is a minimal requirement mistake in the sentence, something in your brain will knock knock you and you realize that you make a mistake. you may as well utter the sentence once again, but now with proper structure ;)
6. enrich your vocabulary. write a word. then jot down all related words. including synonim, antonym and also any word that you think of when you read that word. write as many as possible. by doing so you are not only working on enriching your vocabulary but at the same time you are also working on your spelling. nice eh?
by the way, toilet has been serving as one of the effective venues to brainwash myself with various english structure and painstackingly correct my own sentences mwihihihihi...
so what is the best and easiest way to learn english? spend more time in the toilet? mwahahahahaha....
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that may explain the saying, a toilet is a (wo)man's inner sanctum ? no?
Elo berlokasi di mana atuh?
the secluded beautiful nusa dua enclave, bali, lil paradise on earth :D
well... listen to music, watch movies help, too... as long as you don't turn the subtitle on...
but the easiest one is..... find a english speaking partner/friends/boyfriend/girlfriend/hubby/wife... then your english will improve exponentially
been there done that during my uni years mwahahahahahahahaha
then..do the blogging in english.. coz there will be many persons will correct you if you're getting wrong.. and of course, prepare your self, coz some of their correction will kill you mentally. hahaha
hahahahaha after 4 years in uni only dealing with english, i have enough of being corrected, thank you but no thank you :D mwahahahaha gaya gue!
My dear, how come you ever forget "our" methods ?
- Use decent word processor (i.e : Microsoft Word) to write. Then, religiously hit F7 (or, Spelling and Grammar) until we see no red/green line.
- Better yet, empower (yes, by means of 'using') someone at your rank who have bachelor degree in english (i.e : you, yes you, Nana hehe), ask him/her politely to check your writing
That's it. I'm sorry for such lame comment. It must be lobster last night that turned my stoomach into hell... got to go.. nature callsssssss.. mwhihihihi...
empower by means of using. hahahahaha... someone at your rank who has bachelor degree in english...what kind of rank is that if i may ask? hahahahahahahaha...
Useful and doable tips nana!
Toilet indeed a place to find an inspiration. I would think about dialogue, paragraph for my paper, or just trying to remember a sophisticated phrase from a movie, during a brief stay in that 'thinking box'..hihihi
thinking box. hihihi thinking box!
conversation ok, structure no way hahahhaha
and what kind of conversation will that be without proper structure? hehehehehe
watch cartoon movie and read the translation text.
hasilnya ya kayak gue..ancur :P
lain kali kalo nonton kartun di michigan aja den, pasti ngga ada subtitle dan bahasa inggrismu jadi keren :p
I always remember what my tutor said.
"Practice, practice and practice... Cause english is not a knowledge but habitual."
*duh... bener gag ya bahasa inggrisku*
waks? nah kalo practicenya pake kalimat-kalimat yang structurenya salah, bisa berabe kan? :D
slm knl,
even my english is not too good too be used here but, i'm always need to improve my quality in reading and writing. however, for a long time i didn't use my communication skill in english.
so, i know that this comment will be unseen :D.
waks
don't ever sneak out my "bule" version page :D kidding!
great tips
thank you for the tips. I realy want to learn english conversation, but I don't have partner to do that. Everyone laughing to me.
jangankan bahasa inggris, bahasa indonesia saya juga masih kacau mbak. terimakasih ya. paling tidak saya dapet motivasi utk mencoba.
thanks for everything....i realy want to improve my english.it can help me.
you mispelled "painstakingly", one "c" too many (unnecessay), like "croccodile" after awhile.
i misspelled "unnecessary", one "r" too few.
i'm improving my english, by watch movie.. ^_^
it's really helpfull..
thanks 4 ur tips n i think it is good tips,by the how u improve ur english?
Thank's to all. I am from Indonesia, in street Jl. Angkrek, Sumedang.
Who will can you for give me, ha...ha...ha...
i feel always cut down, 'coz everytime i courage myself to speak english my partner always laughing me, i think 'bule' won't do like that 'coz they're able to understand that i 'mnot native. i want to be able to english but i have difficult grammar in speaking.
if i don't understand about english may i stand under you?
ajarin aku dong cara blog yang baik dan cara cari teman di blog serta cara ngelink n edit blog...thanks...gimana caranya dari kolom comment ada security codenya????ajarin yach
there are four steps to make our english better and better,
1. practise
2. practise
3. practise
and the last, the most important thing of all is
4. the combination from the three above...
hi..hi..hi
eala kok bisa ... ?
very good
hi..my name is asty
i'm in indonesia..
glade to see you
Hello..... I'm from bali, I also want to improve my english especially i'm in bali so many tourism and I work in hospitality is must use english, sometimes I watch movie or reading some magazine to make perfectly my english but i still feel my english is bad and sometimes i'm not confident to talk
i'am not shy to have many mistake's, but several laughing me....i hate it.
thanks for your tips. plis gve me tips again if you hve.
send to my email address,ok???
so what is the best and easiest way to learn english? spend more time in the toilet? mwahahahahaha....
Can't agree more :D
Most people are too busy with their schedules. At least in toilet they have free time to do almost anything related with brain development :D
tht's great idea !
i Like ur tips .
WeLL, I can try it .
But, i dont know , when i will start it .
hahahaah .
I'm proud it .
The Last tip for u (maybe u want it. lol)
InstaLL kamus2.03 on ur Lptop .
Thts simpLe . and really heLp us .
When i couldnt understand with engLish speech, i used it .
And now, im not bad for engLish speech as fruentLy .
lol .
ok , sankyu .
-IvoRei-
MBA..saya kan minta tips byr cpet menangkap pljaran b.inggris......!!!! tapi ko tips'y pake b.inggris cc...??? saya kan jadi ga ngertii....!!!! hikcs...hiksc..!!!!
I want to learn english every day
Thanks for tips
i want to speak english but koyo e susah
duh gmn nech dr dl hgg skrg kagak bisa2.
«by the way, toilet has been serving as one of the effective venues to brainwash myself with various english structure»
How so?
Slm knl.
^^