How to learn English outside the classroom
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This document provides tips for learning English outside the classroom, including using grammar and vocabulary books, reading books and materials in English, listening to English radio and music, watching English-language films and TV shows with subtitles, studying English online, and discussing learning strategies with a partner. It emphasizes that the learner is in control of their own learning process, not the teacher. Methods for remembering new vocabulary words are also listed, such as reading word lists repeatedly, translating words, drawing pictures, and writing words in sentences or with opposites.
How to learn English outside the classroom
- 3. Use grammar and vocabulary books at home, such as:
- 4. Read in English: you’ll learn new words in an interesting context & you’ll consolidate grammar
- 7. Listen to an American, Australian, Scottish or English online radio e.g. BBC
- 9. Study English online e.g. BBC learning English
- 11. Watch the news in English on TV or online
- 12. … or your favourite sitcoms or TV shows
- 13. listen to your favourite songs with lyrics
- 14. do crosswords
- 15. Remember! The person who decides what and how fast you will learn is: YOU
- 16. ... not your teacher
- 17. Discuss with a partner: *Which of the techniques do you find most effective? Why? *Which of the techniques have you already used? *What other ways of learnig English at home have you used or heard of?
- 18. How to remember new words? * read the list of words a lot of times * translate them into Polish * draw a picture representing the new word * write it with an opposite (e.g. rough – smooth) * write synonyms (e.g. awful = terrible, horrible) * write a sentence with it (Hail destroys farmers’ crops) * record the words on your MP3 player and listen to them on your way to school or work * put the new words in categories or make a mind map … any other suggestions?