Wednesday, October 12, 2011
How To Learn English Very Fast [advice from sharedtalk's friend]
How do you learn English very fast?
it's an interesting question. Is it possible to learn English very very fast?
Is it possible to make massive improvements in only 2-3 months?
The answer is yes.
But of course, to make massive improvements requires massive intensity and effort.
So, how can you do it? How can you improve super-fast? What do I recommend for this kind of goal?
1. Obsession
The first and most important thing you need to achieve this goal is incredible passion. You must have tremendous emotional power to learn super-fast. Why? Because you must study English 8-14 hours a day… and every hour you must be alert, interested, and energetic.
To improve that quickly, you must build emotion. You must be obsessed with English. You must be passionate and incredibly enthusiastic. Remember, Emotion is 80% of success, method is only 20%.
To create passion, you need very compelling reasons to learn English. Just doing well on a test is not a strong enough reason. Just getting a new job is not a strong enough reason. You need HUGE reasons for doing this. Imagine all the incredible benefits you will have as a fluent English speaker. Imagine how your life will change 5 years from now. 10 years from now. 20 years from now.
If you are motivated by money, imagine how English will make you amazingly rich. Visualize your dream house, your dream car, your dream life.
If love motivates you, imagine how English will help you meet incredible people from other countries. Imagine dating beautiful/handsome foreigners! Imagine incredible love and passion– possible because you are a fluent English speaker.
You can also exaggerate the terrible things that will happen if you fail to speak English fluently. Imagine all the jobs you will miss. Imagine all the people you will never meet. Imagine how bad your life will be because you can’t speak English.
Make your reasons bigger! Bigger reasons = Bigger Passion. Bigger Passion = Bigger Success.
Emotions is the key. Make your emotion stronger! Become obsessed with English!
2. Massive Input
The second key to super-fast learning and incredible intensity is to focus on English INPUT. Do not waste time studying grammar or vocabulary. Don’t waste time trying to speak.
You should spend all of your time either listening or reading. This is the fastest and most efficient method for speaking English fluently.
Carry your iPod everywhere. Always have a book with you.
Specifically, you should listen mostly to the Mini-Story Lessons, the Point of View Lessons, and the Main Audio Articles. These are the most powerful lessons and will help you learn the fastest.
You should read easy English novels– starting with novels for children. Absolutely do not waste time reading textbooks!
3. Massive Intensity
To be fluent in only 2-3 months, you must create massive intensity. In other words, you have to listen and read 8-14 hours a day, every day. You must listen constantly to English. You must read constantly.
In fact, I recommend alternating the two activities. Listen for an hour, then read a novel for an hour. Then listen again for an hour. Then another hour of novel reading.
If you are really focused on speaking well, do more listening. But don’t worry, reading will also help your speaking ability.
So that’s it. That’s my simple method for very fast English fluency.
Of course, most people do not need to improve so quickly. For most people, two hours a day of listening and reading is enough.
But if you need or want to improve very quickly, follow this plan.
Good luck!
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I am a first time reader of your blog. I haven't been to Mongolian for the past eight years and it was very interesting to get a glimpse of what Mongolia is like nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI am a Mongolian, but I have been teaching English in the USA for about 4 years now. I read your one year old post about your attempts to learn English and it prompted me to say a few words to you about learning English in Mongolia.
First, it is possible to learn English in Mongolia. Persistence is a key to everything. This means you just don't give up on it. Instead of stopping to learn English, change the way you are learning English. If one method is not working change it to a method that will actually work for you and your circumstances.
As it was mentioned in your post above, you need to use English daily. However, this daily use must have a purpose. If you don't know what for you are learning English, you will end up losing interest like you did in the past. So say, you want to improve your written English because you need to communicate with your co-workers through emails in English. Then you set a goal to focus on writing. I am assuming you are not a novice learner of English so you just need to know what is the next level that you want yourself to reach in English and work from there on. You could ask yourself why do I need to learn English or what for am I learning English and then find the answer to it. If English is not the most important thing for you to do in your life right now, you will not make time for it. So look for that reason why you are trying to learn English, if you can find it, you will succeed.
Another equally important factor is to put yourself in an environment where you will have to be in contact with English whether it is to read in English for work, or speak with co-workers in English, or listen to the news in English daily. I know it is the most challenging part of learning English in Mongolia, but let me tell you one thing, it worked with me, I learned my English in Mongolia. America only helped me with my confidence when speaking in English and the cultural factors that come into play. Yes, you will need someone who will need to explain you the cultural factors of English learning, but don't be shy ask around and find out why people say and do things the way they do and little step at a time you will figure it out.
One thing I would say that you need to remember is that English learning takes time. Definitely more than 2-3 months in your case because I am assuming that you will have to have life besides learning English 12-14 hours a day. So set a realistic goal for yourself, like 2 years, and work towards it. It is better to do something with your English for 2 years and learn something than not doing anything and still stay where you are at right now in 2 years.
And lastly, stay in control of your emotions. This means don't be shy. Avoid listening to your negative self. Imagine yourself speaking in English confidently and fluently and work to get to that point. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you've made to learn English, but it does matter whether you know English or not, so do something now.
Oh, one last thing is to find a friend or someone who can positively influence you when you are learning English. So that you can get constant encouragement from this person. Doing it alone is possible, but it will be slower.
Well, I let you go now, and wish you to succeed.
Mrs. B
Thank you very much. Of course I can do this.
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