HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH
COMBINE FOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUPERPOWERS: READING, WRITING, LISTENING and SPEAKING
HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH
Robert Farmilo
(There is some really cool stuff waiting for you at the end of this lesson...don't miss it!)
NOTE: This is a method I use to learn a language that is NOT my original native mother tongue. I can tell you from personal experience, this method will get you deep inside the English language.
Here is the video I made
that explains part of the Top Secret Method
that explains part of the Top Secret Method
Let's get started with this method of super-charging your English language skills.
ONE: Find a book in English. It can be either fiction or non-fiction. Best place is to look for a book "in the public domain."
SUPER TIP FOR YOU
Decide what level of reading difficulty you want. You can always choose easy-to-read books.
TWO: You can find books by typing into the Google search bar: "English books in the public domain."
Here is the website link I used for this example:
http://lucite.org/lucite/archive/fiction_-_hammett/dashiell.hammett.-.the.maltese.falcon.pdf
You can use this website to find lots of titles. (Yes, it is free.)
http://lucite.org
NOTE: You may have to try a few websites before you find one that opens directly to the PDF of the book.
Some websites want you to register first with your email address. If you don't mind doing that, go for it.
FIVE: Now go to You Tube and type, "audio-book, The Maltese Falcon, free".
Once the page loads, find a free audio-book version.
SIX: Synchronize your PDF webpage and the audio-book webpage. Start the audio-book version and begin to read along with the PDF pages of the book.
SEVEN: If you can't keep up with the audio-book and read at the same time, go to the You Tube page and change the speed of the playback of the audio-book.
EIGHT: Change the playback speed by clicking on the settings icon shaped like a cog. This cog is found in the lower right hand corner of the video, just above the timeline of the video.
You can make the playback speed a lot faster or you can make it a lot slower. Find the speed that allows you to keep up while you read the text of the PDF copy of the book.
NOTE: You are probably going to discover that you will not know the meaning of phrases and words. This next step will help you bridge this gap.
NINE: Open up the Google Translate webpage. Select the English language and your native language. Every time you find a word or phrase you do not know the meaning of, or you are unsure of the meaing, copy it and then paste the word or phrase into the English side of the Google Translate webpage.
(What do you think? Does Google Translate do a good job in your language? Please let me know in the comment box.)
NOTE: An alternative to Google Translate, especially for Arabic, is the Cambridge Dictionary Translator.
ELEVEN: Open up a new tab and paste the name of the book in your language and make sure to add "...PDF...."
TWELVE: Now see if you can find a free version of the book in your own language in a PDF. If you do find one, open it up and now you are ready for the next step.
THIRTEEN: To maximize your study time, you can split your screen into two, three or four sections. This way, If you are using Windows 10, you can split your screen into four different screens using "snap".
For Mac users:> SPLIT YOUR SCREEN <
FOURTEEN: Now you are ready to get to work. Begin to play the audiobook from the beginning. Sometimes you will have a few minutes of narration covering details about the recording you are listening to.
Find the start of the story and then begin to follow along with the PDF version of the book.
FIFTEEN: Stop after you have read one complete page. Start again from the beginning, but this time, you read aloud to yourself. Your goal here is to take your time and practice your pronunciation of each word.
Rinse and Repeat:
After doing this, listen to the audiobook version starting at the beginning of the same page while you read along silently to yourself.
Yes, you are going over the same part a second time. This is the hard part...repetition. Okay, now read the same part outloud to yourself.
What? The entire procedure two times in a row? Yes. That's right. (For those of you who are super-serious, do it a third time. Want to be really intense? Okay, do it again... a fourth time!)
IF you find that one page is too much, then try half a page. If that seems to be too much, try a few paragraphs. And if that is too much, try just one paragraph.
Your job is to find the amount that is just right for you. And that may end up being only one sentence at a time. This is okay as long as you follow the system I have outlined for you.
NOTE: Each time you do this, copy and paste any words or phrases that you do not understand...or write them down in a notebook or on a piece of paper.
IMPORTANT! Find out what the words mean. Yes, this is very time consuming. But if you do this work now, you will really make some progress with your English language comprehension.
One way you can do this is to check the PDF version of the book in your own language to find the translated meaning of these words and phrases. Here is an example:
Check the meaning of words you do not know or are unsure of using Google Translate or similar translation software.
You may find that there are some words that you see many times but just cannot seem to remember what the words mean. I feel your pain. You are NOT alone.
My super-sauce-solution for this recurring Oh-no, not this-word-again syndrome is to get a pen or pencil, your notebook, and write down the word or phrase along with the meaning in your native language and also in English.
Now you keep writing the word (or phrase) and it's meaning over and over. Just keep doing this, over and over, until you remember the meaning of the word.
The very next day, you test yourself to see if you remember the words and phrases that you worked on the previous day.
Do this by once again writing out the words and phrases you studied the day before.
If you do remember correctly, then you can start in on the next group of words and phrases that you do not know or are not sure of their meaning.
Do you have trouble remembering English vocabulary?
This is a version of something called SPACED REPETITION. The purpose of this training is for you to remember what you learn. That would be a good thing, right?
What we know is that memory needs to be reinforced through the repetition of what we are learning. And we also know that having lags of time between each repetition of what you have learned is the best way to strengthen your memory.
Is there a time lag that is the very best of all possible intervals of time between repetition of remembering what you have already learned?
Well, yes...there is. Take a look at this chart below.
GREAT!
This word won't show up again in your flashcard sequence for seven days. If you don't remember the word...you start over again---back to Day One. The word shows up the very next day. IF you don't remember the word, you start over at the beginning. The word shows up in your flashcard sequence the very next day. Better get it right or...yes, it starts over at the beginning.
Anytime in the sequence that you cannot remember what the word means, the word is sent to the beginning of the interval sequence---the word starts over at Day One.
One way to think of this entire process of learning words and phrases is that you are rehearsing for a part in a movie or TV series. You must know all your lines for you part.
You also MUST use the word or phrase in sentences that you create yourself. Yes! You read right...sentences, in English---past tense, present tense, future tense---each tense, a different sentence.
Boring!
For some people, yes! But...effective.
VERY IMPORTANT!
Add these words into your spaced repetition software or make your own flashcards to practice with later on.
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Anything you cannot really understand, you MUST make sure to check with your English tutor. Don't scrimp on this part---believe me, it is well worth it.
If you've come this far and have been carefully reading every word and using all of the method I've revealed so far, you deserve this total game-changer method.
Any word or phrase you really want to remember requires that you do this simple mental exercise.
Close your eyes and imagine that you are writing the word or phrase on a blackboard. See the word or phrase being written one letter at a time.
Do it a few times inside your mind. Okay, that's it.
You will immediately notice a big improvement in your recall of the word or phrase.
NEXT: You might find that you need a different style of English language writing to get your motor running. It might not be an old novel or story that inspires you.
It might be an entirely different style of writing.
NOTE: Some students of English do NOT want to read novels or non-fiction books.
You might be one of these types of students.
You are looking for something different.
Does this sound like you or someone you know?
Here are two great resources for you to use to find truly powerful and useful speeches and uplifting and inspiring content.
You will find videos and audios accompanied by the complete transcript of the spoken content. This is a perfect mix for you to apply the Top Secret Method of learning the English language.
Here is the first link:
You can learn and memorize many phrases and ideas from this resource.
Here is a really good example of one such phrase:
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
You can also use this method to perfect your ability with your own, native language.
Here is another source for you to use...also fairly awesome:
NEXT IMPORTANT POINTS? This Top Secret Method will take time. You probably will find that it takes one hour to read and really understand one or two pages.
Every word you do not know must be entered in your personal flashcard software program. Here is one that is free to use:
This Top Secret Method is not for the faint of heart.
It may seem easy, but it isn't really easy, at all.
In fact, this method is difficult because it demands that you pay a lot of attention while you are doing it.
A bit of back-story will be a good idea...
...over the years, I have asked all my students a series of questions before accepting them as students.
When it comes to the subject of reading, some students tell me they don't like to read...even in their own language.
One of the accompanying comments I hear is that they get bored. Oh-oh---boredom! Oh dear, we wouldn't want you to be, gasp, bored!
The same students will tell me when I ask them what their goal is with the English language: "...I want to speak like native English speaker...."
Also, a good number of people I interview tell me when I ask them that they are going to be taking some kind of English fluency test in the near future. Perhaps they are going to be tested by taking IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC.
> LIST OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS <
Plus, a good number of students are willing to do whatever it takes to reach their desired goal. And for good reasons, too.
Often the achievement of being really good at the English language will help them make a lot more money and also give them significantly increased job security.
For the business person, knowing what the bleep is being said by the fast-talking native English speakers or their non-native counterparts can be the difference between being hosed or not.
So, if you read the phrase "being hosed" and didn't get what that meant, you really need to pay attention to what I am about to reveal to you.
I went to a lot of trouble making a video that explains this top-secret method to you. You can watch this for free, as many times as you want. No charge. But really, you should be paying me a lot of money to learn what I am about to show you. Oh well, that's just the kind of guy I am.
Consider it a token of my better nature...a gesture of goodwill to you.
What I can promise you is this: IF you actually use this method for 90 days, you are going to rapidly accelerate your English language skills.
http://lucite.org/lucite/archive/fiction_-_hammett/dashiell.hammett.-.the.maltese.falcon.pdf
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TRY THIS SUPER METHOD
TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
I MADE THIS VIDEO FOR YOU,
SO WATCH IT (90 SECONDS!)
TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
I MADE THIS VIDEO FOR YOU,
SO WATCH IT (90 SECONDS!)
Here is the video I made for the Top Secret Method
NEXT?
READ COMICS TO LEARN ENGLISH & START TO "GET" THOSE ALL-IMPORTANT CULTURAL REFERENCES
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| Read Comics to get Deep Inside the English Language |
Let's get this party started with a great website for you to use. This one is for those of you who like comic books. Here are three great words for you to learn: FREE, FREE, FREE!
>>> https://www.comixology.com/free-comics
And here is another one. It also features those three great English words (free, free, free). That was a joke, by the way. The link is NOT a joke. The link works, and it is free, free, free to use.
>>> https://getcomics.info/
RELATED AND RELEVANT INFORMATION:What part of the brain is used during reading English?
https://www.scilearn.com/the-reading-brain/
The world's most researched reading program:
https://www.scilearn.com/program/
https://youtu.be/R6J-BCOROo8
What part of the brain is used in listening to English?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081613/
How the brain learns a new language:
https://brainconnection.brainhq.com/2001/01/27/how-the-brain-learns-a-second-language/
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