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Best method to learn English
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This is exactly how I went from zero to fluent in English.
20% Italki
10% Anki
20% Netflix
10% Duolingo
What about you? What are your top 5 ways to learn English?
Top Comment: I learn vocabulary like crazy in fallout 4 and Project zomboid.
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r/ENGLISH
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How hard is it to actually learn English?
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I am a native English speaker from the United States and had a question for people who are learning English.
I get to interact with Brazilians and Germans on a daily basis. Most of the people I deal with speak English well, but some are at a very low level and it’s hard to communicate. I’ve heard from many people that English is a very hard language to learn. Despite this, I’ll speak to someone that only a few months ago spoke very broken English who now sound fluent. Meanwhile my Portuguese has not noticeably improved. I know one German who didn’t speak any English who got added to my team and then 5 months later was able to communicate almost perfectly. Is English easy to learn for foreigners, are they resources better, or are they just putting in more effort than I am?
Top Comment: Is English easy to learn for foreigners, If you're coming from another Indo-European language, on the whole, yes, for various reasons: simpler morphology, many learners start early in some way, e.g., school, which gives them an advantage if they get serious later, etc. are the resources better Many other languages have great learning resources, but few other languages have the depth/breadth of media, which is ideal once you're intermediate. or are they just putting in more effort than I am? Also likely. Monolingual English speakers rarely experience what it's like to learn a language when there are genuine stakes involved. For your German example--first, I doubt that he didn't know any English when he joined your team (unless he was over 60 and from East Germany) because English is a required subject in German schools for several years. So that's one point. But the relevant point for the third quoted portion is that if you have to learn a language for your job--your livelihood--as in, if you can't understand people, you might get fired--you'd be surprised by the motivation you find. Having to learn a language "for real" in order to function as a normal person in society is different from learning it as a leisurely hobby.
English learners! Have you ever thought: "English is such a beautiful language!" ?
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Native English speaker here. I always hear other English speakers gush about how beautiful languages like French, Spanish and Italian sound. I've never heard any non-native English speaker say the same about English! I've heard that many learners find the language odd-sounding. What was your impression of the sound of the English language before you started to understand it?
Top Comment: i haven’t. but i do find myself using certain words and thinking, i love english. like “smidge and smithereens” cause tf is that lmao
How would you describe English as a fascinating language from the perspective of another language?
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I've been watching a lot of videos of people native in English talking about how fascinating other languages are. They basically note the linguistic quirks of these other languages, contrasting them with the "simplicity" of English.
From the perspective of a linguist who's just discovered English and finds it unique, how would you try to sell English as an interesting language to others? I would assume this would depend on the linguist's native language as well.
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This baby can fit so many words in it
I CAN UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, BUT I CAN NOT SPEAK IT. Please give me advice on how can I improve.
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I'm having a hard time speaking and making essays in english. It's hard for me to express my feelings and things that I want to say in english. I really despise homeworks that's asking me to describe something. I have a very narrow(?) vocabulary and I'm so eager to improve it. I'm getting jealous of my classmates who can express themselves clearly in the english language even though it is not our first language.They are also good in academic writing. And they don't worry if we have to do a long a$$ essay because they can do it in minutes. When speaking english (and writing essays) in school, my mind would always go blank, as if my mind vanished. Is it because I don't read and watch english movies, don't listen to english music, and I also don't communicate in english even though my mom is an english teacher(we don't speak it in our house). I don't use it in my everyday life, I'm afraid of making mistakes, and have a fear of being judged by others. I am a timid person. I also excell in academics, but my only problem is my english skills. If only I was good in english, I'd be unstoppable 😮💨.
(Fyi, I'm a 15 year old girl from the Philippines.)
Top Comment: Read read read read and listen listen listen listen. Consume english content and vocabulary will come to you! Maybe find someone you can only communicate in english with. I would offer to practice with you, but you’re a little young for me to be comfortable with that, I would suggest finding someone around your age :)
How to learn English in effective way
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Hi guys, I’m became a third year at university last month and my major is English. My trouble is that I don’t know how to learn English in effective way. Actually I get lost in it, I try to listen English every single day but my grammar is terrible. Should I focus on grammar or just read and listen English more. I’m so depressed now, I’m afraid that I cannot graduated in time with good degree. My level is B1 but I need to reach C1 to graduate. Can everyone give me advices how to improve my English skills😭 Sorry if I have some mistakes in my text.
Top Comment: First of all, your English is quite good. I will try to give you a sense of direction. The first question you need to ask yourself is “What does it mean effective for me?” (Because there’s no magic pill). How do you know that you’re making progress? How do you measure that? For example, you say I listen a lot but my grammar is terrible. Does it mean that your main goal is to improve grammar? Or speaking skills? Or maybe you need to write essays in school? Another questions, how much time do you have? 15 minutes a day or one hour every two days? When learning a language it IS important to develop all skills (speaking, listening, writing and reading) and systems (grammar and vocabulary), but every student has their own way to measure success, their own goal. I would start with that. If you were a bit more specific, I would probably have given you a more detailed piece of advice. You’re welcome to ask further questions.