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17 Rules For Excellent English Introduction I have read nearly 40 articles about how tolearn English, and compiled this article of the best 17 rules to learn andspeak English better, faster ,and more easily.I believe through following theserules your english will show great and fast progress.I would warmly welcomeany suggestions about the subject to consider for further articles . Good luck Mehdi Shahmirzaie By Mehdi Shahmirzaie RULE 1 : IdentifyYour Motivation and Desire You need to identify your motivation. Ask yourself whyyou want to learn English. Understanding your motivation, whether it be tohelp qualify for a better job or to communicate with someone you know, willhelp you stick to your goal of learning English. [1] RULE 2 : Realize that English iseasy. Do you think English is difficult? If you, do you willnever learn to speak well. But what are you comparing this to? If you think thatEnglish is more difficult than Persian, then how can you know if you don't speakEnglish yet? The key to being good is to realize that English is easy. Is Englishthe brain surgery or the quantum mechanics? No. It's simply a foreign language,something spoken effortlessly by millions of people everyday without asecond thought. Truly great speakers of English treat English as a secondarything, not something to think about, and certainly not to worry about, it'ssimply another skill, like riding a bicycle or driving a car. It is something you can achieve.And you can achieve easily. All it takes is a little effort and the right wayof thinking. English is easy. [2] RULE 3 : Realize that you can begood at English. Anyone can become good at English. You can become good atEnglish. Race does not matter. Millions of Iranian Americans speakfluent English, but they are biologically exactly the same as you. Where you wereborn does not matter. Most of the English speakers in the World today learntEnglish as a second, or even third language. Where you live does not matter.Whilst going to live 5 years in Hawaii may make you fluent more quickly, in thisage of the internet, TV and satellite, it's quite possible to get fluent atEnglish simply while living in Iran. It's not where you live, it's how you think. [2] RULE 4: Always Study and ReviewPhrases, Not Individual Words Imagine speaking English automatically... withoutthinking. The words come out of your mouth easily, and fast. You understandinstantly. To do this, you must change the way you study English.Your first action is to stop studying English words. What? Stop studying English words. That's right, do not memorize words. Native speakers donot learn English by remembering single words. Native speakerslearn phrases. Phrases are GROUPS of words that naturally go together. Never study a single, individual word. Never. When you find a new word, always write down The Phrase itis in. Always. When you review, always review all of the phrase,.. notthe word. Collect phrases. Your speaking and grammar will improve4-5 times faster. Never again study a single word. Never write asingle word in your notebook, always write the complete phrase.LearnPhrases Only. [3] RULE 5 : Stop studying grammar Right now. Stop. Put away your grammar books andtextbooks. Grammar rules teach you to think about English, you wantto speak automatically-- without thinking! [3] Speaking is imitation. When you speak your native language,you don't make up your own grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. You usethe same grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation as people around you.Similarly, when trying to speak a foreign language, your goal is to imitate thegrammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of native speakers, so that your way ofspeaking is correct and natural. [4] English Is A Word Language Not A Grammar Language.[5] RULE 6 : The Most ImportantRule-- Listen First You must listen to understandable English.You must listen to English everyday. Don't read textbooks. Listento English. It's simple. That is the key to your English success.Stop reading textbooks. Start listening everyday. **Learn With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes In most schools, you learn English with your eyes. Youread textbooks. You study grammar rules. [3] listen to CDs in your car. Get as many English Language CDs as you can. Listen tothem all the time. "But I'm too busy!" you say, and I quiteunderstand! That's why I recommend listening to them on your way to work or school, eitherin the car or on a portable music player. It's your time, use it. Do iteveryday and you'll soon see how much you can learn. Remember, if you listen to lots of CDs everyday, you'llget very good at listening. To get very good at speaking, make sure youspeak out loudly with the CDs. Which do you want to be? Someone who is good atlistening to English? Or someone who is really good at both listening andspeaking? [2] The rule is listening. Listening, listening, listening. Mabye .you ask me what CDs do I hear ? You must listen to English that native speakers listento. You must watch what they watch. You must read what theyread. Listen only to real English Listen only to real English How do you learn Real English? It's easy. Stop usingtextbooks. Instead, listen only to real English movies, TV shows, audiobooks, audio articles, stories, and talk radio shows. Use real Englishmaterials. [3] RULE 7 : Speak without Fear The biggest problem most people face in learning a newlanguage is their own fear. They worry that they won’t say things correctly orthat they will look stupid so they don’t talk at all. Don’t do this. Thefastest way to learn anything is to do it – again and again until you get it right. Likeanything, learning English requires practice. Don’tlet a little fear stop you from getting what you want. [6] RULE 8 : Speak as much as youcan Now that you're listening to CDs and speaking Englisheveryday, you are getting really good. Now to get to the next level youalso need to practice real English with lots and lots of people. Don't worry, it'seasy! [2] Lucky you!you come to Jehad and find some friends tospeak English! RULE 9 : Slow, Deep Learning IsBest If you learned a lot of words in a short time. yourlearning was short and shallow. That's why you quickly forgot the words. That'swhy you could not use them. The secret to speaking easily is to learn every word& phrase DEEPLY. Its not enough to know a definition. Its not enough toremember for a test. You must put the word deep into your brain. To speak English easily, you must repeat each lesson manytimes. You must learn English deeply. [3] Learn deeply, speak easily. Learn deeply, speak easily. RULE 10 : See yourself in thefuture. If you don't have a hobby or passion, try this idea.Close your eyes. See yourself in the future. You are fluent in English. You are talkingto someone. Can you see? Who is this person? The American president? Thepresident of your company? Britney Spears? David Beckham? You are laughingand joking. You understand everything they say. They understandeverything you say. You are having a thoroughly enjoyable time. You are speakingfluent English. Look in the mirror. This is you. Keep this image in mind; this isyour new goal. Work everyday to make it come true. [2] RULE 11 : Use all of yourResources Even if you study English at a language school it doesn’tmean you can’t learn outside of class. Using as many different sources, methodsand tools as possible, will allow you to learn faster. There are manydifferent ways you can improve your English, so don’t limit yourself to only oneor two. The internet is a fantastic resource for virtually anything, but for thelanguage learner it's perfect. [2] Another thing that you should do when learning how tospeak English is to make sure that you use all of the different resources youhave at your disposal. While many people take classes in English, they areignoring the internet. The internet is in fact the single greatest resource forlearning languages that has ever existed. Not only are there websites that you canpractice your reading skills on, but there are also downloadable audio files aswell as online exercises at many websites that you can do to help yourself learnhow to speak the language. Resource use is a very important part oflearning a new language and if you want to make the learning process easier, usingthe online learning tools at your disposal is definitely a very good idea. [7] RULE 12 : Surround Yourself withEnglish The best way to train your brain to think and understandin another language is to immerse yourself in the language as much as possibleand surround yourself with it. [6] Take notes in English, put English books around yourroom, listen to English language radio broadcasts, watch English news, movies andtelevision. Speak English with your friends whenever you can. The moreEnglish material that you have around you, the faster you will learn and themore likely it is that you will begin “thinking in English.” [2] RULE 13 : Record Yourself Another tip that will improve your reading comprehensionand overall language skills is to read aloud. While you are reading aloud,record your voice with a tape recorder. Then, listen to your recording whilerereading the passage you just read and recorded. By recording and listening toyour voice, you will soon get used to hearing yourself speak English. When you areused to hearing yourself speak English, English will become more naturalto you. This will make it easier for you to speak English. [8] The rule is Record yourself when you speak English. Afteryou are finished recording, play it back and see what you sound like. Ifyou are not clear, then you can simply try again. This is a great way to see howothers hear you. [9] RULE 14 : Forget writing You don't need to learn to write. How much of your dailycommunication is speaking / listening? How much is reading / writing?That's the same balance you should use when learning English. For most peoplethis means over ninety percent of the time should be speaking and listening.This is great news, because it means you can learn a whole lot more in a much shorterspace of time. Just concentrate on the important points of speaking andlistening. [2] RULE 15 : REVISE! REVISE! REVISE! If you revise, you'll improve your learning by 100%.Whatdoes "to revise" mean? It means "to look again". You should besystematic about this. When you learnsomething, you should note it. Then you should *lookat it again*, 3 times: - after 1 day after 1 week after 1 month Each time you revise, test yourself : REVISE! "to look again"[10] RULE 16 : A little a day , Worksmart, not hard Research in other countries shows that instead of a bigstudy session once a week, a little everyday is much more effective. Get in toa routine and don't allow your mind to forget what you have learnt. Seeeveryday as a chance to add something extra to your English potential. Make it aroutine. Like learning to play baseball or to ride a bike, or a little exercise,whatever you do everyday, you get good at it. Do a little English everyday and youwill get good at it. [2] If you decide to work 20 hours a day on English. Will youget good? Well, what if you spent 20 hours a day practising baseball? In thebeginning you might see some improvement, but after a while you'll simply gettired. Although every minute adds up, every minute has to count. Instead ofsimply focussing on the time, or seeing how many CDs you've listened to, worksmart instead of hard. 5 minutes of good concentrated practice is worth more thana hundred hours of tediously studying grammar. You time is important, you'llnever get it back, so work smart, not hard. [2] In fact, 30 minutes of English study once a day is better than 5 *hours* once a week! Study regularly. Study often. LITTLE + OFTEN is better than LOT + SOMETIMES. It's easier, too. You can easily find 30 minutes each day. How? You can get up 30 minutes earlier. Or have a shorter lunch break. Fix a particular time every day - and keep it! RULE 17: Be careful When you buy … When you buy your books or CDs, buy lots of different CDsfrom lots of different companies. The reason is that many CDs in Iranare written by people who don't speak English and hence they contain lots ofmistakes.But if you buy lots of different CDs and books, you'll soon figure outwhich bits of English are real, and which are not! Learn English that is cool, sothat other people are so impressed they say "wow!" when they hear youspeak. [2] ********************************** END : Good luck!Do your best!You will bebetter. Mehdi Shahmirzaie Refrence [1] Amy.Nutt, “Four Tips For Learning English”. [2] Richard Graham, “Success Secrets of Learning English”,2007. [3] A.J.Hoge, “Effortless English”. speak it”. [5] Carl, “English Learning Secret 10”,2009. [7] Amy.Nutt, “ The Secret Behind Speaking English Well”. [8] John Erskin, “The Best Way to Learn English”. [9] Amy.Nutt, “ 10 Best Ways To Learn English In A Non-EnglishCountry”.
[10]http://englishclub.com/, “seven secret to learn english”.
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