How to learn

Englishoutside

the classroo

m?

If you’ve enrolled for a course…

Use grammar and vocabulary books at home, such as:

Read in English: you’ll learn new words in an interesting context &

you’ll consolidate grammar

Read graded readers,

Read magazines for students, articles with a

glossary for a quick check

Listen to an American,

Australian, Scottish or

English online radio

e.g. BBC

Watch films with subtitles

Study English online

e.g. BBC learning English

Sing in English

in

the shower!

Watch the news in English on TV or

online

… or your favourite sitcoms

or TV shows

listen to your favourite songs

with lyrics

do crosswords

YOU

The person who

decides what and how fast you will learn is:

Remember!

... not your teacher

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?

*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?

How to remember new words?

THANK YOUKatarzyna Zakrzewska