Are there lessons from the online use of English: the experience of the author Layfhakera
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Lydia Suyagina
Author Layfhakera.
Why I decided to try the Puzzle English
I taught English from the first grade and in some cases up to third and fourth year at the university. In the best years it reaches the level of Upper Intermediate, but since then the practice were only to read English-language sites and a rare view in the original films.
The scale of the problem, I realized last year, when in Yerevan tried to explain to Italian tourists, where to find the best khinkali in the city. I understand that they ask, she knew what to say, but the words just did not add to the proposals.
Everything is logical: if the swing skill of speech perception and score the practice of communication, read and understand by hearing will be good, but can not speak.
Courses and meetings with a tutor I do not have time, there are only online classes. From a distance they look quite working idea. Do not waste time on the road, do not negotiate with anyone about the class - at any convenient time you come to the site to perform daily tasks norm and proud of yourself.
Puzzle English I bribed plenty of exercise: it is possible to develop and writing, and listening comprehension, and pronunciation. An important moment for me personally: The service has mobile application. At home I do not have a computer, and drag back and forth working laptop, I do not want to, so just from your smartphone can be engaged in the evenings.
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How to deal with Puzzle English
You choose how to learn English. You can choose classes in personal terms, rates "Tichera Method" and Puzzle Academy or just the mood to perform certain exercises.
Personal Plan - a daily lessons, which help tighten the individual skills, such as a letter or listening comprehension.
"Tichera method" is suitable for sequential language learning at any level, even from scratch. You watch a video where the teacher explains how to make interrogative sentences or use a modal verbs, and then fasten knowledge through training.
At the end of each lesson you need to pass the test, and after the course you will find the exam. Plus, such a system is that it will immediately learn to apply knowledge in practice. When repeatedly rehearsed construction proposals firmly remembers the order in which the words have to go.
Puzzle Academy - an option for advanced. Classes are focused on specific situations: a course of travel would help put in order of knowledge before the trip, and the "Business English" - to prepare for the interview.
Classes are taught by native speakers, so you learn to perceive by ear even fluent speech. Each lesson consists of video lectures, brief summaries of lessons, exercises and homework.
If the lessons of the schedule you do not like, in English Puzzle is a set of individual exercises. Sing your favorite songs in English, read a book or Suck grammar with the help of the simulator.
How are lessons in personal terms
I decided to deal with on a personal plan. In fact it is a constructor that can be fully customized. Indicates the current level of language proficiency, celebrating the skills that you want to pull up, and choose the duration of classes - from 20 to 120 minutes per day. Lessons can also choose your own - at least every day, at least twice a week.
Objectively evaluate how the case with English, will help test.
It turned out that all is not as bad as I thought. Slipped a letter, but then I am guilty: not carefully read the questions and answers in a hurry.
I decided to engage in 30 minutes five times a week. Half an hour is always there, and if it is absolutely the kiss, mobile app, you can do the job even in a minibus.
Targets every day New: a mandatory lesson and training words are added to the game or "Vitaminka" - the distribution of the English language.
Lesson with Tutor
Classical lesson, just like in school, only more fun. Teacher explains the topic, and then you hook knowledge through exercise. If it is difficult, you can ask a question in the comments to the lesson and the experts will answer it.
Audiopazly
A simple exercise that helps to improve listening comprehension. You are listening to the phrase the speaker and collect it from the suggested words.
Videopazly
The principle is the same as in audiopazlah. See an excerpt of the film, video or TV show, and then collect the pieces sounded phrase there.
Initially difficult: all the same singers and actors did not consider that they will listen to people who have problems with English. But gradually learn to understand by hearing it with an accent or diction features.
phrases master
Another exercise that teaches to understand the English language. You listen to the phrase pereslushivaete if missed the point, and type the first letters of the words in this sentence.
Not a very difficult task, if we remember that only need the first few letters. I forgot about it and regularly gaining the whole word, the result was wrong. It's okay, just be careful, and not as I do.
Train words
An exercise that will help to expand vocabulary. During the execution of other tasks you add unfamiliar expressions in the dictionary, and then meets the transfer, listen to them and collect the letters in order to better remember.
learn words Puzzle English offers with the help of associations. For example, terrific - «stunning» sounds like "tariff".
Transleyty
To freely express ideas, not limited to a dozen memorized phrases, takes practice. "Transleyty" it will provide you with a vengeance. In this exercise, you need to translate a short text from Russian to English.
At first it will be difficult, but here it is all about practice. The more engaged, the better it turns out.
situation puzzle
The screen shows the English word and its translation into Russian. It is necessary to determine whether the translated word, and press the appropriate button. Who for 60 seconds will give more correct answers, he takes a well-deserved high place in the ranking of players.
It seems to be easy, but not. I was lost in the buttons on the smart phone and screamed regularly confused, where a combination of the words sent: to the right or wrong. It took a couple of games to prick up.
grammar fitness machine
Exercise especially for those who are in school and not learned, than the Present Simple is different from the Present Simple Passive.
Here you learn to properly be negative and questions, choose the correct preposition or correct form of the verb and exercise to determine what time or pledged to use the verb in sentence.
Interesting task, but it requires attention. Pass to him the way to work is unlikely to succeed, better put it on a more or less free time.
podcasts
Leading English-language talk about the weather, discuss how to cope with loneliness after moving to another city, and talk about the popular cultural phenomena.
In the catalog there are podcasts from the speakers with a specific focus, such as the Australian or American. We have a text version of the podcast and a list of words and phrases that can be added to the dictionary.
To motivate your application has a user rating. Coped well with the translation or regularly performing mandatory assignments - to raise the level of language proficiency and climb higher in the rankings. My position in the ranking is not particularly worried, but the chance of people is certainly hooked.
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What to do after school
beauty Puzzle English that, in addition to courses, there are certain tasks, games and tests. There is no time or desire to watch a lesson - you can just play, it's still more useful than sticks in social networks.
Songs
Perhaps the most simple and fun exercise: include songs and sing along with favorite artists.
In the catalog of 13 thousand songs have options to transfer and karaoke especially for those who have at heart the king of parties. Some compositions are accompanied by explanations of why the text used a particular phrase or verb form.
books
In Puzzle English a good library of books in English with translation and voice acting. Can you just listen, you can parallel read and take in the dictionary new words.
tests
A good tool to track their progress. From mandatory - tests to determine the level of language proficiency and the calculation of vocabulary.
Case tests help find new expressions and to understand how and in what situations they can be used.
dialogues
A typical problem for many people learning English even if the theory is all right, when you try to speak all the knowledge to do something with. His head remains one thought: "Again, I still waiting to see how well it says something... Uh-uh... "
Deal with this problem will help exercise "Dialogues." Listen to the phrase interlocutor, then a phrase or a hint that to speak now and then slowly made his remark in microphone.
Feel free to anyone: the program to spit on your pronunciation. As a result, it is brought to automatism, which will without hesitation to use the familiar phrase in this conversation.
With the result that
It is clear that for a week with a small one should not expect a stunning progress, but a positive trend is still outlined. First, the class helped to refresh the knowledge that gradually die out due to lack of practice. Slowly I recall grammar, re-learn to construct sentences and build vocabulary.
Second, the growing self-confidence. After regular classes, I realized that my English is not so bad. Of course there is a lot of work, but I can well talk to people so that they understand me.
Significant negative applications - no pushey. I confess, I skipped daily classes without good reason, and the application of them recalled. Letters came to the post office, I opened them at work, I thought, "Okay, then everything will" shut and then forget about it. The developers promise that will soon pushes so forgetful students will be easier.
The main thing that I understood English really learn on their own.
Yes, it will take discipline. Yes, I have to look for free time. But if you understand that it's time to pull myself together and engage seriously in the language, the online classes - a good option. Half an hour a day is not such a big sacrifice to travel to the tutor will go longer.
The Board can give one: look for their exercises. With English the situation is the same as with the sport. If you hate to drag the iron, but force yourself to go to the gym just because it's necessary, do not even dream of progress.
Find an activity that will be fun. Do not like to listen to the lecturer - and it is not necessary, better to include a podcast or sing along in English favorite song.
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