10 ways to improve your English for holidays
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Elena Britova
Academic manager of the company "Translink-Education"Methodist, teacher of foreign languages.
New Year holidays can and should be carried out with use. Especially if you have already achieved some results in learning English, interrupted just not worth it. Even in a simple weekly sessions will significantly reduce your progress.
1. Take a tour
Expensive to travel abroad, and leave for a week anywhere you can not? Then at least once over the long weekend go on a trip to the nearest museum, an exhibition hall or a gallery. Only on the condition that you book a tour on English language.
Now in all the museums have guides who conduct tours for foreigners, or audio guides in several languages. The cost will be slightly higher, but the benefits will be enormous. You get not only aesthetically pleasing, but also additional listening skills. And if you ask questions or join in the discussion, and then speaking. This method is also suitable for families.
2. Meet up with friends
Even meeting friends can be turned into useful pastime for the holiday table. Of course, if you have like-minded people who share your desire to learn English.
Spend half an hour to prepare. find table games in English. Now, there are many ready-made cards, brodilok games, which train grammar, vocabulary and communication skills.
You can just play the lottery, but be sure to speak only in English. So you definitely bleed the knowledge of numbers.
Banal "Mafia" can also become a fascinating journey into the world of reality and the English language. But there is still the "Cities", "The edible / inedible", "Hangman", "Field of Dreams", "Scrabble".
You do not want to bother with the preparation or poorly with fantasy? Go to the nearest store and buy ready-made games in English - they are now a huge number.
3. Go to the restaurant, bar or café
Now almost every cafe has a menu in English. Only use them and not to spy in the Russian version. If you do not know the words, look in the dictionary.
Try to formulate your inquiry in English, too, as well as to express their taste preferences. So you learn the names of foods / meals / drinks once and for all. Excellent practice for the future.
4. Hang around the apartment posters and stickers
In addition to the Christmas-tree toys, tinsel and garlands, decorate your house with colored stickers, posters with the rules of grammar, alphabet, read the rules, new or difficult-to-remember words.
Stick to furniture small pieces of paper with the names of subjects in English. Fridge, mirrors, doors and other strategic places can be attached to the circuit and grammar tables.
Every time passing by or taking a subject, call it in English, repeat the rule and be sure to bring 2-3 Example uses of the word in question. Even the preparation of educational posters will not pass unnoticed. If you do not like to write and draw, there are ready-made options in the stores.
5. Watch movies and TV series
Active rest is not for you? Do not love the noisy companies? You prefer to relax alone in front of the TV? Then watch your favorite movies, TV series, The program, but in English. Possible with subtitles, you can without them.
Look at the BBC and Teach at least one news. Bored in loneliness? Invite your friends, turn off the sound from the TV comedy heroes and voiced in English. Unbanal, fun and rewarding.
6. Read books, articles or magazines
Find 10-15 minutes a day to read the literature of the soul at least 2-3 times a week can be. So you have a rest from the hectic, food and celebration and at the same time activate your English. Read what you like, or what have long wanted to read. Teachers do not have a number, so feel free to choose the text of interest.
There is only one condition: after reading necessarily briefly retell the text, even at the level of "What to read?" And "I liked / did not like it."
7. Sing karaoke
I love to sing? Combine: go with your friends karaokeSing your favorite songs in English. So you potreniruetes pronunciation, expand vocabulary, and spend more time having fun.
Feel free to sing in public? Find your favorite songs on the Internet, work on the text (translate words imbued sense) and sing. Try to imitate the pronunciation and intonation, to form the correct pronunciation.
8. teach poem
Choose the material to the holidays that you memorize. For example, an excerpt from Shakespeare or a poem with irregular verbs or cheerful patter. Training memory, The rules of reading, grammar and expanding vocabulary provided. Yes and it will be something to brag about to your friends.
9. Retell your day
If none of the friends or relatives do not share your passion for the English language, do not despair. Do as the ancient Greeks. They are every day before going to bed retold his passing day in the smallest details. This helped them to train memory and attention to detail.
Teach, better write in English, what did you do during the day. Let just a few suggestions, but it will not forget the grammar and vocabulary.
10. Install a special application
Install attachment for the Study of English words. Put in it a reminder and learns a day for 5-10 new words. Or perform tasks on grammar at least once in two days.
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