Do you speak English? The most popular questions about studying English

The fact that you need to know who want to learn English has been written some. However, there are always some pitfalls. The guest material of the head online school on studying languages ​​Irina Peregrine brief and to the answers to the most frequently asked questions about English.

Irina Peregrine

Graduate philologist, teacher, translator and author of courses on English grammar. Experience in teaching language - seven years.

How long does it take to learn English?

Typically, teachers and translators from English scare anyone interested in the fact that for language learning it will take years of endless training. Like, we're 15 years of study and still can not boast. A different video courses, online programs, applications, rapid courses say the exact opposite: the English in the past month, a week or even hours. Where is the truth? Let's start with what level you want to achieve.

What are the different levels of proficiency?

• A1 - hardly speak and understand passages;
• A2 - already speak in simple sentences, do not die in a foreign country;
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• B1 - can keep a simple conversation;
• B2 - is perfectly possible to get a qualified job abroad;
• C1 - can support any conversation on almost any sphere;
• C2 - like a fish in water.

What does the Cambridge English Language Assessment? This division of the University of Cambridge, the man who more than 100 years of experience in such matters. For each level there is the approximate number of hours that should be spent:

• A1: 60-100 hours;
• A2: 160-200 hours;
• B1: 360-400 hours;
• B2: 560-650 hours;
• C1: 810-950 hours;
• C2: 1 060-1 200 hours.

So say the pundits. Now let's count. Imagine that you have decided to learn English, to get a job in a foreign company. To this end, it is desirable to know the language at the level of B2, and therefore, require 650 hours of classes, if you started from scratch.

Usually all takes no more than two hours a week with a tutor, plus two hours on homework. Total - four hours a week, if you do not miss, do not get sick and do not boil the pot. In this case, it turns out that you have to constantly engage in three and a half years, never leaving "on vacation." Only then can you reach the desired level.

Scary? And this is not the highest level. And if we take into account the age, the older you get, the more time you will need to learn the language.

English for all ages. When to start studying?

The best age for language learning - adolescence. The best age - up to 35 years. The most difficult - after 50 years. This is not a sentence, at all all individually. This is only a generalized and averaged figures from my experience.

Are there any alternative ways to learn English faster?

Discard all unnecessary

Study only the necessary aspects of the language. So you can reduce study time up to 50%!

Live and sleep with English

If you switch to English in their daily lives it can be great to save money on tutors and, of course, time. Watch TV shows, read books, play games, listen to podcasts.

The plan primarily

It is difficult to do when there is no system or plan, but help books. For example, these:

• Series New English File (vocabulary);
• lot Grammar in use (grammar);
• Series Round up (grammar cycles).