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English Learning Secret 6

Here is this week’s English Learning Secret:-)

IMMERSION

There are only two parts to learning English. If you can master both these parts you will become a fantastic English speaker, speaking naturally and fluently. Sadly, most students of English only learn the first part and then wonder why they are not improving.

Learning English is very much like learning to drive a car. The first step is to learn the theory and pass the driving test. Once you pass the driving test, then you start to REALLY learn how to drive, how to react to different driving circumstances and how to drive in heavy rain, snow and ice.

The same applies to learning English. The first part is learning the grammatical and structural rules, and in Korea, as in most countries you do this in school. Once you have learnt the basic rules, as in learning to drive, then you need to start learning REAL English.

How do you do this? Now here’s the difficult part. TO really take yourself in to the next level you have to immerse yourself in English, you have to surround yourself with English and you have to USE English in an everyday situation.

I know this part is difficult, but remember you do not spent 24 hours a day driving, sometimes you might not drive at all, and that is the same with English, you do not have to immerse yourself in English 24 hours a day, but you do need to look at the news in English whether it is by newspapers or TV / radio, you do need to read English magazines and books, watch English movies and TV shows and practice speaking whenever you get a chance.

So there you go guys, to really take your English to the next level and to stop feeling like you are not improving your English, you need to immerse yourself in English and actually use it in an everyday situation. Get yourself an English pen pal, when your teacher tells you he or she is happy to receive your emails, write to them, don’t be afraid and DON’T be lazy – DO IT.

Take every opportunity to use the English you learn regularly, because this really is the only way you can improve your English.

Friday’s Comedy Clip

Ho ho ho guys (Christmas greeting

Here is this week’s comedy clip -

This week’s clip comes from my favourite TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson (mentioned many times before here)

Jeremy Clarkson LOVES cars. Cars are his life and this clip shows him being more bothered about the car than his wife and children leaving him. The script is below the video so you can follow along.

From an English language point – I would always recommend that you copy his intonation. It is clear and fluent with a lot of tone.

SCRIPT

JC: Now this is a kind of car. It’s smooth, it’s stylish, it’s sexy. It’s got just the right amount of poke so that you …

WIFE: I’m leaving you!

JC: Yeah, in a minute
It’s a car for men who love women. It’s got balls

WIFE: You’re only interested in cars and you’re a sexist pig!

JC: It’s even got power steering so the little lady can handle it and there’s plenty of room in the back for all the family.

KIDS: Bye dad … bye

JC: It comes complete with electric windows, and central locking and with it’s compact V6 engine it’ll rocket you from 0 to 60 in 8.4 seconds. It is, in short, and absolutely wonderful car.

English Learning Secret 5

Number 5 in my series of English learning tips is here ^^ !!!

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK LIKE A NATIVE THEN LEARN LIKE A NATIVE

This tip is an obvious one, but to be honest so many educational systems in the world focus on structure, grammar and error identification because this is the easiest way to test a student and the whole idea of actually learning the language to use in the real world gets forgotten.When native speakers start to learn English they get taught the basics of grammar and structure, and then to advance this learning, they read and use English everyday.

As a native English speaker, I have never spent hours and hours with my head inside a grammar book. I HAVE spent many, many hours reading books that interest me on subjects I find exciting and do you know what has happened? My grammar has become natural and I understand idioms. Ask me to explain why a certain grammar principle is used in a certain way and I find it extremely difficult to explain, but I never have to do this in a real situation.

So if you really want to learn English effectively and efficiently throw away those grammar books now. Go and buy yourself an English reading book on a subject that YOU find interesting and start reading. I can guarantee that your grammar, structure and vocabulary will have improved 5 times faster at the end of the month than if you had bought a grammar book.

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Comedy Clip Script^^

Here’s the script for this week’s comedy clip. You need this to understand the humour. Remember, the Policeman is a British spy pretending to be a French policeman

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Friday’s Comedy Clip

Hi guys!

I hope your week has been great and that you are all looking forward to the weekend

For those of you who are having a Christmas party this weekend … Don’t drink too much

I know you have all been waiting for this … here is this week’s Friday comedy clip.

This week’s clip comes from a British comedy classic “Allo Allo“. Set in 2nd World War France.

This scene features the British Spy with VERY bad French dressed as a French policeman and the show’s lead character “Rene”. Shall post the script for this short clip later – It is very funny if you try to work out which words the policeman is saying

English Learning Secret 4

Here is number 4 in my English Learning Secrets series.

KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!)

Here’s the thing guys. If you listen to native English speakers talking, they always take the easy sentence or phrase, and drop words that are unnecessary. When using the English language simple is good, complex, long phrases and sentences are bad.

As a teacher, it always amazes me when I find students trying to make their sentences as difficult as they can in the belief that it will make them sound better. It doesn’t. It actually makes you sound bad.

The only group of people who use long, complicated sentences are politicians and lawyers. And believe me guys, you do not want to sound like a politician or lawyer.

Here are some examples:

A: Hello, how are you?
B: I am very good thank you. How are you?

A native speaker would say:

A: Hello how are you?
B: Fine thanks and you?

That’s simple example, but “B:”s answer is 5 words less than the non-native speaker’s answer. But as a student of English it makes sense to learn 5 words rather than 9 yes?

So guys, learn less and KISS – KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID

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