Advice on Learning English Fast

The world is moving at a fast pace and it is becoming more and more international. English is clearly the world's language and it is essential to learn it and learn it fast.

Although it is impossible to learn English well in only a few weeks, it is very possible to find extremely efficient study methods. Some students seem to learn fast while others study for years and hardly learn anything at all. Intelligence and natural language ability play less of a role than a good study method and real motivation.

Learn from Native speakers

If you want to learn English in the fastest way possible, it is absolutely necessary you follow a good plan. You need to listen to native English speakers. If you don't have any around, download some free podcasts on Itunes and listen on your computer or MP3 player. You can do this from anywhere.

Listening to native English speakers will allow you to realize what kinds of English words are important to learn and which ones are not. It is useless to study random words from a dictionary. This is the slowest way possible. Native English speakers know the definitions of less than half of the words in the dictionary, and many of the other words are very specialized and seldom used. There is often another way to express yourself without the need to get caught up with high level vocabulary.

If you pay attention to native speakers, you will soon realize they use a lot of slang and relatively simple vocabulary, especially in their regular daily lives.

If you can learn the majority of what is said on movies, TV, and in podcasts, your English will improve very quickly. You will find you do not need to study too many words and phrases. Just study the most common ones and make sure you understand them and are able to use them.

Importance Of English Language

English language comes to our aid in our commercial transactions throughout the globe. English is the language of the latest business management in the world proficiency in English has brought laurels to many businessmen. English is a means not only for international commerce; it has become increasingly essential for inter-state commerce and communication. 

A language attracts people because of the wealth of literature and knowledge enshrined in it. English poses no danger to other languages. English is available to us as a historical heritage in addition to our own language. We must make the best use of English to develop ourselves culturally and materially so that we can compete with the best in the world of mind and matter. English language is our window to the world. 

English language is one tool to establish our viewpoint. We can learn from others experience. We can check the theories of foreigners against our experience. We can reject the untenable and accept the tenable. We can also propagate our theories among the international audience and readers. 

Learning to speak English must be part of resolutions for 2013!

English is one of the most frequently used dialects in the world, which often is the primary reason why a lot of individuals are desiring to study this as a second language.

If you are hoping to work in foreign countries, it’s actually essential to understand how to speak English since it is regarded as the principal international working language. You’ll have fewer issues conversing and handling some other nationalities if you furthermore know the basic principles of English.

On the other hand, things could be very tough, especially if your homeland is not very savvy with the language. English is one of the most prominent languages because it is the official language spoken by most of the leading places throughout the world. 

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Learning to speak English well may be the best thing you can do to improve your life

That’s right. Do you think it would be fun to have access to information that other people can’t get? Talk and write letters to interesting people that others can’t communicate with? Impress people around you whenever you opened your mouth? Make big jumps in your career, leaving others miles behind?

You can get all this if you speak English well.

Get access to knowledge

What are you interested in? Is it science? Music? Computers? Health? Business? Sports? Today’s media — such as the Internet, television, and the press — give you almost unlimited access to knowledge about your favorite subjects. After all, we live in the information age, don’t we?

There’s only one problem. Most of this knowledge is in English.

Here are some examples of knowledge you can use if you know English:

Most pages on the Web: That’s over a billion (1,000,000,000) pages of information! It’s amazing that learning just one language gives you access to almost all knowledge on the Internet.

Books — on any subject, from all over the world. Read books by British or American authors, and books translated from other languages. Whatever you’re interested in, you can read about it in English!

The Press: Only English-language magazines and newspapers can be bought in every part of the world. You don’t have to search for Time, Newsweek, or the International Herald Tribune!

Science: English is the key to the world of science. In 1997, 95% of the articles in the Science Citation Index were written in English. Only about 50% of them were from English-speaking countries like the USA or Britain. (source)

News reports: Watch international television networks, such as CNN International and NBC. They broadcast news much faster, and more professionally, than smaller, national networks. And you can watch them everywhere in the world.

Communicate with people

We like to call English “the language of communication”. Why? Because it seems all the people in the world have agreed to use English to talk to each other.

About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. Another 1,000,000,000 are learning it. (source)

75% of the world’s letters and postcards are written in English. (source)

Almost all international conferences and competitions are conducted in English. For example, the Olympics and the Miss World contest.

Diplomats and politicians from different countries use English to communicate with each other. English is the main language of organizations like the United Nations, NATO, and the European Free Trade Association.

If you can communicate in English, you can:

Contact people from all over the world. Talk about your ideas and opinions on Internet discussion groups. Send e-mail to interesting people. Learn about their life and culture.

Travel more easily. Communicate with people wherever you go — English is spoken in more than 100 countries (source). Ask directions, have a conversation, or... ask for help. Who knows, maybe English will save your life someday!

Push your career forward

If you want a good job in business, technology, or science, get out of that armchair and start learning English now! (If you already have a good job, start learning before you lose it!)

Knowing English will let you:

Put “excellent knowledge of English” on your CV. Get your dream job, and earn more money.

Gain technical knowledge. English is the language of technology, especially high technology like computer science, genetics, and medicine. If you’re going to read about technology, you’ll probably have to do it in English.

Learn computer science. Read technical articles without difficulty. Or write your own articles!

Be a world-class businessman (or -woman). It’s simple. International business is done in English. And all business today is international. So if you want to play, you have to know English — to contact other businesspeople, go to conferences, read international business newspapers and magazines, etc.

Become a better scientist. Contact scientists from other countries, go to international conferences, visit academic centers abroad. Learn about new scientific discoveries by reading papers, books, and magazines.

Use your computer more effectively. Most computer applications are in English, so you will understand them better — and become a better employee.

English lets you feel the culture of the world like no other language. With a good knowledge of the English language, you can do wonderful things:

Watch American and British films in the original. Once you try it, you’ll never go back to dubbed versions!

Read great books. Every famous book was written in English or it was translated into English. There is an amazing number of titles — from classic plays like Hamlet to modern thrillers like Jurassic Park.

Enjoy English-language music more. Believe us: music is much better if you can understand the words.

English is easy to learn

English is not only the most useful language in the world. It is also one of the easiest languages to learn and to use:

Simple alphabet — no special symbols such as é or ä. Type in sweet, part, film on your computer. Now try süß (German), część (Polish), фильм (Russian). Which is easier?

English is not only useful — it gives you a lot of satisfaction:

Making progress feels great. We’ll never forget the moment we discovered we could speak with Americans or watch TV in English.

You will enjoy learning English, if you remember that every hour you spend gets you closer to perfection.

Using English is fun, too, because every sentence you speak or write reminds you of your success.

English makes you a more powerful, happier person. It is not difficult to imagine some situations where knowing English gives you a great feeling.

Trash or Rubbish? -  FIX MY ENGLISH!!!

Colour or color? Socks or sox? Organisations or Organizations? Underground or subway? Gas or petrol? Fall or Autumn? Candy or sweets? Cookie or biscuit? Centre or Center, Trash or rubbish? Boot or Trunk?

And we're living in a world where the frontiers between these 'regional differences' are becoming more and more blurred.

In my home, as in millions of others around the world, English is clearly a language that is moving and changing as fast as the times we live in. English speakers living in Bombay, Brighton or Boston are being exposed on an almost daily basis to the English used by their fellow English speakers around the globe.

Although we have a rich global mapping of English which makes it possible for English speakers to almost immediately fix a fellow English speaker to a geographical area, there is more that is similar among these English variations than is dissimilar.

If there wasn't, English speakers from different parts of the world would have absolutely no hope of understanding each other! In most cases it is pronunciation and idiomatic expressions, not vocabulary or grammar that makes a fellow English speaker from another part of the world, or sometimes even another part of the country, difficult to understand.

The important thing to remember is that while spelling 'remember' as 'rember' is definitely wrong, spelling 'socks' as 'sox' is not! That saying 'She speak English really well' is definitely wrong wherever you are (the verb 'speak' must be third person 'speaks' or used in another tense such as 'spoke'), saying 'She speaks English real well' may not be wrong (it is acceptable to use 'real' rather than 'really' in informal American English.)

Conclusion: Adopt to flexibility we see in English now. Queen’s English, mindset of PAST now!!!

Why Learning English Is Harder For Some People!

If you've ever wondered how children can seemingly pick up on English faster than their parents, here's why.

Children do not have the fear and anxiety that adults have concerning the learning of a new language; the biggest barrier to most adult English learners is a fear of failure.

Adults are anxious that they will not be able to pronounce words the right way or that they will make mistakes and others will ridicule them. As is true with other things in life, practice is essential in learning English. You should practice as much as possible and learn from your mistakes.

Even if you take classes to help you learn English, there are many other resources you can use to learn the language quickly.

There are many sites on the Internet that offer English classes for almost nothing, along with worksheets and practice exercises that complement the classes

If at all possible, rely on an English-speaking friend for assistance with practice and the various types of grammar techniques. The best and quickest way to learn English is to immerse yourself in the language.

CONCLUSION: You must learn like a child, say Good Bye to shyness, embarrassment and fear!!!!     GET READY FOR 2013   !!!!