English Skill Improvement

Arousing Your Motivation On Learning English

Howdy! It’s always a pleaure to see you.

I’m Ica and I’m so greatful to have an opportunity to share about some techniques for arousing motivation on learning English.

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 them all if you speak English well! So these are some tips to boost our motivation on learning English.

v Imagine yourself in the future

Imagine you can talk to native speakers just like you talk in your first language. Imagine other people wanting to speak English as well as you do. Imagine the possibility of writing e-mail to people from all over the world.

v Remember that you are already good

You already know some English (you’re reading an article in English right now). That’s a big success! Now it’s time for more successes. Time to start using powerful methods of effective learning. Time to gain an impressive knowledge of English.

v Remember there is a lot that you don’t know

You are good, but your English probably isn’t perfect. You probably can’t understand English-language TV, read books in English, talk to native speakers easily, write letters without mistakes, etc.

You should never think your English is perfect. Even if you are the best student in your class, always try to find your weak areas and work on them. When you’ve learned to speak English well, your problems will be quite small (punctuation, rarely used grammar structures, rare words, understanding “street language”). Right now, your problems are probably more basic (mistakes in pronunciation, small vocabulary, grammar problems with the present perfect tense and conditional structures).

v Use English whenever you can

Probably the most important way to improve your motivation is to use English. Using English is fun. It is simply very enjoyable to use your English to read a good book, understand a song, watch an interesting movie, get an answer to a computer problem, exchange e-mails with a native speaker, etc. The more you use English, the more you will want to use it. This is great, because using English is learning English.

v Talk to people about English

This is a very simple method, but it is very effective. Here’s how it works:

You usually talk about things which interest you. But the opposite is true, too. If you start talking about a boring subject, you will begin to get interested in it. Imagine you are studying a subject that you hate. You are bored and tired, but you have to pass the test tomorrow. If there are people near you, you have two options, you can tell everybody how much you are suffering or you can tell those people about the things you’ve learned. If you choose the first option, you will only feel worse. If you choose the second option, and start a conversation on the “boring” subject, you will begin to look at it in a totally different way. Suddenly it will become a subject worth talking about. Therefore, an interesting subject.

The important thing is this, After talking about English, you will study it with more passion. Try it!

v Find a friend who is learning English

If you can find a friend who is learning English and is on a similar level of skill, you will be in an excellent situation. You will have someone to talk about English with. These conversations will increase your interest in English, as explained in the previous section. Learning English will be easier, because you will be able to discuss your problems with your friend. You will study English more, because you will want to be better than your friend.

v Spend money on learning English

If you spend your money on something, you will want to use it. This rule is also true for learning English. If you want to increase your desire to learn English, buy a new dictionary, an interesting English-language book, English-language cable TV, etc. The idea is simple, you paid for it, so you will want to use it, and you will improve your English.

v Remember that learning English requires action

We have said this many times. One small action is more powerful than reading hundreds of articles. Yes, we know it is very hard to do things, even if they are good for us. We humans are lazy creatures. That is why not many people speak English well.

You will be successful only if you change something about your life.

Don’t put it off. Begin now! J

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