Tips in Learning English

This is the first article that I write in English. So I will share about some tips that you can use to help you in learning English.

First, I want to tell you that learning foreign language might not be easy at the beginning. But it does not mean that it is impossible to learn. All you have to do is just enjoy the process and keep practice. Last, do not give up!

In learning English, you have to be able to master the 3 skills: Listening, Writing, and Speaking.

Okay, Let us get started!

      1. Try to Listen Everything in English

In learning a language, the first thing that you have to do is ‘get used to the language’. This is the first stage that you have to do in learning a language. You have to get used to the language that you are learning, so you have to listen the language more often. Because if we are learning a foreign language or new language that is not our main language, it will hard for us to listen the words or even in pronounce it. Because new language is ‘a new thing’ for us. We have to make ourself know the language by listening to English songs, watching videos in English. 

By implement these things, your brain will notice the language and as time goes by you will be able to get the words that the native speakers said. Whether it is when you are listening to songs or even while watching videos. Both of them help you in improving your skill in listening.

If you are listening to English songs, make sure that you find out the lyrics and read it while listening to the song. It will help you in knowing how to pronounce the words and help you in memorizing the spelling of the words. Next, if you are watching videos in English, make sure you put the English subtitle so you can read the dialog while watching it. Last, make sure that you do it regularly and try to do it more often. In that way, soon your listening skill will improve.

2. Try to Learn Basic Tenses

Talking about tenses, there are 3 sequences of time that you have to learn: Past Tense, Present Tense, and Future Tense. You have to learn the tenses that most used in daily conversation. Try to start learn it from the simple thing, then you can move into the higher stage in your learning process.

I will explain the 3 tenses shortly. First, Past Tense. It is a tense that talk about event that happen in the past. For ex: I went to the game center with my friends yesterday. As you can see the marked words went is the past form of go and there is a word and there is a word yesterday which explain about when the event happen.

Next, is Present Tense. This tense is talking about the events that happen regularly (ex: daily activity). For ex: She plays violin on every Thursday. As you can noticed, the word plays is the word play added by s. Because the subject of the sentence is part of Third Person Singular (He, She, It), so the verb in the sentence must be added by S/ES at the end of the word. Last, the word every Thursday shows that when the event happen.

Last, is Future Tense. This tense is a tense that talking about the event that happen in the future. Ex: I will visit my cousin’s house next Saturday. The word will visit shows that the event that the subject will do in the future. While the word next Saturday shows when the event is happen.

Do not forget to practice the basic tenses, in order to help you in learning English. And try to watch more English videos that explain about the tenses. So you will understand more about the usage of the tenses.

Well, I think it is enough for the tips. I will share the other tips in learning English next time. And lastly, I hope that you learnt something and thank you for reading!

~See you~