6 ways to learn English fast

1. Study online

It is online classes that help you learn quickly. It can be lazy to go to the other end of the city in bad weather, and the Internet is always at hand. Adapting your schedule to the course schedule, making agreements with teachers, spending time on the road - all this annoys and slows down the process. Choose online courses. What makes life easier increases motivation.

Many, choosing between a cozy evening at home and a long trip to the courses, decide that they will live without English. To spare yourself the reasons for missing lessons, study online.

At Skyeng, you can create a convenient individual schedule: teachers work in all time zones, so you can study whenever you want, even in the middle of the night. The program will also be selected specifically for you, depending on the learning objectives: you can prepare for a trip abroad or relocation, an interview in English or an international language proficiency test. By the way, right now Lifehacker and Skyeng are giving away 100 free English lessons.

2. Study at your leisure

Do not limit yourself to lesson time. Learning a language isn't just about doing exercises. You can improve your skill by listening to songs and podcasts or by reading English-speaking bloggers.

Everyone knows how important it is to watch movies and TV shows with English subtitles, but not everyone knows that there are special educational applications for this. Skyeng online translators are linked to the app of the same name on your phone, so that new words can be repeated at any time.

For example, if you install a special extension in the Google Chrome browser, you can read any text in English, and when you hover over a word or phrase, you can immediately see their translation. It's the same with subtitles for online cinemas. Each word individually can be translated directly while viewing. These words are added to your personal dictionary and sent to the mobile application, where you can repeat and memorize them in your free time.

3. Study with a teacher

You can do without it, but we want to learn faster. There are many websites, apps and channels dedicated to English. But only the teacher will be able to explain the difference between Present Perfect and Past Continuous at the right time, prevent them from quitting at the first difficulty, correct pronunciation, track progress. If you want results, don't choose between a teacher and helpful sites. They can and should be combined.

It is not so important whether your teacher is Russian or English. The main thing is that the teacher is a teacher, and not a biologist from London, a translator from St. Petersburg or a mechanic from Adelaide. Speaking a language and teaching it are two different things.

There is an important nuance: it is better to study with a Russian-speaking teacher for a beginner. And it's time to communicate with a native speaker for those who have already reached at least Upper Intermediate.

At Skyeng, in a free introductory lesson, an experienced facilitator will assess your language level, help you set ambitious yet realistic goals, and recommend which teacher to choose.

4. Learn a language at work

Watching Game of Thrones without translation during business hours is not a good idea. Reading relevant articles and studies, on the other hand, is the other way around.

Almost all recent materials are published in English. You can either wait several months (and not wait) for the text to be translated into Russian, or translate it yourself. Get a double benefit: upgrade your professional level and expand your vocabulary.

To translate an article, you can arm yourself with a dictionary and write out new words in a notebook each time. But there is a simpler and more efficient way: the Vimbox Translate browser extension. It is easier and faster to translate with it, and you can add new words to the dictionary in your Skyeng account with one click.

5. Do your homework

The phrase "homework" causes a bout of melancholy and apathy in many. But in Skyeng, doing them is more like a game. You get points for correct answers. As a result, you participate in a competition with yourself: you want to earn more points and surpass the previous result.

Since all training takes place on the online platform, then homework is checked automatically - you will see your mistakes immediately. You will not waste lesson time checking your homework, just discuss difficult points and questions with the teacher. Essays and speaking exercises will be reviewed by a dedicated team of experts.

6. Don't learn too much

This is mainly about memorizing words that you will never need. Save time and learn the most common words. There are millions of words in the English language, but even educated native speakers use only a few thousand in everyday speech.

Research Red Words and Stars., conducted by the authors of the Macmillan Dictionary, showed that the 2,500 most common words cover 80% of English speech.

The Oxford Dictionary has similar results - 3,000 words. They must be learned first. Skyeng has collected all the most frequently used words in the Golden 3000 mini-dictionary, which is available in the school's apps. Using them, you can understand most movies and songs, read books and articles, watch news and video blogs, and also communicate with other people. This is more efficient than cramming an outdated dictionary.

In order for words to enter the lexicon, they must be used regularly. If you want to learn quickly, it is important to practice your spoken language as much as possible. It is good when most of the lesson is not the teacher who speaks, but the student. It is even better when there is a special counter for this, as in the Skyeng online account. The teacher makes sure that the student's speech sounds at least 60% of the lesson. If you follow this rule, no language barrier will stand.

Outcomes

In order not to quit school, you need to study with a teacher who will help you deal with difficulties in time.
To speak English, you need to speak English.
To stay motivated, it is important to study with interesting content and best of all online.
In addition, consistency is important in language learning. The more English you have around you, the better.

Learning English quickly isn't that difficult. It is much more difficult to collect your thoughts and sign up for the first lesson. You can plan your studies for years - this time would be quite enough to speak English at a decent level. So if you want to speed up the process, stop procrastinating. Moreover, there is a reason - not every day you can win 100 free lessons.