Learning English vocabulary tips



    Learning vocabulary is the first step in learning a foreign language and it is (or it should be) a process that takes place daily and most of the time not at school but at home. Here are my seven tips that will help you be more effective when learning vocabulary. All of the tips are based on my own experience as a learner of English.

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      The best way of learning English



      I am not sure if there is one best way of learning English since I heard many opinions. One method works better for some learners while other works better for others. However, watching English videos/movies and reading English subtitles at the same time is, in my opinion, the best way of learning English. ( … read the full article)



        Top 5 myths about on-line learning



        I have just completed an on-line course. It was not related to English language or ESL (although it was taught in English), it was about accountancy. Since I am an accountant I have decided to update my knowledge related to International Accounting System. I was skeptical at the beginning (it is my first on-line course) but at the end I realized that on-line learning has ( … read the full article)



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        Eric Roth
        Eric Roth

        Thank you for correcting these five fashionable falsehoods about online learning. Your post is quite timely for me as I\'ve ...

          Top 5 myths about learning English



          These are top five myths about learning English that I hear everyday. There are many more but these five are well cemented in learners of English’ mind (at least here in Vietnam). ( … read the full article)



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          Fernando M. Pantino
          Fernando M. Pantino

          i think these 5 myths are also true in learning English in other developing countries.
          Fernando M. Pantino
          Fernando M. Pantino

          for example, I agree with the writer of this article /blog that, we need to live in an English ...
          Fernando M. Pantino
          Fernando M. Pantino

          these are only myths anyway.
          Dan Dumitrache
          Dan Dumitrache

          Yes, you are right Fernando ... They are only myths.

            English is easy and difficult to learn at the same time



            English is a difficult language to learn … if you want to believe that. You can find many reasons to sustain this affirmation and if the idea of English being a difficult language to learn is well cemented in your brain then probably you will never be able to learn and master it as you would like. Below you can see why I think English is difficult to learn. ( … read the full article)



              Improve your pronunciation and other skills



              Few days ago, browsing the net, I came across something interesting … a text reader (or as it is also known, a text-to-speech program). I have never heard about something like that so I checked it out. I typed “text reader” in the Google’s search box and visited the first website shown on the page ( … read the full article)



                Four reasons why people fail to get fluent in English



                Some people have difficult time learning English. They learn hard but something doesn’t allow them to get fluent in English and they don’t know what that is. I have been learning Vietnamese for pretty long time and I am still not fluent but I know why. There are many reasons to fail at getting fluent in English but I stopped at four of them that are always invoked by learners of English. ( … read the full article)



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                Omar
                Omar

                Good only
                Professor Phan Van Giuong
                Professor Phan Van Giuong

                Dear Dan, I understand your 4 reasons to fail to get fluent in English as same as you have been study ...
                Dan Dumitrache
                Dan Dumitrache

                In my case motivation is not strong enough. And again we come back to practice! You are right ... practice ...
                Fernando M. Pantino
                Fernando M. Pantino

                I agree with the reasons given like, resistance to learn English, and the low motivation to learn it.And I ...
                Fernando M. Pantino
                Fernando M. Pantino

                I think another reason is that, the learners are also afraid to take the risk to speak in English, ...

                  Dates in English language



                  Five tables that make any learner of English to understand how dates are used in English language (with phonemic transcription). Since there is more than one way to express dates in English, it is not a surprise that this topic creates confusion among learners of English. ( … read the full article)



                    22 reasons you should learn English



                    Why should you learn English? I DO believe that you need a good motivation to learn English. Without motivation, learning English will be very painful. Below are 22 reasons you should think of when you decide to learn English. ( … read the full article)



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                    Eric Roth
                    Eric Roth

                    Thumps up! Thank you for sharing those poignant, personal 22 reasons to learn (and teach) English!

                      Complete guide – Learn English grammar



                      In the first part I have explained you what vocabulary you should study and how you should do it. The next logical step is “learning grammar”. You know vocabulary and you want to create sentences and communicate with others; that’s why you need grammar.





                      Definitely, grammar is not the most important thing in the world but without using good grammar your English will sound bad and probably nobody will understand what you want to communicate. The question is: “How to learn grammar?” ( … read the full article)