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Learning Tips

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• Look at your teacher and the board and • Before you speak, make sure you understand the task and how
take notes. you should use the prompts.
• Listen carefully to your teacher and the CD. • Look at the example and use the prompts given.
• Ask your teacher when you don’t • Use the vocabulary and the language you have learnt.
understand. • Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak.
• Speak in English as much as possible. • Speak only in English.
• Take part in pair and group work activities.
Read
Outside the class How to do better when doing reading tasks
How to learn better outside the class • Before you read, try to predict what the text is about with the
• Read the dialogues and texts from your book help of the title and the pictures.
and listen to your CD. • Look for key words in the text to understand the main ideas.
• Read the dialogues and texts aloud and • Try to guess the meaning of unknown words.
sometimes record yourself. • Read the text quickly to understand the main idea.
• Study the vocabulary and grammar and then • Read the text carefully to understand specific details.
do your homework. • Decide in which part of the text you can find the information
• Read selected texts from English magazines you need.
and newspapers. • Make sure you understand who or what the pronouns (he, it,
• Read English websites. this, them, etc.) refer to in the text.
• Listen to English songs.
• Watch English TV programmes and DVDs.
Listen
How to do better when doing listening tasks
Vocabulary
How to learn vocabulary better • Before you listen, look at the pictures and read the questions
and answers carefully.
• Write down new words in a notebook. • Before you listen, try to predict what the speakers are going
Together with the English word: to talk about.
- write the translation in your language, • Before you listen, try to predict what kind of information is
- write an example sentence, missing.
- draw or stick a picture. • While listening, try to understand the general idea, not every
• Put words in groups or use diagrams. single word.
• Learn whole phrases (e.g. verb+noun) not • Listen for key words to understand the main ideas.
just individual words. • While listening, don’t assume that an answer is correct just
• Learn new words in context (in sentences because the speakers mention a word that is in the activity.
describing situations). This way, it is easier Listen carefully before you answer.
to remember them.
• When you learn new words, you must
remember if they are verbs, nouns, Write
adjectives, etc. How to do better when doing writing tasks
• When you learn new words, it’s a good idea
to learn any synonyms and/or opposites.
• Refer to the Word List. • Make sure you understand what you are asked to write.
• Practise the spelling and pronunciation of • Plan your writing and make notes before you write.
new words. • Plan your paragraphs. Before you start, think of the ideas you
• Look up unknown words in a dictionary. are going to include in each paragraph.
• Regularly revise words you have learnt. • Group relevant information together and put it in the same
• Try to use words you have recently learnt paragraph.
when you speak or write. • Do not write very short sentences. Join your ideas with and,
but, so and because.
• Use pronouns (he, she it, them, etc.) to avoid repeating the
same words.
Grammar • When you write to a friend, start and finish your letter/e-mail
How to learn grammar better in an appropriate way. Remember to use set phrases.
• When you narrate events, write the events in chronological
• Refer to the Grammar Reference. order. Use adverbs like suddenly, luckily, unfortunately to
• Use grammar tables. make your writing more interesting.
• Have a grammar notebook. • Use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures in
In it write: - tips and/or rules in your language, your writing to make it more interesting.
- example sentences, • Write your first draft and correct it. Then write your final draft.
- important grammatical points • Write neatly.
e.g. irregular verbs. • After you finish, check your writing. Check punctuation and
• Make a note of grammatical errors that you capital letters, word order, spelling, linking words, grammar
often make. and vocabulary.
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