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Learning Tips

In class Grammar

How to learn better in class How to learn grammar better
• • Look at your teacher and the board and take notes. • • Refer to the Grammar Reference.
• • Listen carefully to your teacher and the recording. • • Use grammar tables.
• • Ask your teacher when you don’t understand. • • Have a grammar notebook.
• • Speak in English as much as possible. In it write:
• • Take part in pair- and group-work activities. - tips and/or rules in your language,
- example sentences,
- important grammatical points e.g. irregular verbs.
Outside the class • • Make a note of grammatical errors that you often
make.
How to learn better outside the class
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• • Read the dialogues and texts from your book and
listen to the recordings. Speak
• • Read the dialogues and texts aloud and sometimes
record yourself. How to do better when doing speaking tasks
• • Study the vocabulary and grammar and then do • • Before you speak, make sure you understand the
your homework. task and how you should use the prompts.
• • Read selected texts from English magazines and • • Look at the example given.
newspapers. • • Use the prompts given.
• • Read English websites. • • Use the vocabulary and the language you have
• • Listen to English songs. learnt.
• • Watch English TV programmes. • • Speak only in English.
• • Speak clearly.
• • Don’t worry if you make a mistake. Correct yourself
if you can, otherwise continue speaking.
Vocabulary • • If you can’t remember a word, don’t stop. Try to use

other words. For example, when you don’t know
How to learn vocabulary better what something is called, try to describe its shape,
• • Write down new words in a notebook. what it’s made of, what it’s used for, etc.
Together with the English word: • • When you are talking with someone, make sure you
- write the translation in your language, contribute to the conversation but also pay attention
- write an example sentence, to what the other person is saying.
- draw or stick a picture. - Listen carefully to him/her and show that you are
• • Put words in groups or use diagrams. following what they are saying by using phrases
• • Learn whole phrases (e.g. verb + noun) not just like I see, Uh-huh.
individual words. - When you hear good news, raise your tone of voice
• • Learn new words in context (in sentences describing to sound excited and enthusiastic, and use phrases
situations). It is easier to remember them this way. like Really?, How exciting!
• • When you learn new words, you must remember if - When you hear bad news and want to express
they are verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. sympathy, lower your tone of voice to sound more
• • When you learn a new word, learning its synonyms serious, and use phrases like What a shame!,
and/or opposites can help you increase your Poor you!
vocabulary. - To keep the conversation going, respond to what
• • Refer to the Wordlist. the other person is saying by asking questions, by
• • Practise the spelling and pronunciation of new expressing your opinion, agreeing, disagreeing, etc.
words.
• • Look up unknown words in a dictionary.
• • Regularly revise words you have learnt.
• • Try to use words you have recently learnt when
you speak or write.

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