sábado, 23 de abril de 2016

Tip N°10 Relax!!


You can be your best helper or your worst enemy when you are learning to speak English! You should try not to worry about how you sound when you are speaking. Just relax!
If you get stuck or confused, just take a big breath and start over again. Speak slower if you have to. Take time to pause and think about your next sentence.
Do whatever it takes to become more comfortable speaking English.

Tip N°9 Talk, Talk, Talk and keep talking!!!




Don't be Shy!!! Speak as often as possible, to as many people as you can! Don't hesitate to make mistakes, everyone does! The more you practice, the better and more confident you will become in your pronunciation and vocabulary.


We can find many communities were we can find people from many countries, and we can speak with them, so lets go!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/community/ 



Tip N°8 Learn a new word every day



You can search it in a dictionary and try to memorize this word all along the day, and make a little notebook with the "word of the day" and its meaning explained in your own words, it will be very useful. On the internet you can find a lot of tools, like apps for your smartphone, here you have some links:

 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blogspot.imapp.imtodayword&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-day.-start-learning-english/id987136347?mt=8


Tip N°7 Read out Loud



You might find this advice stupid or ridiculous, but the louder you read, the better you can hear yourself. This will help you correct your imperfections and mistakes in pronunciation.

You can dounload lots of free eboks from this links:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

https://www.free-ebooks.net/

http://www.obooko.com/



Tip N°6 Watch Videos



Watching videos will make a huge difference, so you can hear and learn different sounds in English correctly, and start using the correct intonation, rhythm, and stress. I recommend you to spend enough time trying to hear and learn on their pronunciation.
Here you can find some helpful videos:

https://youtu.be/-SObetOJ_yY



Tip N°5 Tongue Twister


Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve your pronunciation and fluency! . People is pretty use to think they’re just for kids, but the truth is, they are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound more clear when they are speaking.

Here, you will find some English tongue twisters. The fisrt step is to learn them, then, tray to say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker, I assure you!





Tip No. 4 Learn the irregular verbs Please !!




Do not try to learn the huge list at the same time, because you will fail miserably for sure, instead wasting your time doing it, you can learn  2 or 3 verbs in a week. But learn them well, and say them without hesitation.

Here you have some useful games, that will help you to memorize this enormous list :)

http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/irregular_verbs/forms.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular01/irregular01.htm


Tip N°3 Use Audiobooks



An "Audiobook" is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud.  This kind of technology allows you to carry out other activities like: driving, walking, sunbathing, cooking, etc. It is easy to download and economical.

An "audiobook" can offers you the most varied content: it can be a story, a conference, a course, an article, an essay, a dialogue, an interview, a radio, a story longer or shorter. I encourage you to download some and try it, you won't be disappointed at all!

Here you can find lots of them!

More than 700 Audiobooks for U!

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/audiobooks/id311507490?mt=8




Tip N°2: Record yourself while talking



Even though, I know It is weird to hear our own voice, this is a very useful way to see where are you failing when you are speaking English. Record yourself speaking and then listen to how do you hear, or ask a native if he or she can help.

Also look for positive things. Write in a notebook all the things you do well when you speak. If you ever get to miss motivation, look at that list of things you do well to feel better and encourage you to continue learning and speaking English.

Site to record yourself

Tip N°1 Sing as many songs as you can!



I really love this way to learn English! Because for me, music is a great way to improve your skills, so practice the rhythm, the language and learn a lot of useful idioms and expressions. Search for the lyrics of your favorite songs on the internet and then practice singing them. If you are so shy, sing when you are alone at home, or if you are a an extroverted person, get together with friends and do a karaoke party in English, you will enjoy it for sure!!!

Another site

https://www.youtube.com/

Site 3

Let´s start!




Hello, This is me Gaby.

You should be thinking about this weird title that I chose for my blog, but the truth is, I think sometimes we need to thing out side the box, and start doing some crazy little things, that definitely will help you to improve your English skills. So... let´s start!