But this is less useful for adult learners, who will want to sound confident and fluent when talking to native speakers. You can listen to music or a podcast, read a book, watch short movies on the internet, play games on your smartphone, or meet up with native speakers for a language exchange.īeginner students may feel most comfortable when they listen to single words and repeat them, as children do when they are shown flashcards. Tip: dedicate 15 minutes of your time to English every day. It's the same with language: practice makes perfect. Your muscles are strengthened only if you practise every day. Learning a foreign language is like going to the gym. Each tip starts with one of the letters in the word 'ENGLISH' to make them easier to remember. If you are a beginner learner or teach adults at a beginner level, here are seven tips to make starting to learn English easier, which I shared with Maria. Few people speak like the Queen, and no one is exempt from grammar mistakes. She returned to Italy after a week, rather than two weeks as she had arranged, and called my language studio for advice. She landed at Stansted airport and managed to buy a one-way ticket to Victoria station by coach, with the help of a couple of Spanish retirees who were also heading to the centre of London.īut once in London, she ran into a major source of frustration: she couldn’t understand or speak to the people she met. So she bought an English language audio box set and started to parrot everything the recordings said.Īfter a couple of months, she booked a low-cost flight to London. She was keen to travel around the UK, but she only had a poor grasp of grammar learnt at school. Maria was a widow and came into a bit of money when her husband prematurely died. Once upon a time, an Italian woman in her 40s wanted to learn English. Winner of the TeachingEnglish blog award Larissa Albano shares seven ways to make learning English easier for beginners.
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