・Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes you don’t need a teacher!
・Be adventurous and don’t use ‘safe’ language (language you already know) all the time. Instead, try language you’re unsure about.
To improve your writing 書く力を養う!
・Keep a diary in English.
・Collect model texts e.g., letters, articles and essays.
・Buy a good learner dictionary.
・Buy a good thesaurus.
To improve your reading 読解力を養う!
・Read a short article in an English newspaper or journal every day.
・Try to increase your reading speed. Time yourself daily over texts of similar lengths and difficulty. Aim for 70% comprehension.
・Try to work out new words from the context. Use a dictionary only when essential.
・Look at a headline and try to guess vocabulary, tenses etc. Read and see if you are correct.
To improve your listening 聴解力を養う!
・Find something interesting to watch on TV
・Find a radio station you like, preferably one that has a good mix of music, news and discussions and debate.
・Try being an actor. Find a DVD that you like. Choose a scene that you like with a short dialogue.
To improve your gramma 正しい文法を習得する!
Think of some grammar that you want to work on. What do you already know? See how much you can remember then check any notes that you have made in class.
・the form (how it is made)
・the meaning
・when it is used
・pronunciation
To improve your vocabulary 語彙力を増強する!
・Keep a notebook for new words, verbs, expressions etc.
・Have a special section for phrasal verbs, grammar, irregular verbs, idioms/proverbs, collocations and synonyms/antonyms.
・Don’t record everything in the same notebook or use file separators if you are using a folder
・Structure how you record new items.
・Try to make a sentence using the word, or even write a paragraph using 5 new words.
・Make sure you know how to pronounce the word.
・Look again at the new words that you learn at the end of each day and again at the end of the week.
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