Self-Study Strategies For Learning English: Divide Up Your Time Between The Following Strategies
The document provides strategies for self-study to learn English, recommending dividing time between listening only to English audio for 10 minutes daily without subtitles to focus on sounds, and watching English TV channels and movies of interest without reading subtitles in order to listen without trying to understand.
Self-Study Strategies For Learning English: Divide Up Your Time Between The Following Strategies
The document provides strategies for self-study to learn English, recommending dividing time between listening only to English audio for 10 minutes daily without subtitles to focus on sounds, and watching English TV channels and movies of interest without reading subtitles in order to listen without trying to understand.
Divide up your time between the following strategies.
1. Listen, don't think, no subtitles Set aside some time that is for Listening Only. 10 minutes or more a day would be best, but at least some time once a week. Don't try to understand, just listen for the sounds of English. If you're thinking then your NOT listening. Listen to news or other English on the internet. Listen to TV channels like Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Star World, CNN, BBC. Watch other DVDs/movies of interest to you. DO NOT read the Chinese subtitles when watching live TV. That is NOT listening. Remember, you are listening for the sound of English. You don't need to understand, therefore, you do NOT need to read the subtitles.