2. Do English In Your Freetime
“But I’m busy!” That’s what all my students say. And then I say…
“Good! You don’t need a lot of time.”
Another stupid thing we learn in school is “Long Learning.” This means you sit in a classroom for 50 minutes or 60 minutes or even longer. Or when you have a big exam, you study for days.
This is not ideal. In fact, it’s not good for long-term memory, and a lot of that time is wasted.
Instead, you want to do “spaced learning.”
This means instead of doing a lot of English all at once, you do a little bit now and a little bit later.
For example, one of the most successful langauge learners in the world is Steven Kaufman. He’s Canadian and he speaks Swedish, Korean, Ukranian, French, Czech… and about seven other languages.
And his method? Let’s say he’s learning Chinese. He does a little Chinese while he does the dishes. He does a little Chinese while he drives his car. He does a little Chinese while he eats breakfast.
In one research study I read from The Journal of Educational Psychology, students who used spaced learning learned three times faster.