Maybe the answer is simple.
Maybe there is no mystery.
Maybe… you’re just doing it wrong.
If you have a job…
If you finished school…
If you learned one language already (your first)…
But…
You speak English badly.
….You stopped making progress.
……And your colleagues speak better than you.
I believe, the reason isn’t your brain.
I believe the reason is you’re probably just doing it wrong.
I’ve seen big changes when students start doing it right.
Here are…
- Not Doing Enough
I have never seen a student become fluent after sitting in a classroom one hour a week. (or two… or three… or four…)
- Not Doing the Right Things
I have never seen a student become fluent by just sitting in a classroom.
- Doing Boring Things
One day a student came to my apartment with her new 750 kc business English text book. We looked at it together. And we agreed on which article she would read for next time; however, when the next time came, she no longer had the book – she had lost it! That’s the power of boring: you lose it, you forget it, or you quit it.
- The Wrong Times
“It’s really hard for me to do homework in the evening after a long day at the office and the kids are asleep and my wife wants to talk to me.” Well, of course it is.
- Grammar
Stop it!
- Using Old Methods
Did you know that the Memorize-Rules-Then-Fall-
- Speaking Without Listening
Speaking is great. But listening is feedback. And for students who don’t know how to improve their listening, their speaking doesn’t improve.
So what’s the right way? Well, you can discover that here…
