Topic: The way I LEARN English(lesson 2, ex47)
You know, I have been learning English for six years already, but I believe, it’s not easy at all. At school we have five English classes every week, and drill English for half an hour four times a week. In fact, we have a lot of drills. People say, you can’t build a house without foundations. It’s true. In English it’s grammar. But grammar doesn’t exist in isolation and we drill grammar together with vocabulary. When I learn new words I try to learn and practise them in the context. I am sure, it’s better to learn and practise words than to learn them by heart. And I have no problems learning the words related to my hobbies and interests. if i don't know any words, i look them up in the dictionary.
There is another serious problem for English learners. I mean idioms. We should keep up-to-date and learn popular idioms and proverbs.
Frankly speaking, English intonation is awful sometimes. But if you get it wrong, people think you are rude. So, we must learn both formal and social English, learn how to ask for information, how to speak correctly and fluently.
By the way, I learn English on my own, too. I find reading books in the original very helpful. Sometimes I watch educational videos on TV and listen to the songs in English.
I daresay, learning a foreign language is not at all simple.
