Learning English is like climbing a mountain. It is more about the journey and less about the destination in hand. It is a gradual process that must accelerate through momentum, experience, wisdom, and courage.
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Rome wasn't built in a day and our fluency takes years to develop. Beginners should focus more on listening with subtitles at slower speeds. Study the vocabulary, the sentence structuring, spelling, & other grammar things. Spend most of the time repeating what you hear and read.
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Subtitles are the texts, the lyrics, the words, on the bottom of the TV screen or computer monitor. Learning needs to be fun. Sing what you hear and sing it in the shower. Sing it as you go to work, school, and everywhere. Sing as much as you can during the Lunar New Year (Holiday Break). Take advantage of the time that you have. Study does not have to be boring.
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Rather, studying what you love can be more a passion and a pursuit that never ends. I'm a life long learning and I learn things all of the time. Music helps us remember things even when we think we are not studying.
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It's important to learn the four skills of listening, reading, writing, and speaking at the same time as much as possible. When you can, learn synonyms, but do focus on listening and repeating what you hear.
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Try to copy (imitate) what you hear from people as much as you can. Have fun and make mistakes. Keep a journal. Write new words in the journal each day. Make sure you copy new words as soon as you wake up, otherwise, procrastination will get you and you know the sooner the better but better late than never and better something than nothing and no pain no gain and please have hope over dope and joy over circumstances and please be glad rad dad instead of sad bad fad.