Learning English as a Foreign Language

1. Adapted by: Julián Marín Hoyos
8 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in Learning
Languages
EFL Tips

2. What guarantees success in learning languages?
There is a lot of good advice on learning languages
out there. We have chosen the most important ones
for you. Take a look, consider our advice and
succeed in learning languages.
EFL Tips

3. 1. It requires work
If you want to get great results you need to give
great effort. You have been learning your mother
tongue for your whole life, so don’t expect to
reach fluency in a foreign language in a month.
Learning a new language takes a lot of effort but
it brings just as much satisfaction.

4. If you don’t practice a certain skill
you simply forget it. It’s the same
with languages. If you want to know
a language you have to put it to use
regularly. Otherwise a language, even
if you have reached fluency, will
slowly slip away.
2. Use it every day

5. 3. Learn with people and for people
Language is about communicating with
others and speaking is its most
important part. Don’t forget about this
when learning a foreign language. Try
speaking with native speakers and with
your friends or relatives living abroad.
Find a learning partner with whom you
can practice.

6. If you are having trouble
remembering something use
frequent repetition to combat this
obstacle. Persistence is a good
way of dealing with many
problems in learning a foreign
language, no matter if it is
grammar, vocabulary or speaking.
Don’t get discouraged and power
through.
4. Repetition

7. 5. Age is just a number
Don’t get hung up on the fact that
children learn languages more easily.
Adults are just as capable of
learning a foreign language and they
have better options and resources to
do so. Don’t use this as an excuse,
you won’t turn back time, however
you can use the time you have now
more efficiently than thinking about
what could have been.

8. If you are convinced that
you will fail, then you will
fail. Having the right
mindset is very important in
life. Give yourself a chance
and be optimistic. If others
have done it you can too. So
think of all the things you
can do and not about all the
things you can’t.
6. The right attitude

9. 7. Learn vocabulary in context
If you are learning vocabulary
without context, it’s as if you are
buying a new shirt that fits none of
your other clothes. When are you
going to wear it? Never. Learn new
vocabulary in sentences with other
words that you do know. That will
help you remember it better and
you will know how to use the new
word in a sentence. And that’s the
whole point!

10. Don’t bore yourself with thick and
boring language books. Choose books
that speak to you and are fun and take
advantage of the abundance of other
resources you can use to learn a
language (internet, podcasts, radio, tv,
videos, novels, travel, people). There’s
no reason why language learning
should be boring. That will only
discourage you and lead you to failure.
8. Books are not your only resource

11. Recommended Apps
-English Conversation Practise
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkenglish.conver
sation
-Elevate - Brain Training Games
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wonder
-English Listening
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkenglish.listenin
g
-English Speaking Practice
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkenglish.practic
e

12. -CourseFinders. (2016) Blog8 things you need to know to succeed in learning
languages. Retrieved from https://blog.coursefinders.com/en/3262/8-things-
need-know-succeed-learning-languages/
-Quora. What is the best app to develop communication skill in English quickly?
Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-app-to-develop-
communication-skill-in-English-quickly
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