Frequently Asked Questions on How to Learn in English as Second Language
1. How do I learn Meanings of English Vocabulary and become fluent in English?
There are several ways through which you can learn meanings of words and become fluent in English, as a second language learner; reading English content is one of them.
But how to read when you have shortage of English vocabulary?
- Read topics of English content you are familiar with. Let me put this way: you love much sport than Arts? – Read content related to Sport. -You love much arts, than Sport? – Read Arts-related content.
What, if you fail to get the meaning by context?
check it from a dictionary and then use in the real conversational context. Learning English as second language is the matter of practice.
2. How do I learn the Spelling of English Vocabulary?
Follow these Steps:
- Read slowly, sound by sound, the word you want to learn the spelling.
- Be focused on the sequence of the letters that make up the word.
- While doing that, shift your eyes, time to time from the word to check if you can spot the sequence in your mind.
- If you can picture the whole sequence in your mind, congratulation. You’ve learned the spelling.
3. What Can I do to learn English Pronunciation as second language?
- Listen to Podcasts and radio like “Radiolab”
- Watch videos from BBC Learning English through YouTube channels.
- Practice every language item you come across and feel interested in learning. Do it alone or with a conversational partner .
4. Why do I fail to pronounce English words fluently? Why the words simply don’t come out smoothly when I try to do so?
Is this your question?
Here’s what you’ve to do to learn English as second language:
Train your speech organs – Tongue, Teeth, Lips, larynx, Palate … to be familiar with English sound patterns and so produce the sounds.
To do that follow these steps:
- Split into sounds the words you find difficult to say
- Practice one sound at a time, and then the whole word.
- Keep doing the exercise until you feel comfortable saying the words.
You can apply the exercise to practice, phrases or sentences.
5. What else can I do to learn English language and achieve fluency?
Learn Tips and Tricks, and use proven listening resources to enhance speaking and practice writing and reading skills.
Go through tenses in English to understand how language items work. The knowledge of tenses will give you basis on how sentences are structured.
Need to know tricks on how to learn English vocabulary faster, check this.