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5 Hot tips for learning English language

Learning any new language can be a mental struggle and remembering the structure of the of a language requires persistence and dedication.

This is why we’ve put together 5 hot tips to help you to get through this challenge and help you to become fluent in English (but also any other foreign language), as quickly as possible.

1. Set yourself weekly targets.

If you attempt to approach too much learning all at once, you will fail to take in all the information and as a result over the long term, a large proportion of your learning will not enter your long term memory. By setting yourself weekly learning goals on specific exercises or areas of the language, you will realise how easy it is to learn in smaller steps which will help in keeping you motivated and ready to learn more.
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7 skills you need to impress employers

Whether you’re still a student or a recent graduate, you’ve probably been told about a million times that getting a job isn’t just about your degree. In today’s tough job market, grads are expected to hit the ground running – so if you’ve already got a solid degree under your belt, that’s great, but you will need to supplement it with the following marketable skills:

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Not just another language acquisition lesson!

K-12 Reading Specialist Ana Adams, tells us that her experience tells her that with the support of parents, caregivers, early childhood educators, and with exposure to a literacy-rich environment, children progress from emergent to conventional reading.

With interaction through reading aloud and conversation, children are exposed to learning early. In this process, it is very important to read aloud to children and provide them with the opportunities to talk about the stories that they hear.

Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkinson (1985) state, “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children, especially during the preschool years”.

There is no doubt that this helps the children develop oral language, cognitive skills, and concepts of print and phonemic awareness.

Children read to develop background knowledge about various of topics and build a large vocabulary. These aid them in later comprehension and development of reading strategies. Children also watch how others read and therefore become familiar with the reading process, i.e. they are constantly learning.
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