7 Steps To Learn English Fast!

Hi, this is Greg from OnlineLanguageAcademy.com and this video I am going to share with you 7 Easy Steps to Improve your English Fast.  

Before I forget, subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos on how to reach fluency in English. And if you want to improve your spoken English, you can book a free class via Skype by clicking the link in the description.

Let's have a look at my 7 step plan to learn English fast....

1. Set a Goal 

It is going to help you a lot more if you set a specific goal, something to work towards, something to motivate you to study and improve to reach that goal.  

This can be an exam, it can be a trip to England, you might say my objective, my goal, is to go to England and to speak confidently in the restaurant, in a hotel, in an airport, just feel good about myself on holiday.  

It could be getting a new job in English or in England, or doing a job interview in English. Think hard this. Try and set yourself a specific goal that will help in your journey to learn English fast and easily.  

2. Focus  

If your objective is to learn English to go on holiday, then focus on the kind of English that you will need. 

If your objective is to learn English fast and your goal is to use it in a job interview, then focus on the type of English you will need in that job interview. 

3. Immerse Yourself

Immerse yourself in English. And this is so easy to do nowadays. You're on the internet already. So you can read the news in English, you can watch TV in English. You can get hooked on something (get obsessed with something).

Like, I got obsess with The Office. The television series ' The Office'.  I needed to watch one episode or two or three episodes every day because I loved it. If you could find something similar to that in English, something that you enjoy and then that is great!  It doesn't have to be a television series, it could be a YouTube blogger that talks about something that is interesting for you.

Subscribe to my channel. I do 3 videos a week – again, that is a great practice for you to hear a bit of English and learn some English on a regular basis.  Other things you can do, you can put your phone in English so all the options are in English. This will help you think in English on a very regular basis and you'll learn all the vocabulary on the phone. You can put apps in English on your phone. Duolingo is great app to practice your English grammar. And there's many many apps to help you learn English out there. So, just surround yourself in English.

But the most important thing with this is, make sure it is fun. If it is fun for you and then you're not really going to think you are learning or studying. It's fun, it's part of your fun relaxing period of your day.  

So, make sure it's fun. If it is not fun, don't do it!

4. Keep Consistent 

There's no point speaking English for 5 hours every Friday and then doing nothing until the next Friday.  We need to do a bit of English every single day. You need to make English a habit, part of your daily routine like having breakfast, or brushing your teeth.

We need to make it a habit. And to do that, just do it on a regular basis for two weeks. After two weeks, it will feel like a habit. Just do 5 or 10 minutes every day. Wake up, read the news in English. When you come home from work, watch the news in English. Just make it part of your routine, and if you do, if you expose yourself to English every day, you going to feel the difference. 

5. Practise

Number 5 is so, so important and this is practice!

I watch a lot of football, I read about football every day. I think about football a lot of the day. But if I don't go out and play football, I am not going to be very good (in fact, I don't go out a lot to play football... and I'm not very good!). So, you need to pratise. Language is the same. You need to practise and the best way to practise is to spend some time in the country, go to England if possible, go to America... wherever, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, there are so many places. Go there and spend some time and make the effort to speak English while you're there.  

If not possible, I know it is not possible for everybody, English classes via Skype are a superb way to communicate with native English speakers. And it is very cost effective, you can be in your home, at your office... It can be very very convenient. You're seating at home and you're speaking to a native English teacher in a different part of the world. It is superb option to improve your spoken English and it's a lot of fun!

6. Make Mistakes  

Yes! Mistakes are good!! We want you to make mistakes. I am an English teacher and I dislike it when students just speak perfect English all class, thinking too much about the sentence that they are going to use and they don't make any mistakes. Mistakes are good! The more mistakes you make, the more you are going to learn. So try new things, try more complicated grammar structures. If you see a word in the news or in a magazine, or if you hear a word on television, try to use it with your English teacher. If you make a mistake, they'll correct you. If you pronounced it badly, or you get the wrong grammar, it doesn't matter. You've tried, you've made the effort. And if you make a mistake, you will learn, and you'll improve and the next time you need it you'll know it.  So, try new things, it's so important if you want to improve.  

7. Stay Motivated  

Finally, stay motivated! And this is easier say than done. But one thing you can do to stay motivated is kind of related to point number 6, and this trying new things. When you try new things, when you learn something and then use it with a native speaker, and they understand what you are saying, this is such a good feeling. You feel so proud of yourself! You feel like, "Yes, I've learned this, I've used it, they understand me, my English is great!" You feel fantastic! So if you can do that, that's going to motivate you to learn more expressions, more new vocabulary, more complicated grammar constructions.  

And it's going to motivate you to then use that again with native speakers. And by using it, you're going to remember it and improve. So stay motivated. To do this, use what you learn and feel good about yourself!

LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE

Please like, coment and share this video. And if you would like to practise your English with one of Online Language Academy's native English Teacher via Skype, book a 15-minute class FREE of charge!

Don’t forget to subscribe to myYouTube channel to get more tips to help you speak more fluently in English and sound more confident and more like a native speaker.