Liz Merchant
Liz Merchant è una insegnante privata di lingua inglese specializzata in corsi per professionisti, oltre che di inglese generale.
In questa pagina, riportiamo i suoi suggerimenti, mano a mano che vengono pubblicati sulla newsletter "Exploring London and environs/Esplorando Londra e dintorni" del sito www.italiansinlondon.co.uk . Il numero tra parentesi indica quello della relativa newsletter. Vi abbiamo riportato il testo originale in inglese.
Regole da seguire
- Make time on a regular basis for your language learning. Little and often is best - ten minutes every day
tends to be more effective than a marathon session once a week. But don't limit yourself to 10 minutes!
- Create a routine for yourself. Surf the net, play your cassettes/cds on the way to and
from work or when you're jogging or cooking.
- Be realistic and don't expect miracles. Language learning takes time and commitment- don't expect
to be fluent overnight and don’t be hard on yourself when you can't remember everything you've learnt.
- Set yourself some short-term goals- the thought of a visit in a few months' time to a place where the language
you're learning is spoken is a real incentive to learn.
- Don't feel you must always forge ahead with
new material. Repeating activities is an excellent way of
building familiarity with the language. So if you're tired
and your mind is wandering, instead of giving your language
learning a miss do some activities you've done
before and which won’t require as much concentration.
- Don't worry too much about mistakes. It's a normal
part of the learning process, and you'll learn much more
quickly by having a go at speaking than by saying nothing until you're word perfect. Generally, people are only
too pleased to hear you trying to speak their language
and make allowances if you don't get it exactly right.
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