Good Day Everyone! Welcome to Simple Fast English!
Are you someone who constantly finds yourself surrounded by English speakers but aren’t a native of the language?
Do you find yourself in situations where you want to speak English and cannot?
Are you in a situation where speaking English could help you do your job better or even get you your next pay raise?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are in the right place!
Not being able to communicate with the people around you is a horrible feeling! Especially if you like to travel and meet new people or do business internationally.
In modern society, learning a new language can be extremely difficult and very stressful, especially English! Also, learning English can be very rewarding, resourceful, and beneficial. Most people have very busy lives and ever-changing schedules. Whether it is from taking care of the kids and going to work, or no kids and trying to work, pay the bills to stay afloat in this economy, learning English is something you can do! (P.S) Learning English can help you balance all of these things and also provide you with financial income!
Look I get it, life throws a ton of obstacles at you and there never seems to be enough time in one day, Well great news for you! Learning English only requires a couple of hours a day! Yup that’s right, just two short hours a day and you will be on your way to speaking English!
The world we live in today is now becoming more and more bilingual, to the point where it is imperative that you speak and know more than one language. English is a great secondary language to learn and speak as it is a worldwide spoken language; although that won’t make it any less difficult to learn.
Good news is there is a way to make studying English uncomplicated and effortless, I like to call it the “Approach!” In this article, you will learn how to use the correct approach when learning and studying English to maximize the most out of your study time.
First Things First
Before setting out to do things, most people like to plan them first. For instance, when going on a road trip or vacation, often people will first plan where they want to go and what they want to do, right down to each and every detail! The same needs to be applied when starting to learn and study a new language! When beginning to study English, first you should think of a plan.
You may be asking yourself, “Where do I begin?” Well congrats to you if you are asking yourself this question, often people just start learning a language by simply buying any old English learning book and diving right into it trying to learn some words, or you may be thinking you can just watch some English YouTube videos daily and be good to go.
These things are all great idea’s and are fine, as a beginner, you have already come to the conclusion that you want to learn English. All these ideas you have come up with to begin studying English is your plan for learning English!
Having a plan is an excellent strategic move for learning English, especially for beginners! Having a plan is the first perfect step to the right approach!
The right approach will help you learn English in a more timely, more efficient and less stressful manner.
The Foundation
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(Def) – Foundation [ foun-dey-shuhn ] noun
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the natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests.
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The basis or groundwork of anything:
The foundation of a language, what is that? When it comes to the approach of learning English, the foundation is the place where you start! If you know nothing at all about English, the foundation is what you want to make your strongest focal point. The foundation is going to be your structure, which enables you to grow and expand in your developmental stages of learning English, taking you from beginner to confident speaker.
Take a good look at the words in bold words in the definitions above,
- Natural
- Prepared
- Base
- Structure
- Basis
- Anything
All of these words are the things you are gong to need to guide you to a successful learning path to English. As a beginner, they will teach you how to manage your study time and advance your skills from beginner, intermediate, to advanced. These are your core principals!
Remember if you’re going to learn a language, do it the right way, you can’t skip all over the place; you need to learn and study in a methodical manner.
The key to success is a good foundation!
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The starting line for a beginner is the Alphabet, or some refer to it as the ABC’s. This is where all beginners should start building their foundation. The Alphabet is a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z.
al·pha·bet/ˈalfəˌbet/ – ( Noun )
Take a look at the Alphabet pictured above, it consist of 26 letters, notice there are five letters highlighted red. The red letters are what we refer to as the vowels
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( DEF ) – Vowels [ vow·el/ˈvou(ə)l/ ] noun
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A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness and also in quantity they are usually voiced, and are closely involved in prosodic variation such as tone, intonation and stress.
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A speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable.
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A letter representing a vowel sound, such as a, e, i, o, u.
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The word vowel comes from the Latin word vocalis, meaning “vocal” the word vowel is commonly used to refer both to vowel sounds and to the written symbols that represent them.