Writing Challenge #25: 7 Secrets to learning English

Salaaam my friends,

How are you today? Hope you are just fine.

Admittedly, I was hesitant to post this blog for many reasons; first I don’t think I am qualified enough to right about “secrets of learning English”. I am neither a teacher nor an advanced learner. Second I am pretty sure that Tara, Expector Smith, Nadira and other member’s blogs with the same topic have thoroughly covered this topic, so I was shy because I knew my blog would be just low quality version from what they have already done. Then I started to look at it from a different point of view, it will be just sharing my personal experiences with my friends like what we have done in a former blog. Also I won’t call it my 7 “secrets” this word made me nervous like am an expert, obviously am not. So it will be just 7 little tips from my personal experience in learning English. After that I found the courage to do it considering that sharing a little is better than nothing and I can gain a lot in return my friend’s comments and thoughts which mean a lot and of course blogging itself is a way of learning as Tara has suggested. So here we go :

1- Interest:

The main motivator of learning should be your interest in English not just because you have to learn for exam or whatever.
2- Patience:

When it comes to languages we wish to learn faster but we have to be patient and eventually we will get the fruit because “ All things are difficult before they are easy “
3- Practice:

All what we have learnt may be lost if we didn’t practice it. Practice makes perfect.
4- Reading:

Reading must be fun. Start with simple stories. Never ever read a higher level book; it would be frustrating and you would give up reading, which is a vital tool of learning. Reading will make you more familiar with the cultures and the structure of the language, which result in more understanding.
5- Don’t be afraid of making mistakes:

The knowledge that we gain from failure can’t be taught by any teacher, it’s a constant knowledge you will never ever repeat the same mistake. So don’t be wishy washy do it make mistake dust it off and learn from them. In Arabic we have a saying I don’t know if there is a similar one in English; it says that two kind if people never learn; the arrogant and the shy. Because the shy won’t ask and the arrogant thinks he knows everything and no one is good enough to teach him.
6- Watch in English:

movies, series, programs and news choose what you are interested in and feel the spoken language it’s a great pleasure to feel how natives use it. I think learning the structure is more challenging than learning grammar or vocabulary and good tools to learn the structure is by reading and watching.
7- Join a learning group:

Do it the way you like. Learning process is more fun when sharing. Make discussion sessions and speak on different topics. Present seminars’, doing English presentations is a very helpful learning tool. Arrange reading clubs, read together and in loud, discuss what you have read. Ask for help and offer to help.
My marketing plan is:
1. Send messages to friends.
2. Post the link in some friends pages “focusing in the most popular pages; p”.
3. Share the link in the chat rooms. Thanks Nadira:D
No creative thoughts:( I was never good in marketing.
I hope you will find it helpful and I really want to know your opinions and ideas.
Thanks in advance.

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Comment by Rabab on February 3, 2011 at 7:13: Thanks selma :)

Glad to see u here.

Comment by Rabab on January 13, 2011 at 9:43: Thanks a lot amal.

So glad to see your comment.

You made my day :)

Comment by amal hope forever on January 13, 2011 at 8:34: Excellent!A well_organized article , very useful and valuable.Thumbs up for you Rabab!

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 10:56: @ Ahmed: What a great joy. Thanks my friend for being here :)
Wait for my stories for Habeba :D
Takecare

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 10:40: @Tara: Thanks dear for the encouragement. I am flattered; p
I have added punctuation to the selected part would you please check if it's ok?
Thanks again. Your notes always with a great value to all of us:))

Keep well

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 9:55: @Omar: :D
Thanks for your comment, the correction and precisely for the precious advice.
Yeah I know I really want to face my shyness and I have to admit it I also have lack of confidence. I know it's a barrier in the learning process. Hope I will eventually get rid of it, of course with the help of you and all my friends in My EC.

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 7:20: @Nadira, woow really? Thanks Dear I am grateful You don't know how much that means to me:))

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 7:08: @ Alexa, I am so happy to see your comment Dear.
Thanks, Keep well.

@ rose, thanks for the kind words. I am glad you found it useful.
Takecare

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 7:04: @miss.sara, glad you like it. Thanks for the advice. Doing those kind of comparisons always makes me low and spiritless. You are right I should take it step by step and be "patient" to reach the advanced level. Wish you all the best :)

@nida, my sweet friend. Just seeing your name and your beautiful golden eye cheer me up, let alone reading your nice comment. Me too sometimes I am inpatient I wish I could learn faster and be fluent and be able to discuss any topic without searching for the right words and thinking about how to deliver my thought correctly. But patience is a vital factor in learning foreign languages.

Comment by Rabab on December 2, 2010 at 6:41: @ deuce, thank you very much sweetie for the corrections and for the encouraging words.
@Expector Smith, many thanks for your passing by. It's a great pleasure.