Questions tagged [learning-methods]
For questions about techniques for learning and teaching English.
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Syllabification in a game targeted to children
I've created an app that helps children learn how to read using syllables. An image is shown on the screen, and the user has to choose the correct syllables (mixed with other random syllables) to ...
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How to memorise numeric sequence for English test?
I'm preparing for IELTS test and sometimes there are questions require memorizing long sequences such as weird names or phone numbers.
Normally in my mother lang, it's pretty easy to memorize such ...
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What British books can you recommend for advanced English studies? [closed]
I am in 11th grade and I am going to enter the university in the linguistic direction. What would you advise from British textbooks to maximize my knowledge?
And one nore question.
What would you ...
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Reference to help me understand what difference in meaning a preposition creates?
Is there a reference (dictionary, strategy for using Google) that I can use on my own, to find an explanation of the difference between "Prepare for the powerpoint presentation" and "...
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Learning vocabulary is a journey wihout destination, but exist ways to accelerate?
Is a hassle to learn vocabulary, I'm not saying is the devil and needs to be avoided, it's worth-while but I have been learning for the past year and I feel it consume a lot of my time and energy that ...
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How to speak and write advance level English in 6 months?
I have been learning English language for a long time. But, neither my writing nor speaking isn't on the level I desire it to be. Furthermore, I'm not fully comfortable with English. I want to learn ...
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What parts of word/sentence do native speakers pay attention to when reading/skimming articles?
Do you pay attention to verb conjugation or singular/plural forms of nouns when skimming articles? I am Chinese. I find that I tend to neglect the changes at the end of words unless I read very slow ...
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How to improve English speaking
I am not a native English speaker. I have been preparing for the IELTS exam since last six months. I can write English properly. But I cannot speak English fluently. I make several mistakes while ...
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What is the best way of learning new words?
I’m a non-native English speaker and I want to know what is the best way of learning new words
Is it by translate the word into my native language
or by view the word definition in English or by ...
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Is there a technique that’ll help me in writings
my question is vividly clear in above.
My current technique is, If I see that the word does sound right from my perspective or from my previous readings, I write it down.
And sometimes I pronounce ...
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Is it better to learn English grammar separately or learn the language then the grammar follows [closed]
I studied grammar in my school days but I don't remember most of the rules. Still, I am able to manage somewhat. So is it necessary that we learn grammar thoroughly or just read a lot and grammar will ...
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I want to learn English, once and for all [closed]
I can speak or put some words together but there are still a lot of words I don't know. The English we study at school is 'poor' and we do nothing than just talk with the teacher about her trips and ...
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Do Native Speakers Learn Vocabulary by Active Memorization in Order to Understand More Challenging Texts?
I am an English Teacher in China, and recently I've heard more and more parents and students in China complaining about word memorization when learning English. They feel that kids would be more ...
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About English poetry
During my studying English, I thought about how we learn our native language.
Mine is Russian. At school we learn a lot of poetry, different poems we learn by heart.
So my question is, how often ...
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Does each tense have 4 forms? (indefinite, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous)
I came across this slide, which says that:
Each tense has 4 forms
indefinite, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous.
I don't find it wrong, but however I didn't see it before and since the ...
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What is best approach for learning language? [closed]
I was banned in Stackoverflowas mentioned in I and II posts.
One of major issues due that, is my English knowledge. Therefore tripleee guided me here in a comment.
With regard Free live online ...
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I understand English well, but have trouble writing/speaking it. Are there techniques I can use to improve my ability to construct sentences? [closed]
Considering the following:
I'm okay at listening and very well at reading, but not good at writing and speaking (input is open,output is closed) mainly because I've forgotten some Grammar and other ...
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How to get better at English [closed]
I am not a newbie in English language, I can understand a lot but I can not speak relatively good. How can I get better, how can I learn to speak/write more like a native speaker..
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Thinking in English
The challenge for non native speakers like me is to master the technique of thinking in English.The ingrained habit of thinking in my native language first and translating the expression(s) into ...
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How to improve grammar? [closed]
I'm an non-immigrant came to US for my research purpose. I am not a native English speaker. I have never taken English that much seriously, may be because I had no problem in speaking English and ...
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Fastest way to learn fluent ENGLISH [closed]
What are the resources and the way to learn fluent English in less amount time? I mean ways like watching movies or reading novels etc.
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Why must an English learners should know Grammar first? [closed]
Why must everyone understand Grammar first before learning to speak?
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Finding word given description/situation
This problem is faced by me often when I search something on Web.
When we don't know meaning of a word, we just refer a dictionary and understand it but what if I know how to describe a thing but don'...
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Is there a problem in learning American English and British English at the same time?
I've been learning American English.
However, I happened to think that I need to learn British English.
So I began to listen to BBC.
I wonder if there is a problem in learning American English and ...
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A book which groups and arranges words by degree?
I recently started focusing on my English writing skills. For past few weeks, I've been noticing that learning vocabulary by building up the dictionary, as and when we encounter a word, is not an ...
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What do native speakers think of word roots?
As the number of English vocabularies required by my English literature teacher is increasing, I am now confronting a great problem memorizing them in a short time. Simple words are okay to me, but it'...
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Are there classifications for English literature (useful for English learners)?
I wonder if there is a classification of English literature that can tell whether a book is easy to read/understand (good for beginners) or difficult to read/understand (experts)?
I know there is ...
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How do native speakers 'guess' the pronunciation of the letters in a word they see for the first time?
Being a non-native speaker, I struggle a lot, especially when I come across a new word. How do native speakers pronounce perfectly when they read a word for the very first time? Is there some rule/...
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What's this kind of more advanced, analytical reading called?
My previous posts, especially those concerning Mastering the National Admissions Test for Law by Mark Shepherd, reveal flaws, lapses regarding English questions 'of comprehension, analysis and, to ...
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Understanding English (Listening skills)
I've been trying to improve my listening skills for about 9 months.
I realized that I can understand "BBC Radio 4 extra" very well (especially the drama), but I find it's hard to understand "CNN" and ...
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How to speak as well as a native English speaker?
I'm originally from central Europe, currently living second year in the UK. I work in an IT company surrounded only by native English speakers.
I can feel that the speed I learn English has rapidly ...
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