Raavis Revin

September 7, 2020

Learn anything your own way

Learn English Conversation. This is why listening is so important. Listening provides the foundation for speaking. As your listening ability improves, it will pull your speaking ability up, too. Too many learners are focused solely on speaking and they neglect listening. However, what use is speaking if you can’t understand the other person? Another reason listening is important is because the dynamics of spoken English are completely different from those of the written language. For starters, the grammar is different since we rarely speak in complete sentences. The vocabulary is also different with a lot more idioms and slang being used in speech. And most importantly, the speed is different. Speech is fast. Super fast. So fast that you have no time to think about translations, or grammar rules, or textbook lessons or pronunciation. There is no time. Your conscious brain simply cannot analyze, translate, and organise real speech. This is the reason your speech is so slow. This is the reason you can’t understand two native speakers talking to each other. In fact, in order to perform at real speaking speeds, you must turn off your conscious brain and let your subconscious do its job. To do that, you must use methods which awaken your subconscious. You must learn holistically, intuitively, and naturally. Primarily, this means listening to lots of understandable English speech… and doing it repeatedly. As you listen, you quiet your conscious mind and just allow your brain to understand the whole meaning of the words. You don’t try to pick out individual words. You don’t worry about the few words you don’t understand. You relax and you let the meaning wash over you. Your mind is open and quiet. And then, when you speak, you just let the words come out. You don’t struggle. You don’t analyze. You don’t think about rules. You don’t worry about mistakes. You don’t think about translations. You just let the words pour out of your mouth effortlessly. This is what my students have learned to do. It takes time, but as you focus on listening and learning English effortlessly, your fluency, confidence and correctness will grow.

September 7, 2020

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