Learning habits
Do you have good English learning habits? If you live in an
English-speaking country, pick one of these and do it every day 10
to 30 minutes for a week or two.
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- Listen to the news. Listen to local news if you can.
CBC radio (Canada) -
Voice of
America news (US) -
BBC
-
Radio
Australia - Radio New
Zealand
- Listen to a song and write down the lyrics (words).
Choose a song that you like.
- Read a news article. Short articles keep your
interest.
Google news -
CBC -
CNN
- Watch television news and talk like the announcer
does. Turn captioning on to read as the announcer speaks.
- Do a crossword puzzle. Use your brain.
Crossword puzzles for ESL
students
- Do an exercise online. Learn and practise what you
learned.
Exercises and
quizzes
- Read your child's school book. School books are very
good for learning, no matter how old you are.
- Read a book to your child at bedtime.
This habit is especially good for your child.
- Read the Readers Digest. The articles are short and
they have a broad range of topics.
Readers Digest
Other things to do in the long-term
- Take an ESL course. (Of course!)
- Take a hobby course. Cooking is especially good because there is lots of talking and you learn to make good food!
- Take a high-school or community college course: hospitality,
accounting, computers, etc
- Join a community group: dancing, singing, a community band,
etc.
- Join a sports club: soccer, football, volleyball, basketball, etc.
- Join the Boy Scouts or Girl Guides as a guide.
- Go to a library or bookstore and pick up any
book that looks interesting.
- Get a subscription to a magazine.
- Read books or magazines online.
Time -
MacLean's -
Science Magazine -
Computer World