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Learning Tips

In class Vocabulary

How to learn better in class How to learn
vocabulary better
• Look at the board and take notes.
• Listen carefully to your teacher and the CD. • Write down new words in a notebook.
• Ask your teacher when you don’t understand. Together with the English word:
• Speak in English as much as possible. - write the translation in your language,
• Take part in pair work and group work activities. - write an example sentence,
- draw or stick a picture.
Outside the class
• Put words in groups or use diagrams.
How to learn better outside • Learn whole phrases (eg. verb+noun) not just isolated words.
the class • Learn new words in context (in sentences describing

• Read the dialogues and texts from your book and listen to situations). This way, it is easier to remember them.
your CD. • When you learn new words, you must remember if they are

• Read the dialogues and texts aloud and sometimes record verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.
yourself. • When you learn new words, it’s a good idea to learn any

• Study the vocabulary and grammar and then do your synonyms and/or opposites.
homework. • Refer to the Word List.
• Practise the spelling and pronunciation of new words.
• Read selected texts from magazines and newspapers in • Look up unknown words in a dictionary. There, you can find
English.
a lot of useful information about a word: pronunciation, word
• Watch TV programmes in English. class (noun, verb, etc.), meaning and example sentence.
• Regularly revise words you have learnt.
Grammar • Try to use words you have recently learnt when you speak or
write.
How to learn grammar better
Speak
• Refer to the Grammar Reference.
• Use grammar tables. How to do better when
• Have a grammar notebook. doing speaking tasks

In it write: - tips and/or rules in your language, • Before you speak, make sure you understand the task and
- example sentences, how you should use the prompts.
- important grammatical points
e.g. irregular verbs. • Look at the example and use the prompts given.
• Use the language you have learnt.
• Make a note of grammatical errors that you often make. • When talking to another person, listen carefully to him/her

and respond to what he/she is saying (e.g. I agree, I don’t
know about that). Also, show interest or surprise by using
phrases like Really?, Did you?, etc.
• Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak.
• Speak only in English.

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