- We don’t get rid of bad habits, we replace them with good habits. So, self-correct: when you notice you have said something incorrect, stop immediately, correct it and then move on.
- Work a little bit every day rather than a lot three times a week.
- Using Videos
- Choose a song or a movie scene you like
- Work with short sections (10-30 seconds).
- Play without captions until you understand
- Play with captions to check your comprehension
- Look up all words you don’t know
- Play short sections again, repeating after the video (shadowing)
- From this process, you can use videos to improve your Listening, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Fluency.
- Don’t try to do everything at once: target the development of your skills. Every day, choose something to focus on (e.g. five new expressions, a grammar point, or a pronunciation point).
- Remember, we never make mistakes; we only make discoveries. Every error is a learning opportunity.
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