Подготовила учитель английского языка Тенькина Раиса Васильевна. МБОУ СОШ № 1 Калач - на - Дону

You are like a new baby Babies learn their language slowly. First they learn to listen. Then they learn to talk. Finally, they can read and write.

Listen to English radio. Watch English TV. Go to English movies. Use online lessons.

 Make up conversations. Practise dialogues. Use beginner textbooks

Start a vocabulary (new word) notebook. Write words in alphabetical order (A...B...C...). Make example sentences. Always use an English-Russian dictionary first.

Start with one sentence. How do you feel? How is the weather? What did you do today? Write another sentence tomorrow

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are the main (macro) skills you need to communicate in any language.

 Take a language holiday.  Stay with a homestay family.  Learn from native English teachers.  Gain access to English culture.  Get a part-time job.  Volunteer.  Make native English friends.  Make friends with people from other countries.  Become more confident.

 Have an English-only evening once a week. Cook in English (rewrite your recipe in English) or watch English movies.  Rewrite fairytales, jokes or instructions in English.  Go online and find the lyrics to your favourite English songs and sing along to them  Learn the words to English. Sing along when you hear them on TV  Buy an English board game.  Play cards in English.  Start up or join an English reading or conversation club.  Talk to yourself in English while you clean or do the dishes.  Go around the house and try to name everything in English (furniture, clothes etc).