How To Study English For IntermediateAdvanced Learners
you have studied English for many years
you learned grammar vocab and other
things but now you feel stuck today you
will learn how to study welcome to speak
English with Tiffany I am teacher
Tiffany let’s jump right in
okay there are five methods to studying
English now before we look at these
methods we need to remember that there
are three types of English learners the
beginner the intermediate and the
advanced learner now this video is
focused on the intermediate advanced
learner but I still want to explain the
difference so let’s take a look at the
beginner you see the beginner learner is
focused on mimicking okay mimic just
means to copy so for example when you
first start learning English you learn
this how are you this is the question
that you normally start off with and
what’s the response many students that
are beginner learners learn I’m fine
thank you and you you see as a beginner
learner you just learn things to copy
this is what the beginner learner learns
now the intermediate learner is focused
on expressing let’s do that are again
expressing opinion okay when you are an
intermediate learner now your opinion
becomes important for example the
questions normally are what do you think
about dot dot dot or
what is your favorite dot dot dot and
why okay at the intermediate level
you’re learning how to express your
opinion and also give reasons why now
the advanced learner is totally
different you see as an advanced learner
you must learn how to analyze summarize
and also compare let me explain so this
is what happens at the advanced level
and remember this part is also explained
if you go to my video on how to think in
English okay I’ll put the link above to
the right now this is what happens you
are giving your opinion when you are an
intermediate learner but now you must
give your opinion and also look at the
opinions of other people okay now other
people’s opinions are also important
this is why the advanced learner
sometimes feels stuck it’s hard to know
how to advance at this level but don’t
worry today I will teach you exactly how
to do this okay let’s keep going alright
so let’s get started with the first
method the first method is to study in
chunks now the word chunks it just means
a group okay studying as a group all
right okay so the first thing is you
have to remember that your brain is
already full of lots of English
information okay in the beginning and
also the intermediate level you have
attained or acquired
lots of English information for example
you’ve learned English grammar all of
these things are inside of your brain
you’ve learned English idioms and even
expressions let’s change this real quick
English expressions and also idioms and
you’ve also learned English vocabulary
okay
now the fact is all of this information
is in your brain but you need to figure
out how to study using all of it at the
same time so this is what you’re going
to do first you need to pick a topic
okay then what you need to do is find
videos on that topic okay on the topic
then you need to find articles or blogs
about that topic okay about the topic
okay the next thing you need to do is
find images and vocabulary about the
topic now remember if you need any
advice or you need to look at how this
is actually done go to my previous video
that explains how to do this okay let’s
keep going now the next thing you need
to do is combine see if we can get this
e in there combine all the information
remember info is the same things
information just a shortened form
you need to organize it on one page okay
remember your journal or your notebook
is going to be very important when
you’re an advanced or an intermediate
advanced learner and then you need to
section off so section off your notebook
by topic
okay this is going to help you to
remember things in chunks okay
and so this is what’s gonna happen when
you look at your notebook let’s go to
the last phase of this method so your
topic is going to be written in your
notebook like this okay so what you’re
gonna do is review let’s do this like
this review the information based on
topics when you come back to review the
information you’re studying it in chunks
what happens is this gives your brain
tons of triggers okay triggers are
important for you to remember okay and
also if you want to learn more about
triggers you can see my previous video
that talks about triggers and they’re
important when you’re studying English
and also this is important because you
will remember information or info based
on a topic okay and this is very easy
when you’re speaking English this makes
it easier for you to speak confidently
okay so again the first method study in
chunks okay let’s go to the next screen
alright our second method is to read
opposite up
okay so the fact is everyone has their
own opinion okay no matter what language
you speak everyone has their own opinion
this is a fact so it is important for
you as an intermediate advanced or as an
advanced english learner it is important
to understand more than one opinion okay
more than one opinion on a certain topic
let’s visit this in fix the end okay to
understand more than one opinion on a
certain topic now what happens first
with this method is you need to find an
article or a blog to read you can pick
whatever topic you want but find an
article or a blog to read now what
happens as you’ll notice there are two
different articles here the reason is
because the next thing you need to do so
first was this the next thing you need
to do is find a different or another
article or blog but here’s the key with
an opposite or an opposing opinion this
is the key so for example if this
article said that apples are the best
fruit you need to find a separate
article that says that pears are the
best fruit okay this is what you need to
think about find an article with the
opposite opinion okay then as you move
on after you found
both of those articles what you need to
do is first analyze both opinions okay
now the next thing after that is you
need to write the differences just gonna
put di FF which is short for differences
and similarities short for similarities
between this means between the two
opinions okay now you see what’s
happening is you have to look at the
articles and see the similar points and
the different points okay this is gonna
help you to start thinking even more
deeply about this topic in English now
after you’ve done that we’re gonna go to
the last phase of this method what you
need to do is to think about which
opinion you agree with now this is when
your opinion comes into play or becomes
important which opinion you agree with
more alright now the next thing is you
must come up with three reasons why okay
you need to support your opinion now
again remember if you need help figuring
out how to come up with three reasons
watch my video that explains how to
answer any question and how to give
reasons for your opinion okay let’s keep
going
method number three is watch and find
examples alright so the first thing you
need to remember when you’re looking for
something to watch is to find an
interesting show or movie when you’re
looking for something to watch in
English
remember that it’s important to find
something that you would also watch if
it was in your own language okay so find
an interesting show or movie now some
students may feel uncomfortable because
they speak very quickly in the show or
the movie so when you’re watching the
show or the movie if necessary you can
watch with the English subtitles okay
only with the English subtitles if
necessary okay
sub titles alright so then what you’re
gonna do is as you are watching the show
or the movie you’re going to listen for
unknown expressions or idioms okay
unknown expressions or idiom that’s what
you’re looking for as excuse me as you
watch the show or the movie okay and
what you’re gonna do is you’re going to
write them down in a notebook okay now
remember I’ve went over this in a
previous video lesson on how to study
English thirty minutes a day so you can
go back to that lesson the link will be
at the top on the right if you want to
get a refresher course on how to study
thirty minutes a day it will help you
with this step as well okay now you’re
going to write them in a notebook but
remember to keep watching okay but
continue watching you don’t want to stop
in the middle of the show to start
studying you want to keep watching the
show that you are looking at okay
let’s do this over again that G is not
showing up so keep watching there we go
now we’re gonna move on to the next
phase of this method so what you’re
gonna do is right here you’re going to
after you finish watching the show or
the movie for each of the words or the
expressions of the idioms for each one
you’re going to look online for other
examples okay for other examples of when
it is used okay you can look on blogs
you can look on your articles whatever
you find online but here are some other
examples you can find images that
express that actual expression or idiom
you can find videos and you can find
that’s a test there you can find blogs
okay there are many different ways that
you can find expressions in ATMs and
other places and the last thing you want
to remember is you want to write them in
your notebook okay but you’re gonna
write them next to the expression okay
and this is important because what
you’re doing is you are building
connections okay you’re building
connections related to the topic okay
building connections related to the
expression it’s not a topic but related
to the expression or idiom okay so this
is why it’s so important to find
examples and when you do this it’s also
easier to remember okay later on when
you’re talking about this expression or
talking about the
or even talking about a topic related to
them it’ll be easier for you to remember
these expressions and these idioms okay
so again method number three watch and
find examples okay let’s go to method
number four
alright method number four is to listen
to the most popular now what you have to
remember is that there are many people
and many people speak English as native
speakers okay many people speak English
they can be American they can be British
and they could be from many other
english-speaking countries now these
people who speak English listen to many
different programs so there are many TV
shows there are many radio shows or
radio programs that these individuals
listen to now as an English Learner your
job is to first find the most popular
among these people okay so you want to
find the most popular ok the radio show
or the TV show whatever you want to
listen to okay it’s TV but you can still
listen to it in the background sometimes
okay
so you want to find the most popular and
this is because the native English
speakers are listening or talking about
that specific topic or that specific
radio program so again you want to find
the one that native English speakers are
s didn’t come up hold on one second
there we go put it right there are
listening right a little smaller
listening to or talking talking about
okay now
you have a little bit of questions about
this part and you want to understand how
to improve your listening skills then
watch my other video that talks about
how to improve excuse me how to improve
your English listening skills okay let’s
keep going now after this what’s going
to happen is you are going to listen to
it okay so you’ve found what they’re
listening to now you need to listen to
it remember you can find so for this
step right here you can go on google and
you can find it there or you can go on
Yahoo or whatever search engine you want
to use to find what’s popular at the
time okay so you’re going to listen to
it and then if you need to you can
listen more than once okay listen
more than one time okay more than one
time if you need to okay
now after you’ve listened to it what
you’re going to do now is right here
you’re going to find blogs talking about
the topic okay so whatever the topic was
of the radio show or the podcast or the
TV show that you listened to and watched
find blogs that are talking about that
same topic okay why because you want to
find what people use native speakers
what people are saying about it okay
what people are saying about the topic
that’s why it’s so important to go on
line okay about the topic that you
listen to okay so whatever it may have
been alright
now let’s move on to the final method
for studying English as an intermediate
advanced or an advanced learner okay the
final method number five is write about
your daily life okay so for the fifth
method the write about your daily life
the first thing that you want to write
about
is what lesson or lessons did you learn
today okay think about your day and
think about what you learned throughout
that day okay write down the lesson or
lessons you learn then you’re going to
write three details about the lesson or
those lessons this is important okay
this is going to help you think about
English throughout the day okay and the
next thing you want to write about is
one that’s put arrow one interesting
okay interesting person you met now if
you don’t meet anyone you can also say
someone you saw or read about okay maybe
you saw them online or read about them
online okay it’s better if it’s someone
you met but it can also be someone you
read about okay
now what you’re gonna do is you’re going
to give five pieces of information about
that person
you’re gonna give who what you got it to
five W’s when where where you saw them
where you met them and why they were
interesting okay now again if you need
help with this information right here
and how to organize it watch the video
that I did it talks about how to make
long sentences and also how to organize
your thoughts
okay the link is right above on the
right side okay after this what you’re
going to do is you need to write five
tasks that you accomplished okay five
tasks you accomplished okay today okay
what did you do now remember the order
is not important okay the order is not
important okay so let’s say for example
one of your tasks was
to watch an English YouTube video and
also to write down three vocabulary
words it doesn’t matter what order you
did it in but you want to write them in
your notebook okay tasks that you
accomplished and finally what you want
to do for this method is you want to
write something amazing that happened
okay that happened today okay something
amazing that happened to you and then
what you’re going to do is write three
reasons why it was so amazing
okay this method will help you think
throughout the entire day in English I
hope this lesson helped you learn how to
study English as an intermediate
advanced or an advanced learner remember
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