If you can't get enrolled, get involved
:::: SEANCE SIX ::::
IF YOU CAN'T GET ENROLLED, GET INVOLVED
This seance is mostly based on a general adviCe.
If you can’t get a job because your English is not good enough, then get involved seriously in activities/habits that will be constantly pushing you up and ahead:
:: Read one article in English every day. Is better if you do it at home, that way you can speak at the same time you’re reading.
:: Do the exercises listed during these seances (the pen trick, record your own voice, etc).
:: Change your settings on Facebook to English. Do the same with your email account, Twitter, etc. Even if at the beginning is hard for you to comprehend, eventually you’ll get used to.
:: Add and follow friends or people who are English native, pay attention on how they express themselves, don't be afraid to interact with them or to mimic the way they speak/write.
:: Avoid complaining about your skills, and destroy fake “totems”, those which constantly are recalling you that “English is a bad experience”. Learning English is in your own benefit, remember that, bottom line.
:: Build up this new assets making use in first place of what you have at hand: use your cellphone to record your voice, name objects at home with sticky notes, take note about what you think you’re doing wrong, seek a solution (ask for help, no shame on that), and fix it at your earliest convenience, be serious though.
:: Don’t be afraid to get involved in a conversation, but first pack on your mind a bunch of “key words” that may help you to be aware of the discussion. Don’t be afraid to say: “Pardon me?” “(Could you please repeat me) what you said?”, “Sorry, I didn't understand”…
:: Make short statements. Keep it simple. English is a simplified language, don’t overwhelm yourself with tons of theories.
:: Avoid improvising, is dangerous and could lead you to a different opinion you already have. Is better if you think first in what you want to say and how to say it. Use these very helpful and wonderful words when someone asks you something:
“I’m thinking”, and take your time, no worries, no rushes, no pressures.
Additionally, don’t be afraid to pass over those words that you don't understand, is better if you keep a general idea of the conversation. Remember to have at hand answers and opinions with yes/no to express your agreement or disagreement, no matter how simple they are, our first goal is to communicate with a true sense (save the details for later on).
Let’s finish today’s seance with this:
Be adviSed (inform) / Get adviCe (recommendation)
— Please be adviSed that tomorrow will be the last day we’ll have this sale (be INFORMED that the sale ends tomorrow).
—Ok, I got it. Then I will adviCe my friends to take the chance to buy some stuff (I'll RECOMMEND my friends this sale before it ends).
REMEMBER: Knowing the meaning of a “key word” won’t suffice, make sure you understand which verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and others, stick better to that or those “key words”. Memorize phrases if required, just scratch the grammar if you want, but my adviCe is to better keep your mind on the whole, distended, because the exceptions "by grammar" will pop-up inadvertently and will confuse you.
Try to make the language as visual as possible, but name objects in English not Spanish, and remember you MUST be thinking in English as well, close the doors on your mind to other languages during the time you’ve already planned to learn English.
Get involved.
:::: TYGRUS ::::
IF YOU CAN'T GET ENROLLED, GET INVOLVED
This seance is mostly based on a general adviCe.
If you can’t get a job because your English is not good enough, then get involved seriously in activities/habits that will be constantly pushing you up and ahead:
:: Read one article in English every day. Is better if you do it at home, that way you can speak at the same time you’re reading.
:: Do the exercises listed during these seances (the pen trick, record your own voice, etc).
:: Change your settings on Facebook to English. Do the same with your email account, Twitter, etc. Even if at the beginning is hard for you to comprehend, eventually you’ll get used to.
:: Add and follow friends or people who are English native, pay attention on how they express themselves, don't be afraid to interact with them or to mimic the way they speak/write.
:: Avoid complaining about your skills, and destroy fake “totems”, those which constantly are recalling you that “English is a bad experience”. Learning English is in your own benefit, remember that, bottom line.
:: Build up this new assets making use in first place of what you have at hand: use your cellphone to record your voice, name objects at home with sticky notes, take note about what you think you’re doing wrong, seek a solution (ask for help, no shame on that), and fix it at your earliest convenience, be serious though.
:: Don’t be afraid to get involved in a conversation, but first pack on your mind a bunch of “key words” that may help you to be aware of the discussion. Don’t be afraid to say: “Pardon me?” “(Could you please repeat me) what you said?”, “Sorry, I didn't understand”…
:: Make short statements. Keep it simple. English is a simplified language, don’t overwhelm yourself with tons of theories.
:: Avoid improvising, is dangerous and could lead you to a different opinion you already have. Is better if you think first in what you want to say and how to say it. Use these very helpful and wonderful words when someone asks you something:
“I’m thinking”, and take your time, no worries, no rushes, no pressures.
Additionally, don’t be afraid to pass over those words that you don't understand, is better if you keep a general idea of the conversation. Remember to have at hand answers and opinions with yes/no to express your agreement or disagreement, no matter how simple they are, our first goal is to communicate with a true sense (save the details for later on).
Let’s finish today’s seance with this:
Be adviSed (inform) / Get adviCe (recommendation)
— Please be adviSed that tomorrow will be the last day we’ll have this sale (be INFORMED that the sale ends tomorrow).
—Ok, I got it. Then I will adviCe my friends to take the chance to buy some stuff (I'll RECOMMEND my friends this sale before it ends).
REMEMBER: Knowing the meaning of a “key word” won’t suffice, make sure you understand which verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and others, stick better to that or those “key words”. Memorize phrases if required, just scratch the grammar if you want, but my adviCe is to better keep your mind on the whole, distended, because the exceptions "by grammar" will pop-up inadvertently and will confuse you.
Try to make the language as visual as possible, but name objects in English not Spanish, and remember you MUST be thinking in English as well, close the doors on your mind to other languages during the time you’ve already planned to learn English.
Get involved.
:::: TYGRUS ::::