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Janicekuang17, good luck, and have fun. -- — Mr. Stradivarius (drop me a line) 03:54, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

==Methods for English Learners==Italic textLearning English is difficult for English learners because their first languages are not English. They learn English English with their languages' cultures. The older they are, the harder for them to learn English. Furthermore, adults are more difficult to learn new langueags than children because children are less self-conscience and mouth muscles are more flexible than adults. There are four main categories in Enlish:Reading, Writing,Speaking,and Listening.

♦Reading: Reading is a one of the areas that you need to learn to improve your English. There are several ways to make your reading skill better. Bring a dictionary with you everyday, and look up new words whenever you see new vocabulary. Even though you don't have dictionary with you, you can write down the new words on your "word-taking" notebook. As you start learning, you can start reading some books with simple words such as children's books. As your reading ability increases, you can start reading magazines, newspapers, and books. When you do the readings, you don't need to understand every single word. You just need to understand the general ideas of the readings.

♣Writing: Writing is the another area that you need to learn to improve your English. As a new English learner, you can try to write something a day regardless of letter, diary, or chatting. You can start with simple vocabury at the beginning,try to come up with complete sentences afterward. After a period of time, your English skill will be improved. Online resources can also help you to learn English. You can write blog, leave messages for your firends, or chat with friends online. Those are more entertated to do. Whenever write something, you can try to apply your new-learning words to your context.

♥Listening: Listening is the third idea to learn to improve your English. Watching English-speaking television, listening to the music, and watching movies provide an environment for you to practice your listening. A recommendation is to listen as much as from Native Speakers as possible because they have natural flow in speeches. As you listen more, you will learn the correct pronciation, speech pattern, and comfortable to listen English. At the beginning, listening English might be hard,so subtitle is recommendated. Reading the subtitle and following the listening at the same time can help you learn new words and prctice listening.

♠Speaking:[[]] Another idea to learn to improve your English is speaking. Speaking is the hardest one to improve in English. Most of English learners have accents because they have learned their first languages previously. To preactice speaking as much as you can. The more you speak, the more you will improve on speaking. When you are a beginner in learning English, you can practice prounciation in front of the mirror. Then start speaking in English with some body who you feel comfortable with. The most important thing is don't be embarrassed. Without fear, you will do a lot better. When you fail, you need to keep practing until the day you get it correctly.

Websites for English Learners

http://www.learnenglish.de/ http://www.agendaweb.org/ http://a4esl.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/english.shtml http://www.englishclub.com/ http://www.rong-chang.com/ http://www.world-english.org/ http://www.zozanga.com/ http://www.freeenglishnow.com/ http://www.manythings.org/ http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/elementary_sites_ells_71638.php http://www.kinglishschool.com/ http://www.word2word.com/course.html http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml

March 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page English as a foreign or second language do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The text you added was also mostly a repeat of things earlier in the article. Please discuss this at Talk:English as a foreign or second language — Mr. Stradivarius (drop me a line) 03:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)