LISTENING TIPS

LISTENING 

I like this part. I love listening to music, podcasts, news :D 
Listening is my reason that i can speak English with foreigners even it's not perfectly
At least, I understand and i can respond it. 
People always forget about this the most important thing so often. Okay, i can understand actually from academic.  
The students  are demanded to get good score for grammar, once again grammar. 
A lil annoying its word but yeah it blocks my speaking skill for a long time before i know the key of speaking. 
These are listening tips for learners like me :)

1. Spare your time at least 2 hours to listen to podcasts, music or you can watching movie too. 

2. Choose the right songs. What i mean is you can choose the right songs that easier not complicated 

songs. If you like some particular songs you can search the lyrics, then try to sing. 

never try to translate, just listen first. 

3. In this lesson, i'd give you a link where you can download so many podcasts or a short story you 

can choose which one do you like. I bet he speaks so slowly and so clearly. Don't worry about your 

listening. You can choose the easiest podcast. In addition, you'll get the explanation about the 

vocabulary or some phrases which maybe you don't understand. 

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4. Enjoy your listening, If you are tired, you can stop or listen to music then you can try again to 

listen the podcasts. just relaxe, please throw away your bad thoughts about what will happen if you

 don't get any words. You'll understand day by day. 

Remember there's no magic so you cannot get it instantly. But there's an endavour every steps you take!!  GOOD LUCK ! 

Some Phrases that you have to know :D

Good hearted : e.g You have a good hearted ( You do good things ) 

I didn't sleep a wink last night : means I couldn't sleep last night

I've got a headache : You get a headache or feel bad.

Fold your blanket  :  to make up the blanket 

Get your friends up !! : you have ur friends get up

Make your clothes better : Make sure that your clothe to be neat

Don't talk back on me : Don't break my rule 

This is a crunch time with a class : time's class 

This is crunch time with food : time's eating/ lunch/dinner/breakfast

Alright maybe just a few phrases. I got those phrases when i studied in Kampung Inggris :D 
So i just wanna share what my teachers taught to me when i was in the dormitory. 
Have a nice learning!

COMMON IDIOMS

Hii everybody! So how's your day? 
Today i'd like to give you some common idioms that maybe when you are watching the movie. You often hear about these idioms. 
Here we are......

1. The teeth of a saw 
it means someone that speak so badly. or outspoken

2. as silent as the grave 
it means the situation is so silent without sounds.

3. as clear as a bell
it means very clear.

4. as good as gold 
it means can be trusted.

5. eat like a horse 
it means someone's greedy 

6. mentally unbalanced
it means "crazy"

7. out of his mind 
it means "it doesn't make any sense"

8. Be all wet 
it means "tottaly wrong". e.g (You are all wet) 

9. Give s.b (somebody) his head 
it means "to allow someone the freedom to do what they want"

10. Live from hand to mouth 
it means "to live in poor circumstances"

11. Big deal 
it means "important" 

12. Around the clock
it means "all day"/all night 

13. take it for granted
it means "to believe that something is true without first thinking about it. 

Alright those are idioms which may be you can find when American people speak each other. 
They just use common idioms. Not too much.
Have a good day for you! Happy learning all ~.~ 

Don't focus on grammar

~Don't focus too much on Grammar~

Talking about Grammar. People will think about TOEFL, or IELTS right?

 Why people who have good grammar but they can't speak well?

Do you ever think like that?

It happens around the world. Especially for Indonesian. 

Because English as a foreign language not the second language so our needs are different with learners who learn English as the second language. 

This is the key and also the foundation. 

Most of people focus on grammar too much. And yeah because i'm also a student. I confess "yes i study grammar too much for the first time" 

It should not be like that. You can learn grammar after you can speak. It's my opinion. 

In grammar, you will be learned to analyze not to apply the language. 

Then when you think too much about the grammar, you study hard about grammar then when you want to speak. 

It comes up!!!! booooom..... omg! how to make sentences "how old are you" and how to make senteces "im a college students" those are just examples. 

But really. it's fact ladies and gentlement :D 

When you want to speak you remember about grammar, when you are watching the movies. again you think about grammar. Right?

If you are writing then you remember grammar. It's normal. Because grammar is provided for writing. Preparing for written. Not to speak.

If you use grammar for speaking. You are totally wrong! You will be a scientiest not a speaker -_- i guess. 

Once again learning step by step. It's essential for beginners. Now you have to stay away from grammar and saying goodbye for a while when you learn speaking, when you improve your speaking. Don't be afraid of speak! just speak! nobody care about your grammar when you are speaking -_- because even they are native speakers. It doesnt mean that they have perfect grammar when they are speaking. 

So, for this lesson. I suggest you to not focus on grammar. It just interrupt your self-confident when you want to speak up. That's it my suggestion :) 

here's for you that need helps to speak English :):):) 

click below!!!

interesting link!

I'm so sorry if maybe there are so many wrong written or grammar :p 

Because i'm still learning too. We are learners too. Don't be shy to learn :) or you will get lose. 

Thank you in advanced! See yaaaaaa! 

Learning English naturally 

Hii everyone! 

Actually, I have just made this blog. So i'm so excited to make this blog. As a college student like you all. I just want to try or share my experience how to learn English. Besides i like learning English and I'd like to share about anything that include of learning English. 

Learning English naturally??

Some people will think what's naturally? and how can learn naturally?

But you know this is the key to learn all the languages. I mean for some cases people failed learning English because they got stress, they got stuck and they gave up finally they stopped it!

Don't worry! Because i felt this before :D 

It's normal for the beginners. What i mean about learning English naturally is kind of you learn by listening, speaking, reading, and speaking. 

Why do i choose listening first? 

It's because for me listening as a foundation. Remember when you were child, you even don't know how to write well. But you can speak by listening everyday what does your mom say. 

• listening first ! You need to listen first. For examples if some of you like listening to music, or listening podcasts or listening to radio but in English. Just do it regularly! don't think too much about "Oh my god it will be harder about the vocabulary or blabla something like that. No! please don't think too much about the hard things that will make you to be undersestimate. If it needs you can listen to the songs are easy like kids songs :D don't be shy! because when you learn. You must be not to try listen the harder things or the harderst things. Right? So just do it, enjoy it!
• Reading is the second! you need to read. To enhance your vocabulary. Not to memorize til you get bored. Reading some articles are easy like some interesting  about animal, social, or a short story. with reading everyday you will get new vocabulary everyday and you will understand automatically. Because you get used to. when you enjoy reading then you will understand easily, you will get the point easily and you will get the result. 

the last is speaking! of course! After you listen to all musics or podcasts or watching movies then you read everyday. try to find interesting topics not boring topic. Don't try to read for high level language. Or you stuck. I bet you can speak automatically when you've done all of them. Then you can speak unconciously. You can speak, you know how to pronounce, how to response quickly because you are used to listening what the native speakers are talking about. 

Well those are some tips for you that learn English. I'm trying to do it til now. Then unconciously i get progress of what i've done. It's about process and it's not a magic that can happen instantly. No way :p 

So keep trying, keep doing and keep motivating. Thank You