How to Study English

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How to Study English

• Presented by Lecturer
• Norng Sokha
• Director of Mekong School
• of English (MSE)
• Tel [phone]
• Email nsokha_at_mekong.edu.kh

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Outlines
How English Becomes International Language?
Why English?
INput OUTput
Good Language Learner
What Are My Study Habits?
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How English Becomes International Language?
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England started colonies in North America and
India and later in Asia, Africa, and the South
Pacific.
After the Second World War, the United States
became very powerful.
Business moves globally.
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Why English?
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It is used for international communication.
It is the language of international business,
research, and science.
It is used in Media Radio, TV, Advertising,
Newspaper, Magazine, Internet.
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INput OUTput
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• INput
• Listening (in through your ears)
• Reading (in through your eyes)

• OUTput
• Speaking (out through your mouth)
• Writing (out through your hand)

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Good Language Learner

• Student Motivation
• Goal Orientation
• Self-awareness
• Self-regulation
• Student responsibility
• Commitment
• Independent

• Inquisitive
• Tolerant
• Realistic
• Willing to experiment take risk
• Actively involved
• Organized

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How to learn WRITING and spelling
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Keep a diary/journal
Write emails in English
Rewrite your local news in English
Get an ESL pen pal
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How to learn LISTENING
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Listen to the radio
Watch English TV
Machine recordings
Watch movies
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Use Internet listening resources (on-line
listening) www.voanews.com/learningenglish
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How to learn SPEAKING and pronunciation
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Talk to yourself Record your own voice
Use the telephone
Participate in class
Talk to your friends teacher
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How to learn READING and vocabulary
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Read something every day
Read what interests you
Read at the appropriate level
Review Who, What, Where, When, Why for each story
you read
Always have an English-English dictionary nearby
Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary
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WHAT ARE MY STUDY HABITS?
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Am I an active learner?
What can I do before class?
What can I do during class?
What can I do after class?
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Am I an active learner?

• Assume your responsibility
• Attend class
• Class participation
• Class materials
• Ask questions and pose examples
• listen to others' questions and discussions
• stimulate interest in learning and reinforces
  understandings.

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What can I do before class?

• Preview!
• Allot the time
• Go through the content
• Go through the whole chapter
• Pose questions

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What can I do during class?

• Pay attention
• Lecture
• Tutorial
• Take good notes

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What can I do after class?

• Review!
• After each class, go back over your class notes.
• Test yourself! Cover up your notes, and ask
  yourself how may points are involved, then what
  each of these is.
• Do some reflections
• When exams are coming, prepare a couple weeks in
  advance.

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Final Comments
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• Lifelong Learning!
• The More You Learn, The More You Know!
• Learning Takes Time!
• Spend Your Time Effectively!
• Learning Smart, Not Hard

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THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
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