Four quickly hints to achieve the desired learning outcome

1. Plan 20 minutes a day to improve your language skills.

2. Organise you learning through Data Systems(your personal English study organizer): This means you divide your notebook into five parts for listening, speaking, grammar, reading and writing, then:

• write down words or expression you hear or read which are most relevant for you needs;
• make notes of you commom errors and review them regularly.

Objective: to find models quickly and easily when you need them.

• Use the resources available to you, TV, tapes, CDs internet, magazines, newspapers, audio book...

Objective: to help you to get used to different accents, pronunciation and fluency; to increase your range of vacabulary, and structures within a context; to get exposure to colloquial language.

3. Strategies:

• Listening: focus on content words which give you the main idea. You don't have to understand every word. Summarise information.

Objective: to increase your familiarity with the language.

• Speaking: substitute information models(e.g.How about...?) according to a specific situation. Speech routines in specific settings.

Objective: to help you to direct, precise and accurate.

• Grammar: choose a structure of the week, look/listen for patterns in articles, books, emails,TV news, songs...Write the patters down and make up your ons sentences.

Objective: to give you a framework to express yourself accurately.

• Vocabulary: mind map a topic group then write a paragraph using the new word(weather>rainy/sunny/cloudy/overcast...)

Objective: to expand and build up confidence to use new words.

• Reading: read aloud in chunks. Avoid reading word by word.

Objective: to improve pronunciation, rhythm, intonation leading to fluency.

• Wrinting: keep examples of letters, e-mails, memos, repor style according to your area of interest.

Objective: to have easy access to useful expressions that are regularly used.

4. Take risks and try to depend on yourself more.