Learning English

ТОП полезных фраз в разговорном английском By the way. - Между прочим. A drop in the bucket - Капля в море And so on and so forth - И т.д. и т.п. As drunk as a lord - Пьян в стельку As I said before. - Как я говорил.. As innocent as a babe unborn - Совсем как ребенок As sure as eggs is eggs - Как дважды два As to... (As for.) - Что касается. Believe it or not, but - верите или нет, но Did I get you right? - Я правильно понял? Don't mention it - Не благодарите Don't take it to heart - Не принимай близко к сердцу Forgive me, please, I meant well. - Извините, я хотел как лучше He is not a man to be trifled with - С ним лучше не шутить I am afraid you are wrong - Боюсь, что Вы не правы I didn't catch the last word - Я не понял последнее слово I mean it - Именно это я имею в виду I was not attending - Я прослушал If I am not mistaken - Если я не ошибаюсь If I remember rightly - Если я правильно помню In other words. - Другими словами In short. - Вкратце It does you credit - Это делает вам честь It doesn't matter - Это не важно It is a good idea - Это хорошая мысль It is new to me - Это новость для меня Let us hope for the best - Давайте надеяться на лучшее May I ask you a question? - Могу я спросить? Mind your own business - Занимайся своим делом Most likely - Наиболее вероятно Neither here nor there - Ни то, ни се Next time lucky - Повезет в следующий раз Nothing much - Ничего особенного Oh, that. That explains it - Это все объясняет On the one hand . - С одной стороны On the other hand . - С другой стороны Say it again, please - Повторите еще раз, пожалуйста That's where the trouble lies - Вот в чем дело! Things happen - Всякое бывает What do you mean by saying it? - Что Вы имеете ввиду? What is the matter? - В чем дело? Where were we? - На чем мы остановились? You were saying? - Вы что-то сказали?

50 простых фраз на английском, которые пригодятся в любом уголке мира

1 . I don't mind. - Ничего не имею против. 2 . I think so. - Я так думаю. 3 . You'll make it. - Ты сделаешь это. 4 . That's the whole point. - В этом-то все и дело. 5 . Easy! - Полегче. Не лезь на рожон. Успокойся. 6 . Calm down. - Успокойся. 7 . Don't worry. Relax. - He волнуйся. Успокойся. Расслабься. 8 . It makes things easier. - Так легче (переживать / переносить боль). 9 . I haven't given it much thought. -Я пока / еще не думал об этом. (насчет планов на будущее) 10 . It serves you / smb. right. - Так тебе / кому-либо и надо. 11 . You'll hear from me. - Я дам вам знать / сообщу о себе. 12 . It's going to be all right. - Все будет хорошо. 13 . You bet! - Еще спрашиваешь!: 14 . — Do you want me to help you? — You bet! — Ты хочешь, чтобы я помог тебе? — Еще спрашиваешь! 15 . Sounds good to me. - Это меня устраивает. 16 . Time's up. - Время вышло. 17 . Hear me out! - Выслушайте меня! 18 . I couldn't reach you. - Я не мог дозвониться до тебя. 19 . Let happen whatever would happen. - Пусть будет, что будет. 20 . It never crossed my mind (that)... - Мне никогда не приходило в голову, что ... 21 . Don't mention that. - Не надо об этом. 22 . I don't give a damn / a shit - Мне до лампочки, безразлично: Let's hold to reason. Let's hold to reason. Let's hold to reason. 23 . Tell him whatever you want, I don't give a shit. -Можешь говорить ему все, что угодно — мне до лампочки. 24 . Get out of my way. - Уйди с дороги. 25 . Get lost. - Исчезни. Мотай отсюда. Проваливай. 26 . You have a point there. - Тут вы правы. / Тоже верно. 27 . I mean it. - Честное слово. / Я говорю искренне. 28 . I want to buy your house. I mean it. -Я хочу купить ваш дом. Честное слово. 29 . Let's get to the point. Let's hold to reason. - Давайте ближе к делу. 30 . So far so good. - Пока что все идет хорошо. 31 . It's not that I don't... -He то, чтобы я не ...: 32 . It was not that he didn't love her. -He то, чтобы он не любил ее. 33 . Don't be silly. -Не глупи. Не дури. 34 . You know better than that. -А ты не так прост (как кажешься). 35 . Don't worry, I can make it on my own. - He волнуйтесь, я сам справлюсь. 36 . Not likely. Unless ... - Скорей всего, нет. Если только ...: 37 . No reason in particular. - Просто так. Без особой причины.: 38 . Why do you ask? — No reason in particular. 39 . Suit yourself. - Как хочешь. Воля ваша. Делай, как знаешь.: 40 . Suit yourself, but I've got a work to do and I won't go to Paris. - Воля ваша, но мне нужно кое-что сделать, и в Париж я не поеду. 41 . It never occurred to me that... - Мне никогда не приходило в голову, что ... 42 . I meant only the best. - Я хотел только как лучше. 43 . Tend to your own affairs. - Лучше займись своими делами. / Не лезь не в свое дело. 44 . Think it over. - Подумай хорошенько. 45 . Coffee? — If it is no bother. — Кофе? — Если не трудно. 46 . You are on the right track. - Вы на правильном пути. Вы правильно мыслите. 47 . Come on. Let's get this over with. - Давай закончим с этим делом. 48 . Whatever is to be will be. - Чему быть, того не миновать. 49 . Here's what we'll do. - Мы сделаем вот что. 50 . It beats me. - Это выше моего понимания.

Learning English is fun

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Fun with English

Fun with English Ideas

• Have an English-only evening once a week. Cook in English (rewrite your recipe in English) or watch English movies.
• Write an English love letter. (If your loved one doesn't understand English that's even better!)
• Write English limericks (They are excellent and simple for writing, pronunciation and rhythm practice.)
• Rewrite fairytales, jokes or instructions in English.
• Go out and pretend you don't understand your native language (try to get by in only English).
• Go online and find the lyrics to your favourite English songs and sing along to them.
• Invent an English character for yourself (with job, family, etc). Write this person's biography.
• Buy an English board game (like Monopoly or Scrabble).
• Play cards in English.
• Start up or join an English reading or conversation club.
• Talk to yourself in English while you clean or do the dishes.
• Go around the house and try to name everything in English (furniture, clothes etc). Look up words you don't know.

More tips for learning English

Improve your homework skills

• Stay organized. Keep separate notebooks for exercises, writing, and vocabulary.
• Use a pen that you love.
• Study in short, regular periods.
• Allow a short amount of time for review.
• Study in a place where you feel happy and comfortable.
• Don't allow distractions. Consider email, TV, and the telephone (unless in English) off limits while you are studying.
• Have a drink and snack handy so that you don't have to get up.
• If you study in pairs or groups, make an English-only rule.

Visit an English-Speaking Country

• Take a language holiday.
• Stay with a homestay family.
• Learn from native English teachers.
• Gain access to English culture.
• Get a part-time job.
• Volunteer.
• Make native English friends.
• Make friends with people from other countries.
• Become more confident.
• Hire a tutor.
• Offer language lessons/swap in your own native tongue.

Grammar

Don't be afraid of grammar

• Grammar is for communication
  Sometimes students get obsessed with grammar. This is especially true for students who grew up with strict grammar schooling. Remember that you only study grammar in order to communicate. Practise with a few exercises, then write an essay or have a conversation and try to use your new tools.
  
• Isolate your weak points
  Don't waste time on grammar exercises that you already understand just because they are easier for you. Concentrate on grammar that is difficult for you. If you are unsure of where your problems are, write a few short essays or paragraphs and ask a teacher to circle repeated errors. Then you can look up your problem and practise it.
  
• Teach grammar points to a friend
  Find a friend who studies at a lower level than you. Teaching will force you to remember the rules and to understand them properly. Try preparing a worksheet for your friend.

WRITING

How to learn WRITING and spelling

• Keep a diary/journal
  Don't always pay attention to grammar. Free-writing can be very useful. It can show you that writing is fun. Have fun with the language.
  
• Write emails in English
  Stay in contact with teachers or other students.
  
• Rewrite your local news in English
  This is another exercise that can be done on a daily basis. Remember that regular activities are the best ones.
  
• Learn important spelling rules
  Remember, you won't always have a dictionary or a spell-checker handy, especially when you are writing a test. Even native English speakers need to review the spelling rules from time to time.
  
• Learn commonly misspelled words
  
• Learn common English errors 

READING

 How to learn READING and vocabulary

• Read something every day
  Children's books, simplified readers (Penguin), newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, novels, and much much more...
  
• Read what interests you.
  Remember that you learn better when you are having fun.
  
• Read at the appropriate level
  You want to learn new vocabulary, but you also want to understand what you are reading. If you are looking up every word, the reading is too difficult.
  
• Review Who, What, Where, When, Why for each story you read
  You can do this for almost any type of reading. Who is it about? What happened? Why did it happen? Where did it take place? When did it take place? This is very useful when you have no comprehension questions to answer. You can write or speak your answers.
  
• Always have an English-English dictionary nearby
  It is a bad habit to always rely on a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary.
  Use online dictionaries when you are using the Internet (keyword online dictionary).
  
• Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary
  • Keep this notebook separate from other work
  • Record vocabulary in alphabetical order (an English address book works well because it has letters of the alphabet)
  • Record the part of speech (sometimes there is more than one)
  • Write a sample sentence for yourself (don't use the one from the dictionary)
  • Review your personal dictionary (especially new entries) every night before bed

SPEAKING

How to learn SPEAKING and pronunciation

• Talk to yourself
  Talk about anything and everything. Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can't do this at first, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English.
  
• Record your own voice
  This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak pronunciation points. Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing?
  
• Participate in class
  
• Learn common idioms
  
• Understand the sounds that your language doesn't have
  For example, many languages don't have the "r" sound. These sounds require extra practice.
  
• Recognize that teachers are trained to understand you
  When you get out into the real world, average people will have a more difficult time understanding you unless you practise speaking slowly and with proper pronunciation.
  
• Practise minimal pairs
  
• Study word and sentence stress
  
• Practice tongue twisters.

LISTENING

 How to learn LISTENING

• Listen to the radio
  Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen.
  
• Watch English TV
  Children's programming is very useful for ESL learners.
  Choose programs that you would enjoy in your own language.
  Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang.
  
• Call Automated Answering Machine recordings
  You can find these numbers at the front of telephone books in many English-speaking countries. Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers.
  
• Watch movies
  Choose ones with subtitles,  (provides useful notes on popular movies).
  
• Use Internet listening resources
  Every day there are more and more places to listen to English online.

4 English learning skills

Study a Balance of the 4 Key Skills
(Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)

Most students want to communicate better in English. If this is one of your goals, it is important to study a balance of the four major skills. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing are the main (macro) skills you need to communicate in any language. Being very good at only one of these skills will not help you to communicate. For example you need to be able to read well before you can write well. You also need to be able to listen before you can speak. It helps to think of these communicative skills in two groups.

• INput <<<
  • Listening (in through your ears)
  • Reading (in through your eyes)
• OUTput >>>
  • Speaking (out through your mouth)
  • Writing (out through your hand)

It's simple. Think of it this way. First you have input. Next you have output. First you listen to someone ask you a question. Second you speak and give them your answer. First you read a letter from someone. After that you write back to them. These are examples of communicating.

Input and output don't necessarily go in a specific order. Sometimes you speak first and then you listen. Sometimes you write about something you hear. During communication, the person you are communicating with uses one of the opposite skills. Therefore, in order to understand each other, everyone must be skillful in all four areas.

Some students want to know which skill is the most important. Since all of the skills rely on each other, they are all important. However, to communicate we do use some skills more often than others. For example, about 40% of the time that we spend communicating we are simply listening. We speak for about 35% of the time. Approximately 16% of communication comes from reading, and about 9% from writing. These statistics are for an average communicator in English. Depending on someone's job or situation, these numbers may vary.

Each of these main skills have micro skills within them. For example, pronunciation is a type of speaking skill that must be practised in order to improve communication. Spelling is a skill that makes understanding the written word easier. Grammar and vocabulary are other micro skills. Micro doesn't mean they are unimportant. Macro skills such as listening are very general, while micro skills are more specific. 

For the best results, create an agenda that combines all four areas of study. Allow one type of studying to lead into another. For example, read a story and then talk about it with a friend. Watch a movie and then write about it. This is what teachers in an English class would have you do, right? EnglishClub.com has lessons in all 4 key skills (and all minor skills), as well as many outside links to help you study further. 

How to start learning English

Where do I start?

Why do you want to learn English?
Before you begin (or go back to) studying English, ask youself one question. Why do I want to study English? Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do.

Set goals
If you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to an English-speaking country. Great. Your goal might be to learn "Survival English". Perhaps you already know many useful phrases, but you want to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Whatever your goals are, write them down.

Make an agenda
How long do you need to study to achieve your goals? This answer is different for every student. The important thing is to be realistic. If you work 60 hours per week, don't plan on spending another 40 hours a week studying English. Start off slow, but study regularly. Use material that is challenging, but not too difficult. Find out what works for you. After you have studied for a few weeks, adjust your study schedule accordingly. Do you study best at night, or on the bus on your way to work? Do you like to study alone in a quiet place, or with friends and background music? 

Make a commitment
Learning English requires a lot of motivation. Nobody is going to take your attendance when you aren't in class. If you are sure you are ready to begin studying, make a commitment. 

Have fun learning English!
The things we do best in life are the things we enjoy doing. If you aren't having fun learning English, you're not studying the right way! You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time. Make up your own rewards program to give yourself incentives to stay on task.

Learning English

Tips for Beginners

1. You are like a new baby
   Babies learn their language slowly.
   First they learn to listen.
   Then they learn to speak.
   Finally, they can read and write.
   
2. Listen to English every day
   Listen to English radio.
   Watch English TV.
   Go to English movies.
   Use online lessons.
   
3. Make an English/ESL friend
   Make up conversations.
   Practise dialogues.
   Use beginner textbooks.
   
4. Read English stories
   Start with children's storybooks.
   Try ESL readers.
   Read advertisements, signs and labels.
   Try EnglishClub.com for Young Learners.
   
5. Write down new words
   Start a vocabulary (new word) notebook.
   Write words in alphabetical order (A...B...C...).
   Make example sentences.
   Always use an English-English dictionary first.
   
6. Keep an English diary
   Start with one sentence.
   How do you feel?
   How is the weather?
   What did you do today?
   Write another sentence tomorrow.
   
7. Visit an English speaking country
   Learn English more quickly.
   Stay with an English family.
   Hear native speakers talk.
   Have a fun experience.