Sunday, November 27, 2011

English Every Day Plan

The most important piece of a plan to learn English is speaking every day. Meeting with a tutor, attending an academy, and reading books will not work as well as speaking every day. The ideal situation would be to live abroad for a year or two. If that isn't possible, then you have to find a way to speak English as part of your daily routine.

Some components of an English Every Day plan include:
  • meetings with foreigners
  • role playing with peers
  • listening to English media
  • keeping a journal of questions, ideas, vocabulary, and lessons learned
Your goal should be to spend at least 1-2 hours each weekday conversing in English. These conversations should support your Critical Focus. You should have a few goals for each conversation, including:
  • implementing things that you learned recently
  • learning something new
  • documenting the conversation for review and improvement
  • when possible, having Moment Mentoring
By doing this every day, your English ability will improve much faster than by simply repeating the words of an instructor or by having random "free talking."

Helping you to create and maintain an English Every Day plan is a core part of our Executive English Coaching mission.


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