How to Become a Successful Person Or Why We Language School?

Today we will talk on the topic of success. In particular, the successful people. Who is a successful modern man? The easy answer is - a man who achieved success. It seems to be simple and clear. But he achieved this success through what he went through to do this, what guided and what was used? And equally important, what it does once succeeded? And where is this very moment - to achieve success, to which you're still trying to do, and then you've got? I shall not provide detailed guidance on how to take and become a successful person. I just do not know, but if I knew, I probably would not be sitting in front of the monitor now and would not be writing this article. Well, even if I was sitting writing, then perhaps somewhere in the lounge bar, a casino in Monaco or in the Jacuzzi on the balcony of your room on a transatlantic liner. In this article I will provide a set of qualities and skills that a person must possess to be successful, as it were a set of tools. And he will take advantage of these 'supplies - that's another conversation. Perhaps start with education, an integral part of success. We begin to educate parents, grandparents, and then for us to take our brothers and sisters, girls, wives and mistresses, they all tell us how to behave, what to do in a given situation. But it's best to educate ourselves we are analyzing the behavior of other people in different situations, and most importantly - their actions and behavior. Why do we need to be able to conduct themselves well in society, to be able not to lose face in any situation? I think here the answer is obvious - we are still not treating successful people, and we all but those closest to look the other way, it is important to well-proven. To whom? To their teachers at school and at university, before an employee HR department for employment, to the head of his department at work. And this is just the beginning, the easy part. Then go business meetings in cafes and restaurants, the talks in the office, signing contracts, and create new singles on golf courses and tennis courts - this is where our ability to behave and perform self-control as the main tool of a successful person. We turn to education, is also quite obvious tool for success. Similarly education will teach us all since childhood - nursery schools, parents, schools and all the relatives, universities, language and other courses (more on this later) ... Again, the lion's share of education we get on their own. A successful person, as well as people to achieve success must constantly work on yourself in terms of self-education, to continuously expand their horizons, gain knowledge in various fields. Successful people can not understand the bad expensive wine, prestigious car, does not know how to play golf or tennis ... And of course, the successful person must travel a lot. Travel the world changes a person, change its mentality, attitude, views of the world. It's not just what they say, "European mentality," for example. Need to see the relevance to the lives of people of other nationalities, to plunge into the life of different people, try to understand the culture of each country visited. This knowledge will give you a huge advantage over your limited and narrow perception of the trapped world competitors, and significantly increased with your chances of becoming a successful person. So we have come to the conclusion that traveling is also a tool dostideniya success, and now we have to talk about the basic tool enabling the most out of travel - knowledge of a foreign language. Without knowledge of the language in which to communicate with the country you are visiting, you will not be able to overcome the language barrier, to immerse themselves in the culture of the country and enjoy all the nuances of this nation. Of course the languages ​​of all peoples of the world can not learn, you need to learn the basic 2.3. It is not so difficult, because the reward for these works - rosy career and the life of a successful person! You should begin with the English language, because English is a common international language of communication, it is talking half of the globe! In other words, the greatest effect in terms of expanding the geography of travel and communication will be opportunities to study it in English. Following a foreign language which is worth paying attention to, I think Spanish. Why Spanish? If English is international and is native to Britain, America, Australia, the knowledge of the Spanish adds to the list of countries in which you will feel more confident Spain and Latin America, and it is quite big already the choice of targets for travel. Conclusion - A successful person language school are oxygen.
Language school as a compulsory stage of development

In modern society, a language school for a long time is not uncommon, such a huge number of schools opened in every district of the city. And the poem I believe that the best language school vyribat at home or work. This choice will provide significant savings of your time by reducing the time spent on the road to the school. Of course, you should not run into the first written language school on the corner of your house, but not in any way reject the opportunity. Need to avoid all language schools in your area and make the right choice. SELECTION CRITERIA? First, look at the teacher, because in the first place they will teach you the language and methods of teaching, office equipment audio and video equipment - are tools for misuse any effect. But in the right hands it can all significantly affect the learning process, so I would set priorities so choose language school - the teachers, the technique prepodvaniya, equipping classrooms, training costs. Why this order? Technique in the language school is in second place because no matter how good the teacher, you have learned the wrong language teaching methods. And even with minimal equipment cabinets there is the ability to play audio material, and this is the main thing. Videos are welcome and are generally in a good language school for at least one room equipped for video viewing on the big screen. Well, about the cost of education in the school - I think it's better to pay once more, you go a second time to learn the language and spend time again. You do not forget, you want to become a successful person, and the time required for you is more important than cost money, as in a day of 24 hours, and the time can not be bought. But for a time-MANAGEMENT we'll talk next time, and seychasm summarize this article. So you've decided to become a successful person, to do this you need: a good education to be able to keep yourself in any society, a good education including knowledge of the culture of other countries and peoples, to travel to broaden their horizons, a language school to learn several foreign languages . That's all, wait for the next publication, before the meeting)

Why to speak English?

Knowledge of foreign languages ​​opens up a huge opportunity. You can travel, make new friends all over the world to communicate with them on social networks and via video. Think how wonderful it is, to learn something new, to visit new places and learn them, to visit new cities, to gain experience.

In the modern world, national borders melts open to people who want to travel. But to freely communicate with people, you need to know the language. To date, the international language of communication is English. It's the language spoken in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and, of course, Australia. The whole world spoke the same language and understand it. Border - just a convention, if people understand each other.

We are studying foreign languages ​​since childhood - in school, in college. Unfortunately, even such a long learning not all have enough to learn the language. Some people do not have enough perseverance, someone has got not a very good teacher, someone does not have enough desire. And then, in adulthood, we understand that yet know English, and start looking for different courses. Comes the realization that knowledge can help in business, leisure, in the play.

, Find the right course can learn English for free. The key to this discipline. Have to force myself to give a little time each day for lessons, and the results will be forthcoming. The reward will be expanding the range of communication, as it allows them to communicate with those who previously did not even know. Learn the language, you will discover a whole world. A world that is full of discoveries and new friends, new friends, new unforgettable impressions.

Self Learning English

Yourself to learn a language is both easy and difficult. Properly organize your classes, select the appropriate method, find good books and dictionaries - and training can even turn into a hobby. The habit of exercise regularly will allow you time to raise the level of knowledge higher than many university graduates who are not engaged in language after graduation. Communicating with foreigners, speaking appearances. And when you reach the goals - can be proud of themselves.

Problems with self-study language

Learn English on their own - an idea that is visited by many. But not everyone is able to realize it. Why?

The first problem - lack of control. Sometimes, in order not to miss class, even need willpower. Can distract anything from an interesting film on TV before the invitation to take a walk with friends. Make yourself clear timetable and strictly follow it.

Next problem - error. Studying on your own, you need to be very careful, sometimes even pedantic. If you make a mistake (albeit small), studying with a teacher, he will correct you. When you learn yourself, you no one to fix it and stored properly design "take root" in speech and writing. Relearn difficult than learning.

To schedule classes

Make a schedule of classes that you will not be difficult to observe. It is advisable to engage in every day for an hour - and a half with a break for 5-10 minutes. Your schedule is likely to be different, but follow the principle of "better deal often slowly than not and long." Daily sessions of 20 minutes in two weeks will bring more sense than one five-hour "offensive." Home schedule hang in a prominent place.

Determine the purpose of

Identify the goal - and direct all efforts to achieve. Why do you need English? To correspond with business partners? Want to read your favorite book in the original? Communicate over the Internet? Or, perhaps, to go abroad to work?

In the classroom combine exercises in reading, writing, grammar, and develop the ability to express their thoughts. And the emphasis is on what you want and you like. Do you want to learn to speak - more talk, etc. Then the fruits of your labors - the skills and knowledge will inspire you to reach new peaks.

Choosing an approach

To create an optimal training program, you will have a short time to become a teacher and get acquainted with the methodology.

There are two basic approaches to the study of language: the "traditional" and "communicative".

The traditional approach - a combination of grammar-audiolingvalnogo and transferable methods.

If the school you study a foreign language, the "know in person" grammar-transfer method. Exercises on grammar, texts retelling (and sometimes even memorizing), vocabulary through word lists and translations, translation, translations. Certainly talented teachers expanded the list of activities in the classroom, students could be interested. But it is - one. In most cases, the method does not justify the effort.

Audiolingvalny method is much more effective than the previous one. It is fully implemented in the language laboratory - and today you can buy a CD with recordings of the exercises. Education is listening to and playing the dialogue - based on them to learn grammar, "put" pronunciation. If you want to learn to speak as fast as possible - look for the perfect English course on CD.

The communicative approach combines techniques that use unusual for graduates of Soviet school exercises: games, debates, job search mistakes, the comparison of the situation. This approach - one of the most effective today. He did not just teach the language - he learns to use the language. Choose a tutorial developed by the communicative method.

Textbooks, dictionaries, and all your tools

If you have once learned English, the first thing you need to do now - to assess their level with the tests. Do not overestimate it - better to repeat once more famous than getting stuck on the third page of The wrong tutorial.

Choose a tutorial that is not just good exercise, and creative, unusual tasks that implement the communicative approach to learning. What is interesting is the textbook, the less chance encounter with the first issue of independent study: "Work out, but not today, tomorrow." "Tomorrow," rarely comes on the next day.

Safely pass by books, CDs and tapes with titles like "English in a month". If only it were that easy, everyone would have long known language.

What are the goals you would not be pursued, studying English, you will need a very good dictionary. Internet does not work here - the vocabulary of online resources will not be enough.

With a thick dictionary of small size is convenient to work, can not be said about the publication more landscape format. We recommend buying your common vocabulary for fifty thousand words, no less (more - better). Please note: there is always a good edition of examples of the use of words.

Try to choose the best possible fresh edition, not to waste time and energy on remembering old, emerged from use of words. Another argument for a "fresh Dictionary": in the media, drawn up in the first half of the last century, you will not find many words that have become part of our language. Dictionary with a small font to use comfortably - let this moment does not bother you when choosing. Dictionary - your irreplaceable assistant in learning the language, do not regret the money for it.

Be sure to use audio, courses on CD: as we have said, they will help you to put the pronunciation, vocabulary and learn to speak in English. Even if this is not the priorities, listening to dialogues enhance the learning experience. And what would be more interesting class, the better the results.

One version of self-study language - using materials from the program online courses. During the distance learning you will send the job to the address, you'll be doing them, send the teacher, after inspection, it would record the errors. Passage of these courses will help you learn how to be disciplined and not miss classes. This is a good option for beginners.

In large bookstores now there are books in English, adapted for readers of all levels. The required level of knowledge often labeled right on the cover. While reading the book, you will expand your vocabulary and learn to construct sentences, have developed a sense of language and literacy.

Watch movies in the original - a real pleasure. Buy the movie, which is registered in the English audio track is the subtitle. If your level does not allow to understand complex dialogs, start with cartoons. They usually use a simple vocabulary. See the first few times with subtitles, pause when it encounters an unknown word. For each film, make a small dictionary, writing new words to it as a movie. Please note: there are movies where the characters speak clearly (for example, "The Hot Chick", "The Hot Chick") and those where it is difficult to make out ("Back to the Future", "Back to the Future").

Use the Internet while learning the language - it gives a stunning opportunity. With the help of Skype you can talk with native speakers in the service livejournal.com can start a blog in English, or just read online diaries of Americans and the British. Social networks, forums, chat rooms - use and get maximum benefit. Love to cook? Look for recipes in English, try to prepare for them. The language should be useful for you - otherwise, why learn it?

Techniques and exercises.

We offer several methods of learning a language, which can help you.

• Find the lyrics of your favorite songs in English, move, learn and sing along with the performer.

• Spend your holiday in a country where they speak in English, combine useful language practice with a pleasant stay.

• Try to start thinking in English, comment himself actions, events, daily occurrence.

• Study the culture: it will be useful if you want to go to a country where they speak in English. Learn about what is valuable to the people with whom you communicate. For example, how to find a more detailed biography of Winston Churchill - it looks like a fascinating book on the subject. Read about it (ideally - in English, but it depends on your level of language.) Not interested in politics? Read, watch movies on the key points of history, outstanding art, science, the development of the fashion, automotive, on the social phenomena and customs of the country.

Vocabulary and language skills

Any language dictionary contains about 300,000 words. This fact for a beginner to learn the language is interesting in so far as. The main principle for a reasonable study of language must have at to learn more words, and to do so as better.

There are different ways to learn a language. Stop on the way, which is the complete opposite of those methods that are focused on the study of a large number of words.

There is no doubt that the study of the vast number of words in a short time, enjoy people, after a few days they will forget.

Better if the training program will be designed so that at the end of a certain stage of the pupils will know fewer words well, than it will be bad to remember a large number.

The misconception that the initial stage of training you need to learn as many words to learn the language more. Only the student can and must decide whether he knows the word, is good if his vocabulary in order to achieve the purpose for which he began to study a foreign language.

As the experience of approximately 400 words that are chosen correctly, can replace about 90% of the volume of the dictionary, you will use in daily communication. And in order to understand what you read, will be sufficient to know 1,500 words, and many of these words you need to know is passive.

The best option - it is the development of the words that you will be the most important as the day to take up the study of more and more new words, perhaps, and you do not need them.

In the vocabulary of speech about forty words chosen correctly, the words that are most commonly used in the construction of phrases, covering around 50% of their use in everyday speech. So, 200 words - 80%, 400 - about 90%, and 1000 words - about 95% of the vocabulary needed in everyday life. It follows that helps to understand a lot of the number of learned words and qualitative vocabulary (chosen correctly).

Calculate the percentage, of course, are not the result of mathematical calculations. Rather, they make it clear how many words you need to, engaging in dialogue, to be confident and feel comfortable. When checking in practice, it appears that if a properly chosen 400-800 words carefully to remember, you can easily feel comfortable with a simple dialogue, as they will cover almost 100% of the words, without which it is impossible to do.

Take a look at what is needed vocabulary when reading. If you choose and memorize 80 words that occur frequently, then you can understand about 50% of the simple text as 200 words - about 60%, 400 - 70% 800 - 80%, in 2000 - about 90%, and 800 words - almost 99% of the text. For example, if you read the text, which amounts to about 10 000 words (about 40 pages long), then learning the advance 400 most essential words, you will see the text of about 7,000 words out of use 10 000.

It should be remembered that the figures given in the article - approximately. It all depends on different conditions: in some cases, knowledge of 50 words will cover about 50% of the text, and in other cases, to get the same result, you need to learn three times more words.

Consider, as classified by the number of vocabulary.

Active vocabulary for basic level - 400-500. Vocabulary (active) needed to be able to explain or passive vocabulary needed to read (base) - is 800-1000 words. 1500-2000 - the active vocabulary, which is enough for everyday and for sure reading. Vocabulary of 3000-4000 words - enough to read the literature and newspapers. Free communication provides for a European reserve of 8,000 words. In practice, knowledge bόlshego word count is not necessary. When vocabulary of 8,000 words can not only communicate freely verbally and in writing, and read all kinds of books.

Vocabulary (active) of 10 000-20 000 words in their native language is characteristic of educated European, out of 50 000-100 000 words - is his passive vocabulary.

However, if you learn the vocabulary you want, it does not mean that you are free to communicate in a foreign language. The very need to learn additional methods of training to be able to speak freely. Without knowledge of "live" speech, without communicating with native speakers can not learn the language.

In the study of technical terms commonly difficulties arise, as in the majority, they belong to the international vocabulary, sounding understandable to all.

When your vocabulary consists of 1,500 words, you are free to read simple texts. With passive vocabulary 3000-4000, you are at a good level will be able to read the professional literature (technical, medical, scientific and so on) from the desired area.

The results of the studies by linguists the average citizen of Europe, having a degree, has an active vocabulary, which consists of 20 000 words, half of which he uses infrequently. A passive vocabulary - 50 000. But these figures are for the mother tongue.

There is such terminology as basic vocabulary. So, according to linguists, as required at the level of the active vocabulary of a foreign language - it is about 8000 words. No need to learn the words again and again, except for the case where the individual words are needed for certain purposes. Otherwise, the 8000 words is quite enough for a full, normal communication with people.

In practice, identified three main levels of vocabulary, which you can navigate. First - Level A - basic vocabulary (400-500 words) covers up to 90% of the use of the word in everyday speech, and 70% of plain text. Second - level B - minimal vocabulary (800-1000), is sufficient to cover 95% of the use of words in speech and 80-85% of the text. Third - level B - is the average vocabulary (1500-2000 words), which is sufficient to cover 100% of word occurrences in everyday speech, and 90% of the text.

As an example of a dictionary containing the basic vocabulary, you can cast your E. Klett. It is called «Grundwortschatz Deutsch» («basic vocabulary of German"), was released in 1971 in Stuttgart. It presented a 2000 words on each of the selected language (German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian).

So we've seen quite an easy method of learning a foreign language. If you are an acceptable method, and you have decided to learn from the above program, then good luck to you!

4 Ways to Learn English

Knowledge of English in our time is an integral part of any successful person. And each of these people learned English "our way." There is no magic "formula" by which anyone can learn English in a matter of days. This article will discuss ways of learning the English language, namely, school, private tutor, online tutor, audio and video courses.

Let's start with the most banal - school. Almost every person first begins to learn English is in school. Big disadvantage of this education is that only about 20% of the graduates speak English at a fairly good level (PS: this does not include the percentage of schools with an English bias). The positive feature is that almost all schools, English is a compulsory program and therefore taught for free.

Next in line private tutor. Of all the ways I have suggested, I would suggest that it is most effective. Dignity and the reason for the high efficiency is that the classes are mainly carried out individually. The downside is the same, what do you spend just a huge pile of money.

The next item is an online tutor (eg skype tutor). If the previous two ways I personally familiar, the online tutor skype to me that something novel new. Person offering this type of training should be a minimum of mega qualified and well-known expert, but otherwise hardly anyone - or to resort to this method of learning. Also note that the Qualified tutor, the more it will cost you a service, and this price will not include high-speed Internet.

The last point is an audio video courses. This type of training is suitable for both beginners and those who want to improve their language skills. The advantage of this course is that it is always on hand in the headphones. You can learn absolutely everywhere for a run on the bus, at lunch, etc. Well, if we talk about the shortcomings, it is finding an effective course that will suit you best.

In conclusion I would like to add that is important is not the way of training, and desire. No great desire to be able to help you even upscale teacher. I also want to say that we should not only learn one way. While preparing for FCE, I enjoyed the tutorial Dragunkina, although it studied English at school 6 years and 3 years worked with a tutor.

The new method is fast to learn English

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Scientists do not cease to amaze us with new achievements and developments. Now here developed a revolutionary new method of learning foreign languages.

If you have already decided in their desire to learn English, then it remains to choose the manner and method of the study of the language and become the carrier of English speech. We continue to publish articles about what are the methods for the study of foreign languages, in this case English. Issledovatelny Scientific Institute of Psychology and development capabilities, has developed a unique method of learning foreign languages, which is more efficient than the classic twenty times.

This method is fundamentally different from the conventional method, and to a greater extent based on the fact that in the process of education is training of motor speech and auditory skill and involve all the reserves of the human memory.

You even can not imagine imagine memorizing words is at an incredible speed! Hundred words in five hours or 2000 words for 100 hours, and it is memorizing with excellent skills in speaking, vocabulary and perfect pronunciation. This method is quite similar to other already known methods. It is based on fundamental laws of human memory, then do not use the principles of NLP, the effect of the 25-th frame and other techniques that affect the subconscious of the human brain, even bypassing it will.

Using this method in practice, you could have a 35-40 days to become a great interpreter or guide, even if you had not known a single word in English.

To make it more clear, briefly explain what happens in the days of training: it is divided into three stages.

In the first ten days of learning takes place in the so-called household level. Already, even at this point, you could safely go to different countries and to communicate freely with the citizens who speak English, you would be able to talk to the vendors in the store, with taxi drivers, with the employees of banks, airports and hotels.

The second phase, which also lasts for 10 days, allows you to get the knowledge of the language at a conversational level. After the second level, you will have the opportunity to communicate with native English speakers on various topics, about politics, about the weather, about hobbies and your hobbies.

In the third and final stage, which lasts 15 days, your vocabulary will be such that you could already work with language at a professional level! By the way at this stage of training, you would be able to learn a language is subject, according to their preferences and desires, and can be the basis of their profession.


Even if for some reason you doubt their capabilities, this method will allow to develop your skills. This method allows you to develop a comprehensive human memory. Because, unlike most other methods that focus on memorization of foreign language, this method improves the function of the human memory, this method relies exclusively on natural natural properties of the brain and therefore perfectly affects levers that are responsible for improving your memory.

Incidentally, in the memory of human life is of great importance, it is one of the main functions of intelligence. And the memory is very connected with the mind, it always reflects the general state of mental activity. Scientifically proven that a trained memory always affects the speed and sharpness of thought.

Research in neuroscience have revealed that the development of memory and the general state of mind is directly related to the amount of information processed by the human brain, and it is very much related to the study of foreign languages, particularly English. The human brain is capable of without special effort to assimilate information, 10 times more than usual. Memory training it's not one-sided, but a complex mental process.

However, you do not think that you will be able to learn English is not very easy while making no effort. Efforts still need, namely to engage in systematic and do not miss a single class. And these efforts will be in vain, after 45 days you will be perfectly fluent in English, at the level of a professional guide. But it's worth it!

After the training, thanks to this method, you would be able to take the exam in any U.S. college, you could work a guide to go abroad as a tourist, and get a high-paying job. And even at home, you could get a prestigious position with a high salary, and potentially make a fantastic career.

Perhaps this is not even all of your benefits, knowing the English language, you will always be well-informed on all fronts, because thanks to your knowledge, you will be able to read magazines, newspapers and Internet pages in English.

This method is unique for two factors: first, because it's super fast method of learning the English language, and secondly, because this method is a complex man and improves memory and mental abilities.

However, no matter what method you choose not the most important - it is to succeed. A knowledge of the English language you no doubt this will help!