Tips on Learning English

1)    Backlog Analysis: unlearn typical English mistakes

Isn’t it frustrating: it is always the same mistakes that prevent you from becoming fluent and confident in your spoken English. How can you unlearn those mistakes?

Don’t try too much at a time. Instead, concentrate on just one typical mistake. Go through the explanations and exercises in your grammar reference or textbook. When reading English texts, look out for that specific grammar aspect.

Take the print out of our analysis and consult your teacher or any of your friends who can help you. Look through the text together and pick out one problem. Write down the category … and start unlearning that problem.

If you’ve unlearned the mistake, you can tackle the next problem.

What’s the problem?

   1. Singular and Plural Form of Nouns

   2. Articles

   3. Pronouns

   4. some/any and much/many

   5. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

   6. Date and Time

   7. Prepositions

   8. Comparison of Adjectives

   9. Form and Comparison of Adverbs

  10. Adjectives and Adverbs

  11. Affirmative Sentences (Word Order)

  12. Positions of Adverbs

  13. Negative Sentences

  14. Questions

  15. Use of Tenses

  16. Form of Tenses

  17. Conditional Sentences (if clauses)

  18. Auxiliary Verbs

  19. Short Answers

  20. Phrasal Verbs

  21. Infinitive

  22. Gerund

  23. Participles

  24. Relative Clauses

  25. Reported Speech

  26. Passive Voice

Tip 2: to be continued