Practice is the Key

A lot of people say Mathematics is difficult. In fact, many students hate Math. I was one of them too. I remember, the biggest difficult I had in my elementary days - Memorize the multiplication table. I spent one whole night barely sleeping only to memorize this. The next day, I was asked to go in front of class to recite. As I expected, I flunked. After 5 times 5, I became silent and could not continue reciting. I could not forget that experience. I finished Elementary not liking Math. When solving Math problems, I always have long solutions but wrong answers. Sad thing is, my long solution did not get even one point for effort. I had a number of zeros in quizzes and tests.

I considered this a challenge. If my classmates can be good at Math, why can’t I? I saw how fulfilled they were when they present their correct answers before everybody in class. I wanted to feel that fulfillment too. I was frustrated. But it challenged me. When I get back home and find free time, I open my Math book to go back solving the problems again. I did this many times. I practiced resolving, and when I have more time, I solved some in advance. It's funny because I also practie how I will present my answer in front of class. I lock up in my room and then pretend I was in class. When I get to class, I still hesitate to raise my hand but sometimes luck allows me to be chosen to present my answer before everyone. At times, my answers were wrong. Sometimes, right. This made me really happy and motivated to continue learning Math.

And who would believe, I took Mathematics as my major in college! Yes I did. I wanted to experience more time for Math to find fun in learning it. I enjoyed it, indeed. And what made me really fulfilled is that I finished all my college Math subjects with flying colors!

Now, would you say English is hard to learn? Well, I would say, Yes! In fact, English grammar is really complicated. There exists English grammar rules, but there are more exceptions to these rules. This may be what makes it difficult to learn. But just like Math, practice is the key! Find time to experience English more no matter how difficult it may be, then you will be able to discover the fun in learning it!

English Language Schools

Nowadays, English studying has risen to popularity everywhere around the globe. Thus, the very high demand for English teachers. Learners seek for "teachers" who can make their English improve by teaching them either face to face or virtually through the internet. A number of language learning centers and online schools have sprouted like mushrooms in the past 2 or 3 years following this high demand.

However, with great quantity came low quality. Because of the growing number of students wishing to study English, learning became business and the pursuit for student improvement became secondary to profit. We can now find "teachers", as they call themselves, who provide the venue for English practice as chatting mates, talking buddies, and the like but do not really infuse language learning.

Providing the venue for English practice is a very important stage in learning English. But of course before one can practice something, he/she needs to learn it first. For advance learners who already know the basics of the language and may have a wide knowledge about grammar, they still need to learn something new. If they only practice through chatting, their language knowledge is stagnant and will remain at that level. Advance learners always have a room for some new learning. Language is dynamic. It changes, improves, and widens its scope. Even English speakers and teachers learn something new everyday!

Online English Teacher

My name is Laurie. I am an online English teacher.

From more than 2 years of experience, I have discovered (and am still continuing to discover) many things about learning and teaching English online. One is that a great number of people from all over the world has considered the English language as an important base to communicate globally in the fields of business, politics, education, and even leisure.

If you are one of those who need to learn English, you would probably ask, what is the most effective way to learn? My answer is simple.

They say "To learn Math, you have to DO math!" It is never enough to memorize math formulas. What finally completes the learning is when you are able to use the correct formulas in solving problems. In the same way, to learn any language, you have to SPEAK the language! You can memorize words and rules in grammar but learning will not take place until you are able to use what you memorized. And that happens only when you are able to practice and use them in a real conversation with a real person, of course not with your grammar book or with a robot! ^^

Another important factor to make your studying effective is to find fun while learning. Studying English is fun! Speaking English is more fun!