More and more often in recent years, many of our fellow citizens are interested in learning English from scratch. Actually, time itself dictates a similar need. We are talking here primarily about the dominance of various cultural English-language products: cinema, music, literature and so on. At the same time, many modern Russians have quite affordable opportunities to travel abroad for tourism purposes or to change their permanent place of residence. This category of citizens is even more keenly interested in learning English from scratch. How to start doing this and achieve good results soon? You can learn some useful tips from the article below.
Learn English from scratch. Let's start with grammar first
Of course, the first thing to do is to master the simplest rules in the construction of phrases, as well as the most basic everyday words. Teaching English from scratch to a decent level necessarily requires perseverance and constant motivation.
It is possible that at some point your classes will seem boring and difficult to you. It is very important not to drop out of school or interrupt it. It is necessary to continue it without particularly long breaks, otherwise it may be a step back.
If you have at least some small vocabulary and grammar stock since school days, then the initial stage will be completely uncomplicated. But if you are interested in learning English from scratch, then you need to find yourself a good textbook, first of all. A worthy reference is a textbook called Cambridge English Grammar. It is a very concise, but at the same time intelligible reference to the rules of grammatical constructions of the language being studied. It can be freely downloaded on the Internet or purchased in paper binding. Only after a couple of weeks of training you will be able to recognize various types of tenses, numbers, passive and active forms of verbs and other subtleties.
Learning English from scratch by reading books
Do not be alarmed, considering that this is impossible with your meager vocabulary! There is a little secret here. The fact is that for these purposes there are already specially adapted translations in which each English phrase follows its own translation into Russian with an additional translation and analysis of words that are first encountered in the text. An example is the adaptation of the authorship of Ilya Frank. Of course, when you decide on a book to read, pick one that you would love to read in Russian. Thus, you will be able to combine a pleasant reading with a useful study of new constructions and words. After a couple of months of intensive studies, you will probably be able to read simple texts without any help from the outside.
Learning a language should not be limited to reading. In no case do not forget that listening is equally important! To do this, it will be very useful to regularly watch movies (of course, also those that are of interest to you) with subtitles - English or Russian. A good welcome is the constant translation of English-language tracks. Be sure to translate the lyrics of your favorite songs!