my first note

Hello All,

This is my first note because I have decided that I cannot wait longer and I have to practice my English writing skills.
Today I would like to share with you my five best tips for improving your language skills. If you want to develop your English language in a pleasant way, please stay with me. :)

1. Have a goal. First of all, you need to decide, why do you want to improve your English? Do you love travelling, and so the foreign language is necessary to communicate with other people? Are you looking for a job where English is one of the requirements? Or maybe you want to gain a language certificate to prove your skills? Having a goal is the first step to progress. It can helps you to create your development plan that always reminds you why learning is so important for you.

2. Don't be afraid of making mistakes! Mistakes are also helpful for us because they shows us what we should focus on. Please remember that no one is perfect, and never compare yourself with other English speakers. Even if your English level is quite low, don't give up, and practice as frequently as possible.

3. Immerse yourself in English. :) Do you like watching series? Watch them, but do it in English! I promise you that if you will try, you will never want to go back to watching series with a lecturer. If you prefer books to movies, you can also try to find your favourite books in English. I highly recommend you that method because, in my opinion, it is a perfect opportunity to learn vocabulary. Do you commute to work? Listen to podcasts during your way! Also, install a flashcards application on your smartphone to be able to build your vocabulary wherever and whenever you want. There is a lot of methods which can help you improve your language skills, so choose something the most interesting one for you. Please make sure that you are practicing all skills like reading, listening and speaking.

4. Don't avoid any opportunity for speaking. Don't avoid your English lessons or your English speaking colleagues. If you want to speak more, find an English teacher on italki who will be able to coach and support you.

5. Find a job with English language. You will have to speak English on a daily basis because you will have no choice. :) It is a brave step but really beneficial.

That's all for today. If you have any other tips please share them with me. I would be also grateful if someone would be able to correct my mistakes.

Justyna,

Really great job on this. I could not agree more with your five tips! I especially liked #2: mistakes are crucial to the language-learning process, and even native English speakers make mistakes all the time! I think the overall theme here is to not be afraid, which is a great attitude to have towards language learning.

My suggested corrections are minimal, but if you would like to discuss any of them, feel free to message me!

Best,

Jacob

my first note

Hello All,

This is my first note because I have decided that I cannot wait any longer. I have to practice my English writing skills.
Today I would like to share with you my five best tips for improving your language skills. If you want to develop in an interesting way, please stay with me. :)

1. Have a goal. First of all, you need to decide why do you want to improve your English. Do you love travelling? Is the foreign language is necessary to communicate with other people? Are you looking for a job where English is one of the requirements? Or maybe you want to gain a language certificate to showcase your skills? Having a goal is the first step to progress. It can help you to create your development plan and it always reminds you why learning is so important.

2. Don't be afraid of making mistakes! Mistakes are helpful for us because they shows us what we should focus on. Please remember that no one is perfect and never compare yourself with other English speakers. Even if your English level is quite low, don't give up and practice as frequently as possible.

3. Immerse yourself in English. :) Do you like watching series? Watch them but do it in English! I promise you that if you try, you will never want to back to watching a series with a lecturer. If you prefer books over movies, you can also try to find your favourite books in English. I highly recommend you that method because in my opinion it is a perfect opportunity to learn vocabulary. Do you commute to work? Listen podcasts during your way! You can even install a flashcards application on your smartphone to build your vocabulary wherever and whenever you want. There are a lot of methods that can help you improve your language skills, so choose the thing that is the most interesting for you. Please make sure that you are practicing all skills like reading, listening and speaking.

4. Don't avoid any opportunity for speaking. Don't avoid your English lessons or your English speaking colleagues. If you want to speak more, find an English teacher on italki who will be able to coach and support you.

5. Find a job in an English-speaking environment. You will have to speak English on a daily basis because you will have no choice. :) It is a brave step but really it's beneficial.

That's all for today. If you have any other tips please share them with me. I would be also grateful if someone would be able to correct my mistakes.

my first note

Hello All,

This is my first note {calling this a note is not wrong but somewhat nonstandard. I would call it a "notebook entry"} because I have decided that I cannot wait any longer and I have to practice my English {The rule is sometimes ignored but names of languages should be capitalized in English. I didn't correct this in the rest of the entry} writing skills.
Today I would like to share with you my five best tips for improving your language skills. If you want to practice {I don't think "develop" is the right verb in this context} your english language in a pleasant way, please stay with me. :)

1. Have a goal. First of all, you need to decide why do you want to improve your english. Do you love traveling and the foreign language is necessary to communicate with other people? Are you looking for a job where english is one of the requirements? Or maybe you want to gain a language certificate to prove your skills? Having a goal is the first step to progress. It can help you to create your development plan and it always reminds you why learning is so important for you.

2. Don't be afraid of making mistakes! Mistakes are also helpful for us because they shows us what we should focus on. Please remember that no one is perfect and never compare yourself with other english speakers. Even if your english level is quite low, don't give up and practice as frequently as possible.

3. Immerse yourself in english. :) Do you like watching TV series? Watch them but do it in english! I promise you that if you will try, you will never want to back to watching series with a lecturer. If you prefer books to movies, you can also try to find your favourite books in english. I highly recommend you that method because in my opinion it is a perfect opportunity to learn vocabulary. Do you commute to work? Listen podcasts during your way! Also, install a flashcard {I think this sounds better singular} application on your smartphone to be able to build your vocabulary wherever and whenever you want. There are {it's possible that "a lot" is grammatically singular in some varieties of English, but it's plural in American English} a lot of methods which can help you improve your language skills, so choose something that's the most interesting for you. Please make sure that you are practicing all skills like reading, listening {there is something called the "Oxford Comma" used in English which means you are supposed to use a comma before the last item in a list of three or more. It's completely acceptable to leave it out in something casual like this, though} and speaking.

4. Don't avoid any opportunity for speaking. Don't avoid your english lessons or your english speaking colleagues. If you want to speak more, find an english teacher on italki who will be able to coach and support you.

5. Find a job using the English language. You will have to speak english on a daily basis because you will have no choice. :) It is a brave step but really beneficial.

That's all for today. If you have any other tips please share them with me. I would be also grateful if someone would be able to correct my mistakes.

Good job! I agree with all the advice too, especially that it's important not to be afraid of making mistakes as long as you learn from them. =)