Learn English by focusing on content, not grammar.
What do I mean by content? I mean, learn English by focusing on meaningful communication and meaningful information.
Most schools, and most students, focus on the mechanics of the language. They study verb conjugations. They study the “rules” of prepositions. They analyze the language as if it was a dead thing.
All of these traditional methods are analytical.
But English is not a dead thing to analyze- it is a living language. It is a means of communication.
Your brain is naturally fantastic at learning languages. Your brain is created to learn languages. But you must learn in ways that are friendly to your brain.
If you bore your brain with rules, you will learn slowly. If you try to analyze the language, you will learn slowly. If you try to memorize vocabulary, you will learn slowly. If you study textbooks and take tests, you will learn slowly.
Your brain is a super-fast English learning machine– use it correctly and you will learn super-fast!
Here’s how to make your brain happy and learn English fast:
- Learn with stories. Our brains love stories– its the oldest, most natural form of communication.
- Focus on meaning, not form. In other words, don’t worry about grammar rules. Focus instead on understanding and being understood.
- Listen to the music of English carefully. To improve pronunciation, listen very carefully to the intonation of English speakers– pretend you are listening to music.
- Choose content you love. Only listen to and read English content that is interesting, meaningful, or funny to you. If you don’t enjoy it– find something else!
- Read easy novels, not textbooks. Again, the brain loves stories and hates boring drills. Burn your textbooks… read easy, fun, interesting English novels instead. Read a lot of them!
- Make friends, join a community. English is for communication– so communicate with other English speakers! Forget about mistakes. Forget about grammar. Just relax and communicate!
By smiling, having fun, and focusing on meaningful content, you will make your brain happy. And a happy brain learns very fast.
Use these brain friendly strategies to increase your English speaking improvement 2-4 times faster.
Enjoy and speak excellent English!
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Thank you!very good!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Thanks AJ for your suggestions… they are great!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
thanks
October 5th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Thank you for english lessons.
October 5th, 2008 at 10:23 am
great way….learning without textbooks
October 6th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
thankz for u r efforts toward this easiky learning english
October 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Thank you for the lessons
October 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I ll try your teaching way
October 8th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
thanks
October 9th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Hi Mr.AJ. I love your methods. It is very easy and your style talking especially your tone very much impressed me.I love to learn as per your ideas.Thanks a lot. Use more movies like hitch.It is very very useful.Regards, M.Mano.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Thank you
October 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I loved your idea about learn English, I want to be good, very very very good in English, is it possible? I’m Brazilian.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I really interested about this new method for me, I think is amazing.I would like to talk as soon as possible….I’ll do….
October 17th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Your methods is great.
Thank you!
October 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Hi:
Thank you for your attention, I am reading and listening the lesson two times every days, I´m so happy.
Nhora Osorio
October 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Hi: A.J.
I am so happy with my English lesson, I´m studying two times every day. Thank you Nhora Osorio
October 17th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
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very usefull advices ! thank you !
October 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Thank you AJ i’m studying english use your seven rules and i understand the music and many audio books, is wonderful your method and i am very happy, again, thank you so much
October 17th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Hi Mr.AJ
I am relly glad and thankfull to you for making me understand a best method to learn english.
I have been following your methods and it is working well.
Your efforts to have a community of learners is highly appreciated. I feel this is the best service one can offer to the field of teaching.
October 19th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Thank you for the lessons. I am so happy
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
dear,
before i registered my self with effortless english,my grammer and vocaulary was good but i did not have fluency after registering and understanding the seven rules of effortless english i got fluency and now i could speak and understand quickly.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:41 am
hi mr AJ
I am so happy with my english lessons I found it so useful
deep thanks
October 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
thank you very much for your good method to improve my english speaking this is the first time i know my problem and solution anther time i will thank you very much i will do
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
Hi best Teacher realy i found Englsh class and i hope to learn soon as possible. thanks so muche for new method thanks so much Mr A.J
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 am
Have a great day, A.J. You are a wonderful teacher … when I listening your lessons I feel relaxed and I’ll be succed in my English. I promise! Best regards, you are so funny))
November 13th, 2008 at 1:11 am
really your method is very fruitful sir. and your speaking is very sharp.thank you for your very best effort.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
You are a super man. Your advices is very powerfull and scientistic. I started to use them in 2-3 weeks , and My english improved. I am feelling, “I WILL SPEAK QUICKLY Near :)”I started understanding what speaking. You are giving to me a powerfull possitive energy. Thanks for your advicess to me.. I hope, I wasn’t make any mistake in this my sentences .
November 15th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Hi there, you are an amazing person and teacher. Thank you
November 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hi,
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Thanks Mr. A.J. for these lessons.I hope learn more from you because your way in teaching is really wonderfull
November 28th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Hi.AJ THank you so mash your new method EFFORTLESSINGLISH.I learning for 3 monts. I improved so fast and i begin to understand BBC and CNN.I wish you best thinks of the world.UB.MONGOL.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
hellow, every body you are the best people in your country? if you are like that, you must follow to this methood, coz it’s can halp to you how to speak english well.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Hi~ AJ Hoge
you are right. your suggestion is really good and be impressioned to me..
So Now a days I listening the ABC news with keep the realx.
i’m doing the way your suggest.
Anyway thank you for your suggestions.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
i thought learning English is boring and tiring until you taught me how to really enjoy it…thanks!