Using physical movement is the fastest and most powerful way to learn English vocabulary. Dr. James Asher is the pioneer of a method called “Total Physical Response” which uses physical movement to teach vocabulary quickly and long term.
In his research, Dr. Asher found that students learn vocabulary 4-5 times faster when they learn it with physical movement.
But he also found something much more important– they remember it long term! Students who study vocabulary using normal memorization techniques usually forget most of what they studied. After one year, normal students using normal methods will forget 80% or more of what they “memorized” the previous year. Students who learn the vocabulary with actions will REMEMBER 80% of what they learned– one year earlier!
That’s a HUGE difference. Simply put- learning with physical movements is much faster and it creates much deeper learning that lasts long term.
Dr. Asher found other benefits to learning in this way. The main additional benefit is that learning with movements is more fun. Why is that important? Because when students enjoy their learning, they continue to do it. They don’t quit as often. Since language mastery is a long term process, avoiding quitting is, in fact, a VERY important goal.
Dr. Asher found that “Action Classes” have retention rates 30-80% higher than traditional English classes. In other words, students in the “Action Classes” are more likely to continue studying English year after year after year. This creates MUCH HIGHER long term success rates.
This research has been confirmed by other researchers. There simply is no arguement- learning with actions is far superior to learning in a traditional English class, or learning independently with traditional methods.
It is therefore vital that you use PHYSICAL ACTION whenever you learn English!
February 1st, 2009 at 10:10 am
dear AJ i am really enjoying when i found you with your new system. so hope you always fine and healthy. thanks
February 1st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Wonderful – It´s amazing
February 11th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Im jopry ronato from manila and this is the first time i will use online studying english lesson.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:08 am
What is PHYSICAL ACTION? Could you please give more examples?Thank you!
February 13th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Hi AJ, glad that you mention about physical learning. It reminds me of a very good book by Brian Tracy entitled ” Accelerated Learning Techniques”. I highly recommend that book since it details what you just mentioned about physical way of learning.
February 14th, 2009 at 3:51 am
AJ, that’s right, in my case, many time I learning Effortless English System while I walking and really I’m feeling one different, with the movement I can keep the concentration.
Thanks.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:51 am
thank you very much A.J HOGO you learned me how to speak very much with my teachers in the high school when i went to the college the DR.s said to me who learn you ?? you are amaized student you will be success ..thanks i do not know how to thank you>>fayez from k.s.a
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Good method!
I have found this method vey succesful to learn english
regards,
March 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 am
It’s nothing but the best way of learning English automatically.
Best regards.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Thank you so much AJ Hoge.I really enjoy your lessons and I think you are a great teacher.I’ve just started but you make me get inspired.
March 28th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Thankful for your advise, I realize that is an effective way to master English for a short time. I will tell it to everybody
Best Regards.
April 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
dear AJ i am really enjoying when i found you with your new system of vucabulary learning. so hope you always fine and healthy. thanks a lot…
Best Regards
April 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Salam AJ i got so happy that you opened a new method of learning for us hope to be fine for ever. habibi
April 27th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Salam AJ i got so happy that you opened a new method of learning for us hope to be fine for ever. rahimi
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Thank you very much Dr. AJ.It’s an amazing method that works perfectly.wish you the best.
May 29th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Dr.Hoge, thank you so so much for your helpful lessons.I advise all who want to learn english to subscribe at Dr. Hoge’s club.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:28 am
dear AJ, thanks for your advise on excellent methods to improve English language.
I felt enthusiastic to such marvelous tactics. Hope that you could give us more tricks to ascend my English. Greatly, I felt ecstatic as well to your English rules. Thanks, give me more!
June 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I’m very happy to be learning my English language with Effortless English.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
dear aj hodge, really you are doing fentastic. your lessons helps me to speak in english well. i had a problem on pronounciation. now some what ok. thanks a lot. i dont have credit card. so advice other way to get your lesson. please
[AJ: Hi. We will soon change to a new payment system-- you'll be able to pay with your bank account information too, so if you don't have a credit card you'll still be able to pay! The new system should be ready in a couple of weeks
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June 10th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
After all 7 rules, I think the 7 rules themselves are perfect and faultless, and I admire that you have come up with these rules, but it would be definitely unnecessary if the users of theses rules could not get a personal tutor, don’t you think?
June 24th, 2009 at 5:41 am
that is very powerful method but i have one question:
there are many and a lot words so how can i treat its with my body
June 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Use actions for the more difficult-to-remember phrases & words
June 24th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Dear AJ,I had browse these website
http://effortlessenglishclub.com and
http://learnrealenglish.com can you tell me what are the different between them, interm of lesson and package offered in both website is that same package? Furthermore I really interested to buy the package and hopefully one day I will be a good english speaker.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Nor,.. sure. Effortless English Club is just my company. My Original Effortless English Lessons teach you to speak English fluently.. from intermediate to advanced level. Learn Real English is a company I have with my best friend Kristin and my good friend Joe. Learn Real English Lessons use recorded real conversations between native speakers. We recorded conversations with our families and friends, typed the text, then made lessons (using my same Effortless English teaching system) to help you understand and use real casual English conversation. Both the Original Effortless English Lessons and the Learn Real English Lessons are great… EE Lessons are more general, and LRE Lessons focus more on casual “street” English.
Enjoy!
June 26th, 2009 at 11:01 am
hi!
i would like to have the new live webinar but i have to enter password i don`t have it:(
what can i do AJ?
thank you so much for your emails
June 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Maha, No worries, you won’t need a password on June 30th! Just go at the correct time and the page will be open
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:58 am
I hope your next seminar in Southeast Asia can be held in Singapore. I’m Indonesian but I live in Batam island which located near Singapore (only take 40 minutes to go to Singapore from Batam by boat). Most Singaporean can speak english but with very unique accent (we call it Singlish). Even English’s native speaker sometimes doesn’t understand if Singaporean speaking english.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Muhammad, We are planning to do a seminar in Singapore in Jan or February next year (2010)
July 15th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
hi.AJ i`m from panama . you sent me a podcast called learning languages like children. i chose this topic as an informative speech to present it in the classroom and guess what my professor liked it. and i got 100 it is the best grade. thanks to you AJ and i usu all you have sent me to explain to my classmates. thanks very much GOD BLESS YOU….
July 15th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Poul, Congratulations!!!!
You Rock!
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
Dear my Teacher
Thanks for your instructions I alwaysto get pleasure from your recommendations ,apart from you are master of teaching English, I also respect for your generous because i have heard that you teach sometimes free Don’t you
Cheers;
Samad
August 8th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Hey, George, thank you for your good advices, I leart english long time ago, i did not know about your system and its eficiency, but now i have studied your advices and recommendations to others and I certainly agree with them and suggest to anyone interested in english learning; Use your system and methods. No Contest. Top of the Line in learning Field!!!!!
A.R..
August 8th, 2009 at 12:28 am
just go for it kid!! when it comes to English learning, A.j. Hoge, has the Degree!!
A.r.
August 12th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I am studing english i have bachelor degree in english but my problem is there are many words that i can not understand them when i translate this is my big problem new vocablury . please give me your advice D
August 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
A.J
Your course helps people get fluent in english right. But is this course for advanced learners or begineers.I am an intermediate english speaker or higher and there are lot of english courses that wont help me as i can speak english well but get stuck sometimes. Will you course help people like us or its for people who have started learning english.
Do i have to buy Effortless english lessons from your website and power english lessons as well or one of them will do.
Can i get your email so that i can talk to you personally
Regards
Amit
August 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Amit, my lessons are for intermediate level learners. Power English is not available now, so I recommend you buy my Original Effortless English Lessons. Enjoy
August 14th, 2009 at 10:59 am
please helpe me by your peaces of advice to learn new vocablury because mine is very poor
August 20th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I’m Abdalazim Yahia from sudan,I really gratefull teacher AJ,you help me to improve my english,but i have a problem on how i have to pay because iam leaving in sudan and there is no cerdit card so i can,t get them
August 26th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Yes Aj I found this way very easy for me to develop my vocabulary . Thank you teacher .
August 26th, 2009 at 7:13 am
AJ, I think physical movement while learning English vocabulary is very powerful. But it only have one problem: we must find somewhere alone to do this, because if we do this at workplace or in front of other people, it is bad, ^_^.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Dear my teacher AJ,
You words all way couraged and excited me to studied harder.This is a bester teacher what i want, thank you for allway beside me.How do i to get this physical vocabulary listen?
August 28th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Hi AJ,
Please e-mail me about my question? Thank you
September 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Thanks A.J
continue in this way till the death (haha).
I’ll ask the God to save you and guide you to the right road.
Haider
September 5th, 2009 at 3:55 am
I like new power English much more. Because the lessons on main article will teach you study methods, and mini story will teach you more English grammar, just likes AJ said “the mini stories will help you learn grammar subconsciously”. All of the mini stories are funny and interested, will make you laugh a lot, trust me. See, one of mini story that talk about a British spider he cannot swim, but he wants to swim with all his eight legs across the Atlantic Ocean, from London to New York city, meanwhile he has difficulties and risks. But he has a strong beliefs in he can do it. He uses right methods and practices every day. Finally he is successful and dream has come true. Don’t you think it’s funny? I do. I love new power English!
September 6th, 2009 at 8:14 am
hi,A J HOGE you are a great teacher your language is very simple i understand youe email lession aj i applied for pnp canada now i want to give interview in english but i have a fear in my mind because i cn”not speak english fluintly plz help me what i can do?
September 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am
hi.AJ, im proud at u, u are a good english teacher,when i receive email from u about learning english it’s good n can improve my english.i can speak english fluently n i hope u be healthier n fine, may good bless u alwayz.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:34 am
hi A.J.
I’m from Turkey
Before I met you,I had never believed that I would understood what I heard. Now I can understand and talk easily in English. Thanks for teaching to me this way.
regards
October 6th, 2009 at 8:28 am
hi, AJ! It was very interesting for me to read about learning vocabulary with movements. I have heard about reading with action – when you read and the same time you knock some rhythm by the pencil. You chose the rhythm by yourself whatever you want. You have to read at least 50-100 pages a day for at least 3-6 month (depends on the person). According to this system you will remember even the paragraph of some book you’ve read a year or more ago.
Thank you, AJ, for everything you do for us. You do a great job.
Sorry for my English. I still learn it.
Have a nice day!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Hello A.J.
I need your advise,I enjoy hearing your free audios and I would like to know what level Powerful English is. I understand you 100% but I would like to listen to your mini-stories in my MP3.I would much appreciate your answer.
Congratulations for your method and your enthusiasm
Kind regards
October 20th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Hi, AJ
THANK YOU VERY MUCH , Because you helped me to improve and develop my Language.
You are a wonderful and sincere.
best regards,
October 31st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Thank u very much
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I feel very excited when I hear your video then I think that I speak English fluently.It was very interesting to me to find this kind of teaching because every day I learn more and more and more etc.When I hear you I understand the totally words you say.
Thank you for all you teach me
Good by.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Dr.Hoge, thank you so so much for your helpful lessons.Because you helped me to improve and develop my Language.
You are a wonderful and sincere.
.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hi Dr. Hoge
Thank you very much, I thank you from bottom of my heart for all lessons you have given.
Thank you very much!
December 11th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
what a wonderfull teacher are you AJ,i always enjoys your method of teaching. hope that you make us improve our english learning more and more.
thanks
December 14th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Hi Mr Ạ.Hoge
It’s ưonderful lesson.
Thank you very much!
December 19th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Allow me to say: you’re unbelievable!
You have a great method to teach others.
I’m really glad to be a member of your fantastic system.
Keep it up with emails and articles.
Thanks a lot.
December 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
thank you, sir.
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
thank you a lot sir
December 29th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
AJ,I’m Katherine, from Brazil, and after a short period of time I just wanted to thank you! I’ve learned a lot more of English with you and your amazing methods than 5 years in Eglish course classes…
I’m so glad that people, or I may say, teachers like you and your fiends are able to help English students like me. I love this lenguage because you teached me to love it!
February 17th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Dear sir,
I am new student.