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Excellent, niky_02nqn sometimes learning words by yourself is the best way to remember new words, Do you have any tips to help others learn words by themselves?
My students make a list of new words and their meaning in their notebooks. Then they review these words every Sunday!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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Hello there! I'm so sorry! I haven't seen your answer!
Well, my best way to remember new words is writting, drawing, and listening them! That's it!
Best wishes and so sorry again!
Thank u so much for feedback!!! :)
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Hi niky 02nqn I m from Albania, Albania say helo to argenrina I speak very good spanish but we have to learn english don t you think.Anyway I have to say that I speak spanish but I can t write ,so (un plaser a conoserte<3)
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At my school,we also make a list oof words and then we translate them,it`s very easy than,but i like learning words by diffrent way.I love Justin Bieber and all teen stArs so i learn a lot of words thanks to music and movies are a help to :D
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hi Jelena!where are you from?and something.
you listen to Justin Bieber?(sorry its just my opinion!! :)
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review is a good tip
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Well, I think that my problem in reading is I tend to translate English into my native language. And this really takes my time!
I know it'll be better if I think about the context of the reading in English, but when I work with the reading in my language, it seems to be easier and I can get the meaning more quickly. I don't know what I should do to stop doing that... :)
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Hi Iced Milk Coffee,
From your comment I can see you have a very good level of English. :) I think translating in your head is natural when you're learning a language, but the more you read and practise, the easier it will be to read in English without translating everything into your language. Read as much as you can, and soon it will become natural to read without translating. Good luck!
Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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Well ;when I was sitting for my first reading exam ,I didn't understand the text but the exam after ;I had a probleme answering the questions and finding the exact words . I have this probleme until now and I don't know what should I do ! :)
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Hi Mari@ch tunisia,
The best thing you can do to improve your reading is..... to read a lot! Reading as much as possible in English, on websites, books, song lyrics or magazines will help you to improve. Read all of this section about reading exams, then try to read the stories in improve your reading. Start at Level 1 and see if you can understand them. Tell us how you do. Good luck!
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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Hi Jo,
Thanks a lot!
I have already read a story:"the text"I got 100% for the "true or false" but i got only 80% for the ordering!
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Hi mari@ch tunisia,
That's great! It sounds like your reading is improving already. Keep up the good work and please write comments on the stories and articles you read in the Improve your reading section. We would like to know which ones you enjoy most.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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Actually, no. But i'm always getting into trouble because I can read a lot faster than other students and the teacher thinks I didn't read at all!!
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Actually, I have big Problem with in general not only reading .. But the real Problem that I am at the doors of the university and I need to improve my English. I try to read some short stories to develop vocabulary, but that will take along time
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Hi loleta, Reading short stories is a really good way to learn new vocabulary, well done! - you also have to write the vocabulary down in your notebook and try to make some example sentences to use the new vocabulary in context. For listening practise watch some of the videos in Video UK or Video zone, this will really help because they speak naturally and very quickly!
Hope you find lots of interesting and helpful material to improve your English on this site!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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iam a very slow reader...what should i do to be a fast reader
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Hi Alqabbas
If you read a lot you'll become a faster reader. Keep reading as much as you can and you'll see it will become easier.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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hey i need help please i need to learn english im from georgia not from atlanta.
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Hello bonitagvapa,
You are welcome to use LearnEnglish Teens to help you improve your level of English. That's why we are here! But please read our house rules and do not share your personal details like your email address or skype details with other users.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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hi m from India. and i need help, CZ
i dnt know how to speak in English. my english is very poor...
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Hi komal! Welcome to LearnEnglish Teens! There are many things you can do to practise speaking in English. One is to listen a lot, because you can repeat and copy things people say. Another thing you can do is prepare some words and phrases before you start speaking - use a dictionary, textbook or ask your friends. One final thing: to improve your speaking, do more speaking! This will help build up your experience, and you will remember things that you have said before.
This page is about speaking for exams, but you might find some more tips there.
Does that help?
Good luck, komal! Try different ways to practise speaking and I hope you can find one that is useful for you.
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
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I love it and can't wait for it, but I'm always feel nervous. and when its the time for me to read it, my pronounce will go messy. But when I practiced in home, I can read it clearly with a good pronounce .. -_-
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It's the same with me. :( It's redicilous how Serbian people speak English.Their acent is weird.I'm really trying to fix that.But it's not working for now.My dad say that it's the best way to speak with your acent to make people understand you.But i really want to talk clearly.I love when people say it clearly. :)
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hi !
in the exam i find the text very easy to read, but i don't understand what's the subject, this is my problem.
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Hello!
I always write the new words on my notebook and then on Sundays I repeat them three times to remember how to write them and also how to read them.It is a very hard work,but not for me.Thank you!
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Hi ! my reading is good .but in our country there is'nt English novels to read ,I searched a lot to find harry potter but didn't find ) .I tried to download them .where can I download these ?
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Hi! i don't have problems when i read. Ok sometimes i don't read something very good, it happens.
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well,,,not always,,but sometimes I didn't know words and my teacher didn't teach me what they meant!!!!!
so,, I´ll learn for myself!
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