Different ways of

studying foreign
languages and
expanding vocabulary

Anna German
He, who know no foreign
language, doesn’t know
his own one.

Goette
What methods are usually used
at school?
…
“How to learn
English on
your own.
Unusual
methods.”

Bodrov
Morozov
 16 languages
in 6 months!!!

Reading, reading,
and reading!
Schliman
 20 languages !!!

1- remembering and retelling texts

2- writing notes in different
languages
3- corresponding with business
partners
 Bodrov’s methods
 Cards
 Translation (texts and poems)
 Retelling
 Writing down thoughts in English
 Listening to radio
 Looking for loanwords (manager,
teenager…)
 Cards with grammatical rules
 Using every moment
 Classification
LISTENING WRITING
READING
Radio, music, Diaries,
audio books Magazines,
letters
books
SPEAKING EXPANDING
WATCHING VOCABULARY
The Internet, TV, Cards, lists, making
English films sentences, pictures,
speaking clubs, associations, “The
travelling 25th frame”, loan
words
 Classification
LISTENING

Radio (BBC)
Songs (Beatles, ABBA)
Audio books
 Classification
READING

Magazines
Books
1- in the original
2- with annotations”
3- “Bilingua
KEY WORDS TEXT
ENGLISH RUSSIAN
 Classification
WRITING

Diaries
Letters (The Internet, post)
Translation (texts, poems)
 Classification
SPEAKING

The Internet (Skype)

English speaking clubs (Speak Freely!)
Travelling
Tongue Twisters
 Classification
WATCHING

TV
Films (City of Angels, Bambi…)
1- in the original
2- with subtitles
3- with a scenario
 Classification
EXPANDING
VOCABULARY
Cards
Lists (to stick to furniture)
Making sentences
Pictures
Associations
Using special devices
(“The 25th frame”, CDs etc)
 Classification
EXPANDING
VOCABULARY
Cards
Lists (to stick to furniture)
Making sentences
Pictures
Associations
Using special devices
(“The 25th frame”, CDs etc)
 Classification
EXPANDING
VOCABULARY
Cards
Lists (to stick to furniture)
Making sentences
Pictures
Associations, loanwords
Using special devices
(“The 25th frame”, CDs etc)
LOANWORDS
 Classification
EXPANDING
VOCABULARY
Cards
Lists (to stick to furniture)
Making sentences
Pictures
Associations, loanwords
Using special devices
(“The 25th frame”, CDs etc)
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My own methods
My own methods
What are your own methods?

…
 Thanks for
your
attention!
I hope it’s useful!