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We have already spoken in many cases of the difficulties of learning the

grammar of foreign languages and, and it is still more boring to dive into
the famous and feared "English Grammar". Therefore, now I will suggest
some of the best techniques to learn and use English grammar in a natural
way.

Think of the grammatical rules that teach you in class and create
situations in which you can use them.

It is simple to practice the grammatical rules when we are at home alone


or with classmates who are learning English. Every time we learn a
grammar rule, we also learn situations and contexts in which these rules
are used.

Therefore, if we learn, for example, the current continuum, we will need


to promote conversations in which we explain activities that we are doing
at that moment.

If we are at home listening to music, there are a lot of songs with which
we can "sing" that verbal time.
Books are a good source to learn and improve our grammar.

Apart from the books devoted to teaching English, to practice the


grammar we learn in class, we can take a book written in English, open
it on any page and analyze the grammatical structures that are shown.

We should emphasize the phrase we analyze, identify the tense or


subordinate sentences of English that are used and answer the
question: why is that grammar rule used and not another?

In addition, if they are sentences in affirmative, we can also practice


passing the sentence from affirmative to negative and questioning:
"He is living in Madagascar". We can practice the contraction: "He is
not living in Madagascar". The question: "Is living in Madagascar?" ...
You can continue playing: "I wonder why, from all places in the world,
I would choose living in Madagascar".

I already know that I have repeated it three hundred million times,


but watching television in English is another aspect that will help us in
this learning.

Watching TV, even if we do not understand everything that is said,


will help us to internalize the grammatical rules and will stay in some
hidden corner of our brain waiting to be used. It is a comfortable way
to learn, because it is not that we should make any effort and the
rules are introduced into our subconscious.
This does not mean that after watching a movie we can use the grammar
perfectly, but it will be easier to identify the specific use of a grammar
rule.

The great advantage provided by watching programs and films in the


original version is the ease of perceiving what structure is being used
in a given context.

Therefore, television and film in the original version is one of the most
advantageous techniques to learn and improve our English, both for
adults and children.

Comparing the grammatical structures that we observe in English and


looking for equivalence in Spanish will allow us to find similarities and
differences between both languages which will help us to better learn
English grammar. For this topic I recommend buying English-Spanish
bilingual books.

In Amazon or specialized bookstores you will have hundreds of these


books to choose from, such as "HojasSi pay attention to the grammar
of English and Spanish, we will realize that the Spanish is much more
complicated in what represents, for example, to the conjugations of
the verb tenses.
At the risk of being weighed down with this theme, I will not tire of
repeating that the songs are one of the best techniques in the world
to learn English grammar in a super easy way.

The best we can do is find the lyrics of the songs, analyze the
grammar used in them and sing at full voice.

We will see that, in many cases, the grammar is different from the
one taught in the classroom by the use of contractions and
contextual expressions. However, the basis of the grammar is the
same and, when listening to it in the songs that we like the most, we
will have it clearer when we go to make use of it.

Try to have conversations with the teacher or with native people.

At present, the Internet brings you closer to all the people of the
world. Therefore, if you want to learn English while having a good
time, you can not stop registering in the online language exchange
pages and look for friends in the United States, England, Australia,
etc.

With them, you can practice as much as you want everything you learn
from the grammar of English and, in addition, you will meet people
with whom you will have a great time.
Although our economies may not be for many expenses, I can not
stop recommending that, to improve your grammar, travel.

Nor is it about going to the other part of the world for a long time,
but if you are going on vacation, you can try to go 4 days to London
or any other English-speaking city that will catch you near where
you can practice English.

However, as I explained to you, traveling to other countries will have


greater benefits in your language the longer you live there.

You can also decide to leave your "holidays" for another year and
this summer you can dedicate your savings to an English course
abroad (you can leave for the same price and you will speak more
fluent English) ... and I assure you that you will go bomb.

English grammar Interesting phrases are those that we find fun,


inspiring or that express something that we are living at a certain
time and, therefore, memorize more easily If we find or create
phrases that we like and find suggestive, we will always remember
them and, with them, their structure.

In my case, for example, I usually put funny phrases on my Facebook


page and I usually translate them into Spanish so that my followers
can have a fun time while they learn English.
Search for sparkling quotations in English; Internet is full of them. Find
a photo that you like when you witnessed that sunset and add the
"quotation" with a "paint" type program. It's easy, fun and you'll find it
super useful.

Playing is one of the best ways to memorize grammar rules. There are
many games that are prepared for us to learn, both dedicated to adults
and children.

There are games in which we can put together two parts of a sentence
and see if it is correct; create labels with the forms of verbs and others
with people, it will also help us to memorize the conjugations of these.

Internet is a great source of games with which we can learn English


grammar.

We can find interactive games or games that we can print. If you want to
try an online English course that works like a game, you can try some
Lingualia or Duolingo.

Playing also we can have a fun time with our children while they also learn.
The Internet is also a great source of interactive exercises for
children and adults: we can find crosswords, word searches, vocabulary
games, and thousands of English grammar exercises.

Doing these exercises will help us to memorize the grammar rules


better and, in addition, we will find a way to do exercises in a more fun
way than those proposed by the pure and hard grammar books.

Una plática es una interacción con otra persona e involucra tanto poder
escuchar como hablar inglés. Revisa si la otra persona te está
entendiendo usando estrategias de conversación como remarcar las
palabras clave, reformular la frase o usando expresiones como: “Sí me
entiendes, ¿no?” o “¿O tú qué piensas?Dale la oportunidad a la otra
persona de hablar y y usa sus respuestas para ayudarte a pensar lo que
vas a decir después.
The techniques that help me every day to be able to learn more
english were the following:

 The Music is a technique that helped me improve my skills, I practiced the


rhythm of the language and I learned some very useful expressions.
Sometimes in Karaoke I sing songs in English.

 Although I don't like listening to my own voice, this is a very useful way to
see where I am. Failing when I speak English and that's why I record myself
and then listen to how it sounds.

 Watching movies in English also helps me a lot because I understand little by


little and how it is something I am seeing, such as the expressions or
gestures that the characters do, and that is how it is much easier to learn
English

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