search engine

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Search engines are <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/program.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">programs</a> that search documents for specified <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/K/keyword.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">keywords</a> and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. A <em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">search engine</em> is really a general class of programs, however, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Google, Bing and Yahoo! Search that enable users to search for documents on the <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/World_Wide_Web.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">World Wide Web.</a></span></div><h2 style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; line-height: normal; margin: 10px 0px 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Web Search Engines</h2><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typically, Web search engines work by sending out a <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/spider.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">spider</em></a> to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an <em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">indexer,</em> then reads these documents and creates an <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/index.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">index</a> based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/proprietary.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">proprietary</a> <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/algorithm.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">algorithm</a> to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/Q/query.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">query</em></a>.</span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">As many website owners rely on search engines to send traffic to their website, and entire industry has grown around the idea of optimizing Web content to improve your placement in search engine results. Learn more about <a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SEO.html" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #cc3300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">search engine optimization (SEO)</a> in this Webopedia' definition.</span></div></div>

search engine

Search engines are programs that search documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. A search engine is really a general class of programs, however, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Google, Bing an…

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5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instagram is my social media soul mate. I’ve been on the platform for over three years, and it’s hard to imagine a day without it. It takes all of the clutter of Twitter and the “I really don’t care about your life” updates from Facebook, and simplifies your experience into a visually engaging feed of highly filtered photographs, ahhh. It’s everything I’m looking for when waking up in the morning, killing time on the train, or drinking wine post-work.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mindless, visually engaging updates from friends, brands, and celebrities; yes I’m in full-blown Insta-love. And clearly, I’m not alone. With over <a href="http://blog.instagram.com/post/129662501137/150922-400million" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">400 million users</a>, Instagram is the fastest-growing social network amongst adults in the U.S., according to <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/09/social-media-update-2014/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Pew Research Center</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that the majority of consumers are Insta-obsessed, marketers have been scrambling to keep up. For many the territory feels unknown and intimidating. You’ve mastered the art of the 140-character tweet and you’ve devised a strategy to reach customers through the cluttered Facebook news feed, but Instagram is like starting from scratch. Marketers are ashamed to see their follower count at 10 people after 4 weeks of posting updates.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s a few tips to get your act together and start generating a much higher, less-embarrassing follower base free of charge.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.14285em 0px 0.38095em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">#1: Use Trending Hashtags</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">#DUH. You know what hashtags are unless you’ve been living under a rock. You probably use them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even Google+ (if you’re into that). Nowadays, most wedding events are even branded with a couple’s hashtag. Why? Because of Instagram. People post pictures and rather than stalking unknown attendees, you can see all of the Instagrams through the common hashtag page.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, which hashtags should you use for your business? Popular ones. Shockingly enough, the hashtag #ourcompanyisthebestandyoushophere isn’t going to get a lot of traction. Instead, use the search icon to see which hashtags are currently trending.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-trending.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" class="alignnone wp-image-145089 size-full lazy" data-original="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-trending.png" height="573" src="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-trending.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" title="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" width="569" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out the brand below that did just that with the trending hashtag #veteransday (this was on Veterans Day, of course). Not only did they take a powerful topic and hashtag, but they made it relevant to their brand offerings:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-example.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" class="aligncenter wp-image-145085 size-medium lazy" data-original="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-example-380x676.png" height="676" src="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-example-380x676.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 100%;" title="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" width="380" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you’re not sold on the day’s trending hashtags, check out which tags your competitors are having success with. If you have a hashtag in mind, but are unsure of the volume, search for it yourself to see how often users are utilizing it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Time and time again we’ve heard that how over hashtagging can be harmful, so how many hashtags is too many hashtags? An interesting <a href="https://blog.bufferapp.com/a-scientific-guide-to-hashtags-which-ones-work-when-and-how-many" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">study from Buffer</a>, which analyzed a set of users with 1,000 or fewer followers, found that interactions are highest on Instagram posts that use 11 or more hashtags. “Don’t sweat your amount of Instagram hashtags,” says Buffer’s Kevan Lee. “They could be your best bet for growing a fast following on Instagram.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">With that said, use common sense. You don’t want your 50+ hashtagged post eating up a follower’s entire mobile screen.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.14285em 0px 0.38095em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">#2: Tag People in Your Posts</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’m not talking about your mom or some rando on the street. Tag people you either want to connect with for partnership reasons or people who you believe fall into your target buyer persona(s).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone who does this really well is oats enthusiast (who I happened to study abroad with in college), Rachel Mansfield. I literally watched Rachel grow her Instagram following from the ground up, and with almost 20K followers and a beautiful blog, the brand she’s built is really impressive. One thing I’ve noticed about almost every one of her mouth-watering posts is that she tags other bloggers or food brands in her Instagram posts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-food.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" class="aligncenter wp-image-145086 size-medium lazy" data-original="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-food-380x675.png" height="675" src="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-food-380x675.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 100%;" title="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" width="380" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ve even seen this result in other bloggers re-posting her content to their large Instagram audiences or sharing her recipes on their sites. Partnerships can evolve from the simple tag of a photo, which will often greatly increase your reach and follower base. It’s pretty remarkable!</span></div><div class="clearfix inpostclearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="sej-inpostt-left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; float: right; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 516.979px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div class="clearfix inpostclearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do some research to determine who to tag and then start including these brands or individuals in your relevant posts from time to time. Make sure you mix up who you’re tagging to not annoy potential connections.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.14285em 0px 0.38095em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">#3: Like & Comment on Others’ Feeds</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one’s pretty self-explanatory and shouldn’t be understated. It’s worked on myself multiple times. For instance, my boyfriend and I often truck up to his family’s house in Camden, Maine for summer weekends, and when a new restaurant in town liked one of my Instagram photos from a weekend excursion we decided to dine there after browsing through their Instagram profile and checking out their menu online.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-geo.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" class="aligncenter wp-image-145087 size-large lazy" data-original="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-geo-760x699.png" height="699" src="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-geo-760x699.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 100%;" title="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" width="760" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moral of the story? Interact with your target audience and followers will ensue!</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.14285em 0px 0.38095em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">#4: Include Your Location</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking from the example above, without including the location “Camden, ME” in my post, the chances of the restaurant finding me, liking my photo, and making us aware of them were likely nonexistent. Using geo-tagging when creating a new post will help people find your brand. People often search for photos by location, myself included, so ensuring you’re tagging the location of the photo, especially for high-popularity locations (think Central Park or popular downtown hang outs), is a simple way to expand your reach.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-location.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" class="aligncenter wp-image-145088 size-large lazy" data-original="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-location-760x494.png" height="494" src="https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/increase-instagram-followers-location-760x494.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 100%;" title="5 Free Tips to Increase Your Instagram Followers | SEJ" width="760" /></span></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.14285em 0px 0.38095em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">#5: Promote Your Instagram Everywhere</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’ve likely built up a presence on other social networks, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Vine, or Periscope. Think about the strategy you used when growing those channels. Did you promote them on your website with social share icons? Did you include links on your blog to your social channels? You should be doing the same with Instagram to grow awareness.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Start off by connecting your Instagram account with Facebook to upload the fan base you’ve already built. Run Instagram campaigns across your most popular social channels to build more exposure. Encourage your employees, partners, and brand followers to get involved by sending out reminders that you’re on Instagram. Send a company-wide reminder to add a link to your company Instagram in employee email signatures (this is especially important for customer service, sales, and whoever else is interacting with leads and customers). Include your Instagram handle of your business card and LinkedIn profile.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also, create your own unique business hashtags and unique hashtags for specific campaigns, and ask your employees, customers, and partners to use them. “KitKat uses the tag #haveabreak to incorporate their fan’s photos under a tag that praises their catch phrase. The nearly 12,000 posts are right on target,” says MadeFreshly content manager, <a href="https://blog.kissmetrics.com/drive-sales-with-instagram/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Rachel Daley</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be aggressive about exposing everyone who touches your brand to your account. If you fail to get your account in front of people, growth can’t happen.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.008em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that you have all the secret tips and tricks at your fingertips there’s no excuse to not grow your following. 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How to Learn English Faster

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="section sticky hasad" id="intro" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 27px 27px 0px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><h1 class="firstHeading" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #222222; font-size: 35px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learning a new language can be difficult, but it's not impossible. Learning any language can be broken up into four pieces: reading, writing, listening and speaking. If you want to learn English faster, get started with Step 1 below.</h1><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="wh_ad_inner adunitintro" style="float: left; line-height: 0; margin: 8px 0px 0px -27px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clearall adclear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><div class="section steps sticky " style="background-color: #ecebe8; border-radius: 4px; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 60px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: rgb(246, 245, 244); border-bottom: none; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; color: #222222; font-size: 20px; left: 0px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 728px; z-index: 3;"><div class="altblock" style="background-color: #93b874; border-radius: 4px 0px 0px; color: white; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 50px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; width: 60px;">Part<span style="display: block; font-size: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1</span></div><span class="mw-headline" id="Fun_Techniques" style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 16px 0px 15px 50px;">Fun Techniques</span></h3><div class="section_text" id="steps_1" style="background-color: inherit; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ol class="steps_list_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="hasimage hasad" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 4" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/14/Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg" height="546" id="img_2dd1517a91" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/14/Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-4.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 1" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">1</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_1" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read, read, read.</b> One of the easiest things you can do to learn English faster is to read as much as you can. Read things all the time. This will make your vocabulary better and it will also help you learn grammar and slang.<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 20px 55px;"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Read comics. An easy option, if you don't want to read children's books, is to read comic books or comics instead. You can buy many English language comic books in bookstores and online, or you can read free comics online (these are usually called webcomics).</li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Read books you've read before. You can also read a book you have read before. If you already know a little bit about what happens, then you will have an easier time guessing and understanding the words.</li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Read the newspaper. Newspapers are a good way to learn the basics of a language, because they usually have very good grammar and are written to be easy to understand. You can find online versions of many good English language newspapers, like the New York Times or The Guardian.</li></ul></div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="adunit0 dfpad" style="line-height: 0; margin: 13px 0px 0px -20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="whad " id="div-gpt-0-First-Step" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10095428/EducationCommunications_First-Step_Desktop_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 1" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/cc/Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg" height="546" id="img_7cc7e471d8" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/cc/Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-1.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 2" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">2</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_2" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Watch movies.</b> Watching movies will also help you improve your English, by helping you to hear what it sounds like and also helping you to learn new words. You can start watching with subtitles on, but you will learn more with the subtitles off. Once you have a basic vocabulary, try to keep the subtitles off and focus on listening for the words you do know and guessing the words you don't know from what is happening on the screen.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 3" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/cb/Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg" height="546" id="img_6d2e77b546" src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/cb/Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-3.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 3" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">3</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_3" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Play MMO games.</b> MMOs are video games that you play online with other people. You can choose to play with people in English-speaking countries, which will give you the chance to talk with them and learn from them. Try playing Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, or The Elder Scrolls Online.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 10" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/3/30/Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg" height="546" id="img_f81ba24ada" src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/3/30/Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-10.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 4" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">4</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_4" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Find an online pen-pal.</b> Pen-pals are people trying to learn your language that you write letters (or emails) to and they write back. You write half of your letter in your native language so that they can practice and half in English so that you can practice. You can talk about whatever you want! There are many websites that can help you find an online pen-pal.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage hasad" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 7" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/f/f5/Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg" height="546" id="img_13981d89b0" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/f/f5/Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-7.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 5" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">5</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_5" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Make a friend.</b> You can also just make friends with English language speakers online and chat, email, and Skype together in order to practice your English. You can find online friends by joining fan communities or through language-learning communities like Fluentify.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="dfpad" style="line-height: 0; margin: 13px 0px 0px -20px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage hasad" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 8" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/bc/Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg" height="546" id="img_d5659f9301" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/bc/Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-8.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 6" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">6</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_1_6" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sing songs.</b> Learning and singing songs is another good way to make your English better. This will help you learn the sounds of English (rhymes will help your pronunciation). It will also help improve your vocabulary. Find a song you like, learn it, and learn what the lyrics mean.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="adunit2 dfpad" style="line-height: 0; margin: 13px 0px 0px -20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="whad " id="div-gpt-2-Method1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10095428/EducationCommunications_Method1_Desktop_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></li></ol><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="section steps sticky " style="background-color: #ecebe8; border-radius: 4px; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 60px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: rgb(246, 245, 244); border-bottom: none; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; color: #222222; font-size: 20px; left: 0px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 728px; z-index: 3;"><div class="altblock" style="background-color: #93b874; border-radius: 4px 0px 0px; color: white; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 50px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; width: 60px;">Part<span style="display: block; font-size: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2</span></div><span class="mw-headline" id="Serious_Study" style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 16px 0px 15px 50px;">Serious Study</span></h3><div class="section_text" id="steps_2" style="background-color: inherit; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ol class="steps_list_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 6" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg" height="546" id="img_7c9dbcb3b7" src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-6.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 1" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">1</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_1" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Take a course.</b> English courses will help you learn the most important words and grammar and can help you make sure you're learning everything correctly. There are two main ways to take English language courses:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 20px 55px;"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Take an online course. You can take courses online. Some of these cost money and some are free. The ones that cost money may be better than the free ones but not all the time! Good examples of online programs are LiveMocha and Duolingo.</li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 4px; border: none; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Take a course in school. You can take a class from a local college or English language school. These cost money, but the help from the teacher will be very important and will help you learn faster than trying to learn on your own.</li></ul></div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-8.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-8.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 8" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/bf/3227950-8.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-8.jpg" height="546" id="img_de399c5d9f" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/bf/3227950-8.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-8.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 2" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">2</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_2" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Write in a journal.</b> This will force you to practice your writing and vocabulary. It will also force you to practice making new sentences, instead of just repeating sentences you already know. You can keep a diary of your day. You should also keep a small journal where you write down new words when you hear or see them.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-9.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-9.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 9" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/3/31/3227950-9.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-9.jpg" height="546" id="img_e5c54f234d" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/3/31/3227950-9.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-9.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 3" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">3</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_3" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Travel to an English-speaking nation.</b> Traveling to a place where everyone speaks English will help you learn a lot faster. Take a temporary job or a study abroad course in an English-speaking country. You can also take shorter trips, but immersing yourself in the language for at least 3 months will help the most.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 5" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg" height="546" id="img_b287b18984" src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/a/a4/Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-5.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 4" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">4</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_4" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Teach yourself.</b> Of course, you can teach yourself English too. The trick to teaching yourself English fast is to make it the most important thing to you. Spend all of your free time studying and use your English as often as you can.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-11.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-11.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 11" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/91/3227950-11.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-11.jpg" height="546" id="img_1534342892" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/91/3227950-11.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-11.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 5" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">5</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_5" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Take advantage of online tools.</b> There are many online tools for helping you to learn English faster. These range from flashcard type programs to phone apps. Try ANKI (flashcards), Memrise (flashcards and so much more), or Forvo (pronunciation guide).</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage hasad" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 9" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c1/Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg" height="546" id="img_e5114efb3f" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c1/Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-9.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 6" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">6</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_2_6" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Immerse yourself.</b> Immersion is one of the best ways to learn a language. This means that you need to study English every day, for at least 3 hours a day. One hour once a week is not enough to learn. If you can spend at least 6 hours a day hearing, writing, and speaking English, this will help you the most.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="adunit3 dfpad" style="line-height: 0; margin: 13px 0px 0px -20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="whad " id="div-gpt-3-Method2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10095428/EducationCommunications_Method2_Desktop_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></li></ol><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><a class="anchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Fun_Techniques_sub" style="background-color: #ecebe8; color: #336633; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -39px; visibility: hidden;"></a><a class="anchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Serious_Study_sub" style="background-color: #ecebe8; color: #336633; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -39px; visibility: hidden;"></a><a class="anchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Do.27s_and_Don.27ts_sub" style="background-color: #ecebe8; color: #336633; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -39px; visibility: hidden;"></a><br /><div class="section steps sticky " style="background-color: #ecebe8; border-radius: 4px; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 60px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: rgb(246, 245, 244); border-bottom: none; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; color: #222222; font-size: 20px; left: 0px; line-height: 29px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 728px; z-index: 3;"><div class="altblock" style="background-color: #93b874; border-radius: 4px 0px 0px; color: white; float: left; font-size: 12px; height: 50px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; width: 60px;">Part<span style="display: block; font-size: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3</span></div><span class="mw-headline" id="Do.27s_and_Don.27ts" style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 16px 0px 15px 50px;">Do's and Don'ts</span></h3><div class="section_text" id="steps_3" style="background-color: inherit; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ol class="steps_list_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-13.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-13.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 13" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c7/3227950-13.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-13.jpg" height="546" id="img_6a907e2ed7" src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c7/3227950-13.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-13.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 1" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">1</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_1" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do work with small sets of words.</b> When you are trying to learn new words, don't work from a giant list of vocabulary. Learn only a few words at a time and do not move on until you <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">really know</i> those words.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-14.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-14.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 14" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/9b/3227950-14.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-14.jpg" height="546" id="img_9c1c1726c0" src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/9b/3227950-14.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-14.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 2" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">2</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_2" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do label everything in your home.</b> Put a label on everything in your home to help you learn those words. This will teach you to think of the image when you see the word, instead of translating everything in your head.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-15.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-15.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 15" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/2/27/3227950-15.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-15.jpg" height="546" id="img_8f253cf3b1" src="http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/2/27/3227950-15.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-15.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 3" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">3</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_3" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do make use of Google Images.</b> Google image search is a great way to learn nouns (and some other types of words) in a language. Search new words in the image search tool and the pictures that show up will help you learn!</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-16.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-16.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 16" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/11/3227950-16.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-16.jpg" height="546" id="img_18929c1a9e" src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/11/3227950-16.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-16.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 4" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">4</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_4" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Don't try to learn with flashcards.</b> Generally, you should not use flashcards with only words (with the English word on one side and your word on the other). This teaches you to translate everything inside your head, making you slow to understand the English you hear. Instead, try to learn the English word with a sound or picture.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 20px 20px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled Learn English Faster Step 2" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/0/0e/Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg" height="546" id="img_2f40244df7" src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/0/0e/Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg/aid3227950-728px-Learn-English-Faster-Step-2.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 5" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">5</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_5" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Don't focus too much on grammar.</b> The thing about English is that most people don't speak with perfect grammar and few people even speak with good grammar. If you spend all of your time trying to learn the grammar, you'll waste a bunch of time. Speak incorrectly: it's ok! Someone will correct you and you'll learn over time. Eventually it will sound right and you won't even have to think about it.</div><div class="clearall" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></li><li class="hasimage final_li hasad" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; clear: both; line-height: 25px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="mwimg largeimage floatcenter " style="border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: -21px -20px 20px; max-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a class="image lightbox" data-href="/Image:3227950-18.jpg?ajax=true&aid=3227950" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English-Faster#/Image:3227950-18.jpg" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Image titled 3227950 18" class="whcdn" data-src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c7/3227950-18.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-18.jpg" height="546" id="img_453fe96c42" src="http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/c7/3227950-18.jpg/aid3227950-728px-3227950-18.jpg.webp" style="border: none; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 728px;" width="728" /></a></div><div aria-label="Step 6" class="step_num" style="float: left; font-size: 43px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 15px 3px 0px;">6</div><a class="stepanchor" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="step_3_6" style="color: #336633; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -170px; visibility: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;"></a><div class="step" style="margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="whb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Don't be afraid to try!</b> The most important part of learning a language quickly is to just speak it. Just use your language skills as much as you can. Don't worry about being wrong or not saying something correctly. Not using your skills makes you learn so much slower. Just speak! You can do it!</div></li></ol></div></div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you want to learn how to speak English well?</span></strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you also looking for a shortcut to English fluency?</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">We don’t have tricks that will give you perfect English in five minutes a day.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">But we do have solid tips that will help you learn how to speak English more fluently, in less time.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some tips that will help you speak English better than ever.</span></div><div class="alan-leadmagnet" style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 821.688px;"><div class="alan-leadmagnet" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Download: </strong>This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. <a data-leadbox-id="141540573f72a2:14ee494e4b46dc" data-leadbox="https://fluentu.leadpages.co/leadbox/141540573f72a2%3A14ee494e4b46dc/5753952654065664/" href="https://fluentu.leadpages.co/leadbox/141540573f72a2%3A14ee494e4b46dc/5753952654065664/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Click here to get a copy. 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Accept That English Is a Weird Language</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you can find patterns in English grammar, but other times English doesn’t make sense at all. For example, why are “read” (reed) and “read” (red) the same word, but pronounced differently depending on whether you’re speaking in the past or present tense? Or why is “mice” the plural of “mouse”, but “houses” is the plural of “house”?</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, there are just as many exceptions as there are rules in English. It’s easy to get stuck on learning how to speak English properly, if you try to find a reason for everything.  Sometimes English is weird and unexplainable, so instead the best thing to do is just memorize the strange exceptions and move on.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Dive into the Deep End</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Studying English for an hour once a week isn’t usually enough to make any real progress. The best way to quickly improve your English is to spend at least a few minutes practicing every day. Immerse yourself as much as possible every time you study, and challenge yourself to listen to, read, and even say things in English that you think might be too difficult for you. If you want to speak English fluently, you need to make it an essential part of your everyday life.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Stop Being a Student</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">The right attitude can make the difference between failure and success. Stop thinking of yourself as someone who is <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">learning </i>English, and start thinking of yourself as someone who <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">speaks</i> English. It’s a small change, but it will make you feel more confident and help you to use the English you already know more effectively.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">This also means you need to start thinking in English. If you want to say the word “apple” in English, for example, right now you probably think of the word in your native language first, and then try to think of the correct word in English. Instead, try imagining a picture of an apple, and then just think the English word “apple”. Real fluency happens when you stop mentally translating conversations.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Remember the Answer Is in the Question</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Listen carefully when someone asks you a question in English and you’ll answer perfectly every time. English questions are like mirrors:</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">           Does he…..?                       Yes, <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he does</i>.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">           Can she….?                         Yes, <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">she can</i>.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">           Is it….?                                  Yes, <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">it is</i>.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">If someone asks you a question and you’re not sure how to answer, start by thinking about the words used in the question.  The person has already said most of the words you need to make your answer. Instead of just memorizing English grammar, start to look for patterns like this one. There are a lot of simple ways to “cheat” and make it easier to remember the right words.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Get More out of Listening</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">When most students listen to a native English-speaker, they focus on understanding what all the words mean. This is definitely important, but there is a lot more you can learn from listening. Try listening not just to what the words mean, but to how the person says them. Notice which words the person links together in a sentence, or when they say “ya” instead of “you.” Try to remember these details the next time you speak and your English will begin to sound more natural.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Easier said than done, right? When you listen to native English speakers, it can be hard to understand every single word that is spoken. They might use many words you don’t know, talk too fast or have a strong accent.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fantastic way to practice careful, active listening is to start using FluentU. <a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FluentU has a huge collection of real world English videos</a>, so you can hear the English that people speak every day.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once you’re there, how you learn is entirely up to you. While browsing our hundreds of awesome videos, you’ll have the freedom to choose which ones are most relevant to <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">your </em>personal<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </em>learning experience.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1951" style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 1px 1px inset; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 330px;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="English Videos with FluentU" class=" wp-image-1951 " height="568" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" src="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.14.411-576x1024.png" srcset="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.14.411-576x1024.png 576w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.14.411-169x300.png 169w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.14.411.png 640w" style="background: none; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="320" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">FluentU App Browse Screen</span></a></div></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">The more you listen to this authentic English, the better you will understand how to speak English naturally.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">And FluentU makes it really easy to watch English videos. How? There are interactive captions. In other words, you can tap on any word to see an image, definition and useful examples.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1991" style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 1px 1px inset; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 317px;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="best English apps" class=" wp-image-1991" height="546" sizes="(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px" src="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.15.16.png" srcset="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.15.16.png 640w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.15.16-169x300.png 169w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.15.16-576x1024.png 576w" style="background: none; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="307" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">FluentU lets you learn engaging content with world famous celebrities.</span></div></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">For example, if you tap on the word “brought”, then you see this:</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1959" style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 1px 1px inset; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 317px;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="best English apps" class=" wp-image-1959 " height="546" sizes="(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px" src="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.20.15.png" srcset="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.20.15.png 640w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.20.15-169x300.png 169w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/02/2014-10-09-21.20.15-576x1024.png 576w" style="background: none; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="307" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">FluentU lets you tap to look up any word.</span></div></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can learn any video’s vocabulary with FluentU. Swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you’re learning.</span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1996" style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 1px 1px inset; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 317px;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="best English apps" class=" wp-image-1996 " height="546" sizes="(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px" src="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.21.16.png" srcset="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.21.16.png 640w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.21.16-169x300.png 169w, http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/2014-10-09-21.21.16-576x1024.png 576w" style="background: none; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="307" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">FluentU helps you learn fast with useful questions and multiple examples. <a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></span></div></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">The coolest part? FluentU knows the vocabulary that you’re learning. It uses your vocabulary to recommend you examples and videos. You have a truly personalized experience.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can even save all the words you learned and keep track of your progress. <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep practicing with these videos, and you will see great improvement in your ability to understand and speak native level English.</strong></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Start <a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">using FluentU on the website</a> with your computer or tablet, or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/fluentu-learn-language-videos!/id917892175?mt=8" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">download the FluentU app from the iTunes store</a>.</span></div><div class="woo-sc-hr" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 821.688px;"></div><div class="wp_cta_container cta_outer_container" id="wp_cta_5520_container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inbound-cta-container wp_cta_content wp_cta_variation wp_cta_5520_variation_0" data-cta-id="5520" data-variation="0" id="wp_cta_5520_variation_0" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="blank-cta-template" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/inbound/o69oil0vi8n" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5521" height="930" src="http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/09/2.jpg" style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.701961); border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1060" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="woo-sc-hr" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 821.688px;"></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Use It or Lose It</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">There’s an expression in English: “Use it or lose it,” which basically means if you don’t practice an ability, you might forget it. This idea can be used to help you remember new English vocabulary. The best way to remember a new word is to use it <i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">right away</i> so it will stay in your memory.  When you learn a new word, try to say it in sentences a few times over the next week and you’ll never forget it.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Learn and Study Phrases</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking English fluently means being able to express your thoughts, feelings and ideas. Your goal is to speak English in full sentences, so why not learn it in full sentences? You’ll find that English is more useful in your everyday life if you study whole phrases, rather than just vocabulary and verbs. Start by thinking about phrases that you use frequently in your native language, and then learn how to say them in English.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Don’t Study Grammar Too Much</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">The key to learning a language is finding a balance between studying and practicing. Speaking English fluently isn’t the same as knowing perfect English grammar – even native English-speakers make grammar mistakes! Fluency is about being able to communicate. That’s why sometimes it’s important to put the grammar textbook away, so you can go out and practice those writing, reading, listening and speaking skills in the real world.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Don’t Be Afraid to Make Mistakes</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes it can be difficult to put all those rules and words together into a simple sentence. Don’t let the fear of saying something wrong stop you from speaking at all. Even if you think you’re making a mistake, keep speaking anyway. Most of the time, people will understand what you’re trying to say, even if you make a mistake. Plus, the more you speak, the easier it gets, and the more quickly the right words will come to mind.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Learn from Everyone</span></b></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">You don’t have to only learn English from textbooks and teachers – anyone who speaks English can help you practice. Imagine how you would feel if someone asked you, in your native language, how to pronounce something? Would you be angry? No! You’d probably be happy to help, just like most English-speakers are happy to help you. If you know any English-speakers, whether it’s a friend or co-worker, take advantage of the opportunity to practice and learn from them.</span></div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other Resources for Learning to Speak English Fluently</span></h2><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://gumroad.com/a/281490547/HgEXg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Why English Is Easy: Language Hacks That Make English Easy</a>: we’ve seen a lot of English learning products out there, but we really like this one. It’s not a normal English learning course. Instead, it’s a whole new approach to learning English. <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://gumroad.com/a/281490547/HgEXg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">What makes the course great is the author, the famous polyglot Benny Lewis.</a></strong> He has many years of experience quickly learning and mastering multiple languages. He shows you the shortcuts and techniques that he’s learned over the years. Please note that we do get an affiliate commission if you purchase through our link. Thank you for your support!</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: proxima_nova_rgregular; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOpjIXxKOU" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1cacec; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="How to Speak English Well">How to Speak English Well … It’s *NOT* what you think</a>: “Don’t think, just speak” – a great, motivational video that explains well the rationale behind focusing on speaking rather than thinking.</span></div></div>

How to Speak English Well: 10 Simple Tips for Extraordinary Fluency

Do you want to learn how to speak English well?Are you also looking for a shortcut to English fluency?We don’t have tricks that will give you perfect English in five minutes a day.But we do have solid tips that will help you learn how to speak English more fluently, in less time.…

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