An Infallible Plan to Maximize your ESL Learning
You´ve made your decision. You´ve signed up for classes at an ESL school. This is it! A wonderful chance to work on your English skills and enjoy all the things American culture has to offer. However, you must think about this: no matter how fantastic your course is, no matter how skilled your instructors are, you could miss out on wonderful chances to take your English fluency to the next level.
Put your speaking abilities to the test by meeting and hanging out with local residents!
So, you really want to SPEAK English? Feel all speechless and bashful when trying to make friends? Face your fears! Staying with a host family could be awkward, difficult sometimes, but it is a tremendously enriching experience, a unique opportunity to get to know the American way of life and also a fantastic way to improve communication skills.
In class, you learned how to ask, how to respond, what to say, when to say it, how to say it. You name it! You learned it in your ESL program! But with your instructor it is one thing; experiences out in the street are a little different. The recommended way to learn how words and phrases are used in real social scenarios is to go out and mingle! Ask about what people your age generally do for fun, where they go, and plan outings with your fellow classmates. You could talk to really cool people, and even make long-lasting friendships.
If just the thought of initiating a conversation with a total stranger makes you tremble, find activities that will give you the perfect chance to talk to people. Think of the interesting people you could meet while learning to ski, or during a hike. Any sport or outdoor activity offers a great chance to engage in lively conversation, plus the added benefit of keeping you in shape.
Or take another course. Music lessons, arts and crafts, art courses, business courses - you´ll have a variety to choose from- and yet again ANOTHER incredible opportunity to communicate and share. If you happen to be interested in, for example animal rights, go on down to the local animal shelter, or wildlife preserve, and talk with the volunteers.
So, when the bell rings and school´s out for the day, resist the inclination to go home, stay in, and call it a day. Put what you´ve learned at school to good use. Don´t be self-conscious. And don´t fret about what they´ll think of your fuency. Chances are they´ll just be happy to have met you.
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