Teacher Anastasia
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Hi there!🤓 I believe that one of the hardest parts of learning a language is to retain the knowledge you've acquired so far. The reason is pretty simple: without constant practice your skills will basically aggravate. So here comes the risk of losing absolutely everything, which is much easier than to expand your knowledge and learn something new. If you don't seem to acknowledge the magnitude of this problem, then I highly recommend you check out other people's examples in terms of losing already acquired skills. That's why today I'd love to elaborate on this topic by sharing some pieces of advice related to it. First of all, every single day I'm trying to absorb new information by learning something new. Sometimes it is really hard to maintain your productiveness and continue moving at a high speed. In order not to feel devastated and exhausted, I usually start working on the aspects that are more related to a passive type of learning (e.g English comprehension skills). The undeniable truth is that it's impossible to become fluent in a language without working on your "output" skills. Therefore, I'm trying to keep balance and accumulate more knowledge by speaking to myself, poring over books, revising new vocabulary and so much more. Spending at least 2 hours per day on these activities makes me feel productive and commited to the process of broadening my horizons! I hope it'll help🇺🇲🇬🇧😊
Jan 23, 2021 9:22 PM
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Hi there!🤓 I believe that one of the hardest parts of learning a language is to retain the knowledge you've acquired so far. The reason is pretty simple: without constant practice your skills will basically aggravate. So here comes the risk of losing absolutely everything, which is much likelier than to expand your knowledge and learn something new. If you don't seem to acknowledge the magnitude of this problem, then I highly recommend you check out other people's examples in terms of losing already acquired skills. That's why today I'd love to elaborate on this topic by sharing some pieces of advice related to it. First of all, every single day I'm trying to absorb new information by learning something new. Sometimes it is really hard to maintain your productiveness and continue moving at a fast pace. In order not to feel devastated and exhausted, I usually start working on the aspects that are more related to a passive type of learning (e.g English comprehension skills). The undeniable truth is that it's impossible to become fluent in a language without working on your "output" skills. Therefore, I'm trying to keep balance and accumulate more knowledge by speaking to myself, poring over books, revising new vocabulary and so much more. Spending at least 2 hours per day on these activities makes me feel productive and commited to the process of broadening my horizons! I hope they won’t be in vain. 🇺🇲🇬🇧😊
David made all the hard work. These are just suggestions not corrections. Keep up the good work.
January 24, 2021
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Hi there!🤓 I believe that one of the hardest parts of learning a language is retaining the knowledge you've acquired so far. The reason is pretty simple: without constant practice your skills will basically diminish / fade (1). So here comes the risk of losing absolutely everything, which is much easier than expanding your knowledge and learning something new. If you don't see / understand / comprehend (2) the magnitude of this problem, then I highly recommend you check out other people's examples of losing the skills they’ve acquired. That's why today I'd love to elaborate on this topic by sharing some pieces of advice related to it. First of all, every single day I'm trying to absorb new information by learning something new. Sometimes it is really hard to maintain your productivity and continue moving forward at a high speed. In order not to feel devastated and exhausted, I usually start working on the aspects that are more related to a passive type of learning (3) (e.g. English comprehension skills). The undeniable truth is that it's impossible to become fluent in a language without working on your "output" skills. Therefore, I'm trying to keep (or “maintain”) a balance and accumulate more knowledge by speaking to myself, poring over books, revising new vocabulary and so much more. Spending at least 2 hours per day on these activities makes me feel productive and commited to the process of broadening my horizons! I hope it'll help🇺🇲🇬🇧😊
(1) “aggravate” needs an object. His intervention aggravated the situation. Smog can aggravate asthma. (2) If you say “if you don’t acknowledge the magnitude of X, ...”, this would probably be followed by a description of the consequences rather than by tips. E.g. “... you will quickly start to forget what you’ve learned.” (3) Or “I usually start with more passive types of learning, e.g. ...” Your posts have made me accept something I perhaps knew but was ignoring a bit, that I need to try and make my learning a bit more active. So I’ve bought a vocab book and a grammar book, with exercises. Hopefully they will broaden my vocabulary and iron out some mistakes 🙂. So thanks! Now I just have to make sure I do a little each day I guess...
January 24, 2021
Hey Anastasia, I just wanted to say that I love the photos you usually include in your posts :)
January 24, 2021
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