The World Cup last summer in Russia once again proved: it’s time to learn a foreign language. How long can you communicate in sign language? But there are dozens of other small problems associated with not learning English at school. Either you have to wait for the translation of a new episode of your favorite show, or checking into a hotel abroad takes an extra half hour.

So, you have finally decided to take a couple of hours a week from your busy schedule and finally learn English. Once and for all. But from which side should we approach? Either pull an old school textbook from the balcony, or sign up for another fashionable course with a “unique” methodology.

MIR 24 decided to collect five effective (and self-tested) ways to quickly learn a language. These tips can be used both instead of studying at an expensive “English school”, and together with it, to consolidate the material.

Method No. 1. Good old stickers

Polyglots of the old school learned the language from papers. This is especially true for those who, as it seems at first glance, have no time for classes. The method is simple: buy yourself adhesive stickers, write them in English words and stick them on the corresponding objects in the house.

Let's go cut ourselves a sausage sandwich before going to bed - be sure to note that the refrigerator is marked with a sticker Fridge. You will have to wield an item with a signature Knife, and you can put the finished sandwich on Plate. After a week of repetitions, you will definitely remember.

When your level rises above everyday words, write down all the English words you come across on stickers. From signs, from brand names, and, ultimately, from conversations of foreigners overheard in the subway. Stickers with words and their translations can be hung right at your workplace. So that they catch your eye more often. I got distracted for a second and caught my eye on another word. This method is ideal for people with photographic memory. In this way, you can expand your passive vocabulary even at a computer in the office, or at a lathe in a factory. The main thing is that it doesn’t interfere with work.

Method No. 2. Look for associations

Languages, especially European ones, can be untangled like a spider's web. Anyway, in most cases we will end up with Latin or Ancient Greek. But there are still hundreds of borrowed words. From English to Russian or along a more complex path: through French or German. It is possible to find matches even at an initial level of language knowledge.

Word Fruit differs from our “fruit” by just one letter. And is it so difficult to remember Brother with our “brother”? In fact, the deeper you dive into a foreign language, the more similar patterns you find. And now English-language texts are not so scary when in every sentence there is a word form similar to the Russian one.

Method number 3. One on one with carriers

They will tell you about this everywhere. Well, what can you do if this is the case: the best way to learn a language is to constantly communicate with native speakers. If you are still young and not burdened with family expenses and loans, drop everything and go study abroad. Fortunately, in almost every English-speaking country there is a wide system of grants, so you don’t even have to pay.

If you put yourself in a situation where not learning a language is like dooming yourself to starvation, sooner or later the information will begin to creep into your head. And after a couple of months, they no longer babble funny in their own language, but speak the same language as you.

In our age, there is a more budget-friendly option: turn on your computer or smartphone and go to English-language thematic forums. For example, according to "Game of Thrones" or World of Warcraft. Try to spend more time there, but not only read other people’s messages, but also express your own opinion more often. Of course, in English. Believe me, in most cases they won’t say a word to you for bad grammar. And if they do give advice, all you have to do is thank them and listen.

Method number 4. For social phobes

Well, okay, it really happens that the fear of communication transforms into some kind of phobia. And you seem to know what you need to say, but abroad you can’t even squeeze the words out of yourself. I will say right away: someday this barrier will have to be overcome. But you can put this event on hold if you use the method of learning through TV series and films.

It's very simple: watch your favorite The Walking Dead or new Star Wars episodes exclusively in the original. For starters, with Russian subtitles. In large cities there are always at least a couple of cinemas that show films in English. Just search on the Internet. There you can easily find subtitles for almost all existing media content: from stand-up shows to new videos of your favorite blogger.

The next step is to watch English-language films with English subtitles. This way you can read what you couldn't hear. Text transcripts of films and TV series can be downloaded on specialized websites, and streaming platforms like Netflix provide subtitles for each video by default. By the way, popular English-speaking bloggers, in connection with the rules YouTube, are also forced to transcribe all their videos.

An alternative option is books. You can start with works with parallel translation (using the method of Ilya Frank) and simple fairy tales, then move on to translations of Russian classics into English, and finally move on to serious literature. The trick is to enjoy the book first, and secondly to perceive reading as language learning.

Method No. 5. English by songs

This is the most difficult option and must be approached with caution. But he can help someone learn English. We all listen to foreign music in one way or another. The President of Russia sings Blueberry Hill, the older generation is enjoying The Beatles And Queen, and those who are younger study complex texts Eminem.

Take your favorite songs and try, without looking at the text, to hear all the words, one after another. And then translate - and remember. Now, when the player will play for the thousandth time Shape of You Ed Sheeran, you can not only sing along, but also synchronously translate the song about love at first sight.

There are downsides. Songs usually have a lot of incorrect grammar - words are rearranged for the sake of rhyme - and the word forms themselves are sometimes too strange. Still, it is worth remembering that lyrics with their metaphors are seriously different from everyday speech.

Whatever method you choose, the main thing in learning English is constant practice. To learn a language as quickly as possible, you need to combine all these methods and use them simultaneously. Good luck on this difficult and long journey!

We decided to learn English language? Of course, you made the right choice, because English language- the main language of international communication.

Most likely, you have already encountered the main problem with learning English- a huge number of textbooks and courses on the market, most of which are a waste of time and money. And if we add to this selfeducation and complete lack of initial knowledge language, then all this confuses a person, and he loses the desire to learn English. A wish- the main key to successfully learning any foreign language.

So, what does the site offer you for success? learning English from scratch?

First of all, especially for the entry level in the form online lessons A wonderful self-instruction manual by K. B. Vasiliev “Easy English” was compiled. Classes on this tutorial are perfect for children, because the texts are presented from popular English children's fairy tales, such as “Alice in Wonderland”, “Winnie the Pooh and Everything Everything”, etc. Additionally, typos and some inaccuracies were corrected, and added free audio for the entire course. And doing the exercises is not at all difficult, because for this there are special forms for entering text, as well as answer keys. To view the answer, hover your mouse over the key: . You can only peek back after you have completely completed the exercise! If you have any questions, you can ask them under the lesson as a comment.

Please note that there is no need to rush and jump to the next lesson immediately after completing the current one. Move on to the next lesson when you are confident that you have mastered the material in the current lesson. fully.

Further parallel With the study of the audio course above, you can also study the perhaps simpler Assimil audio course. The page with audio courses also contains higher-level courses, as well as an interesting tutorial on how to work with audio.

How have you studied so much information and are still confused about verb tenses? Dont be upset, verb tenses in English- this is the most difficult part of it. After all, there are not 3 of them, as in the Russian language, but as many as 12! Especially for easier understanding and assimilation of tenses, the following section on effective lessons by S.P. Dugin for beginners was created.

Verb tenses can also be studied in the English grammar section. Initially, grammar lessons were intended for intermediate students, but translations have been added to them, and now they can be studied by slightly less advanced students. In this section Very There are many lessons, it will help you find answers to many questions, so don't skip it. Proceed to study it only when you are ready. And in lessons for beginners there will periodically be links to specific grammar lessons from this section.

Have you studied all this already? Well, you give it! Congratulations! What to do next? And then you will have even more self-study. Unfortunately, from an intermediate level it is difficult to build any path for study; build it yourself according to your interests. It takes a lot of practice. Listen to a lot of audio and video materials. Try to talk more. No one? Talk to yourself! Read, write. The site also has video materials. Perhaps there will be more later.

Please note that on the mobile version of the site the right menu collapses to the very bottom screen, and the top menu opens by pressing a button ≡ top right.

What kind of English are we learning? British or American?

Correct answer: both.

On the one hand, British refers to pronunciation rules set many years ago. Almost no one speaks it now, but everyone who studies English or tests pronunciation strives for it, incl. American actors (for example, Will Smith). Also, all textbooks have standard grammar and spelling of words. It turns out that almost everyone is learning British English. American grammar and spelling are slightly, very slightly different from British, so look for some textbooks on American English. very, very stupid.

On the other hand, British English also includes a special intonation that almost no one teaches, and it’s difficult to get used to. These lessons also do not teach intonation. It turns out that no matter how hard we try to pronounce it, we will still end up sounding more American English than British. Besides intonation, our speech apparatus is simply more similar to the American one. The video of the 1st lesson presents pure British English. The audio of the following lessons will sound more like American English. Otherwise, English is standard, there is no need to come up with ridiculous reasons why I should or should not learn these particular lessons. Just learn! I am responsible for quality! (Site author)

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Theoretical material

English is different from Russian. In English, compared to Russian, sentences are structured differently, articles are added, prepositions are used differently and there are more tenses than in Russian.

Thanks to our course, you will learn the 500 most frequently used words in the English language, be able to express your thoughts and read texts on general topics. The study of words takes place on the "Exercises" tab, and on this page we will talk about English grammar.

Article

(a,an,the)

Article – this is a service word. It is placed before nouns (in English).

There are two articles in English - the indefinite and the definite. The article is not translated into Russian. There are no articles in Russian.

Indefinite article has two forms: a And an
Definite article has one form: the

Prepositions

Pretext – this is a functional part of speech, for example - in, on, under, above, near, etc.

There are three types of prepositions:

1. Prepositions of place- this is when we want to say that something is somewhere (on, in, near, under, behind, above, in front of, between, among);

(in (V),on (on the),at (V), behind (behind), under (under), near (near, near), above (above), between (between), among (among))

2. Prepositions of direction- this is when we want to say that something is moving somewhere (through, through, in, out, with, up, down, along, around);

(across (through),through (through),into (in (inside)), out , of (from), from(With), up (up), down (down), along (into the distance), round (around))

3. Prepositions of time- this is when we want to say that some action once was, is or will occur (before, before, after, during);

Word order in English sentences

In English sentences, unlike Russian ones, there must be a strict word order.

For example, in Russian we can say “I sent a telegram yesterday” or “I sent a telegram yesterday,” but in English this sentence should sound like this: “I sent a telegram yesterday.” Since English sentences have a strict word order.

How to learn English on your own at home from scratch? So that the phrase “Landan from the Capital of Great Britain” is not your only signature, we have collected the best tips for you! Choose what you like best.

System

If you want to quickly learn English on your own at home from scratch, then you should stick to some system. It is similar to the system used in physical training and covers all areas when learning a foreign language.

There are only five points that you must master:

• grammar;
• reading;
• lexicon;
• listening;
• speaking.

The point of the system is that every day you should devote 15-20 minutes of your time to a specific item.

Day 1: Grammar

Grammar is the basis of everything. First, you should remember all the pronouns, tenses, irregular verbs and exceptions.

§English course from Dmitry Petrov and from the channel "Culture". In just 16 lessons, the teacher will introduce you to the basics of the English language, using his individual system.

§Channel English Galaxy will tell you how to learn English on your own at home from scratch and for free. The channel presents a huge number of lessons that will help you master a foreign language.

Native speakers use only 4 tenses in everyday speech: Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple and Present Continuous. Well, they also love the passive voice. This is enough for the elementary level.

Useful software

The Duolingo app will explain the basics of English grammar. You will need to devote only 10-15 minutes of free time a day to the language. The application will teach you simple grammar and translation of basic things.

You shouldn't sit studying English for 4-5 hours. 15-20 minutes a day is enough. There may be 3 or 4 such days a week.

Day 2: Reading

Start with the simplest texts. Let these be children's books about bunnies, cats and foxes. But you will understand everything that happens there. Books can be found in large book houses or ordered online.

Yes, e-books are cool, but it’s better to print the text or buy a book in English. So you can write the translation of a word right above the English word. Like they used to do at school.

In addition to books, you can find websites, entertainment portals or blogs in English that talk about things that interest you. The most important thing is that you should like it. If you are more interested in reading technical texts, then why do you need to know about how God sent a piece of cheese to the crow? Read what you want.

§Books in English for beginners (level elementary):

• Peppa Pig (books about Peppa Pig);
• Danny and the Dinosaur (Denny and the Dinosaur);
• Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh);
• Moomin and the Moonlight Adventure (adventures of Moommi Troll);
• When Lulu Went to the Zoo (When Lulu went to the Zoo).

intermediate:

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Alice in Wonderland
• Mary Poppins (The Adventures of Merry Poppins)
• The Black Cat (Edgar Poe)/(Black Cat)
• The Gift of the Magi (Gift of the Magi).

§Books in English for level advanced:

Yes, you are the God of English! Read either Harry Potter in the original or The Lord of the Rings.

• The Time Machine;
• The Invisible Man;
• Pride and Prejudice;
• Four Weddings and a Funeral;
• The Grass is Singing.

Day 3: Vocabulary

How to learn English on your own at home quickly? You need to expand your vocabulary. You can combine this day with the second day if you wish. While reading, write down all the unfamiliar words that catch your eye.

Get a dictionary

Get your own personal dictionary so you don’t lose all the words, because not everything can fit in your head. This could be a notebook or notepad.

§1 option: unknown English word | Russian translation

§Option 2: unknown English word | explanation of word translation in English

§3 option: unknown English word | explanation of word translation in English | Russian translation

Useful software

A cool app that will help you remember foreign words is called Easy Ten.

• You can choose the words you want to learn yourself;
• you can choose the difficulty level of words;
• there is a pronunciation of words;
• there are examples of phrases using a specific word;
• Russian translation;
• The application sends notifications every half hour; the word being studied with translation is displayed on the screen, which contributes to better memorization.

• The application is paid, only 3 free days are given.

Translate the menu of your phone or work computer into English. The most basic words in English will always be before your eyes.

Day 4: Listening

Forget about those stupid cassettes of terrible quality that they played for us at school. Because of the noise, you were just starting to listen to the boring text about some newspapers, business and cap of the company, and the dialogue was already ending. And you didn’t have time to catch anything. How to easily learn English on your own at home?

Watch and listen to what interests you:

• foreign YouTube channels;
• interesting and educational videos;
• tracks and clips in English.

Both TV series and YouTube videos come with subtitles. Just press the Play button and enjoy. Try to protect yourself as much as possible with the English language so that you can get used to it, and then you will automatically understand everything that is said, and without subtitles.

Day 5: Speaking

If you have a friend or acquaintance who speaks perfect English, talk to him more often. But if you don’t have such people nearby, this is not a reason to be upset.

§How to learn spoken English on your own at home? You need to communicate with the indigenous people, who ideally own it. The Hello talk application will help with this. You simply register, indicate your level of English, your interests, tell about yourself and look for friends from different countries. It's like a small global social network.

Pros of the application:

• You can improve your level of knowledge of any language;
• communicate with people from different countries;
• help them learn your native language;
• if you wrote or said something incorrectly, your interlocutor will correct you;
• you can correct other people too;
• the ability to record audio messages;
• the ability to share your moments and photos;
• likes and comments are present.

§A similar application with similar functionality is Tandem.

§You can also recommend the fiverr resource. There you can find a person who speaks English as a native speaker and talk to him on Skype. The service is paid.

Useful channels, sites and applications

How to learn English on your own at home from scratch and for free? We have collected several methods and tips for you! Take what you like.

Channels

Here are some useful channels:

Learn English with Papa Teach Me

Channel of a guy who teaches English in English! Everything is super simple and clear!

Skyeng: online English school

A cute girl teaches English through songs, series, videos, TV shows and much more. An interesting and educational channel for everyone who doesn’t know how to learn English on their own at home from scratch.

VenyaPakTV

How many have seen videos of foreigners listening to Russian music? Venya has a lot of such videos in which you can see the reactions of various people to CIS content. Venya also travels a lot around the world, teaches English and shares a lot of life hacks.

Marina Mogilko

A Russian girl who founded her own business and went to live in the USA talks about her life, her work, the pros and cons of America. And she is simply beautiful!

English Maria

A great English teacher who teaches the way she wants. And, by the way, she does it quite well!

Applications and websites

In addition to the above applications, several more can be noted:

§LinguLeo

Interactive learning of the English language, where everything is collected: grammar, speaking, reading, listening. Completing tasks is easy and simple. And most importantly, it’s not boring. Also LinguLeo has its own website that helps you learn the language.

§English with Puzzle English

U Puzzle English There is both a website and an application. This is a great project that is suitable for those who want to learn English. The point is that you need to use puzzles to assemble a complete picture of audio, video or text. You can also find a huge number of interesting articles and memes. Well, where would we be without games?

If you urgently need to check a text in English, then entrust this task to native speakers. On the site you can ask for help editing your article or essay.

§Sites with double subtitles

Films with double subtitles will help you learn English at home from scratch. You can find them on the following sites:

As you can see, learning English on your own at home from scratch and for free is quite possible. Do, read and watch only what you like. Feel the language, catch its rhythm. And soon you will not feel embarrassed when speaking English, and will be able to express your thoughts clearly.

Let mi speak from may hart,

Thanks for your time!

How to learn English on your own at home for free? In this article you will receive instructions for self-learning the language in a year, based on research in the field of psychology. PLUS you will find out a lot of interesting things about yourself, about how your brain works, how it “protects” you with the help of laziness. You will find out how to trick the brain to defeat laziness; how to find effective motivation. Admit it, laziness is the main culprit for the fact that you still haven’t learned English!

So let's get started. I assure you What awaits you is not banal advice, but interesting reading!

Most likely, you asked yourself the question why someone was able to learn English, but I started so many times and never learned it. You won't believe how easy it is to master English and other languages, if you know a few secrets in psychology. I share with you, my dear readers, these secrets.

And you don’t need any expensive courses! There is a simple and effective way to learn English online on your own for free. The article contains all the necessary links to learn the language for free!

From the research of the famous psychologist Ebbinghaus, the conclusion was drawn: “Studying English for 45-60 minutes is ineffective.” The most effective exercise is 20 minutes.

Here's your first secret! It is most effective to exercise for 20 minutes, preferably in the morning. Exercising for more than 20 minutes is an absolutely useless activity!

You pay teachers for an individual lesson or a group lesson for 1 hour, but in fact, out of these 60 minutes, your attention is focused on the subject of language learning only at the beginning of the lesson for only 20 minutes!

The rule of small steps!

Another trick from psychology. We are all, as a rule, inclined to take on any new business “seriously”. Therefore, having once again decided to start learning English, we sit with him for several days in a row for 2-3 hours.

But this leads to rejection, because our brain is programmed to “save” our energy. How can we trick our brain? It’s very simple: you need to use the rule of small steps.

Psychologists conducted an experiment; elderly people over 70 years old took part in the experiment. They did push-ups DAILY for 5-10 minutes, first from the wall, then from a high cabinet, etc. By the end of the year, 90% of the experiment participants could easily do several push-ups.

It's the same with English!

Here's your 2nd secret. Use the RULE OF SMALL STEPS. Study English only for 20 minutes, BUT EVERY DAY, preferably in the morning. Scientists have found that new things are absorbed best in the morning.

Immersion is important - where to get free podcasts?

It's hard to overstate how important this is. Just don’t say that diving is only possible if you move to another country.

Here is a refutation of this idea, as well as the answer to the question “Is it really possible to learn English on your own?” Giuseppe Mezzofanti never left Italy and knew 38 languages ​​perfectly! He learned them on his own!

So, the 3rd secret: not cramming the rules of the English language, but a simple and pleasant immersion in spoken language! But it is important to do this every day!

Now it’s very easy to “organize” immersion in English speech for yourself using:

• LISTENING TO PODCASTS: I recommend podcasts from the British Candle website learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/learnenglish-podcasts/. It's free! The podcasts are very informative, in which “native speakers” talk about the life of the British, their habits, etc. Podcasts are short, 10-20 minutes. Listen to them every morning during your 20-minute session, as well as on your way to work, while walking or jogging. Podcast audio files can be downloaded to your phone or listened to online. There is also text (see Transcript). And several tasks for memorizing words, set expressions and sentence structures.
• READING SIMPLE TEXTS. You can start by reading short reviews from tourists on booking.com or short useful articles on lifehack.org/lifestyle.
• WATCHING MOVIES, TEDex VIDEOS on YouTube: This is another useful dive hack. We all watch films and TV series. So train yourself to watch films ONLY in English (with Russian subtitles). It's free! Here is a link to one of the films with subtitles on YouTube and such films - the sea! Just type “English film with Russian subtitles” in the YouTube search bar.

How to learn English on your own? It’s very simple - immerse yourself in English speech.

Embedding Habits! Turn on Pavlov's dog

But how can you force yourself to get up 20 minutes earlier in the morning every day?

Here another brilliant invention of psychologists will come to our aid. This is another way that will help us trick our brains and defeat our laziness. You all remember from school the experiments with Pavlov’s dog: they turn on a light bulb and give the dog food. This is repeated many times. The dog develops a conditioned reflex - the light comes on and saliva begins to secrete (even if food is not given).

We “function” in exactly the same way as Pavlov’s dog. Scientists have found that a person can simply and quite quickly integrate new useful habits into conditioned reflexes already “fixed” in the brain.

For example, we all have a clearly established habit of brushing our teeth in the morning. So, before brushing your teeth, you can build in the habit of studying English for 20 minutes. Moreover, the habit will become embedded faster if you reinforce it with positive emotions: “Hurray, my favorite morning podcasts!” Or something like that.

4th secret: use this psychological tool and build a habit of studying English in the morning for 20 minutes BEFORE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH! And these classes, as mentioned above, are not boring cramming rules, but listening to podcasts from the site British Council, read the text of the podcast and do a couple of exercises. A Build a habit of watching movies in the evening. or TV series in English, and on the way to work, while training or jogging, also listen to podcasts in English.

Watch in this video useful recommendations on how to build any useful habit before a habit developed over the years and reinforced by a conditioned reflex:

Lexicon! How many words do you need to learn?

Here's good news for you! 82% of the most common spoken phrases in English consist of 1000 English words.

Memorize 1 new word a day. In a year you will learn 300-400 English words. And in 3 years you will know and use 1000 English words!

5th secret – learn 1 new word per day. And again psychology will come to our aid. To memorize words, use the NEUROCONNECT METHOD (picture + association). What is it and how does it work?

We learn a new word, for example “probably”. Association: “Are you talking about women?”, draw “woman”, write the word in English. I recommend using homemade cards when learning new words. On one side write a word in English, on the other side of the card write a word in Russian and an association picture.

It is important to repeat the words - go through the cards every day, for example, at work, instead of taking a smoke break.

Need motivation, internal or external

External motivation: take yourself “weakly” - enter into an agreement with a friend and pay a fine for missing class.

Internal motivation: the desire to travel or the desire to work in a foreign company or the desire to move to live in another country or the desire to get married, etc.

And again we turn to psychology: both types of motivation have a weak point. MOTIVATION ONLY WORKS FOR 100 HOURS if you don’t back it up with daily victories.

Those. motivation does not work for more than 100 hours if it is not reinforced with daily victories. What to do? Get yourself a personal diary and write down your victories in it every day: how many words you learned, what expression or joke you liked, what TV series you started watching in English, etc.

You probably knew about the importance of motivation and its constant weakening, it’s no secret 😉

Summary

I think now you have A CLEAR PLAN with links to podcasts and lessons on how to learn English BY YOURSELF, where to begin. I hope this article “How to learn English on your own at home for free?” will help you really decide and learn English. I will be very happy about this!

It seems to me that in order to start, we just need to honestly admit to ourselves that it is more correct to ask not “How to quickly learn English on your own?”, but “How to overcome your laziness?”, “How to find effective motivation?”. You are now armed with 5 SECRETS FROM PSYCHOLOGY that will help you trick your brain and defeat your laziness!

And one more important conclusion. Many people think that in order to speak English you definitely need expensive courses and tutors, but now you know how to learn English for FREE!

In conclusion, a useful video from a linguist on TEDx:

I wish you all inspiration in learning English and in your other projects!

Maybe write to me in a year in the comments how wonderfully and easily you have progressed in this matter? I'll be happy!