I am writing this blog in english, but this is not mean that my english is good, I’m still learning english because english is my second language. When I browsed web, I found AJ Hoge blog which contents were tips to learn english effortlessly. AJ Hoge is an English teacher and has got Masters Degree in teaching english.

I have read 7 Rules to Improve English from him, I like the rules and made learning english became more fun and stress free, it was very different when I learned english at school, the rules are:

1. Always Study and Review Phrases, Not Individual Word

Most people learn english by memorizing words, but native speakers do not learn english by remembering single words, native speakers learn phrases. Phrases are groups of words that naturally go together.

2. Don’t Study Grammar

I was very surprised with this rule that suggest me to stop studying grammar, stop studying grammar rule here means that we don’t learn from the grammar books, but we learn grammar subconsciously. AJ will give you articles with its mp3 files.
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