7 SECRETS

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Secret #1: LEARN ABOUT WORD STRESS
or! Stress is gol!en "ey number one for spea"ing an!
un!erstan!ing English. or! Stress is #$ery important#.
%ou can try to learn about or! Stress. &his is one of
the #best# 'ays for you to un!erstan! spo"en English (
especially English spo"en fast.
hat is or! Stress)
&a"e * 'or!s: photograph, photographer an! photographic,
for e+ample. ,o they soun! the same 'hen spo"en) -o.
&hey soun! !ifferent, because #one# syllable in each
'or! is /stresse!/ 0stronger than the others1.
2H3tograph
pho&3grapher
photo4562Hic
&his happens in 677 'or!s 'ith 8 or more syllables:
&E6CHer, 9a26-, CH:-a, a;3<E, con$erS6tion, :-teresting,
im235tant, !e=6-,, etCE&era, etCE&era, etCE&era
&he syllables that are not stresse! are ''ea"' or
'small' or '>uiet'. -ati$e spea"ers of English listen
for the stresse! syllables, not the 'ea" syllables. :f
you use or! Stress in your speech, you 'ill instantly
an! automatically impro$e your pronunciation an!
your comprehension.
:f you ha$e an English teacher, as" her to help you
un!erstan! or! Stress. &ry to hear the stress in 'or!s
each time you listen to English ( on the ra!io, or in
films for e+ample. %our first step is to #hear# an!
recognise it. 6fter that, you can #use# it.
Secret #2: SENTENCE STRESS
Sentence Stress is gol!en "ey number t'o for spea"ing
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an! un!erstan!ing English. ith Sentence Stress, some
#'or!s# in a sentence are /stresse!/ 0lou!1 an! other
'or!s are 'ea" 0>uiet1. 7oo" at the follo'ing sentence:
e 'ant to go.
,o 'e say e$ery 'or! 'ith the same stress or force) -o.
e ma"e the important 'or!s #big# an! the unimportant
'or!s small. hat are the important 'or!s in this
sentence) %es, you're right: 6-& an! 43.
e 6-& to 43.
e 6-& to 43 to 35?.
e ,3-'& 6-& to 43 to 35?.
e ,3-'& 6-& to 43 to 35? at -:4H&.
:t's impossible to e+plain e$erything about Sentence
Stress in this email. &he important thing for you is
that you "no' it e+ists an! try to learn about it.
Sentence Stress is #$ery important#.
Secret #3: LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!
Stu!ents sometimes say: ': !on't listen to the ;;C ne's
on the ra!io because it's too fast for me an! : can't
un!erstan! it.' &hat's a pity. hen it's too fast for
you, 'hen you can't un!erstan! it, that is e+actly 'hen
you -EE, to listen to it...
Ho' can you impro$e if you !on't listen an! practise)
hen you 'ere a baby, !i! you un!erstan! your o'n
language) hen you 'ere * 'ee"s ol!, or 8 months, or 1
year, !i! you un!erstan! e$erything) 3f course not. ;ut
you #learne!# to un!erstan! by #listening#. &hin" about
it. %ou learne! to un!erstan! your o'n language by
listening, 8@ hours a !ay, A !ays a 'ee". 6fter that,
you learne! to spea". &hen you learne! to rea!. 6n! then
you learne! to 'rite. #;ut listening came first.#
Secret #4: DON'T LISTEN!
:n the last secret : sai! 7:S&E-. 7:S&E-. 7:S&E-.
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-o' : say ,3-'& 7:S&E-. hat !o : mean).
,o you "no' the !ifference bet'een the $erbs &3 7:S&E-
an! &3 HE65) &3 7:S&E- is acti$e. &3 HE65 is passi$e.
Sometimes you can 7:S&E- too har!. Sometimes you can &5%
too har!. Sometimes it is better only to HE65. 7et the
ra!io play. 7et the cassette play. ;ut ,3-'& listen.
9ust HE65. %our subconscious 'ill listen for you. 6n!
you 'ill still learn. :f you listen an! try to
un!erstan!, you may bloc" on one 'or! an! get
frustrate!. ,on't 'orry. 9ust HE65. ;elie$e me, you 'ill
still be learning. &he important thing is to let the
ra!io or cassette or tele$ision or recor! 276%. 7et it
play. 6n! you ( you !o nothing. %our brain 'ill HE65,
your subconscious 'ill 7:S&E- an! you 'ill 7E65-.
Secret #5: IMPROE !OUR OCABULAR! WIT" 5 WORDS A DA!
<ocabulary is easy. Ho' many !ays in a year are there)
*BC, normally 0on Earth1.
:f you learn only C ne' 'or!s a !ay, you 'ill learn C +
*BC D 1,E8C ne' 'or!s in a year. 3-E &H3FS6-,, E:4H&
HF-,5E, 6-, &E-&%(G:<E 35,S. &hat is a lot of ne'
'or!s. 6n! 'e are not counting all the other 'or!s you
'ill learn in other 'ays ( rea!ing, con$ersation etc.
;uy a noteboo" an! 'rite in C ne' 'or!s E6CH !ay, E<E5%
!ay. 7earn them. %ou 'ill soon ha$e an e+cellent
$ocabulary.
Secret ##: 3$ MINUTES A DA! BETTER T"AN 3%5 "OURS A WEE&
:n fact, *0 minutes of English stu!y once a !ay is
better than C #hours# once a 'ee". Stu!y regularly.
Stu!y often.
7:&&7E H 3G&E- is better than 73& H S3=E&:=ES.
:t's easier, too. %ou can easily fin! *0 minutes each
!ay. Ho') %ou can get up *0 minutes earlier. 3r ha$e a
shorter lunch brea". Gi+ a particular time e$ery !ay (
an! "eep it.
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Secret #7: REISE! REISE! REISE!
:f you re$ise, you'll impro$e your learning by 100%.
hat !oes /to re$ise/ mean) :t means /to rea! again/.
%ou shoul! be systematic about this. hen you learn
something, you shoul! note it. &hen you shoul! #loo" at
it again#, * times:
( after 1 !ay
( after 1 'ee"
( after 1 month
Each time you re$ise, test yourself.
7earn, re$ise, test.
5e$ise, test.
5e$ise, test.
-3&E:
re$ise 0;rE1: rea! again to impro$e one's "no'le!ge
re$ise 0;rE I 6mE1: rea! an! correctJ up!ate
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