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How to practice English outside English class

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How to practice English outside English class

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Hello I’m Almudena García, I going to explain my own experience learning English.
When I was a child I studied French and I started to learn English five years ago.
At the beginning, learning English was easy, I learnt gramar and vocabulary but after this, I had to start to speak a lot.
In my personal opinión, it’s really important to improve English language  to practice the four skills, speaking, listening, reading and writting, but that isn’t easy since I live in Spain and people don’t speak English. So that I have to find things to improve my English for example, listening some sings, some documentaries in English and whatch films in English language with subtitles. I recomend that because you hear the pronunciation and you can use this for the pronuntiation and practice listening exam.
To improve in writting exam, we need somepleople revise our mistakes and to speak we need other people who speak in English, to me that is more difficult, I try to speak with my kids and in class with my classmattes, I can’t do more because I don’t have enough time.
Last, an important tip is to lose the embarrasment and practice whenever you can.

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How practice English out of class with complicated schedules

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How practice English out of class with complicated schedules

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Hi, I'm Mónica. I'd like to share with you how I think we can improve our English out of class. Fortunately, I use English at work, with people that come to the Gallery -where I work-, reading newsletter daily, etc. However, it is difficult for me understand when s.o. call by phone, particularly from USA. I've though that I have a hearing problem!
I've had several teachers that were agree in one thing: our progress depend on the contact that we have with the language everyday. So, I listen podcats during my way to work and try to watch films, listen news and read as much as possible. From my point of view practicing speaking is more difficult because I have a busy work schedule. Even though, I'll try to train with my sister, that luckily, this year is in the same class as me.
All the best!

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Hi everybody!
I´m Laura Díaz and I´m going to tell you my own experience learning English. Nowadays I don´t have enough time to practice English out of the class. However when I have time I try to do homework of the worbook, listen to English songs, and watch small chapters of series in English with subtitles.
Also, the most difficult thing for me is the speaking skill because I
don´t know other person who I can communicate with, so this year I want to find a person to practice it.
I hope you find my advices very helpful to improve your English!!

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Hey what´s up people, my name is Javier Cendrero
Here in Getafe it is a bit difficult to practise english because the spaniards here don,t use english in his normal life and the only way that i have is watching TV in english, sitcoms and reed economics books in the university.
Instead, in the university you have a lot of teachers who dont speak spanish because they come from others countries and you have to talk and speak to them in english, you havent got another way to comunicate!!!.
I hope this tips had been useful for you.

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Hi everybody!!
I´m Angeles and, as many of you, I find so difficult to practice English outside class. I´m always running from here to there but, in spite of the fact that we live in a busy life,    I´m sure that everybody can find time to practice.

There are some tips that I hope you´ll be able to follow easily.

Make the most of everything in your daily routine to learn English, for example, you would change your apps (pc, tablet, movil....) into English. Listening to music and singing in English is a good way to learn English, not only to train your ear but also to practice your pronunciation. If you enjoy cooking, you would read English recipes to make new dishes.....

It would be also a good idea to watch films or tv series in English while you are lay down on the sofa (with subtitles or not). This gives you a lot of useful practise and it´s fun at the same time. I do it when everybody at home is sleeping.

If you are that kind of people who find really frustrating learning English vocabulary, one useful method is to write down each new word or phrase on a separate piece of paper and stick them around your room or anywhere you can see them. You will see the words every day and you´ll soon learn them, and of course,  make sure you include new words in your next composition or conversation.

As you can see, there are a lot of things you are able to do in English without wasting time.

There are no excuses to learn English!!

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Hi mates! My name's Almudena and I'm going to tell you my own experiencie learning English. Rigth now, I don't have much time and I don't practice all I should but from time to time, I try to do next things:
- I read books that I have at home and stories of English people on instagram.
- I do all the homework of the book and workbook.
- Sometimes I wacht films with subtitles or videos un YouTube.
But, rarely I can improve my speaking out of class, so this year I want to find an English partner. Maybe I'll try a website called italky and I hope to find the help I need. I promise to tell all of you this new experience

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Hi classmates!!!
I'm Noelia and I'd like to tell you my personal experience related to practising English outside class. I've tried three ways:
- speaking with the classmate who was going to do the dialogue with me in the exam (Claudia ;-) I love you). It was really productive because these meetings let us to know each other, our strenghs and weaknesses. We could prepare vocabulary, informal expressions, phrasal verbs..together.
- speaking in a group of six students with a private teacher. It was really interesting because the teacher gave us vocabulary related to the exam topics and corrected us in a constructive way. The worse was that these classes were expensive.
- speaking with classmates, who are friends now, without supervision. It was helpful for shy people because the didn't feel uncomfortable but we were doubting if we were right or wrong all the time.
I know I should find out other ways so I'm going to read the advice of my classmates because I'm sure there are fantastic ideas on padlet.

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Hi, I´m Mario. Nowadays, a lot of people is learning English, and most of them complain about how difficult is practicing it out of class. But it is not as difficult as we think, because everyone can use a lot of things to improve their English. For example,you can listen to music,read books  or watch films and series in English. It might seem very typical, but it is very effective. Another way to practice it is talking with native speakers or with your own friends. That way,you can notice even your own mistakes. I hope this tips had been useful for you.

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Hi classmates,
My name´s Alfredo and on this occasion I´d like to share with you my personal experience about practicing English outside class.
Nowadays, many of us have very busy lives which makes it even more difficult to find the time to practice English outside class, but if we study in which we spend time, we´ll always find occasions to practice English.
In my case, when I go and come back from work, I take the trip to listen to English songs, and I try to understand what I'm listening to. After a while, I notice that it is becoming easier for me to understand what I hear.
In my work, I´ve to read and write a lot of technical documentation frequently, which helps me so much to practice these skills.
As a rule in the afternoons, I spend the enough time to do my homework, and afterwards I search for videos in English on the internet about topics that I like.
On weekends in the afternoon, I spend at least an hour to watch sitcoms on the internet and I listen and repeat what I´m listening, trying to pronounce in the same way. It´s fun and you´ve a good time and in addition you learn to pronounce.
If you want to have a good time while improving your pronunciation, I recommend the following website http://www.ted.com. In it you can find many videos with scripts in which people share ideas.
Another tip I can give you is to download podcasts from the internet. I usually download them on my mobile phone from the link http://www.bbc.co.uk and when I´ve occasion I listen to them.
Another tip I can give you is, when possible try to think in English what you normally think in Spanish.
I hope my comments will be useful and helpful for you.

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Hi!! My name is Beatriz
I think that if you want to practise English outside class you can do it.
But it can`t be difficult in Getafe, although, now there are new some bars and some pubs where you can speak  with other people in English.
I´ve tried to listen Vaughan program and to watch movies with subtitles and also   i´ve tried    to speak English after class; So this way you can improve the grammar and review the new vocabulary.
I recommend to live or to travel abroad because  you need to speak in English if you want to have a normal life.
Thanks !!!!

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Hi mates,
Practising English outside class is really complicated for me because nobody in my family speaks it, except my nieces but they never have time so, if I want to practise it, I'll have to use other methods.
For instance, I've gone to pubs or places where the most people speak English however, I remember perfectly the first time I went. It was horrible, in fact, when a man asked me what time it was,, I wished the earth would swallow me up in that moment.
Since then, I've been feeling more self-confident every day and this is a tip which recomend to improve your fluence. Another one could be watching series or  films on TV in original version, in this way you'll listen details such as pronunciation, intonation...things like that.
I hope these little things have served you, see you in class guys.
Mari Cruz.

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Hi everybody!
I´m Susana and I´d like to share my experience about learning English outside class.                  I´ve been learning English in the Official Language School for 4 years and from my point of view the most difficult is to be able speak with other people in English in my daily life. I recognize that I have some advantages since I work in an American Company so I can sometimes speak in English with a customer, supplier or even with some co-worker.
Nowadays, there are pubs where one day per week people can go and exchange conversations with other people in English. I think is a good way to make new friends, spent a great time and practice English. I´ve tried it and it is highly recommendable…
Another option would be if you sign up on a social network where people connect with English speakers to chat with each other to practice speaking, load writings to be corrected by other native language speakers and so on…

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Hi, I'm Raquel! In my opinion there are many ways to practise English although the country isn't English-speaking. Firstly, you can listen music or the radio to improve your pronuntation as well as you intonation. Another thing that's so effective to improve your English is to watch series and films in original version. Nowadays there are many cinemas that show this type of films. If you find it very difficult, you can just watch it with subtitles.
On the other hand, there are many apps that help you to improve your skills such as Dualingo, Busuu, Babbel... I've tried Duolingo to learn Norwegian and I learnt a lot in a few minutes. It'll help you to improve your listening in the same way as the pronuntation, grammar and vocabulary.
Even though the best way to learn English is visiting English-speaking countries and talking with natives, you may find  foreign tourists in
the centre of Madrid to talk to.
Don't give up! Good luck☘

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The difficult task to practice English outside  class.

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The difficult task to practice English outside  class.

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Hi everybody!!
I'm Ana Gala and I want to share with you my own experience about the enormous trouble to speak English in my daily life.
Currently I don't need to use English in my job neither in my daily life so It's very difficult to practice and improve this skill.
I'm going to try to explain what I do to speak English and at the same time practice the listening.
I'm a pretty shy so I feel embarrassed when I try to speak English with new people.
Nowadays we can use two fantastic apps to practice your English, one of them is whatsapp, you should send voice messages, instead of written messages.
Another good app to practice is Sky, if you know people that they feel interest to speak English or your own classmates,you could share the experience and improve your English spoken.
These're two easy y commun apps that they can help you a lot.
Enjoy them!! Good luck with your English.

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Hi, everybody!
I'm Nieves . Speaking English is really difficult for me and besides, I don't have a lot of possibilities to speak  outside class.
However, last year I  had a interesting experience that  I'd like to share with you.  Through a website, I made an exchange with an American girl who wanted to practice Spanish. We met once a week in Madrid city centre . I think that she learnt  quite Spanish and I improved my English speaking.
This year, I 'll try to repeat this experience again. In my opinion, it's the best way to practise English outside class. I ' d strongly recommend it to everyone.

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Hi! My name is Elena.
Nowadays we have a lot of resources to learn and practise English outside, but i think it´s very difficult to find the best way.  Every year I try to travel to other countries on holiday because  I think is the best way to practise English and I recommend you, i have learnt a lot! But if you can´t travel, you can improve your English listening films in original version, reading books and going to places where there are people who speak in English.
Don´t forget to be patient and enjoy!!

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Hi eveyone!
I´m Jose and I´d like to share my point of view about if It is really difficult to practise english in your daily life outside class.
Taking in mind that is really complicated to find a situation in wich you could speak with others in english (in my opinion It doesn´t matter it the person is not an english person), we have do make a difference by practising in every possible moment, I mean, if you use public transport, then you could listen to Vaughan radio for instance, watching a video in youtube, read an international newspaper, and many more possibilities.
When you are relaxing at home, then instead of watching any normal program, film or serie, you should try and look for something that is available to watch in original version and with english subtitles.
As you are thinking, the possibilities are varied but an effort is neccesary from our side.

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Practisin English in Madrid. not so difficult

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Practisin English in Madrid. not so difficult

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Hi guys,
I'm Susana Pozo and I'm going to share with you some advice to practice English in Madrid.
Madrid offers an enormous opportunity to practice Englis with foreign people. In the last years, Madrid has become in a cosmopolitan city in which live people from anywhere in the world.

I'm going to talk about my own experience using an App called MEETUP. Through this app, you can attend Language Exchange Group practically every day. They organice groups in different places and hours depending on your hobbies ( to dance, to do hiking, to have a drink, to do yoga, to go to the cinema....)

I encourage you to try some of that group!! You improve your English ina a fun way, with real people in a real situation and wishing speak with us.
I forgot it!! The most of group are FREE.
Don't be shy and tired and join us!!!
I hope my advice will be useful for you.

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Hi everyone! I´m Laura López and I´d like to share my experience about practising English outside class.
You can find some problems when you try to practise English on your own, after class. In fact, one of my biggest problems is no people around me who speak english, so I´ve tried to find friends with talk to, no matter where they live. Nowadays, internet and social networks let you keep in contact to people faster and easier. For instance, I have a couple of American friends with whom I speak often by WhatsApp or Skype.
However, if you prefer practising it alone, an entertaining and fun way to do it is watching series, with the help of subtitles if you need. In my case, I´ve been watching an American serie called "Homeland". Each chapter is more interesting than the previous one. In this way, I can´t wait to watch the next one for a long time, which forces me to keep practising English constantly.
I hope it helps! Regards!

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Hello! My names's Rosa, and I agree with a lot of people that think how difficult is to speak English in Spain.
When you travel a lot you notice that much people speak English well; for example in restaurants or with taxi drivers or bus drivers.
I try to take advantage with a lot of opportunities.
Here in Madrid, there are a lot of turists that visit us. Sometimes I try to talk to them anywhere. For example if I go to the Prado Museum and listen to anyone speaking English. I tend to get closer to them and begin to talk about anything. It's the best way to start a conversation. The same if I stay in the Plaza Mayor and I'm having a drink if I see someone sit near me, I try to offer myself if they can't understand the waiter or if they want to know the best places to be visited. For them it's very pleasont and for me it's very usefull.
Sometimes turists ask me about an adress in the underground or where to buy anything the need.
I think it?s better talking to a native person than Spanish people if they don't speak English well, because you make a lot of mistakes.
I've heard of places like pubs, where you can practice. I'll find out about them.

Rosa Ortiz.

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Hi everybody, my name is Marina. Every year we need to improve our English, and each year you have to change or learn new strategies, to do your speaking and writing more complex.
In my case, I see all the Tv series and films in English, and if there is an useful word or a sentence I write it down, and after I try to use it in class or repeat its pronunciation.
I focus in programmes like BBC, which it has a very good website with news or short videos about a lot of topics like cultural or economy. I love the comedian programmes too, like Jimmy Fallon and of course, Youtube.
My advice is change a little things you do. For example, in your city, there are museums, so you can read the information in English, or use an English audio guide. It can be useful. And finally, if you can travel, speak and ask with everybody , make a lot of simple questions, and make mistakes, it doesn't matter, people are very nice and they try to help you. This is a very good experience.

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Hello everybody, I am Rosa and
I share with you my problem of speaking English outside of class. I usually do not use English every day because I do not need it for my job. I like to learn English because I like to travel and to be able to understand myself with people.
I usually do exercises in an APP that is called Duolingo as well as listenings in the British Council App. Sometimes I watch some series like Sex in NY with subtitles. I recommend these practices to improve listening and repeat to speak fluently.

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Good morning, my name is Silvia Ruiz. The first thing that I would like to say is that speaking is a skill which could be quite difficult for people who are learning English. It easier speaking in class because your teacher has a lot of resources, you are in a big group where you practice speaking too much. That is why people can think that practice speaking outside of class is a problem because we don't have as many resources as we have in class.
In my case, I studied for a month in England and I made a lot of English friends so I try to solve this problem speaking with us by Skype.
Nowadays, if you live in a big city, there many cafes in which you find native speakers who talk with you about any topics that you like. This is a great option because if you can't travel abroad, you can go to this types of cafe to practice your speaking.

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I`m Esther García. Practicing English outside class is easier than years ago. What I really think about it is that there are many ways on Internet that allow us to improve our level.
However, the main problem is lack of time. Everybody is very busy with their studies or their jobs. In my free time I try to listen to the English radio. Also I always listen to English songs when I drive my car.
Besides I watch TV series in original version with English subtitles. I strongly recommend to watch American series because they are funny.
The thing that I can`t manage to practice is speaking. I don`t have enough time to chat with English people. But I think it will be a good idea to improve my speaking level.

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My name´s Virginia Alonso.
I´d like to tell you that the problems I´ve to speak English outside classes are similar than your problems, maybe.
I don´t know anybody who speaks English and in my job, I could speak this language, but I work in a Security Company and it´s a bit risk. Also, I lived for 8 months in Swansea, in Wales, but I spent almost my time with Spanish people, and, it was fun but we didn´t practise English as we had to do it.
Anyway, I try to listen Vaughan programs, chat with my friends using English and that´s all.
Some people say that there is a pub, called Galway, where you can speak English, but I´ve never gone so far.
Thanks for reading me and kisses everyone.

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Hi collegues! I´m Claudia and I' ll give you some advice from my personal experience learning English out of class. Nowadays we live a very busy life, we hardly have free time. I recommend you to listen to music. It's just 3 minutes and you can do it anywhere. Believe me or not, it's very useful because you're training your ear and you end up learning new vocabulary too. If you prefer somethimg visual you can watch a video (you can find out short videos on the internet talking about any topic you´re interested in). Another thing you could do it's try to think in English (what things you have to do, which you´ve already done...) and if you can find someone to talk with, that would be great.  Finally, travel as much as you can. Everywhere you go, you'll learn. Meeting other places open our minds. It gives us a new point of view (different cultures, different customs, different people ...) Every experience you live, even if it´s not what you expect, I'm sure you'll learn about it.
These are some tips that I hope I've been able to help you. Good luck in this learning journey!

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Good Morning,

My name´s is Javier Díaz. I have a lot of problems to practice English conversation because I usually don´t meet english people and I don´t use english in my work. Sometimes, I use it to answer emails or reading technical information but, to chat with someone is difficult.
I've tried some things, I'd attended to english classes to speak in small groups, but I think it is not enough. However, I think that with Youtube and Internet it is very easy to practice grammar and listening.
I recommend you to keep practicing as much as you can, may be it is the only way to learn. Best regards

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Hello! My name´s Sergio.
I think nowadays is really easy to find a way to practice English, but the main problem is people don´t  try if the don´t need it at all. Once you realize you need it, I strongly believe that the main problem is the shame, due to people usually feel embarrased when they have to meet each other and the situation requires to speak in a foreign language. We often feel ridiculous, and the first step is to brake up this thought.
What I have tried mainly to get on this goal, is start to chat trough the Internet. I think is a good way to break the ice and it can be the first step for much people. Once you feel confortable in that stage, you can jump and meet people face to face and speak in English with them.
I also recommend to travel to the country and stay there for several moths. It is highly probable your English would be better.
Hope that helps!

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Hi everyone!
I'm Jaime and I'd like to tell you the problems I have to practice English outside class. The main one is that I don't know people with English as its mother tongue and people I know prefer talking in Spanish to do  it in English. This is because they say that the communication is better in our language.
To practice English outside class I have seen series and films in English to learn the pronunciation of some words and some useful expressions in our daily conversation. I also have tried to read some books and news in English to see how the grammar is used.
I recommend all the things I've done because I think they've  helped me to improve my English at least a little. And finanlly I also recommend to travel to an English-speaking country and socialize with peopleto try to practice as much English as you can.
I hope my advices help you

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Hi! My name is Sofía and I would like to explain what I think we can do to improve our English outside class.

The best and funniest way could be travelling abroad, if posible alone, so that you will be forced to interact with people.
Another possibility, much cheaper, is watching TV, listening to music or to the radio and trying to get used to how English people pronounce.
But we have to be patient... sometimes trying to understand it can takes us a Little bit of extra time.

It´s important to have fun and not seeing English as something boring!