- •To work in pairs / groups
- •To give advice on/about smth prep
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •The only real way to do smth
- •To set (yourself) a target/goal syn to establish a target/goal col
- •Wide/limited vocabulary col
- •To come across smth phr
- •To look for smth phr
- •To keep a vocabulary notebook col
- •To record new vocabulary col
- •To remember smth naturally col
- •To have/speak with a strong/marked accent col
- •To acquire an accent col
to complete | fill in/out a learner questionnaire col
to identify your areas of difficulty
to concentrate ON smth prep
to take a proactive approach col
to choose/decide on your priorities col
to be your main priority col = the thing that you think is most important and that needs attention before anything else
The only real way to do smth
to speak fluently col
fluent speaker col
to be fluent IN English prep
About achieving your learning goals
key factor IN smth col / prep
it is vital that SYN = it is necessary or essential that you do smth
to practise in / outside class
to be active | quiet | lazy in class
to appeal TO sb prep = to be attractive to sb
to be interested IN smth prep
to find smth interesting
to find smth (extremely) hard
to be keen ON doing smth | to do smth prep = wanting to do smth very much
to do smth FOR fun col
to dislike smth wf like → dislike
to be reluctant to do smth = to be unwilling to do smth
to waste your time/money col
to kill/spoil your enjoyment idiom
dozens of ways to do smth = a lot of ways to do smth
to improve your English (language) col = to make your English better
to make progress col = to improve or develop over a period of time
About improving your speaking skills
to be/feel confident ABOUT smth prep = to feel sure about your own ability to do things and be successful: The teacher wants the children to be confident about asking questions when they don’t understand.
to be good AT smth prep = to be able to do smth well
to be weak IN smth prep I was always weak IN the science subjects.
to worry ABOUT smth prep = to feel nervous because you keep thinking about a problem that you have or could have in the future
to make a mistake col Don’t worry, we all make mistakes. | You must try to learn from your mistakes.
to be a pushover FOR smb idiom = to be very easy to do or win
to build up confidence phr/col
to speak (up) in front of a group of people phr
ideal/perfect opportunity FOR smb to do smth col
a fellow student col
Understanding and working on your mistakes
to correct a mistake col
(1) to go over smth (your mistakes) phr = to check smth carefully
(2) to go over smth phr = to practise and repeat smth in order to learn it
to make/take notes col = information that a student writes down during a lesson, from a book etc: Each student should develop his or her own method of taking notes.
to work ON smth (the use of functional language) prep
to (not) be grammar-oriented
to achieve accuracy IN smth (pronunciation/grammar/spelling) = to achieve the ability to do smth without making mistakes
to read through smth (your essay) phr = to read all of a document, book etc in order to check or correct it
to hand smth (your writing assignment) in phr = to submit
[grammar] reference book term
To set (yourself) a target/goal syn to establish a target/goal col
to set yourself high standards
to study / remember grammar rules
to revise grammar / vocabulary = to study facts again, in order to learn them before
to revise sth thoroughly col = carefully, so that nothing is forgotten
About building your vocabulary