7 rules to learn english

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Effortless English

There I was, in an English class, in Japan. TheJapanese teacher was standing in front of aclass of middle school students. The studentswere young and eager. I sat to the side, watch-ing.

The teacher wrote an English sentence on theblackboard: “John is taller than Mary”.Then she began to talk in Japanese. As shetalked, she circled different words of the sen-

tence. She circled the word “John” with blue chalk. She talked, and talked, and talked.... inJapanese... as she pointed to the word “John”.

The students opened their notebooks and began writing. The teacher also began writing more onthe board- in Japanese. Long sentences in Japanese. Then she pointed to the word “John”again.

I couldn’t understand Japanese and I wondered, “What is she talking about? How can she talk somuch about just one word-- its just a name.”

Finally, the teacher circled the word “Mary”. Then she started talking again, in Japanese. She point-

ed to the word. She wrote long notes in Japanese. The students wrote, and wrote, and wrote intheir notebooks. They looked serious and a little confused. The teacher continued talking-- alwaysin Japanese.

Finally, after almost 10 minutes, she finished explaining the word “Mary” (in Japanese). The stu-dents were now looking stressed and tired.

The teacher underlined the word “is” next, using white chalk. Then she did it again--- talking, talk-ing, talking, talking, talking, and talking in Japanese. Writing, writing, writing, and writing... inJapanese.

This continued for the entire class. She eventually circled “taller” and “than” with green chalk, andtalked for over 20 minutes about these two words. By the end of the class, the young studentswere tired, stressed, and totally confused.

In 50 minutes, they had heard only one sentence in English, repeated only one time. In that sametime, they had heard the teacher speak Japanese for nearly 49 minutes.

English Trauma

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I couldn’t believe it. However, the sad truth is that this was a typical English class. Everyday, thestudents listened to their teacher explain sentences in Japanese.

After three years of English classes, none of the students could speak even simple English. All ofthe students hated English. The classes were stressful. The tests were complicated.

Every day they analyzed very complex grammar rules. Every day they memorized long lists ofEnglish words.

Unfortunately, many English students, in many different countries, have had similar experiences.Because they learned English this way, they believe English is difficult and complicated. They haveno confidence with English speaking. They feel stress every time they hear or try to speak English.

One student called this feeling “English Trauma”.

The Causes of English Trauma

What causes English Trauma? Why do so many students feel nervous when they try to speakEnglish? Why do so many students have trouble speaking English?

Its not the students’ fault. English trauma is caused by schools, not students. Specifically, Englishtrauma is caused by specific teaching methods.

These methods confuse students and create stress. These methods damage students’ ability tospeak well. These methods are ineffective-- they are failures.

Trauma Cause 1: Analyze & Memorize

Traditional English teaching focuses on analyzing English grammar and memorizing English words.

In the typical class, students spend most of their time listening to explanations in their own language(not in English). During almost every class, the teacher focuses on “grammar points”-- complicat-ed rules about the structure of English.

These “rules” are very difficult to use and remember. In fact, during a normal conversation, at nor-mal speed, these rules are IMPOSSIBLE to remember and use correctly. It simply takes too muchtime to remember all of these rules while listening and speaking at full speed.

Thus, students learn to pass grammar tests. They sometimes learn to read and write well. But theyrarely learn to speak easily and quickly.

Likewise, a lot of time is spent memorizing English words. Typically, students must memorize longlists of vocabulary-- and translations. Students learn to efficiently memorize many words for a test.After the test, they forget most of them.



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The result-- students who do very well on grammar and vocabulary tests-- but cannot understandnormal English speech, and cannot speak easily and quickly. Because of this, most English stu-dents feel very nervous about speaking. They have no confidence.

They feel more comfortable taking a test than having a real conversation.

Trauma Cause 2: Speak Dammit!

Traditional teaching methods focus on output. What does this mean? It means that most schoolswant students to immediately produce English. In other words, they force students to write, to taketests, and sometimes to speak.

For example, in that Japanese class, the teacher sometimes put the students in small groups. Shethen told them (in Japanese), “Practice using comparatives. Each student say a sentence inEnglish, comparing two other students”. The students always looked confused and nervous duringthese activities.

This kind of speaking is unnatural. It is stressful.

Of course, we all want to speak English. The problem-- traditional classes force students to speaktoo soon, before they are ready. Also, they force students to speak in totally unnatural ways.

Language research shows that understandable input is the key to speaking well. In other words, youneed to listen to a lot of natural English BEFORE you can speak easily and quickly. The more youlisten, the better you eventually speak.

There is also an emotional problem. When teachers force students to speak when they are notready, students become very nervous. This feeling is repeated and strengthened again and again.

Eventually, the student feels stress every time they try to speak English! In other words: they getEnglish Trauma.

Trauma Cause 3: You’re Stupid!

Traditional English teachers love to correct errors. You take a test, and the teacher identifies yourerrors. You try to speak, and immediately your errors are identified and corrected.

In many classes, students are forced to speak while the whole class listens. Of course, this makes

the student feel very nervous. However, it gets even worse. As the student speaks, the teacher willsometimes identify their errors and correct them-- while the whole class listens.

Of course, this feels terrible. Its embarrassing. Its super stressful. It makes the student feel stupid.

And its doesn’t work. Research shows that error correction has NO EFFECT on accuracy. That’sright-- absolutely no effect. For example, we divide a class into two groups.



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In group 1, the teacher constantly corrects every error the students make. In group 2, the teachernever corrects errors. At the end of one year, we test both groups of students. The result (everytime): there is NO difference in accuracy... NO difference in the number of errors that students ineach group make.

Error correction seems logical, but the truth is-- it is totally ineffective.

In fact, error correction is worse than ineffective-- it actually damages the students.

There is another result we find when we compare Group 1 and Group 2: They both still make thesame number of errors, BUT Group 1 speaks more slowly.

In other words, error correction kills fast speech. Error correction causes students to think ABOUTEnglish. Error correction causes students to always analyze and translate before they speak.

These students cannot speak English easily and quickly.

Bored, Stressed, and Confused

Here is the result of traditional English teaching:

A student who is bored, who thinks that English is boring.A student who is stressed, who feels nervous every time they try to speak English.A student who is confused, who thinks that English is very difficult and complicated.A student who has good tests scores, but cannot understand or speak well.

And usually:A student who quits, who believes they cannot and will not ever speak English well.

A student who thinks, “I’m not good at English”.

In other words, a student with English Trauma.

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Effortless EnglishBy Dr. J. Marvin Brown

In 1984, the American University Language Center in Bangkok started using a new approach to

teach the Thai language. The method is called ‘The Listening Approach’. In more recent years it’s

become known as ‘Automatic Language Growth’.

The method says that any attempt to speak (or even think about language), before automatic

speaking comes, will cause damage and limit final results! In other words, the method uses a

very long "silent period".

During the "silent period", students focus only on listening. After 6 - 12 months of intensive listen-

ing, students begin to speak spontaneously and naturally-- without effort and without thinking!

ONE - THE CHILD’S SECRET

Everyone knows that when people move to a new country the children will eventually speak the

language natively and the adults won’t. The normal explanation is that children have a special

‘talent’ that they lose as they grow up.

Teachers said that for adults, languages should be taught and studied instead of learned naturally.

But are we any better with present language teaching? Why, for example, do adults in Central Africa

do better when they move to a new language community than our modern students do? Could it be

that early teachers were mistaken? Maybe adults can do what children do. Maybe it’s just adult

behavior (not lack of talent) that prevents them from succeeding.

THE MISTAKE – Children can do something that adults cannot.

THE UNASKED QUESTION – What would happen if an adult were to just listen for a year without

speaking?

OUR ANSWER – Both adults and children can do it right, but only adults can do it wrong.

Imagine a 4 year-old child and an adult reacting to somebody talking to them in a foreign language.

The child most often just listens, while the adult usually tries to talk back.

Now imagine that ‘not trying to speak’ was the child’s secret. It makes sense that listening to

things that are always right would build the language right, while saying things that are always wrong

would build it wrong.

Learning Languages Like Children

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What would happen if adults were to do the same thing children do, (that is, just listen for a year

without trying to say anything).

In 1984, the AUA language center in Bangkok started doing exactly this in its Thai classes. The

students just listened for as much as a year without speaking at all. We found that adults get

almost the same results that children do. If adults understand natural talk, in real situations, with-

out trying to say anything, for a whole year, then fluent speaking with clear pronunciation will

come automatically.

It seems that the difference between adults and children is not that adults have lost the ability to do it

right-- but that children haven’t yet gained the ability to do it wrong (that is, to destroy it with forced

speaking).

Forced speaking damages adults. Consciously thinking of one’s sentences – with translations,

rules, substitutions, or any other kind of thinking prevents you from speaking like a native.

Natural speaking (speaking that comes automatically) won’t cause damage (not even when it’s

wrong). The damage doesn’t come from being wrong; it comes from thinking about the lan-

guage.

What we’re suggesting is this. The reason that children always end up as native speakers is

because they learn to speak by listening. And the reason that adults don’t is because they learn

to speak by speaking.

Adults talk too much.

The formula is this: ‘Listen’, ‘Don’t speak’, and ‘Be patient’. And now it appears that this is not

only the child’s secret. It’s everybody’s secret. And while children do it more faithfully, adults can

do it faster .

TWO - HOW ALG WORKS

Most language teachers are constantly telling their students to try to speak as much as they can,

and to think carefully before they say anything, so they’ll get it right. And now I’m saying that this

kind of speaking and thinking is the exact thing that prevents adults from learning languages well.

THREE – PUTTING ALG IN THE CLASSROOM

We look at children who have moved to a new country, and we see them ‘listen, laugh, and stare’.

The child’s secret; ears open, mouths shut, no tests. They become near-native within two years.

Then we look into language classrooms around the world, and we see just the opposite; ears

practically closed (the students use their eyes instead), mouths open, and a lot of tests. Very

few of these students become near-native.



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Two things are needed for modern students.

First, they need experiences in the language that are so interesting (fun, exciting, suspenseful,

etc.), that the students forget that a new language is being used.

And second, the students understanding must be high enough to learn - and this means 80-100%

from the very first day!

It takes a lot of work to train teachers to be both interesting and understandable. But it is thesecret to success! Interesting and understandable listening, and a long "silent period", is the key

to speaking like a native.

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Rule 1

Hi. How are you doing today? I'm writing because you asked for my 7-Day email course and you want to improve your English. You will get 8emails from me-- one every day for 8 days.

This Email Course is sent only to subscribers.To unsubscribe, go to {!remove_web}

My name is A.J. Hoge. I live in San Francisco, USA. I am an Englishteacher. I have a Masters degree in Teaching English. I enjoy travel,SCUBA diving, motorcycle riding, movies, and learning Spanish.

I will teach you a new method for learning. I will teach

you how to study-- to speak English faster and more easily.

***Your First Suggestion

Imagine speaking English automatically... without thinking. The wordscome out of your mouth easily, and fast. You understand instantly.

To do this, you must change the way you study English. Your first actionis to stop studying English words. What?

Stop studying English words.

That's right, do not memorize words. Native speakers do not learnEnglish by remembering single words. Native speakers learn phrases.

Phrases are GROUPS of words that naturally go together.

**Learn 4x Faster

Research by Dr. James Asher proves that learning with phrases is 4-5times faster than studying individual words. 4-5 Times Faster.

Also, students who learn phrases have much better grammar.


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***RULE 1: Always Study and Review Phrases, Not Individual Words

Never study a single, individual word. Never.

When you find a new word, always write down The Phrase it is in. Always.When you review, always review all of the phrase,.. not the word.

Collect phrases. Your speaking and grammar will improve 4-5 timesfaster. Never again study a single word. Never write a single word inyour notebook, always write the complete phrase.

Learn Phrases Only.

**Your Next Tip Comes Tomorrow

During this week, I will teach you 7 rules for learning English. I will sendyou a new rule each day, for 7 days.

I look forward to helping you improve your English!

Have a great day :)

Cheers,

AJ HogeDirectorEffortless Englishhttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com


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Hi. How are you? Are you having a good day? I'm doing fine. Let's getstarted with Day 2 of your email course.

**Rule 2: A Story From Angelina

"My name is Angelina and I'm a student from Paraguay. When I startedlearning with A.J., I couldn't speak any English. I had studied Englishgrammar many years, but I couldn't speak.

The first day with A.J.'s Effortless English I thought I would studygrammar. However, he surprised me because he never taught grammarrules.

Instead, he told a story. He told it many times, in a strange way. He

constantly asked questions, and I answered the questions. The questionswere super-easy.

Honestly, I was a little confused. I thought he was kind of a crazy teacher:) I thought I needed to learn more grammar.

I continued with Effortless English and then, after only two weeks,something amazing happened. My speaking improved! My friends askedme, 'How are you improving so quickly?'

I realized that A.J. was quite clever, and the stories and questions andarticles were teaching me to speak English, without studying grammarrules. Wow!"

Angelina is a great student. She learned extra fast because she listenedto Effortless English 5 hours a day. However, you can improve with justone hour a day.

You can get the same results... but you must follow Rule 2.

**RULE 2: Don't Study Grammar

Angelina quickly improved speaking-- when she stopped studyinggrammar. This is your second rule.


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Stop studying grammar. Stop studying grammar.

Right now. Stop. Put away your grammar books and textbooks.Grammar rules teach you to think about English, you want to speakautomatically-- without thinking!

With Effortless English, you learn English without grammar study. Yourspeaking improves quickly. You succeed. You speak English naturally.

So Rule 2 is: Don't Study Grammar!

*The Vital Secret For English Learning Power

In the next email, I will discuss the most important rule for speakingEnglish easily.

Have a great day and continue to improve your English :)

Take Care,

AJ Hogehttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comDirectorEffortless English

PS: Ignacio Almandoz wrote and said:

"I've just sucessfully downloaded the 'A Kiss' lesson set. Congratulations

on your teaching program! I'm learning a lot through your lessons!"


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Hi! This is A.J. again, with the next day of your 7 Rules Email Course. Ireally enjoy emailing you and helping you improve English.

Today is the most important rule.

Most schools ignore it.

**Rule 3: A Story

Humberto is from Venezuela. He moved to Canada a few years ago. Hestudied English in Venezuela for many years-- mostly grammar.

In fact, Humberto learned English with his eyes- by reading textbooks, bystudying grammar books, by remembering word lists.

He thought his English was good. But when he came to Canada he wassurprised and shocked-- he couldn't understand anyone!He joined an English school in Canada. He went to school everyday.What did they teach him? More textbooks, more grammar books, moreword lists!

After 12 months of school, Humberto was angry and frustrated. Theschool cost over $10,000 for one year-- but he still could not speakEnglish. He didn't know what to do.

He said:

"I couldn't believe it A.J. After one year, I still couldn't speak English. Itold the teacher, 'this is a waste of time'. I was very upset.

Thank God I found a better way. Now I can speak English. I understandnative speakers. I talk to Canadians every day. I feel confident. I can'tbelieve I wasted so much time with schools... and so much money too!"

**RULE 3: The Most Important Rule-- Listen First

What is the rule that Humberto found? Simple. The rule is listening.

Listening, listening, listening.


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You must listen to UNDERSTANDABLE English. You must listen toEnglish EVERYDAY. Don't read textbooks. Listen to English.

Its simple. That is the key to your English success. Stop readingtextbooks. Start listening everyday.

**Learn With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes

In most schools, you learn English with your eyes. You read textbooks.You study grammar rules.

Effortless English is a listening system. You learn English with your ears,not your eyes. You listen 1-3 hours every day.

Your speaking improves quickly. You speak English easily-- just likeHumberto. Spend most of your study time listening- that is the key to greatspeaking. * The Next Powerful Method

Good luck. I know you can do it.

Have a great day. Enjoy these emails and enjoy your English learning!

Take Care,

AJ Hogehttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comDirector and FounderEffortless English

PS: Hiroshi Ichikawa writes:

"Hi AJ, Ever since I joined Effortless English Club, I have been listening toevery lesson I downloaded into my MP3 player for 5-6 hours a day.Whenever my boss is not around, I put a headphone on and start listeningto them!"


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Hi. Its me again ;) I hope you are feeling good and are enjoying the 7Rules Email Course. Here's rule 4.

**Rule 4: A Story

Hyun, a student from Korea, said:

"Im a very serious student. When studying English in Korea, I memorized50,000 English words for a big test. Fifty Thousand!

My problem was-- I couldn't USE them. I could pass an English test. ButI could not understand native speakers.

With Effortless English, I learned to instantly understand English. I learned

how to automatically use vocabulary. After 6 months, I could speakeasily. I didn't need to think.

Thanks so much!"

**RULE 4: Slow, Deep Learning Is Best

Hyun learned a lot of words in a short time. Her learning was short andshallow. That's why she quickly forgot the words. That's why she couldnot use them.

The secret to speaking easily is to learn every word & phrase DEEPLY.

Its not enough to know a definition. Its not enough to remember for atest. You must put the word deep into your brain.

To speak English easily, you must repeat each lesson many times.

You must learn English deeply.

Learn deeply, speak easily. Learn deeply, speak easily.

How do you learn deeply? Easy-- just repeat all lessons or listeningmany times. For example, if you have an audio book, listen to the firstchapter 30 times before you go to the second chapter. You could listen


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to the first chapter 3 times each day, for 10 days.

**Deep Learning Of Grammar

What about grammar? How do you learn it deeply, without studyinggrammar rules?

I'll tell you in the next email.

Have a great day :)

A.J. HogeDirector

http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comEffortless English

PS: Mona Hassan of Palestine wrote:"I downloaded many English lessons and everyday I listen to them 1 houra day. In short -THEY'RE GREAT!"


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Hi. How are you today? Are you having a great day? I'm doing well.

Today I'm back to explain Rule 5. I hope you are enjoying these emails :)

On Day 2, I told you never to study grammar rules. But, of course, youwant to use correct English grammar.

Maybe you are thinking, "How can I learn English grammar if I don'tstudy English grammar rules?"

Well, today I will tell you.

I will teach you a way to learn grammar naturally. Use this method andyour grammar will improve automatically. You will automatically use the

correct verb tense. You won't think. You won't try.

**Rule 5: A Story

Miyuki did very well on grammar tests. She knew all of the grammarrules. She knew English verbs.

But Miyuki had a problem. She couldn't USE the grammar in a realconversation. She could explain the past tense, but when speaking, shewould say "Yesterday I GO to school".

Miyuki was confused. How could her grammar tests be so good, but herspeaking so bad?

Miyuki said: "Before Effortless English, I knew all the grammar rules, but I couldn'tspeak correctly. I couldn't feel English grammar. After using Point ofView stories, I feel it and use it correctly.

Now my grammar is great when I speak. I never think about it, I justautomatically use correct grammar. Thank you A.J.!"

Miyuki learned this grammar naturally. She never studied grammar rules. How did she do it?


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First she listened to a short story in the present tense. She listened to iteveryday.

Then, she listened to the exact SAME story-- but this time it started with"10 years ago...." She learned to "feel" the past tense by listening to thisstory.

Next, I gave her the exact same story. This time, it started with "Since2004..." Miyuki learned to FEEL the perfect tenses by listening to thisstory.

Finally, I gave her the exact same story... beginning with "Next year". Shelearned to FEEL the future tense simply by listening to this story.

***RULE 5: Use Point Of View Mini-Stories

I call these stories "Point Of View Mini-Stories". They are the mostpowerful way to learn and use English grammar automatically.

Use Point of View Stories for Automatic Grammar Use Point of View Stories for Automatic Grammar

You must learn grammar by listening to real English. The best way is tolisten to the same story... told in different times (points of view): Past,Perfect, Present, Future.

How do you do this? Easy! Find a story or article in the present tense.Then ask your native speaker tutor to write it again in the Past, withPerfect tenses, and in the Future. Finally, ask him to read and recordthese stories for you.

Then you can listen to stories with many different kinds of grammar. Youdon't need to know the grammar rules. Just listen to the Point of Viewstories and you will improve grammar automatically!

You can also find Point of View lessons and use them to learn grammarautomatically.


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It is powerful. It is simple. It is successful. You will succeed. You willuse correct grammar naturally and automatically.

This is the secret to English grammar.

**How To Learn Real English

In the next email, I will tell you how to avoid textbooks and learn only realEnglish.

I guarantee you will succeed. Don't quit. You can do it :)

Have a great day!

Good luck with your English learning,

A.J. Hogehttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comDirectorEffortless English


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Hi again :) It's me, your English teacher... with another rule! I want you to think about something today: You have studied English formore than 4 years- why do you still have trouble understanding nativespeakers?

Nothing is wrong with you. Something is wrong with the schools youwent to, and the textbooks you used. English textbooks and audio tapesare horrible.

You never learned REAL English.

You learned TEXTBOOK English.

**How To Understand Native Speakers

Megdelio studied English for 5 years in Venezuela. Teachers said hewas an advanced student.

When he came to the USA he felt good. He was excited to meetAmericans. He was ready. He wrote:

"One day I tried to talk to an American woman and everything changed.The woman started talking-- and I couldn't understand her. Not at all!

Her pronunciation was totally different than the textbook tapes and CDs Ilistened to. She used idioms, slang, and many casual phrases.

I was totally confused. That's when I realized I needed to learn realEnglish!"

**You Must Learn Real English

I taught Megdelio to learn with real English materials-- learning theEnglish we use everyday in conversations, books, movies, TV shows,comic books, audio books, articles, newspapers, magazines, andpodcasts.

**Stop Learning Textbook English


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If you want to understand native speakers, you must stop learning Englishfrom textbook tapes and CDs.

To learn real English, you must listen to English that native speakerslisten to. You must watch what they watch. You must read what theyread.

Listen only to real English Listen only to real English Listen only to real English

How do you learn Real English? It's easy. Stop using textbooks. Instead,listen only to real English movies, TV shows, audio books, audio articles,

stories, and talk radio shows. Use real English materials.

After 6 months of real English, Megdelio could speak easily. He couldunderstand real English from real native speakers. You will too.

**RULE 6: Only Use Real English Lessons & Materials

You learn real English if you want to understand native speakers andspeak easily. Use real magazines, audio articles, TV shows, movies, radiotalk shows, and audio books.

Learn Real English, Not Textbook English Learn Real English, Not Textbook English

**The Final Rule

In the next email, I will tell you the final rule. I'll teach you how to speak

2-3 times faster.

Until then, have a great day and enjoy learning English!

Good luck,


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A.J. Hogehttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comDirectorEffortless English

PS: Ana Rodriguez wrote:"I'm finally enjoying English! I'm finally talking to Americans! ThankYou!"


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Rule 7

Hi. Today is the last rule! Remember, I promised to send you 8 emails.Today is number 7 :)

Today is the last Rule, and it is the easiest:

Most English CDs use "listen and repeat". The speaker says something inEnglish, and you repeat exactly what they said. This method is a failure.

**Rule 7: A Story

Emi, a Japanese woman, had a problem. Her speaking was SLOW. Shecould not answer questions quickly.

Emi listened to many English tapes and CDs. She listened. She repeatedwhat the speaker said.

Emi emailed me. I recommended "Listen & Answer" lessons. I told her notto use "listen and repeat".

I told her to use "Listen & Answer" Mini-Stories.

I told her that "listen and repeat" is not enough-- when you repeat, youonly copy the speaker. But when you hear a question and you ANSWER it-- you must think in English.

After using listen & ANSWER lessons for just 4 months, her speaking wasfast, easy, and automatic.

Emi was excited. She wrote: "The lessons are FANTASTIC! I love them. My speaking is so much faster

now. I understand quickly and I can now speak English without thinking.I can't believe it!"

**RULE 7: Listen and Answer, not Listen and Repeat


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Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons

In each Mini-Story Lesson, a speaker tells a short simple story. He alsoasks a lot of easy questions. Every time you hear a question, you pauseand answer it.

You learn to answer questions quickly-- without thinking. Your Englishbecomes automatic.

How can you use Listen & Answer Stories? Easy! Find a native speakertutor. Ask him to use this method: Ask him to tell a story... and toconstantly ask you easy questions about it. This will teach you to think

quickly in English! You can also find Listen & Answer lessons. They will teach you to thinkquickly in English. **What's Next?

That is the last rule! How can you continue?

A great way to use the 7 Rules is to use my Effortless English Club lessons. I teach you to speak English easily, and fast.

My lessons use all of the 7 Rules.

To get my Effortless English Club lessons, go to:

http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Use the lessons and I guarantee you will succeed :)

Thanks for allowing me to teach you.

**One More Email


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You will get only one more email from me for this course.

Have a great day!

Take Care and Good Luck,

A.J. Hogehttp://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.comFounder and DirectorEffortless English


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The Key To Excellent English


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What is the most important English skill? What skill must you have to communicate well?

Obviously, number 1 is Fluency. What is fluency? Fluency is the ability to speak (and understand)English quickly and easily... WITHOUT translation. Fluency means you can talk easily with nativespeakers-- they easily understand you, and you easily understand them. In fact, you speak andunderstand instantly.

Fluency is your most important English goal.

The research is clear-- there is only ONE way to get fluency. You do not get fluency by reading text-books. You do not get fluency by going to English schools. You do not get fluency by studyinggrammar rules.

Listening Is The Key

To get English fluency, you must have a lot of understandable repetitive listening. That is theONLY way. To be a FANTASTIC English speaker, you must learn English with your ears, not withyour eyes. In other words, you must listen. Your ears are the key to excellent speaking.

What kind of listening is best? Well, it must be understandable and must be repetitive. Both ofthose words are important-- Understandable and Repetitive.

If you don't understand, you learn nothing. You will not improve. That's why listening to English TVdoes not help you. You don't understand most of it. It is too difficult. It is too fast.

Its obvious right? If you do not understand, you will not improve. So, the best listening material isEASY. That’s right, you should listen mostly to easy English. Most students listen to English that ismuch too difficult. They don’t understand enough, and so they learn slowly. Listen to easier English,and your speaking will improve faster!

Understanding is Only Half The Formula.

Understanding is not enough. You must also have a lot of repetition. If you hear a new word onlyonce, you will soon forget it. If you hear it 5 times, you will still probably forget it!

You must hear new words and new grammar many times before you will understand theminstantly.

How many times is necessary? Most people must hear a new word 30 times to remember it forever.

To know a word and instantly understand it, you probably need to hear it 50-100 times!

That's why I tell my students to listen to all of my lessons many times. I tell them to listen to theMini-Stories, the Vocab Lessons, The Point-of-View Stories, and the Audio articles everyday. I rec-ommend that they listen to each lesson a total of 30 times (for example, 2 times a day for twoweeks).


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So, the two most important points are: listen to easier English and listen to each thing manytimes.

Powerful Listening and Excellent Speaking

1. Practice “Narrow Listening”“Narrow listening” means listening to many things about the same topic. This method is more pow-erful than trying to listen to many different kinds of things. Students who listen to similar things learnfaster and speak better than students who listen to different kinds of things.

For example, you can choose one speaker and find many things by him. Listen to all of his pod-casts, audio books, and speeches. This is powerful because all speakers have favorite vocabularyand grammar. They naturally repeat these many times. By listening to many things by the sameperson, you automatically get a lot of vocabulary repetition. You learn faster and deeper!

Another example is to choose one topic to focus on. For example, you could read an easy book, lis-

ten to the same audio book, listen to a podcast about the book, and watch the movie.

I did this with my class in San Francisco. We read “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Then welistened to the audio book. Then we watched (and listened to) the movie. Then we listened to inter-views with actors in the movie. My students learned a lot of vocabulary in a short time, and theirspeaking improved very quickly.

2. Divide Your Listening TimeWhich is better: to listen for two hours without a break, or to divide that time during the day? Well,dividing your listening time is best.

By dividing your time throughout the day, you remember more and learn faster. So its much betterto listen 30 minutes in the morning, then 30 minutes in the car or train, then 30 minutes cominghome from work, then 30 minutes before sleep. In fact, this is the exact schedule I recommend tomy students!

3. Use an iPod or MP3 PlayeriPods are fantastic. You can put a big listening library on one. Then you can carry your English les-sons everywhere. You can learn English while walking, while shopping, in the car, in a train, while

cooking,.......

With an iPod or MP3 player, you don’t have to worry about CDs. Also, you can find a lot of Englishlistening on the internet. You can find lessons, stories, podcasts, TV shows, interviews, and audiobooks. Simply download the audio, put it on your iPod.. and learn English anywhere!


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4. Listen To MoviesMovies are great for learning English BUT you must use them correctly. Don’t watch all of anEnglish movie. You will not understand it, and therefore you will not learn anything.

Only watch one scene or segment per week (maybe 2-3 minutes). Follow this method:a) First, watch the scene with subtitles in your language. This will help you understand the generalmeaning.b) Second, watch the scene with English subtitles. Pause. Use a dictionary to find new words you

don’t understand. Write the new sentences in a notebook.c) Listen to the scene a few times, with English subtitles. Do not pause.d) Listen to the scene a few times, without subtitles.e) Repeat a) - d) everyday for one week.

On the second week, go to the next scene/segment and repeat again. It will take you a long time tofinish a movie. That’s OK, because you will improve your listening and speaking VERY FAST. Thismethod is powerful-- use it!

5. Read and Listen at the Same TimeListening and Reading together are very powerful. While you listen to something, also read it. Thiswill improve your pronunciation.

Reading while listening also helps you understand more difficult material. Read and listen to learnfaster. After you do this a few times, put away the text and just listen. You will understand a lotmore and you will improve faster. Always try to find both audio and text materials.

To start, you can read my blog and listen to my podcast at:Audio & Text

http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Another great idea is to get both a book and its audio book (ie. the above example of “Charlie andthe Chocolate Factory”).


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6 Months To Excellent English Speaking

Follow the above suggestions (and the 7 Rules in my email course) and you will speak excellentEnglish.

I have been teaching over 10 years. Every student who follows these methods succeeds. Always!The Effortless English method is the key to speaking excellent English. It is the key to fluency.

You only need 6 months-- 6 months and you will speak easily to native speakers. 6 months andyou will speak quickly and naturally. 6 months and you feel relaxed when you speak English.

You have tried the old ways. You tried textbooks. You tried schools. You tried grammar study.

It is time to try something new!

Good luck. I wish you success with your English learning!

A.J. HogeDirectorEffortless English LLC


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Listening & Learning Resources On The Internet

7 Rules of Effortless English (Free Email Course)http://effortlessenglishclub.com/7-rules-to-learn-excellent-english-speaking

The Effortless English Podcast (Listening)http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

The Effortless English Blog (Text for Audio)http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Effortless English Lessons (Listening and Text, Intermediate & Advanced Level)http://www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Flow English Lessons (Listening and Text, Intermediate Level)http://effortlessenglishclub.com/learn-english-with-flow-english

LingQ (Listening and Tutors, Advanced)

http://www.lingq.com

ELLLO (Listening)http://www.elllo.org

KanTalk (Internet Chats and Conversation)http://www.kantalk.com

VOA News (Listening)http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts.cfm

Business English Pod (Listening)http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts.cfm

ESL Pod (Listening)http://www.eslpod.com

Just Vocabulary (Listening)http://justvocabulary.libsyn.com/

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