Welcome to the exciting world of “Learning to Speak English Fluently.”
Studies show that in most languages, native-speakers tend to use less than 3,000 unique words on a daily basis. Then why is learning a second language such an overwhelming task?
First, the written target language may use new characters if not an entirely new character set. Characters are put together to form new, unique and often unfamiliar sounds, even new pitches and inflections. For each word currently used in your native language, you must memorize the equivalent word in your target language. Then you must learn rules for putting words together to form complete sentences of meaning, sentence structure. Then the grammar with its inherent rules and exceptions. Lastly, there’s comprehension, listening and understanding at normal conversation speed.
It’s no wonder that so many people fail to learn a second language. Broken down to its components, the challenge is overwhelming if not insurmountable. Many language institutes, books, websites and other agencies claim they can teach you to be fluent in English in a matter of days, even offering 100% money back guarantee. How is this possible?
Here is how…It’s numbers game. These institutes are not interested in helping you achieve fluency in English language. Frankly, they don’t care. They are interested in your money. They are betting that when you eventually fail, you blame yourself for lacking the intelligence to succeed and feel too ashamed to jump through all the hoops required to get your money back. This is just like Slimming Canters claiming you can easily lose weight, get in shape, and have that body you’ve always dreamed of. Yes, you can become fluent in English language, but there are no shortcuts. It’s not easy and it can’t be done in a matter of days. It takes years of dedication, discipline and a lot of hard work.
The problem with false claims is that they undermine the confidence of capable people who would be successful if they understood the time and dedication involved. Instead, they fail as a result of unrealistic expectations.
CAREERCAMPUS does not make unrealistic claims like: “Learn English in 10 days!” CAREERCAMPUS takes a realistic approach to learning English; it’s going to take a lot of hard work and time… There is no magic potion that will make you fluent in English overnight.
If you are new to English, CAREERCAMPUS is ideal to help you learn the basics and build it to an intermediate level. If you are visiting a region where English is widely spoken, CAREERCAMPUS is a resource to help you quickly and easily learn to Converse with the locals. And if you already know some English, CAREERCAMPUS will help you consolidate and update your language Skill.
CAREERCAMPUS’s approach to learning is fundamentally different from traditional language teaching methods. CAREERCAMPUS claims that you can become conversational in English in half the time it would take you through traditional self-study methods.
CAREERCAMPUS simplifies the language learning process by prioritizing the various components of learning and focusing your study efforts on the areas of greatest importance.
It sounds logical but surprisingly most language courses have it backwards. Traditional Self-study methods view ability to speak – communicate and listen – understand as the end goal. So they focus on all the rudimentary aspects of language learning such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary and sentence structure. Their thinking is that these basics are the building blocks, which eventually lead to fluent conversation and comprehension.
CAREERCAMPUS’s approach is quite different. It focuses first and foremost on conversation and comprehension, and over time you eventually learn the lesser important components.
CAREERCAMPUS focuses on:
Learning to speak and communicate your thoughts and needs. (CONVERSATION) Learning to listen and understand, when Someone Speaks to you (COMPREHENSION)When you focus on learning to converse and comprehend, you become a fluent speaker much quicker. As any multi-lingual person will tell you, the best way to learn a language is to use it. In other words, once you learn to converse, even the slightest bit, it becomes self-reinforcing. Like a snowball effect, the more you use the language, the more you learn and the easier it becomes.
Traditional language courses take a Bottom Up approach. They teach you the nuts and bolts first, then leave you on your own to figure on your own to figure out the nuances of conversation and comprehension. Why do they do this?
They claim that the components are building blocks and must be taught to serve as the foundation. Wrong! The real reason is because these aspects of language learning are tangible and easily definable. Therefore, the creation of self-study material is easy, the lessons easily defined and grasped.
The CAREERCAMPUS approach is Top-Down, meaning you first tackle the most important aspects of language learning, conversation and comprehension. Then, over time, you will learn all of the lesser important components such as spelling, vocabulary and grammar naturally.
Thinks about it… If you learn the English alphabet, you will not naturally learn how to speak it. When you learn English grammar or sentence structure, you will not naturally understand it when it’s spoken to you.
However, when you focus on learning to speak English, then yes, you will eventually understand sentence structure and grammar. And when you focus on learning to understand English when it’s spoken to you, then yes, you will in fact learn the alphabet, pronunciation and vocabulary.
When you study the big picture, you eventually learn all the smaller picture items as a mere by product of learning the main topic. Downstream components of language learning can be learned effectively as a much-welcomed consequence of focusing exclusively on learning to Converse and Comprehend.
CAREERCAMPUS’s “Speak Fluent English (SFE)” is best suited for teenagers and adults seeking effective instructor-led guidance, assisting them with learning to converse in English. CAREERCAMPUS’s “SFE” is for people who have limited time to devote to studying and want to maximize the impact of their study efforts. In other words, highly motivated and self-disciplined people can learn to talk, listen and verbally communicate in English with native speakers.
The CAREERCAMPUS study method comprises three essential areas of focus.
Memorize Phrases – Rather than focusing on vocabulary or direct word-to-word translations, it’s much more effective to focus on phrase-to-phrase translations. Why? First, an individual word, like “cape”, can have drastically different meanings. On the other hand, a phrase such as “hand me my cape” conveys a single message. Phrases have single meanings and can be tangibly easily translated between languages.
Also, it typically takes the same amount of brainpower to memorize a phrase as it does for a word, memorizing phrases. You can also use a phrase immediately; it’s already packaged and ready for use whereas words require an additional level of knowledge and know-how before being useful.
And don’t forget hierarchy, when you focus on memorizing phrases, you will naturally over time learn the meaning of individual words. You will also learn sentence structure and grammar. You will pick up these aspects as a by product of memorizing phrases.
Pronunciation – It is critical to listen to and repeat phrases as often as possible. You need to immerse yourself in the sound of the language. Like listening to a song over and over until you can sing it in the same key, tone and pitch… essentially mimicking the singer.
To native English speakers, listening is passive. So if your pronunciation is incorrect, you force the listener to try extra hard to engage in listening to you. You’ll be asked to repeat yourself over and over. This is tiresome for both parties; eventually you get bored and frustrated and give up.
Pronunciation works both ways. Not only do you need to emulate the sounds like mimicking a singer, but you also need to listen to it often enough so that you can hear a phrase, a set of closely grouped words spoken at normal conversation speed, and instantly grasp its meaning. You don’t have time to pick out each word and translate its meaning word; you need to focus on picking out phrases, and understanding the meaning of an entire phrase instantaneously.
However, you will also need to discern the words form a phrase in the event they change. For example, assume you know the phrase “how old are you?” very well. You’ve listened to it a thousand times, so when you hear it, you don’t even pay attention to the individual words, rather, you hear the entire phrase and recognize it as one concept, on e meaning. But if the speaker says, “how old is your son?” you’ll instantly be able to recognize that it is the same phrase asking about age, but you need to be able to pick out the new word introduced - “son”.
Conversation: Practice, Practice, Practice… Though you’ll have a limited set of phrases in the beginning, use them as often as possible.
If you are a perfectionist, put those tendencies aside. Don’t worry about making mistakes, don’t worry if you don’t understand 100% of what is being said, make guesses, take risks, keep pushing forward In your effect to learn the English language no matter how funny or stupid you may sound. Learn how to say “can you repeat that please?” I don’t understand” Learn how to say, “What do you mean?”
The key is to immerse yourself in the English language and use it as often as possible in order to build up your skills of speaking it and listening to it, understanding and comprehending it… which after all, should be the reason you want to learn the language and the focus of your studies.
The CAREERCAMPUS SEE Classroom is the ultimate environment allowing you to learn to converse in English and comprehend, and to gain fluency in the language, effectively in a very short time.
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