Suggestions for using English outside the classroom
Read through everything you’ve done in class during the week after the lesson to remind yourself of what you have studied. Try to do the homework set.
Write a daily diary in English
Pretend you are an English speaking tourist in Stockholm.
Read the news in English everyday. Visit www.thelocal.se (for Sweden’s news in English) or www.bbc.co.uk , www.telegraph.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk or www.cnn.com For an example of a popular tabloid go to www.mirror.co.uk –to learn some very informal, everyday English.
Explore the free internet sites provided on this blog such as http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ for vocabulary, grammar, various quizzes, “Words in the news” (specially prepared articles with a word glossary) and business articles.
Visit Sarah at Folkuniversitetet Stockholm on Facebook for daily inspiring links to English language sites
Listen to a podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio
Watch the world news – one minute everyday www.bbc.co.uk
Choose a book listed on this blog or one of your choice. It’s important that it’s a a book that you enjoy (preferably a modern one with modern language). Don’t look up every word that you don’t know. You’ll break the “flow” and lose interest. Just immerse yourself in an English speaking world for a while and enjoy yourself. When you’ve finished the book, go back and analyse a chapter. Think about the words and grammar that the characters use. Write out sentences of dialogue. Put them up on your walls at home where you will see them regularly.
If you don’t like reading, then choose an audio book from the library.
Have a language lunch once a week with your classmates on this course or anyone that you feel comfortable speaking English with. Make sure you only speak English and no other language.
Find someone who wants to learn your language and do a language swap
Watch some English language films preferably with English subtitles or none at all. A list of suggested films can be found on this blog, and they are linked to IMDB (Internet Movie Database) so you can get an idea of what they are about.
Listen to your favourite TED talk https://www.ted.com/ These talks are 18 minutes or less.
http://lyricstraining.com/ “ LyricsTraining is an easy and fun way to learn and improve your foreign languages skills, through the music videos and the lyrics of your favorite songs”.