5 Ways to Increase Your Motivation To Learn English

This post is by Holly Deambrosi, CEO of OnTargetEnglish.

Now you’ve done it. You’ve made a commitment to learn English. Maybe you’re a beginner, or perhaps you’ve reached an advanced level. You want to improve yourself and stay motivated to reach your goals. Here are five ways to help you do that.

1. Follow a blog or subscribe to emails about English.

The benefits are many: you get frequent reminders and encouragement to continue learning. Blogs are also great at giving you bite size pieces of information that you can process quickly. So even if you don’t have a great deal of time to devote to your self-education, a blog, like this one at OnTargetEnglish.com, can keep you moving forward in the time you do have.

2. Set aside time every day to practice your English.

Even if you spend just your 10 minute morning shower practicing pronunciation or using those new vocabulary words in sentences, those minutes will add up to hours very quickly. And you’ll be amazed at how quickly your speaking improves.

3. Find someone to encourage and help you practice learning English.

This could be someone you practice vocabulary with or spend time in English conversation with online, on the phone or at a café. Watch movies with a friend in English and see if you can understand the actors without looking at the subtitles. Start an English club in your town.

4. Find the fun in learning English.

Ask yourself what attracted you to learning English in the first place. Find a way to incorporate it into your hobbies. If you like to read the news, challenge yourself to read at least one article in English every day. If you enjoy volunteering, then find a place where you can have contact with other English speakers. Love to teach? Share some lessons on colors and numbers in English with your neighbors’ or relatives’ children.

5. Take pride in the progress you’ve made.

Reward yourself for meeting goals. Share your success with others. Tell them when you’ve finished an English course, read a magazine or book in English or can introduce yourself in English.

What motivates you to keep working on your English skills? Post about it in the comments section.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Nikitha-Roy/100000578870423 Nikitha Roy

Thanks for your tips.What motivates me to learn English is it now a days english is spoken by all around the world. I am learning English with videos http://youtu.be/pBCF257vq-I
Sheyla

What motivates me to learn English is find different people and cultures
that speak really faster and clear. Tip/ Watch news only in English
maybe if it has subtitles can be awesome enjoy it..!!
Sheyla

What motivates me to learn English is find different people and cultures that speak really faster and clear. Tip/ Watch news only in English maybe if it has subtitles can be awe son enjoy it..!!
AlanGs_

To increase my English I think that we should read English books, try to
watch English movies and understand the actors without subtitles,
listen only English music and try to pronounce the song correctly , talk
in front to the mirror for don’t be shame.
AlanGs_

To increase my English I think that we should read English books, try to watch English movies and understand the actors without subtitles, listen only English music and try to pronounce the song correctly , talk in front to the mirror for don’t be shame.
jeni

I think it’s very good this topic, how to make us more have self confident to explore our ability
memo blue

I think learing english or any other languages is that you should practice it everyday like your native language, you speak it everyday. And you should start to learn english from the most basic lessons by finding videos on you tube , and try to watch the video over and over again then repeat the sentences or words you pronounce wrongly. when you are sure that you got it then you move to another one and the level is a little difficult to compare the first one. if you continue to like this you will get better your english skills after 2 months. and you dont have feeling it’s so difficult for you so you can move on with your english goal.
jyotsnakhandar

for english read news paper everyday and watch cartoon on tv with my daughter
diouf

when i hear someone speaking english truly i’m too exited
desai gita

when we go out of station or meet someone who doesn’t know any language other then English motivated me to learn this language.
Patricia Helena Silva Mendes

What motivates me learning English is the possibility of know people and of course learn about other culture. I’ve got a lot of friends in Facebook, which are from India, Chine, etc.. and it motivates me and helps me increase my English’s skill day by day… Now I am reading the novel fifth shades of Grey, in English, so I am proud of myself!!!
http://www.facebook.com/alexis.radney Alexis Radney

I lke to teach, and to sing in English I think these are the most effective way to improve your English skills
- Inggit Sitowati
  
  Would you like to be my friend?
  It will be nice if I can chat and talk with you in English. It will help me to improve my English. Thanks
Ana

Well, when I watch CNN or TV shows, such as Dexter or SVU and I’m able to understand what they are saying is really motivating… And this also happens with TV shows.
- Ana
  
  I meant other TV shows, of course!
Mummal

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Syyaf

I love languages,therefore I wanna master English to move to another one.
Reda saad

For me English language is the most important in all my life i always try to do all my best to improve it in spite of all the difficultes but i have to go on to achieve all my goals . this is international language and i have accepte this challange and i d like to thank you for this site which motivate me to continue
- http://www.ontargetenglish.com OnTargetEnglish
  
  You’re welcome. Yes, the fact that English is the main language of international communication motivates a lot of people to keep improving in it.
Ed

English is a lenguage I love, that´s why i decided to study it at the university, but I¨ve found It´s a difficult task for me; even i´ve thought it´s impossible to become a master of English lenguage. I know i am able to express myself in English, but not as I´d like to do it, i´ve studied it for 2 years. Now I´ve lost motitavation to continue learnig English. Could someone say or help me how to get motivated to learning English again?
- http://www.ontargetenglish.com OnTargetEnglish
  
  Hi, Ed. Holly gave some advice for increasing your motivation to learn English. But, yes, maybe others can also give tips that will help you. What ideas do all of you have that can help Ed?
- Ana
  
  Hi, Ed. My piece of advice is: find something you like to do and do it in English… If you like reading, choose some books in English, if you like chatting, find people on the Internet to chat and so on… I hope it helps! Good luck and never give up!

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