The Fun Ways for Learning English (Not including in assignment)

 Summary: Ways of learning English are very important to support student's achievements in their education. There are some ways that students can use to improve their ability in learning, so that, they can compete well with the others. Firstly, students learn English through visualization such as video and picture. Dornyei said, “It has been found that the more elaborate the possible self in terms of imaginative, visual and other content elements, the more motivational power it is expected to have.”  Secondly, learning English through discussion or role plays that enable them to be active during the lesson. Jon Postel said, “Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.” Thirdly, students learn English through games that interact and make them enjoy. Lewis said, “The game context makes the foreign language immediately useful to the children. It brings the target language to life.” Fourthly, learning English through literature like drama, story telling, and poetry.  Joshua Cruz, eHow contributor, states, “ The study of literature allows people to develop new ideas and ethical standpoints, and can help individuals to present themselves as educated members of society. Studying literature can be enriching, eye-opening experience.” Finally, learning English use graphic organizer that can improve their skills in reading. Keene and Zimmerman, Mosaic of Thought , states, "Proficient readers spontaneously and purposely create mental images while and after they read. The images emerge from all five senses as well as the emotions and are anchored in a reader's prior knowledge."

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              Learning English is a need for students who live in this globalization era. Students compete each other to improve their quality of life. By learning English, students have an opportunity to make a better living that make them satisfied for what they have done. English becomes an international language that enables students to communicate with people all over the world. As the result, students can improve their communicative competence in their social life. Moreover, students who master English have bright chances to get better jobs like translator, international journalist, consultant, and English teacher. On the other hand, Learning English is not as easy as learning the other subjects. There are some skills that are complicated that students need to master. Students need to use some ways that enable them to success in mastering English.

            Firstly, students learn English through visualization such as video and picture. They study by observing with their eyes and ears. Learning through video enable students to improve their listening skills. They listen the conversation of people in that video so that they will be familiar with English language. Moreover, student can improve their vocabulary through new words that they find in the video. In addition, student can enjoy learning the vocabulary through picture with words that they see. With this strategy, students feel comfortable in getting and processing the information that they get from their learning. Dornyei said, “It has been found that the more elaborate the possible self in terms of imaginative, visual and other content elements, the more motivational power it is expected to have.”

            Secondly, learning English through discussion or role plays that enable them to be active during the lesson. Students discuss their ideas and opinion about the lesson during the learning. They can improve their speaking skills by sharing the information and knowledge each other. Moreover, they learn how to respect the others' opinion in the discussion or role plays activity. In addition, they can improve their critical thinking that is very useful in the process of thinking to solve the problems. Jon Postel said, “Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.” This strategy allows student to explore their own thinking and also improve their confidence.

            Thirdly, students learn English through games that make them feel joy and happy. Lewis said, “The game context makes the foreign language immediately useful to the children. It brings the target language to life.” There are many kinds of games that students can use to learn English such as Crosswords, fast hands, speed balls, big describer, compare, and so on. Games are the effective way to improve student's interest to learn English. Moreover, students can improve their vocabulary through vocabulary games. There are many vocabulary that they can learn with various topics and themes.  This strategy gives student opportunity to have fun in learning English.

            Fourthly, Learning English through literature like drama, story telling, and poetry. Students can improve their skills such as speaking, listening, writing, and reading through literature. Moreover, they can share their ideas into the script that requires their creativity. They also can improve their confidence to perform in front of the other people. This activity also builds teamwork among the students, so that, they can be close each other. Joshua Cruz, eHow contributor, states, “ The study of literature allows people to develop new ideas and ethical standpoints, and can help individuals to present themselves as educated members of society. Studying literature can be enriching, eye-opening experience.” This strategy is very useful to improve four skills of English with enjoyable ways.

            Finally, learning English use graphic organizer that can improve their skills in reading. The students can improve their reading comprehension through this way. They can find the ideas and also the important points from their reading. Moreover, they will be easy to remember the information that is stated into the graphic organizer. Keene and Zimmerman, Mosaic of Thought , states, "Proficient readers spontaneously and purposely create mental images while and after they read. The images emerge from all five senses as well as the emotions and are anchored in a reader's prior knowledge." This strategy helps students to organize their ideas and also the support of their ideas. It makes students easy to remember about the materials that they've learned.

            In brief, ways of learning English is very important to support student's achievements in their education. There are some ways that can students used to improve their ability in learning, so that, they can compete well with the others. Firstly, students learn English through visualization such as video and picture. Secondly, learning English through discussion or role plays that enable them to be active during the lesson. Thirdly, students learn English through games that interact and make them enjoy. Fourthly, Learning English through literature like drama, story telling, and poetry. Finally, learning English use graphic organizer that can improve their skills in reading. Students need to use those strategies to help them success in learning.