English
After years of studying English, I still can't watch a film without subtitles. But I get a little better every day.
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- IntroductionWho I am, what my learning path looked like, and why this blog exists.
- How I taught myself EnglishThe whole route I took, start to finish.
- The first 30 daysExactly what I did in the first month, week by week.
- The four piecesThe one frame I use to check whether my study week is missing something.
Skills
- Listening every dayHow I listen, what difficulty I aim for, and what I do when progress stalls.
- When you know the words but can't hear themWhy a sentence made of familiar words still slips past, and how I trained my ear.
- Reading in EnglishHow I got through a lot of pages without burning out on dictionary lookups.
- Vocabulary & AnkiHow I remember words through real sentences, and the two times I nearly quit Anki.
- CollocationsWhy I stopped learning one word at a time and started learning chunks.
- Speaking EnglishWhy I waited a long time before practising speaking, and how I practised.
- Writing in EnglishWhy I practised writing before speaking, and the three-step loop I use.
Tools
Resources
- The resources I useThe tools and sources I actually use — not a list padded out for length.
- Comprehensible inputHow I pick material at the right difficulty, and how I make it easier when it isn't.
- How many words is enoughThe numbers that told me where I stood, and which words are worth the effort.
- Measuring level and progressHow I know where I am without sitting an exam, and why I stopped trusting how it feels.
- What I readWhere the ideas on this site came from, and what I actually took from each one.
- Frequently asked questionsThe questions I get most often, answered briefly.