Assessment is a necessary practice to learn and test your abilities to read, write and speak English language. You can gather a wide variety of exercises for self-assessment which can assist you where you stand as a learner. Moreover, you can also set your own levels for self-assessment for instance; if you think you are a beginner you start marking your progress from there. However, you need to understand that the progress is always progress and the pace of it is always secondary.
Some people learn language on a faster pace than others but some are steady learners and they take time to grasp the idea. The reason for the difference vary from person to person and from environment to environment. Some people grow up in a diverse environment where they come across different languages so they already has a part of those languages in their subconscious mind.
However, in some cases their organs are already trained on the sounds of a language as some languages have more sounds than others and some have the same font. For instance; people who know French can learn to write English quite easily as there a slight difference in pronunciation but the font is alike.
Try to Record your Progress:
In today’s advanced world of technology you can easily track your progress via video or audio recordings. It can especially enhance your reading ability due to the fact that you will be able to listen to yourself pronouncing words and adjectives that start with Y and keep yourself updated with your advancement. With your recorded progress you will be able to go back in your timeline and witness the difference all by yourself and you can also cherish your success whenever you like.
Set your own Benchmark:
Benchmark is something that usually others set for you and you aim to conquer it someday but always remember that you are not that somebody who had set it. Take small steps instead of trying to learn everything at once. Your mind doesn’t function the way you think it does, it also gets exhausted and tired like your body and after a point of time it stops learning so you would not be able to learn a language until you take a nap or give your mind a little break.
Always revise what you had learnt previously:
Learning is a continuous process, you always need to revise what you had learnt previously but don’t get too worked up about it. Just go through it once and move on, if we talk about the bigger picture learning goes on almost all your life. In fact, nobody on earth that claim that he knows everything about a particular subject. There are still words that we haven’t heard of even in our mother language so be a little easy on yourself.
Be your own Competition:
Acquiring a second language is a steady process so you need to keep your calm and set smaller targets for yourself. There is a wide variety of exercises that you can use to learn the basics of English grammar which will help you in learning the English writing skill so that you could excel any examination. You can surf the internet for games related to English language that broaden your vocabulary for instance; Word Trip. You can use the traditional board game scrabble as well.
Celebrate Small Achievements:
Have faith in yourself that you will learn and succeed in achieving your goal of perfecting your written, reading, spoken and communications skills. Everything takes time and no matter how hard it gets there is always something to cherish about so even if you had learnt a word in a day it is still progress. Overworking yourself is never the solution to anything so take a little time for you and enjoy the journey.
However, there is no harm in taking an expert’s advice or a proper professional help. If it works for you then go ahead and try taking communication skills classes.
Moreover you can also try creative writing and reading classes or you can also take some online courses as there are numerous online courses offered to learn English language.
