Thursday, March 14, 2019

Problems with English Language!

In Myanmar, People learn English and take English classes for many years or many months. After one class finishes, they have to take another English class. Most English classes have many levels for English learning. After one class finishes, you know lots of vocabulary, tenses, grammar rules and even worse (activities).

Maybe, you now know lots of vocabulary. Maybe you memorize vocabulary, tenses (when or where to use them in some situations). They never work that way. Always, people take an English class, they know a lot of English. Unfortunately, they cannot use it, they cannot speak English with very simple sentences.

After many months of taking the English class, you try to translate before you speak. You try to think about all the grammar rules and tenses before you speak English. No surprise that you cannot speak English.

Today, As you know, English is a tool to connect with other people and also Our Country is improving little by little. The more our country improves, the more English we need. Of course we need English language. But let me ask you something. What kind of English do we need? We need English speaking, not grammar rules, not tenses, not translation. But real English and English speaking without thinking and translation. We need that kind of English. But sadly, most English classes, they teach you grammar rules, tenses, verbs, activities. You take an English class. You are happy but you never get the great result like you want.

Such as, Speaking English easily, naturally without thinking or translation.
The Big Problem is they force you to speak English when you are not ready. So you are shy and afraid to speak English. Even worse, A teacher who teaches English language, they use translation methods and they speak, mostly Burmese 80% of the time during the class. No surprise you cannot speak English naturally and easily.

Why am I saying that the normal, traditional method is so boring, unnatural, ineffective, wrong? Well, because you don’t have much time to train or use your English and many foreigners are coming to Myanmar a lot. So If you take an English class, it takes so long and after that, you cannot use it easily. That’s no good. Sadly, A lot of English classes teach English language like studying, memorizing and dissecting. Students are confused. They want to speak English easily but every English class they take, they use the same methods which are unnatural.

(Let me ask you some questions)
1. Can you speak English easily without thinking about tenses, grammar rules?

2. Can you use English after many months or years in English classes?

3. Is it difficult to speak or use English in your job, travels?

4. Before you speak, do you translate from English to Burmese all the time?

5. Are you shy and afraid every time you speak English?

6. And you are afraid of other people’s judgement? (Especially Burmese People)

7. You take an English class again, again and again after one level is finished?

8. You spend so much money but you still don’t get the result you want?

You are not alone. It’s not your problem. It is a method problem. When I teach English, I never teach you grammar rules, tenses and activities. I never use English text Books. I train people to speak English like they learned their native language. Actually, you can use the same method when learning English.

Think about it. How did you learn your native language when you were young?

Did you use the text Book?

Did you learn Grammar rules?

Did you memorize them? You never did that.

In fact, you learned your native language very naturally. That’s why you can speak your native language easily and naturally. If we could learn our native language very well as a child, why couldn’t we learn English very naturally as an adult? Think about it? We are adults so we can learn everything much better if the method is natural? The other thing is your brain cannot learn very complicated things such as memorizing vocabulary, studying grammar rules and tenses. Your brain can store and learn very natural, easy things. That’s why you cannot speak English after so many years.

You are programmed by this unnatural method.

The opposite is
1. Don’t you want to speak English easily every time you speak English to other people?

2. Don’t you want to be happy because you can speak English with correct grammar?

3. Every time you speak English, a word or a phrase comes out automatically. Don’t you want that?

4. You never translate and never think about grammar rules when speaking. Don’t you want that?

Burmese People who lives and are born in Myanmar, they can write, read and understand. But the problem is they cannot SPEAK English after so many years of learning English. They have taken many, many English classes such elementary level (Kind of Beginner), intermediate level and finally advanced level.

They take an English class for many months or years but still they cannot speak English naturally, easily without thinking in BURMESE.

I train people to use English effortlessly at a company or at home with groups.

If you want a different result for your English, Just Call me (09 25 495 1800)

Shwe Gabar Aung (Empowering English)

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