What's the hardest thing about learning English that you've faced as a student?
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Studying in a group I faced with different level of knowledge, that provoked real chaos in a group. So I decided to have 1-1 lessons. Here the hardest is to find a good teacher to be able practice speaking a lot
For me, learning new vocabulary and using them was challenging.
For me, writing a thesis and coming up with the citations using APA format. It was so frustrating. But the rest of English course was pretty much endearing.
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I must say it is the part of studying phonics sounds that go me really pissed off.
grammaaar and improve speaking skills to explain people everything properly
Pronunciation might be the hardest skill to learn in English. You need a lot of constant practice
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The pronunciation expectations. For the difference in pronouncing some words like door and look or tough and though and thought
Learning to remember the irregular verbs. I remember printing the list and reading it out loud.
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Not so genius, but this has worked with my Asian and Latino students: Substitute all "Th-" in words with a "D-", as it is an easier starting point e.g. instead of "The", ask them to say De(almost like a form of pidgin english: de boi VS the boy). Its a matter of throat to tongue, where sounds with "T" and "D" are easier to begin with and then you will gradually progress to the "Th-" sounds as the find confindence and comfort. You could always tell them to pretend they are blowing out candles on a birthday cake; and for the "Th" sound their tongue should gently touch their teeth, like in words like "Thin" or "This". Have them practice the not so elated soft "Th" sound-- its like their tongue is having a short siesta on their teeth! Such a mental jounery and lots of creativity will get you through a lot of pronounciation hurdles.
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The biggest challenge I faced while learning English was understanding and using different tenses correctly. It took time to get used to the various rules and exceptions.
