Question | Answer |
Things you should or should not do | Do’s and Don’t’s |
Don’t be embarrassed about speaking: the main thing is to speak in a way that others can understand you | Don’t be embarrassed about speaking:the main thing is to make yourself understood |
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes: you learn through a way of solving a problem by trying several possibilities and learning from your mistakes | Don’t be afraid to make mistakes: you learn from trial and error |
The classroom is the opportunity to practice speaking, so enjoy sthg or use sthg as much as you can | The classroom is the opportunity to practice speaking, so make the best of it. |
There are certain things, such as regular verbs, that you can learn sthg by reading or hearing it repeatedly until you remember it exactly | There are certain things, such as regular verbs, that you can learn by heart. Learn sthg ( off) by heart Andy knows that it isn't easy for him to know anything off by heart. |
Saying something so others can hear it can help you to practice the pronunciation and remember it. | Saying something out loud can help you to practice the pronunciation and remember it. say/ read sthg out loud |
Don’t miss lessons or you will have a lot of things to do because you didn’t do them on time and find it difficult to reach the levels of others who are more advanced | Don’t miss lessons or you will get behind with your work and find it difficult to catch up. |
Don’t stop trying to do sthg or accept that you can’t do sthg. Continue with sthg even though it is difficult and you’ll achieve sthg after a period of work and effort | Don’t give up. Stick at it and you’ll get there in the end. |
I decided to improve my knowledge or skill in my Spanish, especially when you have not used it for a period of time before going to Spain. | I decided to brush up on my Spanish before going to Spain. Brush sthg up |
At first I had to try very hard to remember anything | At first I had to rack my brains to remember anything |
I couldn’t manage to understand the grammar. | I couldn’t make sense of the grammar. |
So it was very hard to make progress at the same speed of the other students | So it was very hard to keep up with the other students |
But some of the new vocabulary wouldn’t be remembered or understood (of information or experiences). | But some of the new vocabulary wouldn’t sink in. |
I just forget words very quickly . | Words just went in one ear and out the other. |
When you work hard all day, it’s difficult to continue to concentrate on a difficult subject in the evening. | When you work hard all day, it’s difficult to keep your mind on a difficult subject in the evening. |
But I stuck at it, and I began to learn things without making a big effort more quickly. | But I stuck at it, and I began to pick things up more quickly. |
All I have to do now is to continue doing sthg as well as you are doing now! | All I have to do now is to keep it up! |
Many times those names you are sure know them but you can’t remember them at the moment but you are unable to remember them | Many times those names are on the tip of my tongue but they never come back to me. |
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