How to effectively learn to write in English with pleasure: without cramming and boring lectures

The first steps to effective learning - a goal and motivation based system Key thoughts: Useful information

“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” - Alfred Mercier

The shortest path to the ability to write competently and quickly in English is always the most interesting and exciting. The fact is that when you enjoy the process, you easily memorize new things and hardly notice that you are learning. The ability to captivate yourself is all you need to master the skill of writing in English. In this and other articles on the site, we reveal the unique secrets of polyglots on how to prepare for IELTS writing without iron discipline or self-flagellation for every mistake you make in your test essay.

The first steps to effective learning - a goal and motivation based system

Our brain is designed in such a way that the process of building neural connections in the process of learning uses a lot of energy. And being thrifty, the brain tries in every possible way to ignore attempts to teach it something. Research confirms that the more blurred the prospect of a reward for work, the harder it is to force yourself to absorb something new.

The easiest way to engage yourself in the language acquisition process is to create a reward system for reaching certain milestones along the way.

But here it is important to understand that “learning to write in English” is not the goal you should aim for. Or perhaps even more specific, "writing well in order to communicate with native speakers by e-mail" is also not something that will definitely not serve you most effectively.

In one of the publications on the site, we will tell you how to set goals correctly. The main thing is to remember that the option with rewards works only when the path to the result can be literally drawn in the form of a map with clearly marked dots. Everything else is a utopia, usually ending one day with attempts to bribe oneself in advance for a chapter of the textbook that has not yet been completed.

In addition to rewards for achieving milestones on the way to a goal, you can also motivate yourself by combining your written English lessons with your favorite pastime. Do you like TV shows? Try revisiting your favorites with English subtitles, and then write a short essay based on one of the episodes or publish a blog post in English. Do you love football? Practice reading news in English-language publications, thematic posting on social networks, or writing match reviews. To begin with, you will write as practice, and then, who knows? It may possible to get carried away to a dizzying career in European sports journalism.

Key thoughts:

Set measurable goals to help you measure learning outcomes.
Come up with a reward system - bonuses for each achievement are highly motivating.