Self Study

Say what you see

Talk to yourself

Read Aloud

Use the DailyStep method

Listen to English speaking radio

Keep a notebook

Have a good general attitude towards learning words

Note down all new words.

Correspond with an English-speaking pen-friend.

Read aloud to yourself from printed text.

Soliloquize', i.e. translate along in your mind silently

Find a good basic vocabulary word list

To practise, randomly pick a number of words and make up a simple, but probably crazy, story using the words.

Make your own word box

Use one card per word, with the English on one side and a translation on the other.