General English101: How to Be Friends with The English
Grammar?
Heyoo my peeps!!
Welcome to the GeneralEnglish101 – 2nd Episode 😊😊
How do you feel
this weekend? Hopefully, you guys are doing great in this deadly pandemic! :D
First of all, let me ask you all a question…
When you hear the word “G.R.A.M.M.A.R”, what instantly comes to your mind? A challenge in
language learning? An important element in a language? Or what else?
Most people might
think that grammar is the rule or the system of a language. Yeah, this prediction
is definitely true! As Britannica.com defined, grammar is the rule of a language consisting the sounds, words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their
combination and interpretation. However, the term ‘’grammar’’ itself familiarly refers to the study of word and sentence structure. (Grammar | Britannica, n.d.)
And what do you
guys think about English Grammar? Is that pretty hard? Or just easy peasy to
deal with?
If you think that
English Grammar is just a piece of cake to deal with, I would like to say
congratulation on your capability! Otherwise, for those who feel that grammar
is pretty hard to learn, don’t be insecure! You’re not alone, dude, so do I :P
When we write an
essay, sometimes overthinking feeling does exist by questioning ourselves like:
“Am I use the right grammar?”, and it turns out to essay revision, huftt. Look,
how important grammar is, especially in writing.
This is the reason
why this article is written in purpose to give you some tips and tricks about
how to be friends with the English Grammar. “be friends” means you will enjoy
learning English Grammar by knowing its step-by-step even though you still feel
the difficulty of it (at least you won’t mad every time you have to learn it,
LOL, that’s the purpose).
Well, without any
further do, let’s check the following step-by-step tips out!!!!
1. Find
yourself suitable learning style.
Have
you ever heard about what learning styles are? Yup, there are three kinds of
learning style: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, or maybe mix-method such as
Audio-Visual. Which one is yours? It is important to know your learning style
so that you can easily understand any learning materials. Discover it as soon
as possible! (Perna, 2011)
2. Be
familiar with English word classes.
Word
classes are the words’ category in English. “familiar” means you’re able to
determine in which category of certain words is placed (noun, verb, adjective,
or adverb). As an example: Ignorant (Adjective) vs Ignorance (Noun). Although
both words almost have the same meaning, the word category is somehow
different. Discover it more! (Word Classes | Vocabulary | EnglishClub, n.d.)
3. Learn
and comprehend the English sentence construction.
English's sentence construction is the form of Subject-Verb-Object. You can start
learning how to construct a simple sentence by determining which the subject,
what the subject’s doing (verb), and to which / whom the subject do the effort
(object).
4. Understanding
the three basic tenses.
In
learning English Grammar, It is helpful if we understand the three simple
tenses as the beginning (present, past, and future) in purpose to understand
the sentence context. That three tenses are very important to write a basic
sentence as well whether constructing a simple sentence to complex sentence.
5. Grammar
Games.
This
is the most fun activity because you can do it throughout phone! You can download
language learning apps such as Duolingo, Busuu, Rosetta Stone, or any other
alternative apps to practice your grammar. Generally, those apps provide
grammar games to boost your memory and skill in grammar. Go install yours
today!
6. Read
and Practice.
Last but not
least, don’t forget this part! Reading a grammar book along with
practicing its exercise is very helpful to boost your grammar skills. This is
the best and the most effective method for long-term learning, why is that?
Through reading, you gain new knowledge as well as practice because practice
makes perfect. Don’t forget to manage your time well to read and practice!Well, that’s all the step-by-step tips from this episode, guys! I
welcome you to practice the steps above and give me the testimonial by giving
comments below this post :D
No matter how difficult English grammar is, we have to learn it
patiently as the English department students! As our duty, let’s feel the
learning process and happy with the result.
Hope you enjoy your learning process, see you in the next episode,
peeps! 😊
References
Grammar
| Britannica. (n.d.). Retrieved June 4, 2021, from
https://www.britannica.com/topic/grammar
Perna,
J. (2011). Learning Styles and Their Effect on Student Learning.
https://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1263&context=honors
Word
Classes | Vocabulary | EnglishClub. (n.d.). Retrieved June
4, 2021, from https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/word-classes.html
