4. Optional extra credit: Write a 200+ word “how to” essay about one of the following:

  A. How to study English

First, check if you have strong motivation for studying English. It’s always the most important one whatever you do that usually people overlook easily.

Second, make a goal in studying English. There are many other ways to study English. The reason you study English can be that you need a high score in one of English test required from school or you want to speak English fluently in order to talk with and make foreign friends. Therefore, make sure what you need to do.

Third, memorize as many English words as you can because whatever goal it is, it require you to know words but look up the word in English dictionary and find out in what exact situation it is used and how exactly it’s pronounced.

Fourth, read books written in English. It’s a good way to improve both your reading skill, which is based on all the other skills in English, and speaking skill because it will make you more used to the grammatical order in English, which is totally different from Korean.

Fifth, listen to a conversation recorded by foreigners. The more you spend time on listening, the more you will understand. One thing you should know about this section, there is no fast way to improve your listening skill. Practice it every day. Be steady.