Learn English Grammar
Effortless English Podcast | Learn English with AJ Hoge
AJ Hoge
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2008
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Learn English grammar intuitively. |
| 0:04.0 | Learn English grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening with listen and answer stories. |
| 0:11.0 | Learn English grammar without studying any grammar rules. How? Listen and answer stories |
| 0:18.0 | are designed to teach you grammar in an intuitive natural way. You learn grammar the same way American children learn it by |
| 0:26.2 | understanding the structure of the language. Most native speakers do not know grammar rules. |
| 0:35.0 | Ask an American, what is the past perfect tense and most will not know? |
| 0:42.0 | But of course, they use the past perfect most will not know. |
| 0:42.8 | But of course, they use the past perfect tense correctly every day. |
| 0:48.4 | In fact, they use English grammar effortlessly. |
| 0:51.8 | They don't think about it. Rather, native speakers have a feeling for |
| 1:07.1 | correctness. They know what sounds right and they know what sounds wrong. Can a non-native English learner develop these same skills? Yes, definitely. But you'll never develop the natural ability to use grammar |
| 1:17.8 | effortlessly if you try to learn English |
| 1:25.0 | English effortlessly. |
| 1:27.4 | In many ways, becoming effortless with English grammar |
| 1:30.9 | is a the natural way children learn. Your job as the student is very easy. Simply |
| 1:47.0 | listen to the story and answer the super easy questions. In fact I make the question super- questions. In fact, I make the questions super easy for a reason. If the questions were difficult, you would start to think. You would probably try to translate. |
| 2:04.0 | I don't want that. I want you to answer instantly and automatically without any kind of translation. |
| 2:12.0 | Another thing I do in the stories is repeat these easy questions |
| 2:16.5 | in many different ways. I do this to get the grammar structures deep into your brain. You don't realize it, but as you answer |
| 2:27.0 | all these easy questions, you are actually learning English grammar. This kind of learning is useful and practical. |
| 2:36.0 | Over time, you will use grammar correctly as you speak. |
| 2:39.0 | You'll use the correct grammar, but you won't think about rules at all. The more you listen |
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