How to learn 3,000 words in English with "News in Levels"

The interesting EFL website News in Levels tells us how to learn the most common 3,000 words in English by reading and listening to their articles:

"HOW TO LEARN 3000 WORDS

1. Choose your level for easy English news.

2. Read every news article in your level once.

3. Look at all new words in the dictionary.

4. Read the article again.

5. If there is audio or video under the article, listen to it. Listen to it many times. Stop only when you understand perfectly all the words.

6. Listen to old articles and check if you still understand them.

If you read and listen to one article every day, your reading and listening skills can be better fast. You will learn very fast and after some time you will not have to translate into your own language. You will simply understand. Why?

When you learn English, you have to learn in the whole sentences and in context. You have to learn how to understand with no translations. When you listen to people in your native language, you don't translate. You simply understand. The same has to be in English.

Students who translate English texts, do exercises and do tests are very good at translating, doing exercises and doing tests, but they have usually a big problem with English listening and understanding fast in real life. In real life, nobody waits for your translation. People usually use simple and basic English when they speak but they use it fast. You have to understand with no translation like in your native language. If not, you cannot be part of communication because you are slow. These words are maybe hard but they are true.

You also have to hear every new word 5 to 10 times if you want to remember it. That's why we use the same words in one level. If you read and hear the same words again and again, you will understand them and remember them. If you know words from one level perfectly well, you can go to a higher level and learn new words. It is important to go step by step, and read and listen to words which are used in English often. This is what we do. In our short news, we use words which are used in English often. Level 1 has 1000 most important words. Level 2 has 2000 words and in Level 3 we use 3000 most important words.

So, if you want to understand English fast and learn fast, read one article or more a day. You can improve your reading and listening fast. We are trying to do everything possible to help you learn English fast and understand it. That's why we prepare easy English news for you. When you use this website every day, you can learn 5000 words which you need for communication with anybody."

Read more: http://www.newsinlevels.com/