The Best Time of Day to Learn English

Well, hello and good morning.

It's morning here on the farm

and I wanted to talk to you a little bit today about

how you use your time when learning English.

Sometimes it's better to do certain things in the morning,

certain things in the middle of the day,

and other things are best done at night,

at least in my opinion.

So this English lesson will simply be

Bob expressing his opinion

on the types of things you should be doing

when learning English in the morning,

in the middle of the day, and at night.

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Let's start by talking about mornings.

In my opinion, mornings are a great time

to do the hard stuff.

If you're learning the English language,

I think morning is a great time

to do the things that are the most difficult.

In the morning, you're usually very fresh,

your mind is very alert,

and it's easier to learn new things in my opinion,

but I think this might also be backed up by science.

You'll have to check.

So one of the first things

I think you should be doing every morning

is a little bit of reading.

You might have to set your alarm clock

a little earlier than normal

so that you can get up to do this.

But I think getting up and reading

a chapter in a novel, in an English novel,

is a great way to start the day.

You can learn a little bit more vocabulary

while you're reading,

you can enjoy the story,

and hopefully you can understand it better

because your mind is fresh.

I also think morning is a great time to do some writing.

It's a great time to think about what you did the day before

and maybe write a few sentences in a journal.

If you did do a little bit of reading,

it's a great time after you do that reading in the morning

to just sit down and write a little summary

of what you've read.

Again in the morning, your mind is fresh.

Hopefully you've just learned some new words the day before

or you've learned some new words

in the reading that you just did.

So sit down, take a moment and do a little bit of writing.

And then lastly, and this one might be a little challenging,

depending on your time zone,

I think it's a great time to have an English conversation.

As many of you know, I'm constantly practicing my French.

And when I speak with my French speaking partner in France,

we usually do that in the morning.

Well, it's morning for me, it's not morning for them,

but I like to do that in the morning

because my mind is fresh.

It's easier for me to think of the words I need to think of.

So if you can arrange it,

if you can find someone who

you can have a nice English conversation with,

try to schedule that for early in the morning

and see if you can get that done.

So those are the three things

I recommend you do in the morning.

I know it's probably gonna be a little time-consuming.

This is going to definitely be easier

if you are a morning person, but give it a try.

Try to schedule 30 minutes to an hour each morning

before you head off to work or school

to do a little bit of English.

So I think the middle of the day

is a good time to do something fun.

I think the middle of the day is usually

a time where you don't have a lot of time,

but maybe you just have a few moments to do something quick,

and that usually involves using your phone.

So the first thing I recommend that you do

in the middle of the day

is to just sit down and watch a YouTube video.

Follow an English teacher on YouTube like me

or one of the other many English teachers on YouTube

and just take a moment to watch one of their YouTube videos.

And don't forget, it's a really good idea

to watch English lessons on YouTube twice.

It just really helps you to remember what's going on.

The other thing I recommend you do in the middle of the day

is practice English using some kind of app.

Maybe you like Duolingo, or Babbel,

or one of the other many apps that are out there.

Take some time in the middle of the day,

maybe sit on a park bench after lunch,

maybe after you're done eating your sandwich

at your desk in your office,

just pull out your phone and then just take some time to

use an app to practice some English.

Again, little snippets of learning,

little snippets that you can do

in the middle of the day are just easier,

again, especially if you are working or a student.

It's not always easy to find

more than 5 or 10 minutes to study.

So if you can find the time, pull out your phone,

watch a YouTube video, an English lesson on YouTube,

or take some time to practice with an app.

So let's talk for a little bit about what I think

you should do in the evening.

Now, again, these are just Bob's theories.

These are not proven to be true.

But my theory is this.

In the evening, you should do things that are relaxing,

that are not very difficult.

And so in the evening,

one of the things I think you should do

is listen to some English music.

I think evening is a great time,

maybe when you're making supper,

maybe as you're getting ready to go to bed.

Evening is a great time to just listen

to a few English songs.

And if you do this, try to listen

to the same English song every night

for a few nights in a row.

It's just a good idea to have that repetition as well,

but evening is definitely a great time

to listen to some English music.

Another great thing to do in the evening

is to listen to a podcast.

Now, you might just listen

to a regular English language podcast,

or you might listen to a podcast made by an English teacher,

but evening is a good time to listen to a podcast.

Again, maybe you're cleaning the house,

maybe you're making supper,

maybe you're doing something else in the evening

and you just want to be able to listen to some music.

So find a podcast in English and listen to it.

You can also use this time as well to re-listen

to the YouTube video that you watched earlier in the day.

Sometimes you don't need to actually see the English lesson.

Sometimes just listening to it is a good idea as well.

So another thing you can do in the evening,

something that's a little more passive and relaxing,

find an English podcast and give it a listen.

One of my favorite things to do at night

is to watch the French news,

and I think you should do the same,

but you should, of course, watch the English news.

Maybe turn on the TV and find the English news station

if you have one.

And if you don't, just go on YouTube

and find an English news channel.

Watching the news in English is just a good way

to learn a bit more English.

And as well, you may have already

heard some of the news stories earlier in the day.

I highly recommend that if you watch the news in English

that you watch world news,

news about things that are happening in the world,

because it's very likely that you'll already

have seen the news story, or heard the news story,

or read the news story earlier in the day

in your own language,

and this will help you understand the English version of it.

So if you have a bit of time after supper,

after you've done the dishes and tidied up the kitchen,

maybe sit down and watch some English news.

Well, thank you so much for watching

this English lesson where I expressed my opinions

about when you should be studying

and what you should be studying in the morning,

in the middle of the day, and at night.

You can either agree or disagree with me.

If you want, you can let me know in the comments

what you think and what works best for you.

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