If English is not your first language, you probably would like to learn English if you read this article. English just like any other languages, the earlier or the younger you learn the language, the better is your ability to learn it and to pronounce the word correctly.

    Learn English from books! There are many English as a second language books, you can read and learn how to put together words to make sentences. If you just start to learn English, you also need English-your native language dictionary and if you understand most English words, you may want to get English-English dictionary instead.

    You can learn English online as well. There are many sites teach English as a second language, English grammar and online dictionary. Some English books also come with audio, so you can hear the pronunciation of the words or sentences.

    Practice make perfect! Talk to other English speaking people and listen carefully when someone else speak in English (best to hear it from native English speaker to get the right pronunciation).

    You can learn English from TV as well. If you just learn the language, try to watch toddler(初学步的孩子) or kid channels to learn the language. You can turn on the subtitle(副标题) as well to make it easier(更容易) to learn.

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What's the best way  ①   (know) it?

You may   ②  in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B,C,D... That means, if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter, then the third, the fourth.... For example, "pardon" is before "plough", "judge" before

"just", etc. 

③Do you understand how we can look up a word in a dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good friend. ④我希望在你的英语学习中，你会尽可能经常地使用它。