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Happy New Year

Here in Spain today is the day when people wake up to their New Years Resolutions. Behind them are the 12 grapes at midnight, the cava and the lucky red underwear and today the list is staring at them, invariably repeating the good intentions of last year:

• stop smoking

• go to the gym/lose weight/eat better

• learn English

I suspect that many of our readers have made a similar intention to really learn/improve English in 2008, so this week I’m going to be giving some tips on how to do that.

1. SET YOURSELF A GOAL

Decide why you want to speak better English. You need an objective to get you through those times when motivation is low. Many people want to be able to communicate better for work reasons. Others want to be able to speak, listen & understand when they travel . The important thing is to set the goal and think about the best way to achieve it.

Tomorrow we’ll look at another important resolution for your English learning in 2008.

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