How to Learn English in Ten Minutes a Day

Learning a new language is certainly a challenge, especially when you are short on study time. Mastering the basics of language fluency can take years of regular practice and conversation. If you want to learn English, but do not have much time to commit, consider studying the language in brief, ten-minute intervals every day. Though it may not seem like much at first, if you stick with it, you should begin to see better fluency in a few months.

Instructions

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     Purchase an English phrase book that covers some of the most common phrases in the English language. These usually cover conversation starters and simple phrases.
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     Set a schedule of learning and using at least one phrase per day. For example, you can learn and practice saying "Hello," on Monday, and then "Goodbye," on Tuesday. You can cover up to two phrases in ten minutes.
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     Read the phrase to yourself, and then try it on an English-speaking friend to make sure you are pronouncing it correctly. If they understand your pronunciation, continue repeating the phrase to commit it to memory.
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     Use the phrase at some other points during your day to embed it into your mind. At the end of the week, try to have a conversation using all of the phrases you learned that week.
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     Once you have a basic understanding of common phrases, add vocabulary words to your daily studies to expand your knowledge of the language.

Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

Model Success

• Leaders help others succeed.

  A leader sets the standard of excellence. A leader establishes principles as to how peers, customers and constituents are treated. A leader must inspire others and help them achieve smaller goals as the foundation for achieving larger goals. Successful leaders serve as an interface between workers and bureaucracy. The give their subordinates direction while fielding all negotiations with higher-ups.

Inspire Vision

• Leaders have faith in themselves and others. They must believe that they can improve things. Leaders must create a shared vision for the future. A leader must get others involved and enthusiastic about the company's future. A leader makes everyone involved feel like they are a part of something greater than themselves. A leader has an iron grip in a velvet glove. A leader must have a good degree of self-confidence and persuasive abilities.

Embrace New Challenges

• Leaders are not afraid to try new things.
  Leaders do not accept things as they are just because they have always been that way. Leaders are not afraid to initiate potential improvements. Leaders accept the inevitable setbacks along the way and use them to further inspire growth. Leaders embrace the new and let go of the old. A leader will take calculated risks to achieve lasting improvements.

Empower Others

• Leaders encourage collaboration and cultivate morale. They create an atmosphere of mutual respect in which people are treated decently on a consistent basis. Leaders enable others by emphasizing their strengths instead of being a scavenger of their weaknesses. Leaders ultimately make people feel positive and empowered to reach their goals. Leaders encourage people to ask for help when they need it without feeling ashamed. Leaders help to bring out the best in others.

Raise Morale

• Leaders foster a healthy optimism.

  Leaders foster hope and commitment. Leaders make others feel good about themselves by recognizing their collective as well as individual contributions. Leaders motivate people to be determined enough to accomplish their objectives. Leaders let people know that they are an important and integral part of the whole. Leaders work to maintain positive, healthy, professional relationships that result in increased productivity.