Okay, so you want to learn English and you’ve even started learning English, right? And you want some ideas about how anyone whose native language is not English can learn, okay?
So first of all, let me tell you that I was also like many people who start learning English, but after some time, because of frustration, abandon learning English.
In this post, I will share my exact journey—how I learned English, what types of mistakes I avoided, how many days it takes to learn English—these kinds of questions.
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How It All Started?
My journey started in 2023, when I decided that I would learn English because I was doing so many courses on the internet at that time, and most of the courses were in English. So I was facing problems, okay?
So I decided that I would learn.
Then I did all the research, like:
• How many days does it take to learn English?
• Is it necessary to learn grammar for speaking fluent English?
• Is it true that 3000 vocabulary words will make your English conversational level?
These types of questions occurred in my mind.
I did research,
Watched many videos,
Read many articles,
Then made a plan for speaking English.
I promised myself that I would be consistent no matter what, okay?
Step 1: Vocabulary First (3 Months)
My plan: First three months I would spend learning common English vocabulary. Like people say, 3000 words make up 90% of your daily conversation-level English. Even newspapers you can read with that vocabulary.
So first, I started remembering those 3000 words.
Step 2: Basic Grammar (3 Months)
Many people will tell you when you start learning English that grammar is not necessary. But if you take my suggestion, I will tell you that grammar is as necessary as vocabulary, okay?
So basic grammar should be understood by anyone who is speaking or learning to speak English.
I spent three months learning English grammar, okay?
All the things: all the tenses, modals—everything. I gained enough knowledge that if anyone talked about it, I would definitely understand, okay?
So:
• 3 months learning vocabulary
• 3 months learning grammar
Step 3: Thinking in English (2 Months)
Next, I started thinking in English. Whatever I saw, I would say it in English. Like suppose—in surroundings—what is currently going on, what is in front of me, what movement I’m doing. Everything I started saying in English. All the daily things.
In the beginning, my mind didn’t adapt. I faced many problems. But after some time, my mind adapted, and it was okay.
Suppose I’m sitting on a chair, okay? One thermosteel bottle is beside me, okay? So whatever thoughts came into my mind, like:
“Throw is lying there, let’s pick it up, open the lid, sip some water.”
Everything I started saying in English—no matter if it was wrong or right. I just said it, okay?
This period lasted for 2 continuous months—I had been thinking in English and speaking to myself in English.
Step 4: Writing in English (1 Month)
Now I started writing. Same thing—whatever was happening around me, I started writing it on my laptop in MS Word.
Then everything I did daily from morning to night, I used to write in English, okay?
This helped me a lot.
Final Result
After this much:
- 3 months vocabulary
- 3 months grammar
- 2 months thinking in English
- 1 month writing daily in English
After 9 months, I was able to understand even 95% of daily conversational English—Indian English, like Indian podcasts.
And this is how I learned English—and even you can. Okay!
