I’ve tried many different methods to study English. There are four sections in it, speaking, reading, listening and writing. When you start to study a foreign language, I think the first thing you have to do is listening. Also reading is important. These days I try to listen to a podcast and watch Netflix and read an article every day. I usually choose an article from the NYT or CNN. For me, the best way to memorize a new word is to listen to the word from the context over and over. If I find a new word while I read an article, I never look up the meaning at first. I try to guess the meaning of the word from the context and then I look it up after reading the article all through. This is very effective to learn a new word.

Listening and reading are input. Output is a speaking and writing.

If you have a lot of input, output comes spontaneously.

Today’s new word is “ from scratch “. I’ve learned this word from Culips.

To be honest, I’ve never made a cake from scratch in my whole life.