{"id":312,"date":"2024-11-20T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/?p=312"},"modified":"2024-12-02T12:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:57:48","slug":"unexpected-ways-to-improve-your-english-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/en\/unexpected-ways-to-improve-your-english-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected ways to improve your English Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Often times when thinking about learning a new language people generally imagine sitting in a classroom with thick textbooks and learning around their contemporaries , grinding through their homework only to wake up and grind through work the next day. Eeeek ! This blog post series is dedicated to showing you Alternative ways to improve your English comprehension and grammar in the most unexpected ways you might enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have you base English level like A2 and you know some phrases , some grammar , and you have your beginner vocabulary you can start exploring more fun ways to improve such as games , one such game is Sims 4. Now you might say  &#8220;Games? what am I a child? I don&#8217;t have time for such nonsense!&#8221; Hear me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sims 4 Free Base Game Launch Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DyNv44QR14g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits of playing a game about an hour a day :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Massive increase in vocabulary<\/strong>&#8211; you will be surrounded with English , from process of building your Sims( a person you choose to create and control) home &#8211; to cooking breakfast\/lunch\/dinner in-game streams of new vocabulary entering your mind. And because playing game doesn&#8217;t strain your brain you can get all the benefits without feeling exhausted as you possible would feel had you been sitting with dictionary to get same benefit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7e806d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/food.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-313 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7e806d; width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/food.jpeg 308w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/food-300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/food-18x10.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Comprehension<\/strong>&#8211; through context. Sims is full of real life situations as well as fictional ones. You will be required to call plumber to unclog your toilet , you will go to work and have co-workers visit your home. You will host parties and date in game. Through all of those situations you will be presented with &#8220;actions to take&#8221; options within what makes sense in that setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"76685d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-sims-4-poses-actions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #76685d; width:512px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-sims-4-poses-actions.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-sims-4-poses-actions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-sims-4-poses-actions-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-sims-4-poses-actions-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Grammar<\/strong>&#8211; Now speaking of grammar you won&#8217;t be learning it in game the same way you would be learning it in our online class there wont be present continuous , present simple or future simple tables. However you will be learning grammar through context. Say your job in-game provides requirements for promotion,<strong> if you<\/strong> fit those required <strong>then <\/strong>you <strong>will be<\/strong> promoted. &#8220;If&#8221; and &#8220;then&#8221; are classic form of <strong>conditionals<\/strong>. <strong>Will be <\/strong> is future tense. Just like that you brain has imprint of those sentences and when you learn grammar in the future your  brain will re-call countless examples of what those sentences look like, because you had built that base of examples through playing games =)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"919b7d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #919b7d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sims4-169.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sims4-169.webp 597w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sims4-169-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/talkwithease.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sims4-169-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often times when thinking about learning a new language people generally imagine sitting in a classroom with thick textbooks and learning around their contemporaries , grinding through their homework only to wake up and grind through work the next day. 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