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Becoming a Life-Long Learner

creating good habits

Becoming a Life-LongLearnercreating good habits
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Learning a new language opens doors to a world of opportunities. Of course, to benefit from your new language you need to do more than just complete the activities. You should create habits that will tie you to English even outside of the classroom.

Ways to Learn Outside the Classroom

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Change the Settings on Your Cellphone

It seems simple, but you will learn a lot of vocabulary from such a simple action. Change the language to English on your cell, your Facebook account, your Instagram account or anything you use on a regular basis.
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Visit the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California

European artwork from as far back as the 8th Century can be found in this California art museum. Take a Street View tour to discover a huge collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, and photographs.

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Make Friends

Speak English with your friends. If you don't have any English-speaking friends, visit the college's Centre d'aide en langues and hang out and talk with a tutor. It's free!
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Follow an English Twitter feed

John Cena

Trevor Noah

Amy Purdy

Serena Williams

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Download and Use the Duolingo App


https://en.duolingo.com/

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ELLLO

Even if you don't understand everything, you will start to understand more and more each day. Listening will also help you with your pronunciation. English Listening Lesson Library Online (Elllo)
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Music

Sign up for Spotify or another free music source and explore English music.
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Netflix

Watch TV and movies in English with English subtitles on Netflix or YouTube.
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24/7 Lessons

Just want to watch an English lesson for fun? 24/7 lessons are there when you need them.
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FunBrain

Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.
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Watch the News

If you don't have a favorite news station, you can use the Breaking News website to learn about the world.
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Internation Children's Digital Library

Perfect to do with your kids or to read or listen to stories that you might already know in your language.
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Meet-Ups Montreal

Practice your English while doing activities with new people. Meetup is a platform for finding and building local communities. People use Meetup to meet new people, learn new things, find support, get out of their comfort zones, and pursue their passions, together.

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The British Museum in London, England

This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies. You can also find hundreds of artifacts on the museum’s virtual tour.
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Take a Zumba Course in English

Get exercise, increase your cardio and improve your English!

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Watch Your Favorite Sports in English

You'll be amazed how quickly you'll learn when watching something you love!

Montreal Impact (soccer)

Montreal Canadiens (hockey)

Montreal Alouettes (football)

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Sit Back, Relax and Watch TV

Learn about Canadian language and culture by watching Canadian content on CBC.
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Do Yoga

Stretch your body while you stretch your mind and do yoga in English.
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Learn Slang

15 English slang words that you absolutely have to know in 2020 in order to understand TikTokers, YouTubers, and other cool people on this planet. These terms are used in American, British and Australian English.

NOTE: do not use slang in English class

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British English vs American English

Just like in French, English varies from country to country and region to region. Sometimes the smallest differences can have a funny (but undesired) result. Here are 24 differences.
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Learn Songs and Jokes

The more vocabulary you know, the better. Songs and jokes are a great way to learn English vocabulary.
Lifelong Learning
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Anglais pré-collégial © 2023 by Rebecca Peters, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit/Entente Canada-Québec is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/