** There is an English study method that I gave to TOEIC 300 to 840 in a year and a half. ** It is an English learning method called a complete map for improving English, which was advocated by Yosuke Morisawa. As a result of studying using this study method, I managed to understand English, so I summarized the process.

• Assuming that you understand the contents of the official website, we do not explain each training method. If you want to improve your English, I strongly recommend you to read ** Official Site. ** **

Why did you decide to study English in the first place?

Why did you decide to study English in the first place? In my case, in a nutshell, "** I wanted to study the programming language Python **".

Now that the machine learning boom has come, Python books are published almost every month, but when I started studying, there were few Japanese books. On the other hand, there were a lot of books and websites about English information. In other words, there was a large information gap between Japanese and English.

For me, this shock was quite big, and I felt, "** I have to be able to speak English to learn Python! **". As a result, I felt that I had to be able to speak English in order to live in the IT industry. This feeling inspired me to study English.

The effect of learning

** October 2010 (2nd year university student / at the beginning of study) **

• About 300 TOEIC points * Points received when entering university
• I hated English since I was in middle school. I remembered and survived the university entrance exam to the extent that I could recite about 500 sentences of DUO 3.0. What is the grammar? Is it delicious? Status. I think the grammar level was 1st level.
• When I read the text, I was guessing what I was saying from the words I knew. Therefore, it was often misread.

** March 2012 (3rd year university student / one and a half years old) **

• TOEIC 840 points
• I need a dictionary, but I no longer have trouble reading technical books and web pages.
• You can now understand and read the structure of sentences.

** December 2016 (2nd year of working life / present) **

• I read English papers every day in the research department of a company.
• You can manage Coursera and Udacity videos without subtitles. Conversation-centered dramas are fluttering.
• Information is disseminated on an English blog.

Number and cost of teaching materials used

** Number of teaching materials ** I summarized the number of teaching materials used by training.

** Teaching material costs ** I tried to summarize the cost of the teaching materials used by training. About half of the teaching materials are for studying for entrance exams. I used the materials for studying for entrance exams because they are cheap and of high quality.

• Even if all are combined, it is cut by 40,000
• When I looked at it again, the cost performance was pretty good.

Transition of learning time

• I studied with a goal of 1000 hours in a year and a half. I have achieved it.
• You are studying at a pace of about 2 to 3 hours a day.
• I studied when I was a student, but at this pace, even working people can do it without difficulty.

The table below summarizes the changes in study time.

• From the beginning to the middle, the focus was on reading aloud, writing English, and grammar.
• In particular, I put a lot of emphasis on English composition and grammar, and took the most time.
• From the middle to the end, we read carefully, read extensively, and vocabulary.
• I think it's good that I did a thorough reading and an extensive reading after typing in the grammar because I didn't have to misread it.

The graph below shows the breakdown of the study time.

English composition and grammar account for about 60%. I thoroughly struck English grammar into my body. On the contrary, the ratio of careful reading, extensive reading, and pronunciation is low. Especially ** less pronunciation will be regretted later. ** **

Learning details

Here, I will write a brief comment about the materials used for each training.

Read aloud

** I did this for the first book of reading aloud. ** Improve English This book was written by the author of the complete map, so it is structured for easy reading aloud training. Therefore, although various people have written it, I think that there is no mistake if you do this for the first book of reading aloud. Since the content uses only junior high school level words and grammar, it is unlikely that you will stumble on grammar or words, and it is an easy book to work on as the first book of reading aloud training.

For the second book of reading aloud, I used Core 1900 of the fast-reading fast-listening series. The level of words and grammar is much higher than in the first book. Also, I remember that the pose time was short, so I think it is more suitable for shadowing than repeating. I think the second book should have been a little simpler. ** I remember this book just 100 laps. ** So I memorized all the contents. When I think about it later, it didn't make much sense to do it.

This book was also used as a TOEIC measure. This book is useful for comprehensively practicing TOEIC listening because it covers all the TOEIC listening parts and has many problems.

A book that also serves as a TOEIC long-sentence listening measure. I think it is characterized by its low price and high difficulty for the number of problems. In this book, we did not only repeat but also dictation. When I think about it later, I think that doing dictation helped me.

Momentary English composition

** I think this is the first volume of English composition. ** ** I mainly did it on the train. Was it about 3 weeks? At first, no words come out at all, but as I do it, it comes out reflexively. When it came out fluently, I felt growth, which motivated me.

For the second book, I chose this book, which is a sequel to the first book. It wouldn't have been so difficult if the first book could be made. I made 2-3 laps and finished it smoothly.

For the third book, I chose a simple book with long sentences at the junior high school level. I bought it because it was cheap, but it was so easy that I didn't have to do it.

For the fourth book, I used a collection of long sentences for entrance exams for difficult high schools. This was a collection of problems that was quite challenging for me at that time to write in English. By that amount, when it was over, I was confident that I had a feeling of completeness and ability. It is also a plus that there were many interesting stories. ** It is difficult to study because it is not made for English composition, but it is a recommended book for me. ** **

The fifth book was this book. The syntax is organized by grammar and is easy to remember. ** After finishing middle school level English composition, I recommend you to buy this book first. ** ** I think it's pretty easy to get around 1300 yen with a CD. I worked on it until I learned all the syntax.

For the sixth book, I chose this book for university entrance exams. It's a book that has been around for quite some time, and the explanations are polite. I remember it was difficult to go around.

I bought this book because it had a good reputation, but I rarely did it. Therefore, I cannot say anything.

grammar

I chose this book for the first book. This is a basic teaching material for junior high school students. It consists of simple explanations and questions that you will learn in junior high school. I was also suspicious of middle school level grammar, so it was a very good decision to choose this book first. ** Like me, if you have doubts about junior high school level grammar, I recommend this book first. ** ** Being able to complete this book gave me confidence that I could do something at the junior high school level.

The second book I chose was a high-level teaching material for high school exams. Since I learned the basic grammar of the junior high school level in the first book, I chose this book to reach a slightly higher level. When it was over, I was confident that I was able to master the junior high school level.

The third book is 1000 full-featured English grammar and vocabulary questions, which are teaching materials for university entrance exams. It features polite explanations with many questions, with problems divided by grammar. I did this book thoroughly. I feel that this one book is basically enough for high school level grammar.

For the 4th book, I chose the English Grammar Standard Problem Seminar. I did the third book thoroughly, so I think it wasn't enough to do it separately.

I used the standard Forest as a grammar book. The usage was not to read through, but to look up Forest when there was something I didn't understand in grammar. If you have one book, you can solve it immediately when you have trouble with grammar, so you can study faster.

Carefully read

I did only this one book for careful reading. I remember that the first lap was difficult and I was almost at a loss. In the end, it took about two weeks. I think it's a good book, but it took me a lot of mental strength to finish the first lap, so I think I'll choose a simpler book now. After achieving this book, I feel that there are fewer unreadable sentences.

Extensive reading

As a starting point for extensive reading, I chose the long sentence problem training. I chose it because it contained a lot of short stories and had a Japanese translation. I finished both books lightly.

This book is a book I read as a countermeasure for TOEIC long sentences. The feature is that there are many problems and the difficulty level is higher than the actual one. If you can easily read the long questions in this book, you will find the real questions easy.

Vocabulary

I chose this book as the first vocabulary book. However, I feel that the level was a little high to do the first book. It's better to start with a simpler book.

A book that includes TOEIC measures. I remember about 3-4 weeks. After finishing this book, I became able to solve TOEIC Part 5 and 6 intuitively. Recommended book for TOEIC vocabulary problems.

pronunciation

This is a book I bought but didn't do much. I did the whole thing, but it was hard to realize the effect, so I stopped it immediately. I regret that I should have done more now.

What did you do to continue studying?

I did the following to continue my studies.

• I kept a record of my studies. I was motivated because I knew that I was approaching my goal by keeping a record.
• I studied on the train. At that time, I spent two hours going to college every day, so I used that time for studying. This succeeded in making learning English a habit.
• Basically, I studied for 50 minutes with a 10-minute break as one unit. I only have about 50 minutes to concentrate, so I kept my concentration by taking a break. I was doing something similar to what I now call Pomodoro.

The record was handwritten in the notebook like this. It's cute that the characters are dirty ^^ Personally, I like notebooks because they can be recorded more quickly than recording them on a computer or smartphone. ** Please let me know if you have any good recording app m (__) m **

Learning strategy

** Output base **

• I don't read anything like a textbook.
• Solve the problem book and get the correct answer rate.
• Clarify what cannot be done by giving the correct answer rate.

** Start over from the 1st grade level **

• Start from the most basic level anyway.
• Discard the pride. I admit that I can't do it better than 1st.

** Do the same material many times **

• Repeat the same material many times until it is almost 100%.
• Don't flirt with various teaching materials.
• I feel a sense of accomplishment if I complete one teaching material, so I can do my best next time.

What I regret

I'm basically satisfied with the results, but I regret one thing. ** It was that I didn't practice pronunciation enough in the beginning. ** **

Looking back from now on, I feel that the effect of reading aloud has been halved and the speed of improvement in listening ability has been delayed because I did not practice pronunciation. I really regret this. I want to go back if I can go back to that time.

So, in order not to regret like me, ** I strongly recommend that you spend enough time practicing pronunciation first. ** **

in conclusion

I tried to summarize the study method I did, which was a TOEIC score of 300. It's hard to be able to do what you can't do. At first, it was really painful and I was forced to do it. However, the experience of being able to do things that I am not good at to some extent by practicing gave me confidence in my life after that.

I hope my method helps someone.

reference

The following sites were helpful when studying. We recommend that you read it.

• Complete map for improving English
• I tried a complete map to improve my English for 10 months