Students tend to spend a lot of money on equipment for studying English. In this post I have listed some of the best kits available for you.
- The Cheap Kit
- a pencil or pen,
- a piece of paper,
- something to read or listen to,
- The bookworm’s kit
- a pencil or erasable pen,
- Post-It notes,
- an English book, either one you own or from a library.
- The vocabulary kit
- something to read or listen to,
- a pen or pencil,
- word cards,
- an English dictionary (not bilingual),
- a notebook,
- headphones
- The millionaire’s kit
- A computer,
- an MP3 player or smartphone,
- an electronic dictionary,
- a grammar reference book,
- a style guide,
- a thesaurus,
- noise-cancelling headphones,
- private English lessons,
- a ticket to an English-speaking country,
- cable television with English movie channels and English drama channels
This consists of:
which could be a free magazine, newspaper or an advert, or even a conversation you can hear.
This is simple:
and
You should get:
and maybe
and
if you are studying listening in public.
It would be nice, and even useful to have:
and
As you can see, the first three kits are simple things you already have at home. Materials to study from can cost a lot but if you have a library near you that has English books then you can study for free. This is to show that there is a lot of nice stuff that you can buy to help you study but you do not need to buy a lot of things to study English.