Basically, to get right to the point – people who learn English by watching movies and TV series or Youtube and studying the closed captions are on to something.
Learners who study on their own, but also get out in the community or in online groups and converse with others are on to something, too. This is the way to keep motivated because success with interactive communication is dynamic and motivating.
If you can find a teacher who’ll take you through substitution drills where you have a chance to recall and get your mouth around new sounds and words a few times, that’s valuable. This is how adult learners can develop automaticity, which can be a stumbling point for self-directed learners who can read and understand but rarely get the chance to use the language in conversation.
Emphasize working with dynamic speech and transcripts instead of studying texts in order to accelerate language learning.
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