Jun 9 / Rebecca

Practise English Like a Pro in Just 15 Minutes a Day

Picture this: After months of thinking about it, you finally join a gym. You’re excited, walk in, and see unfamiliar machines everywhere. Eager to start strong, you grab the 30 kg weights. You try to lift them... but they don’t budge. They’re simply too heavy. That’s when it hits you — you’ve got to start light and work your way up, consistently. Maybe three times a week.

Well, language learning is no different. You need to build it up from the basics — gradually and consistently.

Here’s the good news: practising English doesn’t need to mean sitting with dull textbooks for hours on end. In fact, research shows that even 15 minutes a day can make a real impact. It’s all about consistency over intensity.

🧠 1. Learn 5 New Words In Context
  • Choose a short article from a British newspaper like The Guardian, The Independent, or BBC News (for simpler language).
  • Pick 5 words that are new to you.
  • Look up their meanings.
  • Write a sentence for each — use the word in context.

🎙 2. Shadow a Native Speaker (2–3 Minutes)
Find a clip of a native British speaker — maybe even this video! — and repeat what they say, copying their tone and accent.

📺 Shows to help:
  • The Crown – for a posh British accent
  • Peaky Blinders – for the Brummy (Birmingham) accent
  • Outlander – for Scottish and English accents

💬 It’s like karaoke — but for speaking English!

📱 3. Record Yourself Reading Aloud
Pick a paragraph (from a book, article, or even your own writing). Read it aloud and record yourself.

  • Play it back.
  • Notice which words or sounds feel awkward.
  • Practise those parts again!

This helps with pronunciation and fluency — and you’ll hear your own progress over time.

🧩 4. Use the “Word Family” Method
This one’s brilliant for building vocabulary.

Choose a root word like teach, create, or decide. Now list all its related forms:

➡️ Teach → teaching, teacher, taught
➡️ Decide → decision, decisive, indecisive

You’ll start recognising these patterns more easily when reading or writing!

🕵️ 5. Spot Verb Tenses in a Text
Choose a text — from the news, a novel, or a blog — and underline all the verbs. Then, try to identify the tense:

  • Present simple?
  • Past continuous?
  • Present perfect?

This helps you understand grammar in action, not just in theory.

💻 6. Take an Online Pre-recorded Course
This tip isn’t free, but it’s powerful.

Courses (like mine!) offer lessons from native speakers, with quizzes, practice activities, and flexibility. You can study anytime — and yes, even just 15 minutes counts.

You’ll be exposed to grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context — all at once.

So there you have it — 6 ways to practise English every day in just 15 minutes. The key isn’t perfection. It’s consistency.

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