Techniques for increasing proficiency (TIP) 10 ways to study English outside the classroom 1. Go online 2. Join a English conversation group 3. Watch English TV programmes or movies 4. Listen to English songs 5. Listen to English books 6. Listen to the English radio station 7. Read English books 8. Read magazines 9. Read newspapers 10. Keep an English journal English Language Courses International English Language Testing system (IELTS) Testing of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) Pearson Test of English (PTE Total Physical response (TPR) TPR is a language teaching method developed by James Asher, a professor Emeritus of Psychology at San Jose State University It is based on the coordination of language and physical movement. TPR is a valuable way to learn vocabulary especially idiomatic terms. Example: