How to learn English

How to learn English: This question is always asked by students.Some of them mentioned a very popular book entitled Don't ever study English! containing a "Five Step English Study" program. The learner summarizes the steps below
Step 1: Select one audio tape suitable for your English level. And just listen. Don't try to understand everything the speaker says.
Step 2: Without a script, write down on the paper what the speaker says. In this step, never use dictionary.
Step 3: Compare what you wrote to the script. Correct the errors in it. And find the words that you don't know using dictionary. During this, find all the words that you don't know at the explanation of the words. After doing this, read it loudly again and again.
Step 4: Select one video tape. Repeat the above steps.
Step 5: Buy a magazine or newspaper. Read it from the simple section as if you were a reporter. And find the words you don't know as you did in the third step. And read it loudly.
The learner asked for my opinion on the method. :
My reply: So what do I think of the advice in the five step method?
Well, much of it is very sensible. For example, it is an excellent idea to read and listen to a lot of English that is suitable for your English level. I think this is much better than trying to learn from some grammar book (which I am sure is what the Korean author means by Do not study English). If you do listen or read a lot, I recommend that you find books or cassettes on a topic that is interesting or important to you, There are two reasons for this. Firstly, you will already know something about the topic; and secondly you will probably try harder to understand than if you are reading/watching something you find boring. Both of these aspects will help you to comprehend harder English than you would normally understand. This will speed up your progress.
I do not fully agree with the other advice in the five steps. For example, I would recommend hearing the audio tape two or three times (maybe, on the second or third occasion, reading the transcript at the same time) and trying to make more sense of it each time. Any words you don't understand after three hearings could be looked up, and then you could listen again for a fourth or fifth time.
Writing a transcript of the tape is a quite a good idea, but I would then recommend writing a summary of it or a personal reaction to it. If possible, find another learner with whom to discuss your reaction. In general, I certainly agree that you should train yourself to guess the meanings of words from the sentences and paragraphs they are in, without immediately looking them up in a dictionary.
I am not sure about the idea of reading the text aloud. If you have someone who can correct your pronunciation and intonation, this may be helpful. But remember that there is little connection between reading aloud and being a good speaker.If you want to practise your spoken English but have no communication partners, it is much more helpful to listen to some natural dialogues of native speakers talking, and try to practise shorter phrases or sentences with natural intonation. This is certainly better than reading aloud a long chunk of text that you have found in a newspaper.
But the best advice in language learning is that you should try different methods and see which one works best for you. If the advice from the book works, that's great, but you could still try following my advice to see if my suggestions work even better! Good luck with learning English.