Step 1: Write first, edit later
After you finish your draft, you can upgrade vocabulary and grammar. When editing, pick one grammar target only (e.g., simple past) and fix just that. Ignore other issues for now. Narrow focus keeps you moving and prevents overwhelm.
Speaking improves the same way: don’t train everything at once.
Step 2: One feature at a time (pronunciation)
Trying to juggle word stress, sentence stress, intonation and pausing all at once leads to overload. Instead, choose a single feature per session. For example, collect two‑syllable words, mark the stress (') and practise only stress today. Worry about intonation and pausing later.
Step 3: Learn vocabulary the right way — not from lists
Avoid isolated word–meaning lists. Instead, take words from reading/listening and note how they behave in real sentences (which verbs/nouns they combine with, grammar patterns, register). Only keep words you genuinely like and can imagine using. Use them in your speaking and writing as soon as possible.